Separation Allowance A. The Employer will offer within thirty (30) calendar days of the ratification of the Agreement a one-time separation allowance to all regular hourly non- maintenance employees who were active on October 4, 2006. With respect to Xxxx Sound, up to five (5) employees in the skilled trades group, excluding the electrician position will be eligible for the separation allowance. If more than five (5) apply who are eligible, the five (5) most senior will be granted the separation allowance. In Collingwood, up to two (2) millwrights will be eligible for the separation allowance. If more than two (2) apply who are eligible, the two most senior will be granted the separation allowance. Employees at these plants who retired, died or quit between October 5, 2006 and the ratification date of the 2006 Agreement are not eligible for the separation payment. Employees who wish to participate must fill out a written application with the Human Resource Manager no later than thirty (30) calendar days after the ratification of the Agreement.
B. Each employee granted a separation allowance will receive a one-time cash payment equal to $2,000 for each year of completed service with a maximum payment of $40,000 and a minimum payment of $8,000, provided the employee agrees to work for the Employer until a date determined by the Employer, but not later than the end of calendar year 2007. Employees will be able to identify a preference for an exit date when filing the written application. The Employer will make a reasonable effort to accommodate the request, consistent with production requirements, but will ultimately have the discretion to assign the exit date. The Employer will notify the employee of the decision pertaining to the exit date within thirty (30) days from the close of the application period. The assigned exit date may be adjusted thereafter by mutual agreement. Once the employee satisfies the obligation, the employee’s continuity of service and employment will end. If an employee so chooses, he may take the allowance in equal monthly payments for a period not to exceed twelve (12) months.
C. This separation allowance is inclusive of termination and severance of employment payments, be they pay in lieu of notice or severance payments, required under Ontario law.
D. The payment will be subject to payroll taxes and statutory withholdings as required by provincial or local governments. The payments are not credited to wages for vacation pay calculations. Payments will begin after exit.
Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance (a) An Employee entitled to parental or adoption leave under the provisions of this Agreement, who provides the Employer with proof that she/he has applied for and is eligible to receive employment insurance (E. I.) benefits pursuant to the Employment Insurance Act, 1996, shall be paid an allowance in accordance with the Supplementary Employment Benefit (S.E.B.) Plan.
(b) In respect to the period of parental or adoption leave, payments made according to the S.E.
EMPLOYER AND UNION SHALL ACQUAINT NEW EMPLOYEES The Employer agrees to acquaint new employees with the fact that a Collective Agreement is in effect and with the conditions of employment set out in the Articles dealing with Union Security and Dues Check-off. The Employer agrees to provide the name, worksite phone number, and location of the new employee's xxxxxxx in the letter of hiring. Whenever the xxxxxxx is employed in the same work area as the new employee, the employee's immediate supervisor will introduce her to her xxxxxxx. The Employer agrees that a Union xxxxxxx will be given an opportunity to interview each new employee within regular working hours, without loss of pay, for thirty (30) minutes sometime during the first thirty (30) days of employment for the purpose of acquainting the new employee with the benefits and duties of Union membership and the employee's responsibilities and obligations to the Employer and the Union.
Maternity Leave Allowance
(a) An employee who qualifies for maternity leave pursuant to Clause 21.1, shall be paid a maternity leave allowance in accordance with the Supplemental Employment Benefit (SEB) Plan. In order to receive this allowance, the employee must provide to the Employer, proof that she has applied for and is eligible to receive employment insurance benefits pursuant to the Employment Insurance Act. An employee disentitled or disqualified from receiving employment insurance benefits is not eligible for maternity leave allowance.
(b) Pursuant to the Supplemental Employment Benefit (SEB) Plan, the maternity leave allowance will consist of 15 weekly payments equivalent to the difference between the employment insurance gross benefits and any other earnings received by the employee and 85% of the employee's basic pay.
DEPENDENT PERSONAL SERVICES 1. Subject to the provisions of Articles 16, 18 and 19, salaries, wages and other similar remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of an employment shall be taxable only in that State unless the employment is exercised in the other Contracting State. If the employment is so exercised, such remuneration as is derived therefrom may be taxed in that other State.
2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, remuneration derived by a resident of a Contracting State in respect of an employment exercised in the other Contracting State shall be taxable only in the first-mentioned State if:
a) the recipient is present in the other State for a period or periods not exceeding in the aggregate 183 days in any twelve-month period commencing or ending in the tax year concerned, and
b) the remuneration is paid by, or on behalf of, an employer who is not a resident of the other State, and
c) the remuneration is not borne by a permanent establishment or a fixed base which the employer has in the other State.
3. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this Article, remuneration derived in respect of an employment exercised aboard a ship or aircraft operated in international traffic by a resident of a Contracting State, may be taxed in that State.
