Common use of Apprenticeship Top-up Clause in Contracts

Apprenticeship Top-up. A) Subject to Employment Insurance Commission approval under the Supplement Unemployment Benefit Program, the Employer agrees to provide apprentices on leave to attend apprenticeship training with a top-up of Employment Insurance Benefits to 95% of regular salary for the period of the required formal training in the apprenticeship program. Employees receiving apprenticeship top-up will be required to sign a promissory note for a return service commitment (i.e. post journeyman status) for two times the number of weeks that top-up is received.