Common use of AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE Clause in Contracts

AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE. (a) Whenever practicable the Company shall give at least two (2) months advance notice to the Union of the implementation of major automation or technological change in the operations of the Company which directly causes a significant adverse impact on regular employees. If requested by the Union, the Company will meet with Union representatives to discuss such automation or technological change and steps, which may be taken to eliminate or reduce such impact. Any regular employee who is displaced from his job classification, as a direct consequence of the implementation of major automation or technological change in the operations of the Company shall be dealt with as follows: (i) first, prior to such employee exercising any bumping rights which he may have pursuant to Article 12(2) - Layoffs and Demotions, the Company shall endeavour to make available to such employee the opportunity to be re-trained and re-assigned to a vacancy in another job classification (which the Company may make available to such employee without regard to Article 12(1)(b) - Promotion Awards and 12(d) - Bulletin Board Postings) on such terms and conditions as prescribed by the Company including reasonable re-training of the employee for such job (not to exceed two (2) months in duration). Provided such employee with the benefit of such reasonable re-training has the necessary ability, skill, knowledge of, application to and training for the available job he will be re-assigned on the terms and conditions prescribed by the Company and, if the rate of pay for the job classification to which he is re-assigned is less than the rate of pay for the job classification from which he was displaced, he shall continue to receive the rate of pay for the job classification from which he was displaced and such rate of pay shall be red circled and shall not be adjusted notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement until such time as the rate of pay for the job classification to which he has been reassigned catches up to such red circled rate of pay at which time he shall receive the rate of pay for the job classification to which he has been reassigned as prescribed in this Agreement; and (ii) second, in the event such employee is not re-assigned in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 1 above, then such employee may exercise whatever bumping rights he may have pursuant to Article 12(2) - Layoffs and Demotions and the provisions of Paragraph (i) above shall have no application to any employee who is thereby displaced by the exercise of such bumping rights.

AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE. (a) Whenever practicable Technological change shall include automation, mechanization, the Company shall give at least two (2) months advance notice to the Union introduction of the implementation of major automation equipment, or technological a change in the operations operation that is directly related to the introduction of that equipment. In view of the interest and concern by the parties to this agreement in the impact on manpower and condition of employment resulting from competitive automation in the converting industry, it is agreed that the parties in this plant utilize all scientific developments to the best advantage of the Company which directly causes a significant adverse impact on regular employees. If requested by and its Employees, in the Union, interest of reducing costs and keeping the Company competitive in its field of operation. (b) The Company and Union Standing committee will meet with Union representatives constitute a joint committee on automation. It shall be the function of this committee to discuss such study the effect of automation or technological change and steps, which may be taken on employment in this plant generated by introduction of new machinery and/or modification of old machinery to eliminate or reduce such impact. Any regular employee who is displaced from his job classification, as a direct consequence of ensure that the implementation of major automation or technological change in the operations interests of the Company shall be dealt with as follows:and employees are mutually protected. (ic) firstThe joint committee will discuss as follows any significant changes in the employment status of permanent Employees if such changes are due to the introduction of automation. 1) In the event termination is necessary, prior to such employee exercising any bumping rights which he may crews will be reduced in accordance with the Seniority Section of the Agreement including those who have pursuant to Article 12(2recall rights. 2) - Layoffs and Demotions, the Company shall endeavour to make available to such employee the opportunity to be re-trained and re-assigned An Employee who is set back to a vacancy in another lower paid job classification (which the Company may make available to such employee without regard to Article 12(1)(b) - Promotion Awards and 12(d) - Bulletin Board Postings) on such terms and conditions as prescribed by the Company including reasonable re-training because of the employee for such job (not to exceed two (2) months in duration). Provided such employee with the benefit of such reasonable re-training has the necessary ability, skill, knowledge of, application to and training for the available job he automation will be re-assigned on the terms and conditions prescribed by the Company and, if the rate of pay for the job classification to which he is re-assigned is less than the rate of pay for the job classification from which he was displaced, he shall continue to receive the rate of pay his regular job at time of setback for the job classification from a period of three months and for a further period of three months will be paid an adjusted rate which he was displaced and such rate of pay shall will be red circled and shall not be adjusted notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement until such time as midway between the rate of his regular job at the time of setback and the base rate. At the end of this six month period, the regular rate of his new job or jobs will apply. However, such Employee will have the option of terminating his employment and accepting severance pay as outlined in following subsection (3) below provided he exercises this option within three months. 3) An Employee with five (5) or more years of continuous service and whose permanent job has been automated and eliminated and for whom no other work is available will, upon termination receive a severance allowance of one week's pay for each year of employment computed on the basis of forty (40) straight time hours at the Employees regular rate. The maximum severance allowance payable is twenty-six (26) weeks pay. Such Employees for whom no employment is available will be given at least thirty (30) calendar days notice of separation. 4) When an Employee is terminated as a direct result of automation, Management will, when requested, assist the Union in communicating with Canada Manpower to advise them of the suitability of the former Employee for retraining and relocation in another job classification to which he has been reassigned catches up to such red circled rate of pay at which time he shall receive the rate of pay and request that they use their facilities for the job classification to which he has been reassigned as prescribed in this Agreement; and (ii) second, in the event such employee is not re-assigned in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 1 above, then such employee may exercise whatever bumping rights he may have pursuant to Article 12(2) - Layoffs and Demotions and the provisions of Paragraph (i) above shall have no application to any employee who is thereby displaced by the exercise of such bumping rightsthat purpose.

AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE. (a) Whenever practicable Technological change shall include automation, mechanization, the Company shall give at least two (2) months advance notice to the Union introduction of the implementation of major automation equipment, or technological a change in the operations operation that is directly related to the introduction of that equipment. In view of the interest and concern by the parties to this agreement in the impact on manpower and condition of employment resulting from competitive automation in the converting industry, it is agreed that the parties in this plant utilize all scientific developments to the best advantage of the Company which directly causes a significant adverse impact on regular employees. If requested by and its Employees, in the Union, interest of reducing costs and keeping the Company competitive in its field of operations. (b) The Company and Union Standing committee will meet with Union representatives constitute a joint committee on automation. It shall be the function of this committee to discuss such study the effect of automation or technological change and steps, which may be taken on employment in this plant generated by introduction of new machinery and/or modification of old machinery to eliminate or reduce such impact. Any regular employee who is displaced from his job classification, as a direct consequence of ensure that the implementation of major automation or technological change in the operations interests of the Company shall be dealt with as follows:and employees are mutually protected. (ic) firstThe joint committee will discuss as follows any significant changes in the employment status of permanent Employees if such changes are due to the introduction of automation. 1) In the event termination is necessary, prior to such employee exercising any bumping rights which he may crews will be reduced in accordance with the Seniority Section of the Agreement including those who have pursuant to Article 12(2recall rights. 2) - Layoffs and Demotions, the Company shall endeavour to make available to such employee the opportunity to be re-trained and re-assigned An Employee who is set back to a vacancy in another lower paid job classification (which the Company may make available to such employee without regard to Article 12(1)(b) - Promotion Awards and 12(d) - Bulletin Board Postings) on such terms and conditions as prescribed by the Company including reasonable re-training because of the employee for such job (not to exceed two (2) months in duration). Provided such employee with the benefit of such reasonable re-training has the necessary ability, skill, knowledge of, application to and training for the available job he automation will be re-assigned on the terms and conditions prescribed by the Company and, if the rate of pay for the job classification to which he is re-assigned is less than the rate of pay for the job classification from which he was displaced, he shall continue to receive the rate of pay his regular job at time of setback for the job classification from a period of three months and for a further period of three months will be paid an adjusted rate which he was displaced and such rate of pay shall will be red circled and shall not be adjusted notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement until such time as midway between the rate of his regular job at the time of setback and the base rate. At the end of this six month period, the regular rate of his new job or jobs will apply. However, such Employee will have the option of terminating his employment and accepting severance pay as outlined in following subsection (3) below provided he exercises this option within three months. 3) An Employee with five (5) or more years of continuous service and whose permanent job has been automated and eliminated and for whom no other work is available will, upon termination receive a severance allowance of one week's pay for each year of employment computed on the basis of forty (40) straight time hours at the Employees regular rate. The maximum severance allowance payable is twenty-six (26) weeks pay. Such Employees for who no employment is available will be given at least thirty (30) calendar days notice of separation. 4) When an Employee is terminated as a direct result of automation, Management will, when requested, assist the Union in communicating with Canada Manpower to advise them of the suitability of the former Employee for retraining and relocation in another job classification to which he has been reassigned catches up to such red circled rate of pay at which time he shall receive the rate of pay and request that they use their facilities for the job classification to which he has been reassigned as prescribed in this Agreement; and (ii) second, in the event such employee is not re-assigned in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 1 above, then such employee may exercise whatever bumping rights he may have pursuant to Article 12(2) - Layoffs and Demotions and the provisions of Paragraph (i) above shall have no application to any employee who is thereby displaced by the exercise of such bumping rightsthat purpose.

AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE. (a) Whenever practicable the Company shall give at least two (2) months advance notice to the Union of the implementation of major automation or technological change in the operations of the Company which directly causes a significant adverse impact on regular employees. If requested by the Union, the Company will meet with Union representatives to discuss such automation or technological change and steps, which may be taken to eliminate or reduce such impact. Any regular employee who is displaced from his job classification, as a direct consequence of the implementation of major automation or technological change in the operations of the Company shall be dealt with as follows: (i) first, prior to such employee exercising any bumping rights which he may have pursuant to Article 12(2) - ‐ Layoffs and Demotions, the Company shall endeavour to make available to such employee the opportunity to be re-re‐ trained and re-assigned re‐assigned to a vacancy in another job classification (which the Company may make available to such employee without regard to Article 12(1)(b) - ‐ Promotion Awards and 12(d) - ‐ Bulletin Board Postings) on such terms and conditions as prescribed by the Company including reasonable re-training re‐training of the employee for such job (not to exceed two (2) months in duration). Provided such employee with the benefit of such reasonable re-training re‐training has the necessary ability, skill, knowledge of, application to and training for the available job he will be re-re‐ assigned on the terms and conditions prescribed by the Company and, if the rate of pay for the job classification to which he is re-assigned re‐assigned is less than the rate of pay for the job classification from which he was displaced, he shall continue to receive the rate of pay for the job classification from which he was displaced and such rate of pay shall be red circled and shall not be adjusted notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement until such time as the rate of pay for the job classification to which he has been reassigned catches up to such red circled rate of pay at which time he shall receive the rate of pay for the job classification to which he has been reassigned as prescribed in this Agreement; and (ii) second, in the event such employee is not re-re‐ assigned in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 1 above, then such employee may exercise whatever bumping rights he may have pursuant to Article 12(2) - ‐ Layoffs and Demotions and the provisions of Paragraph (i) above shall have no application to any employee who is thereby displaced by the exercise of such bumping rights.

AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE. (a) Whenever practicable In the event of technological changes which affect the employees in the Union's jurisdiction significantly, management will inform local Union representatives of such changes as as possible. The Company will consider present employees for new jobs arising out of such technological changes before hiring the outside market. For purposes of administering this Article, the words "technological change" shall give include "Changes in Systems" and/or "Changes Organization". Present employees who offered and accept employment on a job by any of the changes referred to in Section above and who require training in order to perform the new job effectively will be provided with such training by the Company. A Joint Office Committee on Automation will be established at least each mill consisting of two (2) months advance notice persons representing management, and two employees representing the Union. It shall be the function of each committee to study the effect of changes and automation on the employees and their effect on working conditions in the at which it is appointed and to make such recommendations as are agreed upon, to the Union of local mill manager to ensure that the implementation of major automation or technological change in the operations interests of the Company and of the employees are fairly and effectively protected. A Joint All-Xxxxx Office Committee on Automation will be established, consisting of persons management and three from the Union. The functions of this Committee will be to review the activities of the mill office committee and to provide such information as will be of help in dealing with local problems. The Company undertakes to advise the appropriate committee or committees as as possible, and in any case not less than ninety (90) days before the introduction thereof, of technological changes and/or automation which directly causes a significant adverse impact on regular the Company has decided to introduce and which will result in lay-offs or other Significant changes in the employment status of employees. If requested by In the Unionevent that it is necessary, the Company number of employees will meet be reduced in accordance with Union representatives to discuss such automation or technological change and steps, which may be taken to eliminate or reduce such impactArticle V of this Agreement. Any regular An employee who is displaced from his demoted to a lower graded job classification, as a direct consequence because of technological change or automation will the maximum salary of the implementation grade of major automation his new job, or technological change his existing whichever is lesser. However, an employee who will suffer a reduction in salary due to his demotion be the operations salary he was receiving at time of the Company shall be dealt with as follows: demotion for a period of six (i) first, prior to such employee exercising any bumping rights which he may have pursuant to Article 12(2) - Layoffs and Demotions, the Company shall endeavour to make available to such employee the opportunity to be re-trained and re-assigned to a vacancy in another job classification (which the Company may make available to such employee without regard to Article 12(1)(b) - Promotion Awards and 12(d) - Bulletin Board Postings) on such terms and conditions as prescribed by the Company including reasonable re-training of the employee for such job (not to exceed two (26) months in duration). Provided such employee with the benefit and for a further period of such reasonable re-training has the necessary ability, skill, knowledge of, application to and training for the available job six (6) months he will be re-assigned paid an adjusted salary which will be midway between his salary at the time of the demotion and the maximum of the grade of his new permanent job. At the end of this twelve (12) month the employee will receive the maximum of the grade of his new permanent job. An employee for whom no employment is available on the terms and conditions prescribed by basis of his service with the Company andCompany, if will be given at least three (3) months’ notice of separation. An who is separated from the rate of payroll will be paid severance pay for the job classification to which he is re-assigned is less than the rate of pay for the job classification from which he was displaced, he shall continue to receive the rate of pay for the job classification from which he was displaced and such rate of pay shall be red circled and shall not be adjusted notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement until such time as the rate of pay for the job classification to which he has been reassigned catches up to such red circled rate of pay at which time he shall receive the rate of pay for the job classification to which he has been reassigned as prescribed in this Agreement; and (ii) second, in the event such employee is not re-assigned in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 1 abovethe Severance Pay Article below. Subject to operating requirements, then leaves of absence without pay will be granted for a period of one (1) month or such other period as is reasonable for employees who, directly due to changes or automation, wish to employment elsewhere. In the event that an employee is laid off directly due to technological changes or automation and is recalled for employment after he has enrolled in a full-time education improvement course at a recognized school, will be granted a leave of absence for the duration of his program up to a maximum of one (1) year. Such of absence may exercise whatever bumping rights he may have pursuant to Article 12(2be extended by one (1) - Layoffs additional year upon written request and Demotions and of the provisions successful completion of Paragraph (i) above shall have no application to any employee who is thereby displaced by the exercise of such bumping rightshis first year.