Cleaning Department. (a) The Employer will supply each employee with two (2) sets of clothing or uniforms for every calendar year. A uniform will consist of one (1) shirt, one (1) pair of pants, or one (1) xxxxx. Clothing will be supplied by April 1st of each year or whenever the employee is recalled from lay-off whichever date is later.
(b) The Employer will supply each employee with one (1) winter coat every two (2) years for those employees who are required by the Employer to work outside or in an area that is not heated during the winter months (November 15th - March 15th). Distribution takes place on or about November 15th. If requested, the Employer will also supply each employee with one (1) pair of coveralls annually. Those employees who are required by the Employer to work outside or in an area that is not heated during the winter months (November 15 - March 15) may select an insulated coverall in place of a regular one.
(c) Should any employee be required to work in water, the Employer will supply him with a rain suit and a pair of rubber boots which will be replaced yearly if required provided the rain suit and rubber boots are returned first.
(d) The Employer will contribute eighty dollars ($80.00) per year towards the cost of safety footwear for each employee. This contribution will be paid within ten (10) days of provision of proof of purchase.
Cleaning Department. (a) Each employee shall receive vacation pay as follows: Upon completion of twelve (12) months employment but less than five (5) years of continuous employment while on the Seniority List - 2 weeks or 4% of gross earnings (exclusive of previous year's vacation pay) Upon completion of five (5) years of continuous employment while on the Seniority List as of January 1st - 2 weeks or 6% of gross earnings (exclusive of previous year's vacation pay) Upon completion of ten (10) years of continuous employment while on the Seniority List as of January 1st - 8% of gross earnings (exclusive of previous year's vacation pay). Upon completion of eighteen (18) years of continuous employment on the Seniority List as of January 1st - ten percent (10%) of gross earnings (exclusive of previous years vacation pay). Note: Earnings are those July 1 to June 30.
Cleaning Department. (a) Pay for sick leave is for the sole and only purpose of protecting employees against loss of income when they are legitimately ill.
(b) Employees, other than probationary employees, shall accumulate sick leave credits at the rate of 3/4 day per month. Probationary employees, other than students, shall, upon completion of the probationary period, be credited with one
(1) days sick credit. Effective May 1, 1999 sick leave credits accrue on the basis of time worked.
(c) Accumulated sick leave credits may be utilized from day one of the accident or illness until the number of days accumulated has been exhausted.
(d) In order to qualify for payment of sick credits, the employee must give prior notification to the Department Head or designate of any absence from work.
(e) Employees absent due to illness shall co-operate in keeping the Department Head informed of the progress of the employee's condition and estimated return to work date as requested by the Department Head including providing physician's certificates not more frequently than monthly for absences in excess of 30 calendar days.
(f) A record of the employee's sick credits will be provided to each employee in writing in January and July annually. There will be no carry over of sick day credits from year to year. At each year end or at seasonal layoff, whichever occurs first, there will be a pay out at the rate of fifty (50) percent for every unused sick day credit accrued in that calendar year. Such payments will be included on the last paycheque prior to layoff.
(g) Existing accrued sick day credits, up to and including April 30, 1999, which will not be eligible for pay out, may be utilized for medically verifiable, non- occupational illness or long-term disability defined as a disability in excess of one
(1) week. These accrued sick day credits may be used only as described in this clause of Article 43 and are to be carried over until used.
Cleaning Department. (a) Jobs shall consist of those functions currently being performed by employees in the classifications concerned.
(b) For purposes of this Agreement, the term "classifications" shall mean those job functions that are listed in Schedule "A" hereof.
Cleaning Department. (a) An employee will be on probation until he has completed sixty (60) working days in a twelve (12) month period commencing from the first day he worked. Upon completion of such probationary period, the employee's name shall be placed on such Seniority List and, in the case of a full-time employee, credited with seniority back to date of hire, and, in the case of a part-time employee, credited with 480 hours of seniority. A revised copy of each Seniority List shall be posted on the appropriate bulletin board and sent to the Union in January and July of each year.
(b) Full-time employees will accumulate seniority on the basis of their continuous service in the bargaining unit from the last date of hire, except as otherwise provided herein. Part-time employees shall accrue seniority on the basis of hours worked, 1725 = 1 year. Seniority will operate on a bargaining unit wide basis.
(c) Notwithstanding this provision, seniority shall accrue during pregnancy and parental leaves or for a period of 90 days if an employees' unpaid absence is due to illness or disability.
(d) It is expressly understood and agreed that, notwithstanding anything else contained in this agreement, the employer shall have the right to discharge or discipline any probationary employee at any time prior to his having been placed on the seniority list and such discharged or disciplined employee shall not have the right of recourse to the grievance procedure.
Cleaning Department. (a) The Employer, at the Union's request, hereby confirms that it will comply with all applicable provisions of The Employment Standards Act, as amended from time to time and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, will comply with the provisions of Part VII thereof as amended from time to time. Provided that nothing contained in this Article is intended to confer upon or shall be construed as conferring upon employees in the bargaining unit, benefits other than those benefits to which such employees may be entitled from time to time under the terms and conditions of The Employment Standards Act as amended from time to time.
(b) Subject to the foregoing:
(i) the following days shall be recognized as statutory holidays with pay: New Year's Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Dominion Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
(c) Subject to clause (d) and except as otherwise provided in this Article, each employee shall have a holiday on a day that is a holiday and shall be paid his regular daily wage rate for such holiday.
(d) Clause (c) does not apply to an employee who: (i) is employed for less than three months;
Cleaning Department. (a) An employee will be on probation until he has completed sixty (60) working days in a twelve (12) month period commencing from the first day he worked. Upon completion of such probationary period, the employee's name shall be placed on such Seniority List and, in the case of a full-time employee, credited with seniority back to date of hire, and, in the case of a part-time employee, credited with 480 hours of seniority. A revised copy of each Seniority List shall be posted on the appropriate bulletin board and sent to the Union in January and July of each year.
(b) Full-time employees will accumulate seniority on the basis of their continuous service in the bargaining unit from the last date of hire, except as otherwise provided herein. Part-time employees shall accrue seniority on the basis of hours worked, 1725 = 1 year. Seniority will operate on a bargaining unit wide basis.
(c) Notwithstanding this provision, seniority shall accrue during pregnancy and parental leaves or for a period of 90 days if an employees' unpaid absence is due to illness or disability.
(d) It is expressly understood and agreed that, notwithstanding anything else contained in this agreement, the employer shall have the right to discharge or discipline any probationary employee at any time prior to his having been placed on the seniority list and such discharged or disciplined employee shall not have the right of recourse to the grievance procedure.
(e) In all cases of promotions, other than appointments to positions outside the scope of the bargaining unit, the following factors shall be considered:
(i) seniority (ii) skill, competence, efficiency, merit and ability Where the factors in (ii) are relatively equal, seniority shall govern provided the employees have the qualifications to perform the work in question.
(f) It shall be the duty of the employee to notify the Employer promptly of any change in address. If an employee fails to do this, the Employer will not be responsible for failure of a notice sent by registered mail to reach such employee.
(g) Shifts will be drawn up in accordance with the seniority standing of the employee and the staffing requirements for each shift.
Cleaning Department. (a) The Employer, at the Union's request, hereby confirms that it will comply with all applicable provisions of The Employment Standards Act, as amended from time to time and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, will comply with the provisions of Part VII thereof as amended from time to time. Provided that nothing contained in this Article is intended to confer upon or shall be construed as conferring upon employees in the bargaining unit, benefits other than those benefits to which such employees may be entitled from time to time under the terms and conditions of The Employment Standards Act as amended from time to time.
(b) Subject to the foregoing:
(i) the following days shall be recognized as statutory holidays with pay: New Year's Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Dominion Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
(c) Subject to clause (d) and except as otherwise provided in this Article, each employee shall have a holiday on a day that is a holiday and shall be paid his regular daily wage rate for such holiday.
(d) Clause (c) does not apply to an employee who:
(i) is employed for less than three months;
(ii) has not earned wages on at least twelve days during the four work weeks immediately preceding a public holiday;
(iii) fails to work his scheduled regular day of work preceding or his scheduled regular day of work following a public holiday;
(iv) is employed under an arrangement whereby he may elect to work or not when requested so to do; or
(v) has agreed to work on a public holiday and who, without reasonable cause, fails to report for and perform the work.
(e) Where a public holidays falls upon a working day for an employee, an Employer may, with the agreement of the employee or his agent, substitute another working day for the public holiday which day shall not be later than the next annual vacation of the employee and the day so substituted shall be deemed to be the public holiday.
(f) Any dispute as to an employee's entitlement to pay under The Employment Standards Act and thus under this Article shall be determined by the Director appointed for the purposes of The Employment Standards Act in the manner provided by the said Act.
