Probationary Employment All employees will initially be engaged on a three month probationary period on a Grade as nominated by the employer with monthly reviews during which time the employee's suitability for continued employment will be assessed. During this period the employer undertakes to provide monthly feedback to the employee in terms of the employee's progress. At the end of this three month period or before at the discretion of the employer should performance not be satisfactory the employee's services will be terminated by giving one (1) days notice. Should the employee choose to resign one (1) weeks notice must be provided to the employer. This period can be extended with the mutual agreement of both the employer and employee prior to completion of the probationary period. Upon satisfactory completion of the probationary period, the employee's position will be confirmed in writing
Outside Employment Employees may engage in other employment outside of their State working hours so long as the outside employment does not involve a conflict of interest with their State employment. Whenever it appears that any such outside employment might constitute a conflict of interest, the employee is expected to consult with his/her appointing authority or other appropriate agency representative prior to engaging in such outside employment. Employees of agencies where there are established procedures concerning outside employment for the purpose of insuring compliance with specific statutory restrictions on outside employment are expected to comply with such procedures.
Alternative Employment An employer, in a particular redundancy case, may make application to the Commission to have the general severance pay prescription varied if the employer obtains acceptable alternative employment for an employee.
Re-employment An employee who resigns their position and within 90 days is re-employed, will be granted a leave of absence without pay covering those days absent and will retain all previous rights in relation to seniority and benefits subject to any benefit plan eligibility requirements.
HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT The Standard Hours of Work shall be as follows: 5.1 The Standard Hours of Work per day shall be eight (8) hours. 5.2 For pay purposes the first day of the week commences at 11:00 p.m. Sunday. Standard working hours for a three (3) shift operation will be 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., 3 p.m. to 11 p.m., 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. For the purposes of calculating a calendar day on a three shift operation, the aforesaid day shall begin at 11 p.m. 5.3 The Standard Hours of Work per week shall be forty (40) hours. The aforementioned Standard Hours of Work are stated solely for the purpose of calculating overtime and shall not be construed as a guarantee of any minimum or as a restriction on any maximum number of hours to be worked. 5.4 The standard working days shall be five (5). Monday to Friday inclusive, with the exception that Employees assigned to shift work, maintenance and trouble calls, will be required to work on any regularly assigned five (5) day period in any weekly period of seven (7) days. 5.5 During the Term of this Agreement, the Employer shall maintain and post three (3) master schedules for: 1st Schedule: Staff that are on twelve (12) hour shifts at the Xxxxxxxx Facility, 2nd Schedule: Staff that work straight days at the Xxxxxxxx Facility and includes the staff that primarily operate the communal xxxxx and the water outstations. 3rd Schedule: Staff that operate the Dundas WWTP and primarily operate the wastewater/stormwater outstations and CSO facilities. All master schedules shall be as attached in Schedule "B". For master schedules based on a seven (7) day per week rotating basis, the Employer shall develop such master schedules based on an average of forty (40) hours per week. The Employer has the right to modify such schedules provided that it gives all affected Employees one hundred and twenty (120) days prior notice of such modifications, except in the case of the Xxxxxxxx Avenue master schedules. For the Xxxxxxxx Avenue twelve (12) hour master schedule, the Employer shall not revise the schedule without the mutual consent of the Bargaining Unit, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, except where the Employer is compelled to modify the master schedule in order to operate such Facilities. 5.6 An Employee who reports for work on a scheduled working day and who has not been previously notified not to report shall be guaranteed a minimum of four (4) hours work or pay. 5.7 Employees shall be allowed a ten (10) minute rest period in the first half and second half of a shift, and a Twenty (20) minute paid lunch period that will be taken between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. 5.8 The Employer shall give seven (7) calendar days notice of a change of shift. In the event the Employer is unable to give seven (7) days' notice, it shall pay such Employees affected by the change of shift at a rate of time and one-half (1 1/2) for the first day of such shift change. The foregoing, however, shall not apply when the change of shift is caused by absence of Employees due to illness or accident or matters beyond the control of the Employer. 5.9 For Employees working on twelve (12) hours shifts, Article 5 of this Agreement is modified as follows: (a) Section 5.1 does not apply; (b) Section 5.2 does not apply and the following is substituted: For pay purposes, the first day of the week for a twelve (12) hour shift commences at 6 p.m. on Sunday; (c) Section 5.3 does not apply; (d) Section 5.4 does not apply and the following is substituted: The standard working days shall be twelve (12) hour shifts as are presently scheduled or any such schedule as may be agreed to by the parties; (e) Section 5.7 does not apply and the following is substituted: Employees shall be allowed four (4) fifteen (15) minute rest periods. Two (2) of which will be in the first half of the shift and two (2) of which will be in the second half of the shift. One of the rest periods in each half of the shift shall be used as a lunch period; and, (f) Shift schedules to be based on an average of forty (40) hours per week. (g) The employer agrees to discuss the move toward an equalized bi- weekly payroll system. The decision to implement will be reached only after the details of the various consequences have been explained with the Union and agreed to on that basis.
Permanent Employment (FULL - TIME & PART-TIME)
Fixed Term Employment 14.7.1 A fixed term employee is a full time or part time employee who is engaged for an agreed period for the purpose of a specific period of time or for a specified task.
Part-Time Employment Monthly compensation for part-time employment will be pro-rated based on the ratio of hours worked to hours required for full-time employment. In the alternative, part-time employees may be paid the appropriate hourly rate for all hours worked.