Common use of Courtesy Clerks Clause in Contracts

Courtesy Clerks. (a) Courtesy Clerk’s duties are limited to basket and cart retrieval, bagging, sorting of returnable beverage containers, carry-outs, price checks, filling check stands with bags, merchandise return (put aways), sweeping and cleaning the check stand, entrance and entire store area. (b) It is understood that cleaning the entire store area shall mean cleaning mouldings, shelves, sweeping and mopping of the floors in any area of the store premises and shall also include clean-up (dust, wash, damp mop, clean up spills and breakages) in the lunch room, washroom, sales area and backroom areas as well as cart areas. The sales area shall be defined as any area within the store where the customers normally shop. (c) Courtesy Clerks will not be used to the extent that existing employees doing those duties will suffer a reduction in hours. (d) The total number of Courtesy Clerks hours in a store shall not exceed ten (10%) percent of the total hours worked in the bargaining unit of that store each and every week. If the Company exceeds the ten (10%) percent indicated above in a week, hours in excess of ten (10%) percent shall be paid at the rate of thirteen ($13.00) dollars per hour to the most senior Service Clerk(s). (e) If a Courtesy Clerk is assigned duties regularly performed by employees in a different classification, they will be entitled to a higher rate of pay for their entire shift. The employee’s class hours, applied to the appropriate scale, will determine the hourly rate.

Courtesy Clerks. 1. In the event a Courtesy Clerk who is on the payroll prior to November 1, 1987, is appointed to a regular part-time position, the Courtesy Clerk would receive credit for fifty (a50%) percent of his Courtesy Clerk’s Clerk hours to a maximum of 1920 hours for the purposes of establishing his wage rate in the new classification scale. Any Courtesy Clerk hired after November 1, 1987, who is appointed to a regular part-time position, will be placed at the next higher rate in the new scale and will be credited with the number of hours required to maintain that rate. 2. In the hiring of regular part-time employees, the Company would consider employees in the Courtesy Clerk classification before hiring any new employees. In the appointment of Courtesy Clerks to regular part-time positions, the provisions of Article 12.13 will not apply. 3. Courtesy Clerks would have no claim on hours available to regular part-time employees in the stores and correspondingly regular part-time employees in the stores would have no claim on Courtesy Clerks hours unless Courtesy Clerks perform work not in (4) below, and except as covered in Article 7.17. 4. Courtesy Clerks duties are limited to basket and cart baskart retrieval, bagging, carryouts, handling and sorting of empty returnable beverage containers, carry-outs, price checks, sweeping the entire sales floor, filling check stands checkstands with bags, merchandise return (put aways)cleaning up spills, sweeping and cleaning the check standdamp mopping, entrance and entire store area. (b) It is understood that cleaning the entire store area shall mean cleaning mouldingsparcel pick up duties, shelvesperishable replacements, sweeping and mopping of the floors in any area of the store premises and shall also include getting change, all take-backs, clean-up (dust, wash, damp mop, clean up spills and breakages) in the lunch roomroom and washrooms, washroom, sales area and backroom areas as well as cart areas. The sales area shall be defined as any area within clean-up in parking lot around the store where the customers normally shopstore. (c) Courtesy Clerks will not be used to 5. In the extent that existing employees doing those duties will suffer a reduction in hours. (d) The total number of Courtesy Clerks hours in a store shall not exceed ten (10%) percent of the total hours worked in the bargaining unit of that store each and every week. If the Company exceeds the ten (10%) percent indicated above in a week, hours in excess of ten (10%) percent shall be paid at the rate of thirteen ($13.00) dollars per hour to the most senior Service Clerk(s). (e) If event a Courtesy Clerk is assigned asked by management to perform duties regularly performed by employees and does perform duties outside those contemplated in a different classification4) above, they the employee will be entitled to a higher the top rate of pay the appropriate classification for their entire his full shift, except as covered in Article 7.17. 6. Courtesy Clerks are not intended to replace existing employees but to supplement them. This phrase is intended to mean that the impact on existing employees’ hours will be held to as little as possible, however, in any case, no existing employee will be laid off or have zero (0) hours as a result of Courtesy Clerks unless seasonal or business fluctuations dictate a lower general overall staffing level. 7. The employee’s class hoursCompany agrees to have only one employee per front end checkstand on duty at any one time classified as Courtesy Clerks during store opening hours and to a maximum of one-half (1/2) hour after store closure. For stores with twelve (12) or more front end checkstands, applied an additional two (2) Courtesy Clerks may be scheduled. On Saturday, this two (2) may be three (3). In stores where night shopping does not take place, the one-half (1/2) hour referred to the appropriate scale, will determine the hourly rateabove may be one (1) hour.

Courtesy Clerks. (a) Courtesy Clerk’s duties are limited to basket and cart retrieval, bagging, sorting of returnable beverage containers, carry-outs, price checks, filling check stands with bags, merchandise return (put aways), sweeping and cleaning the check stand, entrance and entire store area. (b) It is understood that cleaning the entire store area shall mean cleaning mouldings, shelves, sweeping and mopping of the floors in any area of the store premises and shall also include clean-up (dust, wash, damp mop, clean up spills and breakages) in the lunch room, washroom, sales area and backroom areas as well as cart areas. The sales area shall be defined as any area within the store where the customers normally shop. (c) Courtesy Clerks will not be used to the extent that existing employees doing those duties will suffer a reduction in hours. (d) The total number of Courtesy Clerks hours in a store shall not exceed ten (10%) percent of the total hours worked in the bargaining unit of that store each and every week. If the Company exceeds the ten (10%) percent indicated above in a week, hours in excess of ten (10%) percent shall be paid at the rate of thirteen ($13.00) dollars per hour to the most senior Service Clerk(s). (e) If a Courtesy Clerk is assigned duties regularly performed by employees in a different classification, they will be entitled to a higher rate of pay for their entire shift. The employee’s class hours, applied to the appropriate scale, will determine the hourly rate. (f) Part-time employees in the Courtesy Clerk Classification who have worked more than two thousand (2000) hours, may request a transfer as a clerk to a Food or General Merchandise Department where there is a vacancy, once during the term of the agreement. Their ability must be consistent with the needs of the vacancy, and if they are transferred, the employee must maintain their same availability or greater for no less than one hundred sixty (160) hours unless as determined otherwise by Management. Requests shall be considered on the basis of seniority provided the merit, fitness, and ability are relatively equal among employees requesting a transfer. The Company may waive the two thousand (2000) hour requirement at its discretion. Those matters requiring judgement as to the competency and ability of the employee shall rest with the Company. Employees granted a transfer will be on probation for a period of up to one hundred sixty (160) hours to demonstrate their ability to perform the work in a satisfactory manner. In the event they are unable to perform satisfactorily in the new position, they shall be returned to their previous position. Employees granted a transfer will be placed on the applicable Post-Ratification Food Service Clerk or General Merchandise Clerk wage scale at the same rate of pay and be assigned the corresponding number of class hours. In the event the wage scale does not match exactly, the employee will slot into the next higher rate and be credited with the minimum class hours associated with that wage rate. They shall then be able to exercise their seniority hours in the new department.

Courtesy Clerks. (a) 1. Courtesy Clerk’s duties are limited to basket and cart retrieval, bagging, sorting of returnable beverage containers, carry-outs, price checks, filling check stands with bags, merchandise return (put aways), sweeping and cleaning the check stand, entrance and entire store area. (b) 2. It is understood that cleaning the entire store area shall mean cleaning mouldings, shelves, sweeping and mopping of the floors in any area of the store premises and shall also include clean-up (dust, wash, damp mop, clean up spills and breakages) in the lunch room, washroom, sales area and backroom areas as well as cart areas. The sales area shall be defined as any area within the store where the customers normally shop. (c) 3. Courtesy Clerks will not be used to the extent that existing employees doing those duties will suffer a reduction in hours. (d) 4. The total number of Courtesy Clerks hours in a store shall not exceed ten percent (10%) percent of the total hours worked in the bargaining unit of that store each and every week. If the Company exceeds the ten percent (10%) percent indicated above in a week, hours in excess of ten percent (10%) percent shall be paid at the rate of thirteen dollars ($13.00) dollars per hour to the most senior Service Clerk(s). (e) 5. If a Courtesy Clerk courtesy clerk is assigned duties regularly performed by employees in a different classification, they will be entitled to a higher rate of pay for their entire shift. The employee’s class hours, applied to the appropriate scale, will determine the hourly rate.

Courtesy Clerks. (a) Courtesy Clerk’s duties are limited to basket and cart retrieval, bagging, sorting of returnable beverage containers, carry-outs, price checks, filling check stands with bags, merchandise return (put aways), sweeping and cleaning the check stand, entrance and entire store area. (b) It is understood that cleaning the entire store area shall mean cleaning mouldings, shelves, sweeping and mopping of the floors in any area of the store premises and shall also include clean-up (dust, wash, damp mop, clean up spills and breakages) in the lunch room, washroom, sales area and backroom areas as well as cart areas. The sales area shall be defined as any area within the store where the customers normally shop. (c) Courtesy Clerks will not be used to the extent that existing employees doing those duties will suffer a reduction in hours. (d) The total number of Courtesy Clerks hours in a store shall not exceed ten (10%) percent of the total hours worked in the bargaining unit of that store each and every week. If the Company exceeds the ten (10%) percent indicated above in a week, hours in excess of ten (10%) percent shall be paid at the rate of thirteen ($13.00) dollars per hour to the most senior Service Clerk(s). (e) If a Courtesy Clerk is assigned duties regularly performed by employees in a different classification, they will be entitled to a higher rate of pay for their entire shift. The employee’s class hours, applied to the appropriate scale, will determine the hourly rate. (f) Part-time employees in the Courtesy Clerk Classification who have worked more than two thousand (2000) hours, may request a transfer as a clerk to a Food or General Merchandise Department where there is a vacancy, once during the term of the agreement. Their ability must be consistent with the needs of the vacancy, and if they are transferred, the employee must maintain their same availability or greater for no less than one hundred sixty (160) hours unless as determined otherwise by Management. Requests shall be considered on the basis of seniority provided the merit, fitness and ability are relatively equal among employees requesting a transfer. The Company may waive the two thousand (2000) hour requirement at its discretion. Those matters requiring judgement as to the competency and ability of the employee shall rest with the Company. Employees granted a transfer will be on probation for a period of up to one hundred sixty (160) hours to demonstrate their ability to perform the work in a satisfactory manner. In the event they are unable to perform satisfactorily in the new position, they shall be returned to their previous position. Employees granted a transfer will be placed on the applicable Post-Ratification Food Service Clerk or General Merchandise Clerk wage scale at the same rate of pay and be assigned the corresponding number of class hours. In the event the wage scale does not match exactly, the employee will slot into the next higher rate and be credited with the minimum class hours associated with that wage rate. They shall then be able to exercise their seniority hours in the new department.