Safe Working Conditions The Employer undertakes to maintain office furniture, equipment, etc., in a practical and safe condition in order to avoid injury to employees or damage to their attire. Employees, for their part and in their own interest, are expected to advise the Employer of any such potentially injurious equipment.
GENERAL WORKING CONDITIONS Section 18-1. Employment begins and ends at each project site.
Section 18-2. The selection of craft foremen and/or general foremen and the number of foremen required shall be entirely the responsibility of the Employer, it being understood that in the selection of such foremen and/or general foremen the Employer will give primary consideration to the qualified individuals available in the local area. After giving such consideration, the Employer may select such individuals from other areas. All foremen shall take orders from the designated Employer representatives. Craft foremen shall be designated working foremen at the request of the Employer.
Section 18-3. There shall be no limit on production by employees nor restrictions on the full use of tools or equipment. Employees using tools shall perform any of the work of the trade and shall work under the direction of the craft foremen. There shall be no restrictions on efficient use of manpower other than as may be required by safety regulations.
Section 18-4. Employees shall be at their place of work at the starting time and shall remain at their place of work performing their assigned functions under the supervision of the Employer until quitting time. The parties reaffirm their policy of a fair day’s work for a fair day’s wage.
Section 18-5. All equipment assigned to a project shall be under the control of the Employer. The Employer shall have the right to determine how many pieces of equipment an individual employee shall operate. In an emergency, foremen shall operate any equipment assigned by the Employer, and there shall be no restriction on foremen in the use of the tools of his or her craft in such emergency. The foremen shall be from the craft normally operating the equipment. In accordance with currently recognized craft jurisdiction, the Employer shall determine the assignment of employees to start, stop, and maintain small portable construction equipment. Such work may be assigned to craft employees within a reasonable distance of their primary duties or an employee may be assigned full time to start, stop and maintain the Employer’s small, portable equipment on the job site. There shall be no over xxxxxxx of this type of equipment. The number of employees assigned to rigging and scaffolding operations shall be at the sole discretion of the Employer. The ratio of journeyperson to welders shall be determined solely by the Employer.
Section 18-6. The Employer may utilize the most efficient methods or techniques of construction, tools or other labor saving devices to accomplish the work. Practices not a part of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, stand by crews and feather bedding practices will not be recognized.
Section 18-7. It is recognized that specialized or unusual equipment may be installed and/ or serviced by individuals who have special training, skill, or qualifications and are not covered by this Agreement. Testing, inspection, or service performed on plant equipment under warranty may be performed by the vendor’s personnel.
Section 18-8. Neither the Union nor its local unions shall coerce or in any way interfere with the Owner’s personnel, operation or facilities at the plant site. The Owner’s right to contract directly with other companies for work at the plant site shall not be limited, and the Union shall cooperate and not interfere with the Employer’s operations.
Section 18-9. It is agreed that overtime is undesirable and not in the best interest of the industry or the employees; therefore, except in unusual circumstances, overtime will not be worked. Where unusual circumstances do exist, however, the Employer will have the right to assign specific employees and/or crews to perform such overtime work as is necessary to accomplish the job.
Section 18-10. There will be no rest periods, organized coffee breaks or other non-working time established during working hours.
Section 18-11. Individual seniority shall not be recognized or applied to employees working on projects under this Agreement.
Section 18-12. The Employer shall establish such reasonable project rules as the Employer deems appropriate. These rules will be reviewed at the pre-job conference and posted at the project site by the Employer, and may be amended thereafter as necessary.
WORKING CONDITIONS 9.01 Lunch periods shall be at mid-shift.
9.02 The Employer shall allow each employee two (2) breaks of ten (10) minutes each, but not more in a work shift. Time of breaks shall be mutually agreed upon.
9.03 Essential protective clothing including welder’s gloves, protective vests or leather jackets, noise abatement devices, and rainwear shall be supplied at no charge to the employee. In the event that an employee does not return the foregoing items supplied to him by the Employer, the Employer shall charge the cost of same to the employee and deduct this cost from any money owing to the employee.
9.04 Chemical or flush toilets shall be provided from the commencement of work on all jobs. Where the sewer or chemical toilets are not available, sanitary toilet facilities shall be provided as called for in local sanitary regulations. Toilet houses shall be painted, at least on the inside, and cleaned out daily. Toilet paper will be provided.
9.05 Where there is no running tap water available, drinking water in approved sanitary containers shall be provided. Paper cups will be supplied. Salt tablets shall be supplied during the summer months.
9.06 If requested by the Union or employee, the Employer will provide within three (3) calendar days, a termination slip which shall state the reason for the employee’s termination and whether or not he is eligible for rehire.
9.07 Adequate time will be allowed prior to quitting time for picking up tools.
9.08 A lock-up shall be provided for employees for drying clothes, and dressing room, as well as lunch room. The lock-up shall have tables, and benches with provision for drying clothes. Such lock-up shall have windows and venting with adequate lighting and provision for continuous heat twenty-four (24) hours a day. The Employer shall be responsible for having the lock-up cleaned out daily and kept cleared of building material and other construction paraphernalia. Additional shelters shall be provided for employees to eat their lunch as may be required.
9.09 In case of fire or burglary on property or premises provided by the Employer, the Employer shall protect the value of an employee’s work clothes up to a total of three hundred and fifty dollars ($350.00). The Employer shall also provide fire and burglary insurance for the employees required tools to a total value of the tools, tool for tool, make for make, provided an inventory of tools and clothing is filed with the Employer. The Employer shall supply the required forms and obtain the inventory from each employee. The employee shall receive a signed copy of the inventory from the Employer. Coverage will commence at the date of the filing of the inventory with the Employer. Where an employee fails to file an inventory his rights to submit a claim shall be waived.
(a) All mechanics, welders, servicemen, tire servicemen, drill doctors, steel sharpeners, bodymen painters, and mechanics and welder apprentices who request coveralls shall have these supplied and cleaned by the Employer. There shall be one change a week available in the employee’s proper size. Employees are expected to take reasonable care of coveralls supplied. In the event that an employee does not return the coveralls supplied to him by the Employer, the Employer shall charge the cost of same to the employee and deduct this cost from any monies owing to the employee. When requested, coveralls shall be supplied on a temporary basis to employees who assist on work as described above, or where the Employer and the Union mutually agree that coveralls are required.
(b) Employees entitled to receive coveralls as provided herein may obtain an additional change of coveralls in any one week providing the condition of the coveralls requires a change. The shop xxxxxxx shall use discretion in authorizing the additional change.
(c) All shops shall provide adequate clean-up facilities.
9.11 The Employer shall pay the cost of obtaining operators’ licences other than those required under the Motor Vehicles Act for employees covered by this Agreement.
9.12 No employee will be permitted to use his own motor vehicle in a manner which is unfair to other members or against the best interest of the Union.
9.13 Each employee being terminated will be given one (1) hour’s notice of termination by the Employer or one (1) hour’s pay allowed in lieu thereof. Heavy duty mechanics and apprentice mechanics may utilize this hour to gather together their tools and put them in shape for their next job.
9.14 When a mechanic leaves the employ of the Employer, the Employer shall be required to pay cost of shipping mechanic’s tools. Tools shall be shipped within forty-eight (48) hours of his leaving his employment, subject to the same conditions as govern transportation. When an Operating Engineer elects to transport his own tools to and from the jobsite, the employee shall be paid the rate of two dollars and seventy-five cents ($2.75) per one hundred (100) pounds per one hundred (100) miles. (e.g. $2.75 x 528 pounds x 273 miles = $39.64). Where the Employer fails to comply with the above, the employee shall be deemed to be still on the payroll of the Employer and shall receive his usual wages and all other conditions of this Agreement until there is compliance with these provisions.
9.15 Where an employee is involved in an accident while on the job and as a result is unable to perform his work, he shall receive a full day’s pay for the day of the accident.
Unsafe Working Conditions Employees shall be recognized by the Employer to have the competence to determine what constitutes unsafe working conditions within their discipline. No employee shall be disciplined for refusal to work in a situation which is deemed unsafe beyond the reasonable requirements of the employee's job.
Seller’s Conditions Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the obligation of Seller to consummate the Transactions shall be subject to and conditioned upon the following:
(i) Buyer’s representations and warranties being true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing and Buyer shall have delivered all documents required to be delivered by Buyer pursuant to Paragraph 5(b) below.
(ii) The satisfaction of the [REDACTED] Waiver Condition. In the event the [REDACTED] Waiver Condition is not satisfied at or prior to Closing, then Seller may elect to either (a) terminate this Agreement with respect to the Commerce Property (but not the other Properties), in which event the Purchase Price shall be reduced by the Allocated Purchase Price for the Commerce Property, neither party shall have any further liability or obligation under this Agreement with respect to the Commerce Property (except for the provisions of this Agreement which recite that they survive termination), and the Closing shall proceed with respect to all other Properties, or (b) elect to continue this Agreement in full force and effect with respect to the Commerce Property. If any condition to Seller’s obligation to proceed with the Closing hereunder has not been satisfied as of the Closing Date or other applicable date (other than the condition to Closing set forth in Paragraph 3(g)(ii) for which Seller’s rights for such failure of the condition to Closing are set forth therein), Seller shall have the right to (i) nevertheless proceed to Closing, notwithstanding the non-satisfaction of such condition, in which event Seller shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such condition, or (ii) terminate this Agreement upon written notice to Buyer prior to Closing, in which case the provisions of Paragraph 3(f) shall apply.
Purchaser’s Conditions (a) The obligation of Purchaser to complete the Transaction and purchase the Assets from Vendor is subject to the following conditions precedent, which are inserted into and made part of this Agreement for the exclusive benefit of Purchaser and may be waived only by Purchaser:
(i) the representations and warranties of Vendor set forth in Clause 5.1 shall be true and correct in all material respects when made and as of the Closing Time, unless some other time is specified, and all obligations and covenants of Vendor in this Agreement that are to be performed or complied with prior to or at the Closing Time (other than in respect of the agreements, certificates and other instruments and documents to be delivered at the Closing Time by Vendor pursuant to Clause 4.1) shall have been performed or complied with in all material respects,
(ii) at the Closing Time, Vendor shall have duly delivered the agreements, certificates and other instruments and documents required pursuant to Clause 4.1;
(iii) no Governmental Authority shall have issued an order, decree or ruling or taken any other action restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the completion of the Transaction which has not been vacated or dismissed prior to the Closing Time;
(iv) the Competition Act Approval shall have been obtained without conditions;
(v) the TSXV Approval shall have been obtained without conditions, other than any conditions acceptable to Vendor in its sole and absolute discretion; and
(vi) no material change to the Assets, except as shall have been consented to in writing by the Purchaser, shall have occurred between the execution of this Agreement and the Closing Date which would materially or adversely affect the value of the Assets and Vendor shall have delivered to Purchaser an Officer's Certificate to that effect at Closing, provided that neither a decrease in the market price of any Petroleum Substances, changes in the reservoir, nor production of Petroleum Substances in the ordinary course of business shall be considered substantial damage for the purposes of this subclause.
(b) If any of the conditions precedent Clause 3.1(a) have not been satisfied, complied with or waived by Purchaser at or before the Closing Time, then Purchaser may terminate this Agreement by written notice to Vendor prior to the Closing Time stating the reason for termination;
(c) Following any termination of this Agreement by Purchaser pursuant to Clause 3.1:
(i) Vendor and Purchaser shall forthwith instruct Vendor's Solicitors to return the Cash Deposit and Deposit Interest, and to deliver the Non-Cash Deposit, to Purchaser;
(ii) Purchaser and Vendor shall be released and discharged from the further performance of any duties or obligations under this Agreement, except as provided in this Clause 3.1(c) and Clauses 11.2 and 12.11; and
(iii) Purchaser shall have no Claim against Vendor under this Agreement or in connection with the Assets or otherwise in connection with the Transaction or the termination of this Agreement, other than pursuant to Clauses 11.2 and 12.11, and Purchaser's sole and exclusive right and recourse against Vendor shall be limited to the refund of the Deposit and the Deposit Interest.
Conditions for Advance and Conditions to Closing Section 7.1.
Unsafe Conditions In accordance with 29 CFR § 1977, occasions might arise when an employee is confronted with a choice between not performing assigned tasks or subjecting himself/herself to serious injury or death arising from a hazardous condition at the workplace. If the employee, with no reasonable alternative, refuses in good faith to expose himself/herself to the dangerous condition, he/she would be protected against subsequent discrimination. The condition causing the employee's apprehension of death or injury must be of such a nature that a reasonable person, under the circumstances then confronting the employee, would conclude that there is a real danger of death or serious injury and that there is insufficient time, due to the urgency of the situation, to eliminate the danger by resorting to regular statutory enforcement channels. In addition, in such circumstances, the employee, where possible, must also have sought from his Employer, and been unable to obtain, a correction of the dangerous condition.
Buyer’s Conditions Buyer’s obligations to Close are conditioned upon the following (“Buyer’s Conditions”):
(i) All representations and warranties of Seller in this Agreement shall be true, correct and complete in all material respects as of the Closing Date and Seller shall have performed in all material respects all covenants and obligations required to be performed by Seller on or before the Closing Date.
(ii) Title Insurance Company is irrevocably committed to issue to Buyer an owner’s title insurance policy covering the Property with standard coverage customary in the state where the Property is located showing liability in the amount of the Purchase Price and showing insurable title to the Property vested in Buyer, subject only to the following: (a) Title Insurance Company’s standard exceptions; (b) liens for all current general and special real property taxes and assessments not yet due and payable; (c) liens of supplemental taxes, if any assessed; (d) any facts an accurate survey and/or a personal inspection of the Property may disclose; (e) the mortgage/deed of trust/deed to secure debt lien in connection with any Buyer financing; (f) any laws, regulations, ordinances (including but not limited to, zoning, building and environmental) as to the use, occupancy, subdivision or improvement of the Property adopted or imposed by any governmental body, or the effect of any non-compliance with or any violation thereof, including but not limited to, any disclosure and/or report required by ordinance; (g) rights of existing tenants and/or occupants of the Property (if any);
(h) covenants, restrictions, easements and other matters that do not materially impair the value of the Property or the use thereof; (i) non-monetary encumbrances disclosed to Buyer in writing prior to entering into this Agreement; and (j) any other matter for which Title Insurance Company agrees to provide insurance at no additional cost to Buyer.
Unsafe Work Conditions No Employee shall be disciplined for refusal to work on a job which in the opinion of:
(a) A member of a safety committee; or
(b) A person designated by a safety committee; or
(c) A safety officer after an on-site inspection and following discussion with a representative of the Employer, does not meet the standards established pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act.
