For Atlantic. Employees will choose their vacation date in order of site seniority. Between November 15 and 30, they will inform the Company of their preference. Any vacation requests made after this period will be on a first come first serve basis. To avoid a shortage of qualified employees, the Company reserves the right to determine the number of employees who can leave simultaneously. Employees will be notified in writing by December 31 whether or not their vacation request has been approved. Employees will choose their vacation date in order of site seniority. Between November 15 and 30, they will inform the Company of their preference. Any vacation requests made after this period will be on a first come first serve basis. To avoid a shortage of qualified employees, the Company reserves the right to determine the number of employees who can leave simultaneously. Employees will be notified in writing by December 31 whether or not their vacation request has been approved. Six percent (6%) of employees will be allowed to take vacation at one time. This percentage may be increased if operationally feasible.
For Atlantic. In the event that an employee does not indicate to the Company a time she/he wishes to take vacation, the Company may schedule the employee’s vacation. A week as referred to in Article 14.01 b) may be taken as a scheduled shift rotation by mutual agreement.
For Atlantic. The parties agree to select Arbitrators by mutual agreement.
For Atlantic. The Company shall establish a seniority list at each location starting with the date on which each Employee's service commenced. Every six months (January to July) a list shall be revised and copies posted on the bulletin boards for employees' inspection. The Union shall also be provided with one copy. Any errors or omissions shall be corrected and issued on the next seniority list. SCC seniority shall be based on the effective date of point leader certification. Placement on schedules shall be based on company seniority. When multiple SCC’s are placed on the same shift the person with the most SCC seniority shall receive the wage. If the need to move a SCC arises and all senior SCC refuse, the junior SCC must move. The company SCC seniority list will comprise of an employee list that identifies full time SCC and alternate SCC. Full time SCC will be paid an hourly wage for hours worked. Alternate SCC will be paid an hourly wage at a minimum increment of one half hour for time worked as SCC. All remaining hours worked by an alternate SCC will be paid at the applicable screening officer rate.
For Atlantic. When a promotion occurs within the bargaining unit, the Company shall take the following factors into account:
For Atlantic. Employees will be allowed to exchange shifts provided that the continuity of the operation is maintained. The employee who works a shift for another employee will be subject to all the rules and regulations as if it was her/his normally scheduled shift. Both employees must notify the employer in writing, forty-eight (48) hours in advance of any planned shift exchange. In the event of a reasonable request timeframes will be adjusted. No shift exchanges will be allowed to work for another employer. Employees will be allowed same day shift exchanges provided operational requirements are maintained. The exchanged work shift shall be recorded on the sign in sheet by the employee who actually works the shift. No shift exchange will result in overtime pay. All shift exchanges must be approved by management when approved by the Company exchanged shifts become the responsibility of the employee accepting the shift not the employee requesting the shift change. Forfeits will be permitted to a maximum of three (3) percent of employee’s maximum yearly schedule. This percentage will be reviewed on an individual airport basis providing operational requirements are met.
For Atlantic. Unless mutually agreed, an employee will not be forced to stay in excess of four (4) hours in the event their replacement does not report for work.
For Atlantic a) No shifts will be scheduled with less than eight (8) hours rest between shifts unless by mutual agreement.
b) The Union and management will create a schedule committee immediately following ratification of this collective agreement. The purpose of this committee is to purpose alternate shift schedules to the company. The shift schedule developed is to meet the Employers Airports obligations. The shift schedule will be developed based on the Letter of Understanding Re: Principles of Scheduling. Implementation of the schedule is at the sole discretion of the Company. The Company will not unreasonably refuse implementation of a proposed shift schedule.
c) Full-time employees shall be scheduled for forty (40) hours with remaining hours being assigned to Part-time employees provided the principles of scheduling are met.
14.07 a) Part time employees shall be called to work in order of seniority at each work site, as per Article 11.07.
For Atlantic. Vacation pay to be paid on employee's anniversary date or upon the request of the employee, for the next preceding pay period. Employees may request an advance of up to seventy-five percent (75%) of their gross vacation pay amount prior to the start of their vacation. An adjustment will be made on the following pay period.
For Atlantic. All F1, F2, EDX, NPS and CTX training shall be offered on a seniority basis. In the event that there is a conflict caused by insufficient operational requirements, the employee with the greater seniority meeting these requirements shall be offered this training and future training will resume as per general seniority. When training can’t be done in order of seniority for operational requirements the Company will meet with the union to discuss the situation and resolution before the training is to begin.
