Common use of HIRING PROCEDURE Clause in Contracts

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 The Employer agrees to employ members in good standing of the Union to perform all work in the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction of the IBEW. 3.2 The Employer will advise the Union Dispatcher of all required vacancies, including location, conditions and of any auxiliary skills that may be required. The Union undertakes to supply only qualified personnel. And the Employer further agrees that all such work performed for, or at the insistence of the Employer, by contractors, sub-contractors, and/or third parties shall be performed by members in good standing of the Union. After a period of forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends and Statutory Holidays, should the Union be unable to fill the Employer's request for employees, the Union and the Employer will undertake joint recruiting. All employees shall be in receipt of a clearance from the Union before commencing work. Notwithstanding the above, and subject to clearance from the Union, which will not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators may be employed. The employees will be under the direct supervision of a Xxxxxxx or Sub- Xxxxxxx. There will be no loss of work or jurisdiction to the Union as a result. This hiring procedure may be varied by written agreement between the Parties. 3.3 The Employer shall deduct Union Dues and remit same to the Union and employees concerned shall be so notified. Owner operators shall receive no less favourable wages and conditions than those established herein.

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 The Employer agrees to employ members in good standing of the Union to perform all work in the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction of the IBEW. 3.2 The Employer will advise the Union Dispatcher of all required vacancies, including location, conditions and of any auxiliary skills that may be required. The Union undertakes to supply only qualified personnel. And the Employer further agrees that all such work performed for, or at the insistence of the Employer, by contractors, sub-contractors, and/or third parties shall be performed by members in good standing of the Union. After a period of forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends and Statutory Holidays, should the Union be unable to fill the Employer's request for employees, the Union and the Employer will undertake joint recruiting. All employees shall be in receipt of a clearance from the Union before commencing work. Notwithstanding the above, and subject to clearance from the Union, which will not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators may be employed. The employees will be under the direct supervision of a Xxxxxxx or Sub- Xxxxxxx. There will be no loss of work or jurisdiction to the Union as a result. This hiring procedure may be varied by written agreement between the Parties. . 3.3 The Employer recognizes seniority in the event of a reduction in forces; by job classification that the last employee hired shall deduct Union Dues be the first employee released. For the purposes of calculating seniority for Apprentices who graduate to Journeyman status while employed, their seniority as a Journeyman shall be calculated from their last date of hire as an Apprentice with the Employer. Subject to the foregoing, IBEW members shall be retained over non-members. When computing length of service to determine seniority, time lost due to sickness, accident, annual vacation and remit Statutory Holidays or leave of absence for military service or IBEW business shall be counted as time worked; other leaves of absence without pay must be by mutual consent in writing of the Parties, hereto, otherwise time on leave shall not be counted as time worked. Employees shall have company-wide seniority and where the Employer has more than one headquarters as defined herein, employees upon the reduction in forces shall be entitled to replace the most junior employee by classification within the employ of the Employer. Employees who elect to bump junior employees shall be entitled to no greater benefits than those earned by the employee displaced. 3.4 The Employer shall maintain current seniority lists for all classifications and make same available to the Union and employees concerned shall be so notified. Owner operators shall receive no less favourable wages and conditions than those established hereinupon request.

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 5.1 The Employer agrees to employ members in good standing that whenever employees covered by this Agreement are required, the Employer shall call the Union office of the Local Union(s) having jurisdiction. 5.2 The Employer shall, where possible, give the Union advance information as to the employment requirements in order that the Union may make its members available. Only Union members having confirmation of dispatch from the Local Union, to be given to the Employer by the employee at time of hire, or sent to the Employer by electronic transmission prior to the employee being hired, shall be hired, providing the Local Union can supply same. All members supplied by the Local Union must be qualified to perform all the work in for which they have been referred, otherwise such member will not be dispatched unless acceptable to the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all Employer. The Employer shall have the right to name request one member from the out-of-work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction list of the IBEWLocal Union in every four employees hired. This ratio shall be maintained on a "one-in-four" basis for the duration of the job. The employment of straws shall be determined and agreed upon at the Pre-job Conference by the Employer and the Local Union(s) having territorial jurisdiction over the area of the job. 3.2 The Employer will advise 5.3 Members supplied by the Local Union Dispatcher of all required vacancies, including location, conditions and of any auxiliary skills that may must be required. The Union undertakes to supply only qualified personnel. And the Employer further agrees that all such work performed for, or at the insistence of the Employer, by contractors, sub-contractors, and/or third parties shall be performed by members in good standing of the Union. After a period of dispatched within forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends and Statutory Holidaysof request, should such notice to be given during the Local Union's normal office hours. 2018/2023 - 15 - LA-M 5.4 When qualified members of the Union be unable are not available, the Employer may obtain employees elsewhere, subject to fill the provisions of Article 3.3. 5.5 The Employer shall have the right to restart any interrupted job with the same crew laid off for Christmas or Spring breakup, work windows specified by a third party, or prolonged weather or other shutdown beyond the control of the Employer's request , provided such shutdown extends no longer than a twenty-one (21) calendar day period or has been a subject of the Pre-job Conference and provided the laid-off employees are available for employees, the Union and the Employer will undertake joint recruitingsuch re-start. All Any additional and/or replacement employees shall be engaged in receipt accordance with Article 5.2. 5.6 The Employer and the Union agree to discuss and to cooperate to encourage opportunities for Indigenous employment under the terms and conditions of this agreement. The Laborers International Union of North America is committed to encouraging youth, diversity and Indigenous hiring and membership on all projects. 5.7 Each employee shall present to the Employer, at commencement of employment, a valid Certificate of Completion of a clearance from the Union before commencing work. Notwithstanding the above, and subject to clearance from the Union, which will not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators may be employed. The employees will be under the direct supervision of a Xxxxxxx or Sub- Xxxxxxx. There will be no loss of work or jurisdiction to the Union as a result. This hiring procedure may be varied by written agreement between the Parties. 3.3 The Employer shall deduct Union Dues and remit same to the Union and employees concerned shall be so notified. Owner operators shall receive no less favourable wages and conditions than those established hereincomputer-based Pipeline Construction Safety Training (PCST) program.

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 The Employer agrees to employ members in good standing A. With the exception of those regular employees of the Union to perform all work in the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction of the IBEW. 3.2 The Employer will advise the Union Dispatcher of all required vacancies, including location, conditions and of any auxiliary skills that may be required. The Union undertakes to supply only qualified personnel. And the Employer further agrees that all such work performed for, or at the insistence of the Employer, by contractors, sub-contractors, and/or third parties shall be performed by who are members in good standing of the Union. After a period , as identified at the Re-job Conference and cleared by the Local Union for work the Jurisdictional Boundary of that Local Union, the Employer shall hire all employees through the Local Union dispatch In all cases the Local Union dispatch office will be given forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends Monday through Friday to complete the dispatch and Statutory Holidays, should the all employees must be in possession of a Union be unable to fill the Employer's request for employees, the referral slip or Local Union and must have provided the Employer will undertake joint recruitingwith confirmation of dispatch by electronic transmission prior to his commencement of work which includes equipment move out. All The Employer shall hire the required employees from among the qualified members of the Local Union. Where the Local Union has dispatch procedures established such employees shall be in receipt provided with a dispatch slip by the Local Union office. All members supplied by the Local Union shall be qualified to perform the work for which they have been requested, otherwise such shall not be dispatched unless acceptable to the Employer. Subject to the terms and conditions of a clearance from this Agreement, the Employer shall have the right to refuse any provided the cause for such refusal is stated and shall not be unreasonable. When qualified members of the Local Union before commencing work. Notwithstanding the aboveare not available, and employees may be hired elsewhere, subject to clearance from the Union, which will not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators may be employed. The employees will be under the direct supervision of a Xxxxxxx or Sub- Xxxxxxx. There will be no loss of work or jurisdiction to the Union as a result. This hiring procedure may be varied by written agreement between the Parties. 3.3 Article E. The Employer shall deduct have the right to re-start any job with the same crew laid off for Christmas or Spring breakup provided such shutdown extends no longer than a twenty-one (21) calendar day or has been a subject of the Re-job Conference and provided the laid-off employees are available for such re-start. Any additional replacement employees shall be engaged in accordance with Paragraph A of this Article. Any qualified person dispatched by the Local Union Dues to be employed in any capacity that requires the operation of a Commercial Motor Vehicle, as defined by the applicable Provincial motor vehicles regulations, shall possess and remit same provide to the Union and employees concerned shall be so notified. Owner operators shall receive no less favourable wages and conditions than those established hereinEmployer, at the time of hire, a driver’s abstract issued within the previous ninety (90) days by the applicable motor vehicle licensing agency.

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 The Employer agrees to employ members in good standing that whenever employees covered by this Agreement are required, the Employer shall call the Union office of the Local having jurisdiction. The Employer shall, where possible, give the Union advance information as to the employment requirements in order that the Union may make its members available. Only Union members having confirmation of dispatch from the Local Union, to be given to the Employer by the employee at time of hire, or sent to the Employer by electronic transmission prior to the employee being hired, shall be hired, providing the Local Union can supply same. members supplied by the Local Union must be qualified to perform all the work in for which they have been referred, otherwise such member will not be dispatched unless acceptable to the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all Employer. The Employer shall have the right to name request one member from the out-of-work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction list of the IBEW. 3.2 The Employer will advise Local Union in every four employees hired. This ratio shall be maintained on a "one-in-four" basis for the Union Dispatcher duration of all required vacancies, including location, conditions and of any auxiliary skills that may be requiredthe job. The Union undertakes to supply only qualified personnel. And employment of straws shall be determined and agreed upon at the Conference by the Employer further agrees that all such work performed for, or at and the insistence Local having territorial jurisdiction over the area of the Employer, job. Members supplied by contractors, sub-contractors, and/or third parties shall the Local Union must be performed by members in good standing of the Union. After a period of dispatched within forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends and Statutory Holidaysof request, should such notice to be given during the Local Union's normal office When qualified members of the Union be unable are not available, the Employer may obtain employees elsewhere, subject to fill the provisions of Article The Employer shall have the right to restart any interrupted job with the same crew laid off for Christmas or Spring breakup, work windows specified by a third party, or prolonged weather or other shutdown beyond the control of the Employer's request , provided such shutdown extends no longer than a twenty-one (21) calendar day period or has been a subject of the Conference and provided the laid-off employees are available for employees, the Union and the Employer will undertake joint recruitingsuch re-start. All Any additional and/or replacement employees shall be engaged in receipt of a clearance from the Union before commencing work. Notwithstanding the above, and subject to clearance from the Union, which will not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators may be employed. The employees will be under the direct supervision of a Xxxxxxx or Sub- Xxxxxxx. There will be no loss of work or jurisdiction to the Union as a result. This hiring procedure may be varied by written agreement between the Parties. 3.3 The Employer shall deduct Union Dues and remit same to the Union and employees concerned shall be so notified. Owner operators shall receive no less favourable wages and conditions than those established herein.accordance with Article

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 The 5.01 Subject to Article 5.03, the Employer agrees to employ hire only members in good standing of the Union to perform all work in through the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction services of the IBEW. 3.2 The Employer will advise the Union Dispatcher of all required vacancies, including location, conditions and of any auxiliary skills that may be Hall when Employees are required. The Employer shall have a right to name hire employees. Members so hired shall be in possession of a referral slip from the Union undertakes or the Union agrees to provide necessary referral slips to the Employer before commencement of work. When the Employer calls the Union for workers and the Union is unable to supply only qualified personnel. And competent workers within twenty-four (24) hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays, the Employer further agrees may engage new workers directly on the understanding that all such work performed for, or at the insistence they shall make application to become members of the Employer, by contractors, sub-contractors, and/or third parties Union within fifteen (15) days of commencement of employment. Any such Employee who has not made application to become a member of the Union within the allowed fifteen (15) days shall be performed by terminated. The Union will provide the workers resumes to the Employer in order to validate the training and experience. 5.02 All Employees who are members in good standing of the UnionUnion and all Employees who becomemembers shall, asa condition ofemployment, maintain their membership ingood standing. After Any employee who fails to maintain their membership in the Union because of a failure to pay the periodic dues, assessments and initiation fees uniformly required to be paid by all members of the trade union as a condition of acquiring or retaining membership in the trade union shall be subject to discharge after seven (7) days written notice to the Employer. 5.03 The early andcontinued participation ofmembers of the Fort XxXxx First Nation and Métis peoplesis desirable. Accordingly, thePartiesagreetomaximum practicableemployment of qualified members of the Fort XxXxx First Nation and Métispeoples under theterms of this Agreement. 5.04 All employees newly hired directly by the Employer for regular employment, or for a member dispatched from the Union who has been a member of the Union for a period of less than ninety (90) days, shall be considered as probationary employees for the first forty-eight five (4845) hours excluding weekends and Statutory Holidays, should days worked days from the Union be unable to fill the Employer's request for employees, the Union and the Employer will undertake joint recruitingdate of hire. All employees There shall be in receipt of a clearance from the Union before commencing work. Notwithstanding the above, and subject to clearance no probationary period for those employees dispatched directly from the Union, which will not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators and who are a member of the Union for a period of ninety (90) days or more. 5.05 There shall benoresponsibilityon thepart of the Employer respecting the employment of probationary employeesshould they belaidoffordischarged duringtheprobationary period and no grievance may be employed. The employees will be under the direct supervision of a Xxxxxxx or Sub- Xxxxxxx. There will be no loss of work or jurisdiction filed except to the Union as extent that the termination is alleged to be a result. This hiring procedure violation of Article 7.04 which grievance byaprobationary employee may be varied by written agreement between the Parties. 3.3 The Employer shall deduct Union Dues befiled and remit same to the Union and employees concerned shall be so notified. Owner operators shall receive no less favourable wages and conditions than those established hereinis arbitrable.

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 15.1 The Union shall establish and maintain separate, open and non-discriminatory Employment lists for workers desiring Employment on work covered by this Agreement, and such workmen shall be entitled to registration and referral free of charge, subject to the provisions of this article. All Employees covered by this Agreement shall be dispatched by the Union with a proper referral and requested certifications. 15.2 The Employer agrees to employ members in good standing shall first contact the referral office of the Union for the workers they may from time to perform all work time need, and the Union shall immediately furnish to the Employer the required number of workers of the classification needed and requested by the Employer strictly in accordance with the procedure established. 15.3 The referral office will fill the Employer’s request for workers of the type specified from among those entered on said lists by use of written referral in the constructionfollowing order of preference and the selection of workers for referral to jobs shall be on a nondiscriminatory basis and shall not be based on, installationor in any way affected by, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction of the IBEW. 3.2 Union membership, policies or requirements. The Employer will advise be able to select every worker off the list by name. 15.4 The Union will establish a separate list for the various classifications. There will be no residence requirement. When the Employer has notified the Union Dispatcher in writing that a worker is not eligible for rehire, he/she shall not be forced into hiring but may do so should he/she elect to at a future date. Applicants referred by the Union who are not eligible for rehire shall not be entitled to show-up time or any form of all required vacanciescompensation. 15.5 The Employer hereby agrees that when a worker is laid-off or terminated, including location, conditions and of any auxiliary skills that may be required. The Union undertakes to supply only qualified personnel. And the Employer further agrees that all such work performed forshall fax or Email a Separation Form to the Union office and shall furnish the Union with information relative to reason for layoff or termination and eligibility for rehire. 15.6 If the registration lists are exhausted, or at if registrants refuse referrals, and the insistence Union is unable to refer applicants for Employment, it shall immediately notify the Employer of the Employerfacts and, by contractors, sub-contractors, and/or third parties shall be performed by members in good standing of the Union. After a period of if within forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends from the time the Employer’s request was received (Saturday and Statutory HolidaysSunday excluded), should the order is still not filled, the Employer may procure Employees from any other available source. If Employees are recruited from such other source, the Employer shall, within twenty-four (24) hours, report to the Union the names, dates of hire and classification of such Employees. 15.7 Should an Employee be unable hired contrary to fill the Employer's request for employeesprovisions of the hiring procedure, the Union and Representative shall request the Employee that the Employer will undertake joint recruitingso hired, be dismissed. All employees Should the Employer refuse to dismiss such Employee, the matter shall be in receipt of a clearance from the Union before commencing work. Notwithstanding the above, and subject referred to clearance from the Union, which will not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators may be employed. The employees will be under the direct supervision of a Xxxxxxx or Sub- Xxxxxxx. There will be no loss of work or jurisdiction to the Union as a result. This hiring procedure may be varied by written agreement between the Parties. 3.3 The Employer shall deduct Union Dues and remit same to the Union and employees concerned shall be so notified. Owner operators shall receive no less favourable wages and conditions than those established herein.Article 10,

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 The Employer agrees to employ members in good standing Upon receipt of the Union to perform all work in the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction of the IBEW. 3.2 The Employer will advise the Union Dispatcher of all required vacancies, including location, conditions and of any auxiliary skills that may be required. The Union undertakes to supply only qualified personnel. And the Employer further agrees that all such work performed for, or at the insistence of Job from the Employer, by contractorsthe Local shall, subprior to the Conference, provide the Employer with a list of available qualified and Helpers. The Employer shall have the right to select twenty-contractorsfive percent (25%) of the required employees from any source, and/or third parties shall be performed by provided such employees are members in good standing of the Union. After The Employer shall select fifty percent (50%) of the remainder of the required employees the list of qualified members supplied by the Local The remainder of the required employees shall be supplied by the provided that qualified members are available. The ratio of employees selected from and supplied by the Local be maintained throughout the project. Prior to commencing employment, all employees shall be in possession of a period referral slip from the Local Union for identification purposes unless the Local Union otherwise clears an employee for hire by telegram, telex, facsimile transmission, or other means of communication. employees supplied by the Local must have had previous experience and be qualified to perform the work for which they have been requested; otherwise such employees will not be dispatched unless acceptableto the Employer. The Employer shall have the right to refuse any referral prior to dispatch provided the cause for such refusal shall not be unreasonable. Employees suppliedby the LocalUnion must be dispatched within forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends of request, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and Statutory Holidays, should holidays. The portion of employees required by the Employer which the Local Union may be unable to fill supply as well as the remaining twenty-five percent (25%) required will be members of the Union when they available. When qualified members of the Union are not available, other Journeymen and Helpers may be hired subjectto paragraph The Employer shall, upon request, notify the Local Union of the names of all Journeymen hired under this provision. the event the Local Union is unable to provide employees, the Employer provide every for employment to any person who has successfully completed a pipeline training course and is approved by a local joint training committee and such employee will be admitted to membership in the Union in accordance with paragraph The Foremen excluded from the provisions of this Article. The Employer have the right to retain the original crew once established throughout the covered by the job for which the Conference was held. The International Representative will designate the Local Union which will have jurisdiction. The Employer shallhave the right to re-start any interrupted job with the same crew laid off provided the laid off employees are available for such re-start. Any additional and/or replacement Journeymen shall be engaged in accordance with paragraph The Employer shall be the sole judge to the number of employees required. It is recognized the work of handling up of the pipe and the making of joints is the work of the Union. It is recognized that because of the specialized nature of distribution pipeline construction work, it is necessary that the Employer have available and qualified employees, and that both Parties shall cooperate to the end that all of the employees hired hereunder shall be capable of performing such work in a competent manner. On distribution mains, main extensions, revisions thereto and upon all other work associated with distribution the diameter of the pipe being installed shall not be the governing factor in determining the number of Union personnel involved. Rather the daily rate of progress shall determine the additional personnel to be employed to augment the minimum requirement of one Journeyman. Each base of operations shall employ one and one Helper and a minimum of one Helper for additional three Journeymen. no event will a Welder-Journeyman be required to weld steel pipe without a assistant. The Employer shall notify the Local Business Manager havingjurisdiction prior to commencement of the work in his area on distribution pipelines. This notice to be in writing, a copy of which can be sent to the international Union Representative if so required. There shall be no inequitableminimum or maximum amount of work which an employee may be to perform during the working day and there shall be no imposed against the use of any type of machinery, tools, or labour saving devices. At the of the Employer, employees may be changed from one classification to another within the jurisdiction of the Union provided the employee is capable and qualified to perform the work. No employee's hourly rate shall be lowered during the shift under these provisions, and if an employee is assigned to work calling for a higher rate of pay he shall receive such higher rate of pay for the full shift. Subject to the employee being capable and to the work, no employee's rate shall be lowered under these provisions, and if an employee is assigned to work calling for a higher rate of pay he shall receive such higher rate of pay for !he day. During emergencies, any employee of the employermay be assigned to any work, provided further that in the event an employee is assigned to work calling for a higher rate of pay, he shall receive such higher rate for the full day. The regular payday shall be not later than Thursday of each week, unless the Employer agrees to allow employees to draw on money earned; under such conditions, pay day may be once every two weeks. When employees are laid off or discharged their chequesfor wages due them at the of lay-off or discharge must be delivered as soon as possible, but no later than two (2) of the Employer's scheduled working days following such termination. The Employer shall make arrangements in each locality where employees are employed to enable such employees to cash their pay cheques or, where it is to do so, will provide any employee within twenty-four (24) hours written request with a cheque the equivalent of subsistence allowance payable. Where camps are not provided in remote devoid of normal banking facilities, it being understood that where it is impracticable to do so, suitable substitute provisions shall be agreed at the Conference. All cheques to be negotiable at par. The Employer shallprovide a copy of the "Approved Safety Manual for employeesPipeline Construction in Canada" issued by the Association to the Job Xxxxxxx and, upon request, to any other employee. The parties hereto shall comply with any governmental occupational health and safety regulations applicable to the work. Any refusal by the employee to work in contravention of such regulations shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement and shall not be a reason for discharge. After due warning, any refusal by an employee to abide by any applicable regulation of a governmental body having jurisdiction shall be cause for discharge. The Employer shall not require any employee to operate unsafe or improperly loaded equipment, or to work or continue to work under unsafe conditions, and an employee may refuse, for valid reasons, to operate such equipment until defects have been remedied. A copy of the Minutes of all Job Safety Committee meetings shall be forwarded to the Local Union promptly each month, The Employer shall provide rain suits, when required, and safetyhats at no cost to the employee provided the employee returns same on termination of employment. The Employer shall provide water in approved sanitary containers and paper cups where no running tap water is available. Employees be permitted a minute work break for each worked during working hours provided that this will done in such a manner as will least interfere with the continuous performance of the work. Where the nature and location of the work, as determined at the Conference, are such as to require special clothing for protection from adverse weather elements and such clothing is not normally in the possession of the employee, the Union Employer shall provide or, at his option,reimburse the cost of such clothing. In the event that any 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 any money owing to the employee. The Employer provideparking at the warehouse marshallingpoint. During cold weather operation the Employer will undertake joint recruitingprovide for vehicle starting. All employees shall be in receipt of a clearance from the Union before commencing work. Notwithstanding the above, and subject to clearance from the Union, which will not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators may be employed. The employees will be under the direct supervision of a Xxxxxxx or Sub- Xxxxxxx. There will be no loss of work or jurisdiction to the Union as a result. This hiring procedure may be varied by written agreement between the Parties. 3.3 The Employer shall deduct Union Dues and remit same to the Union and provide portable sanitary facilitiesfor all employees concerned shall be so notified. Owner operators shall receive no less favourable wages and conditions than those established hereinwhere necessary.

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 The Employer Company agrees to employ only members in good standing of Local of the Union Communications, Energy and Paperworkers to perform do all work in the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction of the IBEW. 3.2 The Employer will advise Electrical Department. It is agreed by the Union Dispatcher of all required vacancies, including location, conditions that for and of any auxiliary skills that may be required. The Union undertakes to supply only qualified personnel. And the Employer further agrees that all such work performed for, or at the insistence in consideration of the Employercovenants entered into and agreed to by the Company, by contractors, sub-contractors, and/or third parties the Union shall be performed by members in good standing at all times during the life of this Agreement furnish journeymen capable of performing all the work within the jurisdiction of the Union. After It is further agreed by the Union to be its obligation to furnish sufficient competent journeymen to meet the normal requirements of the Company. If the Union is unable to supply sufficient competent journeymen the Company may secure from any source such number of persons as is required. New employees shall be employed on a probationary basis for the first ninety (90) calendar days of employment and may be terminated at any time within this period by the Head Electrician. In the event of a reduction in the size of the staff, those with the least continuous service with the Company as journeymen shall be the first to be laid off. Apprentices shall be credited with fifty percent of time served with the Company in computing seniority for the purposes of this section. Employees hired on a basis for purposes of electrical construction or maintenance work will be paid sixteen and one-half (16 percent on top of regular earnings in lieu of benefits. In case of layoff, an employee's seniority to date of layoff will be retained for a period of forty-eight up to two (482) hours excluding weekends calendar years from said date of layoff, provided that the employee has not claimed relocation pay as per Section Openings within the jurisdiction of the Electrical Department will be posted and Statutory Holidaysall member applicants from within the Department will be given consideration before hiring in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Company will continue to weigh job applicants on their merits. However, should the Union be unable to fill the Employer's request for employeesother considerations being equal, the Union and the Employer will undertake joint recruiting. All employees vacancies shall be in receipt of a clearance from filled by the Union before commencing work. Notwithstanding the above, and subject to clearance from the Union, which will not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators may be employedsenior employee making application. The employees will be under final decision as to suitability shall rest with the direct supervision of a Xxxxxxx or Sub- Xxxxxxx. There will be no loss of work or jurisdiction to the Union as a result. This hiring procedure may be varied by written agreement between the Parties. 3.3 The Employer shall deduct Union Dues and remit same to the Union and employees concerned shall be so notified. Owner operators shall receive no less favourable wages and conditions than those established hereinCompany.

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 The Employer agrees to employ members in good standing Upon receipt of the Union to perform all work in the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction of the IBEW. 3.2 The Employer will advise the Union Dispatcher of all required vacancies, including location, conditions and of any auxiliary skills that may be required. The Union undertakes to supply only qualified personnel. And the Employer further agrees that all such work performed for, or at the insistence of Job Notification from the Employer, by contractorsthe Local Union may, subprior to the Conference, provide the Employer with a list of available qualified Journeymen. The Employer shall have the right to select twenty-contractors, and/or third parties shall be performed by five percent (25%) of the required Journeymen from any source provided such employees are members in good standing of the Union. After The Employer shall select a period further twenty-five percent (25%) of the required Journeymen from the list of qualified members supplied by the Local The remainder of the required employees shall be supplied by the Local provided that qualified members are available. The ratio of employees selected from and supplied by the Local shall be maintained throughout the project. All employees supplied by the Local must have had previous pipeline experience and be qualified to perform the work for which they have been requested; otherwise such employees will not be dispatched unless acceptable to the Employer. The Employer shall have the right to refuse any referral prior to dispatch provided the cause for such refusal shall not be unreasonable. The Local Union shall be given forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and Statutory Holidaysholidays to supply the required employees but shall advise the Employer of expected delays in dispatching any employees within forty-eight (48) hours. Employees shall be entitled to Waiting Time or Reporting Time upon arrival at the on the day designated by the Employer for arrival, should if no work is provided. The portion of employees required by the Employer which the Local Union may be unable to fill supply as well as the Employer's request for employees, remaining twenty-five percent (25%) required will be members of the Union when they are available. When qualified members of the Union are not available, other qualified Journeymen and Helpers may be hired subject to The Employer shall, upon request, notify the Local Union of the names of all Journeymen hired under this provision. In the event the Local Union is unable to supply qualified members, the Employer will undertake provide every opportunity for any employee who has successfully completed a welding training course and is approved by a joint recruiting. All employees shall training committee to take a qualification test and, in the event that such employee completes the qualification test, the employee will be admitted to membership in receipt of a clearance the Local Union in accordance with The Foremen and Job Xxxxxxx are excluded from the Union before commencing workprovisions of this Article. Notwithstanding the above, and subject to clearance from the Union, which will not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators may be employed. The employees will be under the direct supervision of a Xxxxxxx or Sub- Xxxxxxx. There will be no loss of work or jurisdiction to the Union as a result. This hiring procedure may be varied by written agreement between the Parties. 3.3 The Employer shall deduct have the right to retain the original crew once established throughout the territory covered by the job for which the Conference was held. The International Representative will designate the Local Union Dues which will have jurisdiction. The Employer shall have the right to re-start any interrupted job with the same crew laid off for Christmas or Spring breakup provided such shutdown extends no longer than a twenty-one (21) calendar day period or has been a subject of the Conference and remit same to provided the Union and laid-off employees concerned are available for such re-start. Any additional and/or replacement Journeymen shall be so notified. Owner operators shall receive no less favourable wages and conditions than those established herein.engaged in accordance with

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 The Employer agrees to employ members in good standing of the Union to perform all work in the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction of the IBEW. 3.2 The Employer will advise the Union Dispatcher of all required vacancies, including location, conditions and of any auxiliary skills that may be required. The Union undertakes to supply only qualified personnel. And the Employer further agrees that all such work performed for, or at the insistence of the Employer, by contractors, sub-contractors, and/or third parties shall be performed by members in good standing of the Union. After a period of forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends and Statutory Holidays, should the Union be unable to fill the Employer's request for employees, the Union and the Employer will undertake joint recruiting. All employees shall be in receipt of a clearance from the Union before commencing work. Notwithstanding the above, and subject to clearance from the Union, which will not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators may be employed. The employees will be under the direct supervision of a Xxxxxxx or Sub- Sub-Xxxxxxx. There will be no loss of work or jurisdiction to the Union as a result. This hiring procedure may be varied by written agreement between the Parties. . 3.3 The Employer recognizes seniority in the event of a reduction in forces; by job classification that the last employee hired shall deduct Union Dues be the first employee released. For the purposes of calculating seniority for Apprentices who graduate to Journeyman status while employed, their seniority as a Journeyman shall be calculated from their last date of hire as an Apprentice with the Employer. Subject to the foregoing, IBEW members shall be retained over non-members. When computing length of service to determine seniority, time lost due to sickness, accident, annual vacation and remit Statutory Holidays or leave of absence for military service or IBEW business shall be counted as time worked; other leaves of absence without pay must be by mutual consent in writing of the Parties, hereto, otherwise time on leave shall not be counted as time worked. Employees shall have company-wide seniority and where the Employer has more than one headquarters as defined herein, employees upon the reduction in forces shall be entitled to replace the most junior employee by classification within the employ of the Employer. Employees who elect to bump junior employees shall be entitled to no greater benefits than those earned by the employee displaced. 3.4 The Employer shall maintain current seniority lists for all classifications and make same available to the Union and employees concerned shall be so notified. Owner operators shall receive no less favourable wages and conditions than those established hereinupon request.

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 5.1 The Employer agrees to employ members in good standing that whenever employees covered by this Agreement are required, the Employer shall call the Union office of the Local Union(s) having jurisdiction. 5.2 The Employer shall, where possible, give the Union advance information as to the employment requirements in order that the Union may make its members available. Only Union members having confirmation of dispatch from the Local Union, to be given to the Employer by the employee at time of hire, or sent to the Employer by electronic transmission prior to the employee being hired, shall be hired, providing the Local Union can supply same. All members supplied by the Local Union must be qualified to perform all the work in for which they have been referred, otherwise such member will not be dispatched unless acceptable to the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all Employer. The Employer shall have the right to name request one member from the out-of-work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction list of the IBEWLocal Union in every four employees hired. This ratio shall be maintained on a "one-in-four" basis for the duration of the job. The employment of straws shall be determined and agreed upon at the Pre-job Conference by the Employer and the Local Union(s) having territorial jurisdiction over the area of the job. 3.2 The Employer will advise 5.3 Members supplied by the Local Union Dispatcher of all required vacancies, including location, conditions and of any auxiliary skills that may must be required. The Union undertakes to supply only qualified personnel. And the Employer further agrees that all such work performed for, or at the insistence of the Employer, by contractors, sub-contractors, and/or third parties shall be performed by members in good standing of the Union. After a period of dispatched within forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends and Statutory Holidaysof request, should such notice to be given during the Local Union's normal office hours. 5.4 When qualified members of the Union be unable are not available, the Employer may obtain employees elsewhere, subject to fill the provisions of Article 3.3. 5.5 The Employer shall have the right to restart any interrupted job with the same crew laid off for Christmas or Spring breakup, work windows specified by a third party, or prolonged weather or other shutdown beyond the control of the Employer's request , provided such shutdown extends no longer than a twenty-one (21) calendar day period or has been a subject of the Pre-job Conference and provided the laid-off employees are available for employees, the Union and the Employer will undertake joint recruitingsuch re-start. All Any additional and/or replacement employees shall be engaged in receipt accordance with Article 5.2. 5.6 The Employer and the Union agree to discuss and to cooperate to encourage opportunities for Indigenous employment under the terms and conditions of this agreement. The Laborers International Union of North America is committed to encouraging youth, diversity and Indigenous hiring and membership on all projects. 5.7 Each employee shall present to the Employer, at commencement of employment, a valid Certificate of Completion of a clearance from the Union before commencing work. Notwithstanding the above, and subject to clearance from the Union, which will not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators may be employed. The employees will be under the direct supervision of a Xxxxxxx or Sub- Xxxxxxx. There will be no loss of work or jurisdiction to the Union as a result. This hiring procedure may be varied by written agreement between the Parties. 3.3 The Employer shall deduct Union Dues and remit same to the Union and employees concerned shall be so notified. Owner operators shall receive no less favourable wages and conditions than those established hereincomputer-based Pipeline Construction Safety Training (PCST) program.

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 The Employer agrees to employ members in good standing of the Union to perform all work in the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction of the IBEW. 3.2 The Employer will advise the Union Dispatcher of all required vacancies, including location, conditions and of any auxiliary skills that may be required. The Union undertakes to supply only qualified personnel. And the Employer further agrees that all such work performed for, or at the insistence of I Upon receipt Notification from the Employer, by contractorsthe Local Union may, sub-contractorsprior to the Conference, and/or third parties provide the Employer with a list of available qualified Journeymen. The Employer shall be performed by have the right to select five percent (25%) of the required Journeymen from any source provided such employees are members in good standing of the Union. After The Employer shall select a period further twenty-five percent (25%) of the required Journeymen from the list of qualified members supplied by The remainder of the required employees shall be supplied by the Local provided that qualified members are available. The ratio of employees selected from and supplied by the Local shall be maintained throughout the project. All employees supplied by the Local must have had previous pipeline experience and be qualified to perform the work for which they have been requested; otherwise such employees will not be dispatched unless acceptable to the Employer. The Employer shall have the right to refuse any referral prior to dispatch provided the cause for such refusal shall not be unreasonable. The Local Union shall be given forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends hours, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and Statutory Holidaysholidays to supply the required employees but shall advise the Employer of expected delays in dispatching any employees within eight (48) hours. Employees shall be entitled to Waiting Time or Reporting Time upon arrival at the on the day designated by the Employer for arrival, should if no work is provided. The portion of employees required by the Employer which the Local Union may be unable to fill supply as well as the Employer's request for employees, remaining twenty-five percent (25%) required will be members of when they are available. When qualified members of the Union are not available, other qualified Journeymen and Helpers may be hired subject to The Employer shall, upon request, notify the Local Union of the names of all Journeymen hired under this provision. In the event the Local Union is unable to supply qualified members, the Employer will undertake provide every opportunity for any employee who has successfully completed, a welding training course and is approved by a joint recruitingtraining committee to take a qualification test and, in the event that such employee completes the qualification test, the employee will be admitted to membership in the Local Union accordance with The Foremen and Job Xxxxxxx are excluded from the provisions of this Article. The Employer shall have the right to retain the original crew once established throughout the territory covered by the job for which the Conference was held. The International Representative will designate the Local Union which will have jurisdiction. The Employer shall have the right to re-start any interrupted job with the same crew laid off for Christmas or Spring breakup provided such shutdown extends no longer than a twenty-one (21) calendar day period or has been a subject of the Conference and provided the laid-off employees are available for such re-start. Any additional and/or replacement Journeymen shall in accordance with I The Employer shall be the sole judge as to the number of employees required. It is recognized that the work of handling clamps, lining up of pipe and the making of joints is the work of the Union. In addition to the Welder Xxxxxxx, the Welders and their Helpers, the Employer shall be required to employ a minimum of five (5) Journeymen on jobs pipe is greater than in diameter, four (4) of whom shall used in pipe gang, and the fifth Journeyman to be used either in the pipe gang, bevelling ahead of the pipe gang, in the bending crew, in the tie-in crew, in stress relieving, or in preheating with torches; pipe 14" in diameter or less the Employer shall be to employ two (2) Journeymen other than the Welder Xxxxxxx, the Welders, and their Helpers; provided however, that in the event an inside clamp is being used on pipe in diameter and less, the Employer shall also be required to employ one (1) Helper. If outside clamps are used, a Welder Helper shall be assigned to handle such clamps. On pipelines of 14" in diameter or less, the operation of the bending mandrel and the handling of clamps shall be performed by a Helper. On pipelines of greater than 14" in diameter the handling of clamps and the operation of bending mandrels shall be performed by Journeymen. If any additional employees are needed, they shall be employed as Journeymen or Helpers depending on what work is involved. All tie-in crews shall employ one (1) Non-Welder Journeyman. On small jobs when less than five (5) Welders are employed, the Welder Xxxxxxx will be allowed to work with the tools, at the discretion of the Employer. At the beginning and end of where more than five (5)Welders will be or have been employed, at any given time, the Welder Xxxxxxx will be allowed to work with the tools where it is not a full-time work day task. These provisions may be modified at the Pre- job conference. There shall be no inequitable minimum or maximum amount of work which an employee may be required to perform during the working day and there shall be no restrictions imposed against the use of any type of machinery, tools, or labour saving devices. classification to another within the jurisdiction of the Union. During emergencies, any employee of the Employer may be assigned to any work, provided, however, that no employee's hourly rate shall be lowered under this provision, and provided further that in the event an employee is assigned to work calling for a higher rate of pay he shall receive such higher rate. Xxxxxxxx bead and hot-pass welders and helpers can be required to weld back on incompleted welds, as long as their wage rate not lowered. Such welders and helpers will paid for the hours received by the pipe gang plus the hours engaged in welding back and there shall be no restriction as to the location where such "welding back" may begin. In back welding weld is performed inside the pipe as a regular procedure, one welder will be selected each day to perform all of such back welding. This condition is not intended to apply to occasional back performed by pipe gang to repair a bead, rectify a "hi-lo'' condition or wall thickness change, The regular payday shall not later than Thursday of each week, the Employer agrees to allow employees to draw on money earned; such conditions, day may be every two weeks. Insofar as job conditions permit, employees shall receive their pay cheques during their regular shift and in any event not later than within twenty (20) minutes of their return to the warehouse following said shift. When employees are laid off or discharged their cheques for wages due at the time of lay-off or discharge must he delivered on the same date. If the cheques due to the employee at time of lay- off or discharge are not delivered the date of lay-off or discharge, the employee shall be in receipt entitled to waiting time or reporting time, subsistence allowance, or camp privileges, where applicable, for each day up to and including the date upon which the cheques are delivered. The Employer and the Local Union may agree at the Conference that, on jobs with less than one hundred (100) employees, if Employer is unable to deliver the employee's cheque for wages due at the time of a clearance from lay-off or discharge, the Union before commencing work. Notwithstanding the above, and subject to clearance from the Union, which employee will not be unreasonably withheldeligible for further waiting or reporting time, owner operators subsistence allowance, or camp privileges, however, this final cheque must he mailed to the employee's home address two (2) working days of the date of lay-off or discharge. Unless otherwise agreed by the Employer and the Local Union at the Conference, the Employer shall make arrangements in each locality where employees are employed to enable such employees to cash their pay cheques or, where it is impracticable to do so, will provide any employee within twenty-four (24) hours written request with a cheque in the equivalent of subsistence allowance payable. Where are provided in remote areas devoid of normal banking facilities, the Employer shall make reasonable effort to provide cheque cashing facilities, it being understood that where it is impracticable to do so, suitable substitute provi- sions shall he agreed at the Conference. All cheques to he negotiable at par. The Employer shall provide a copy of the "Approved Safety Manual for Pipeline Construction in Canada" issued by the Association to the Job Xxxxxxx and, upon request, to any other employee. The parties hereto shall comply with any governmental occupational health and safety regulations applicable to the work. Any refusal by the employee to work in contravention of such regulations shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Agreement and shall not be reason for discharge. After due warning, any refusal by an employee to abide by any applicable regulation of a governmental body having jurisdiction shall be cause for discharge. The parties hereto recognize that employees covered by this Agreement may be employedexposed to hazardous fumes in the workplace and undertake to make every effort to minimize such exposure. Safety equipment supplied by the Employer must be worn by the employees who are exposed to hazardous fumes. The employees will be under the direct supervision of a Employer shall not require any employee to operate unsafe or improperly loaded equipment and an employee may refuse, for valid reasons, to operate such equipment until defects have been remedied. The Job Xxxxxxx or Sub- Xxxxxxx. There will be no loss of work or jurisdiction to shall represent the Union as a resultmember of any Job Safety Committee and he, or another committee member representing one of the Unions, depending upon the nature of the inspection, shall be made freely available by the Employer to accompany any authorized governmental representative on project inspection. This hiring procedure may of the Minutes of all Job Safety Committee meetings shall be varied by written agreement between forwarded to the PartiesLocal Union promptly month. 3.3 The Employer shall deduct Union Dues provide a safety hat, gloves, and remit special protectiveclothing or special safety equipment required by the Workers’ Compensation the Occupational Health and Safety Act or the owner’s requirements, except safety footwear, at no cost to the employee provided the employee returns these items on termination of employment. The Employer shall provide drinking water in approved sanitary containers and paper cups where no running tap water is available. During summer months the Employer shall supply salt tablets. determined at the Conference, are such as to require special clothing for protection from adverse weather elements and such clothing is not normally in the possession of the employee, the Employer shall provide or, at his option, reimburse the cost of such clothing. In the event that any employee does not return the foregoing items supplied to him by the Employer, the Employer shall charge the cost of same to the Union employee and deduct this cost from any money owing to the employee. In Ontario, the Employer shall provide water flush toilets and wash-up facilities at the yard and, where right-of- way conditions make it practicable and feasible, on the right- of-way near the main pipe gang for the employees' use. Where employees concerned are required to work at locations away from the main pipe gang, the minimum facility will consist of chemical flush toilets. Effective May I, these requirements will apply to all areas covered by this Agreement. On jobs where camps are provided, the Employer shall insure the personal effects of each employee against loss by fire in an amount not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) provided an inventory of such personal effects is filed with the Employer. On any day a is used by the Employer to employees to and from their place of work on the or the and/or marshalling point of the Employer, each employee so transported shall receive one hours pay for day. hour is in addition to his regular pay for that day. The Employer shall that each employee required to travel by will be covered by a minimum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars ($250,000)accidental death insurance. In the event that an employee is sued in conjunction with the Employer for any action taken or omitted at the express direction of the Employer, then Employer shall have the right to select legal counsel and shall cover all reasonable expenses incurred in the preparation and filing of a statement of defence on behalf of the employee. The Employer will provide parking at warehouse and/or marshalling point. During cold operation, will provide for vehicle The Employer shall not require any employee to work for periods that do not allow the employee eight consecutive hours of rest in any period of hours. In the event an employee does not receive eight consecutive hours of rest prior to the commencement of his next shift, he shall be so notified. Owner operators shall receive no less favourable wages and conditions than those established hereinpaid at the applicable overtime rate until receives at least eight consecutive hours of rest.

HIRING PROCEDURE. 3.1 Upon receipt of Job Notification Employer, the Local Union may, prior to the Conference, provide the Employer with a list of available Journeymen. The Employer agrees Employershallhave the right to employ members in good standing selecttwenty-fivepercent (25%) of the Union to perform all work in the construction, installation, maintenance and repair of all transmission and distribution systems and all work related thereto which is within the jurisdiction of the IBEW. 3.2 The Employer will advise the Union Dispatcher of all required vacancies, including location, conditions and of Journeymen from any auxiliary skills that may be requiredsource provided such employees are. The Union undertakes to supply only qualified personnel. And the Employer further agrees that all such work performed for, or at the insistence of the Employer, by contractors, sub-contractors, and/or third parties shall be performed by members in good standing of the Union. After a period The Employer shall select fifty percent (50%) of the remainder of the required Journeymen from the list of qualifiedmembers supplied by the Local The the to Employees supplied by the Local Union must be dispatched within forty-eight (48) hours excluding weekends and Statutory Holidays, should of request. The portion of employees required by the Employer which the Local Union may be unable to fill supply as well as the Employer's request for employees, remaining twenty-five percent (25%) required will be members of the Union and when they are available. qualifiedmembers of the Union are not available,other qualifiedJourneymenand Helpers may be hired subject to Art. The Employer shall, upon request, notify the Local Union of the names of all Journeymen hired under this provision. A- In the event the Local Union is unable to qualified members, the Employer will undertake joint recruitingprovide every opportunity for any employeewho has successfully completeda welding training course and is approvedby a committee to take a qualification test and, in the completesthe qualification test, the employee will be admitted to membership in the Union in accordance with Art. All employees shall be in receipt of a clearance The Foremen and Job Xxxxxxx are excluded from the Union before commencing workprovisions of this Article. Notwithstanding the above, and subject to clearance from the Union, which will not be unreasonably withheld, owner operators may be employed. The employees will be under the direct supervision of a Xxxxxxx or Sub- Xxxxxxx. There will be no loss of work or jurisdiction to the Union as a result. This hiring procedure may be varied by written agreement between the Parties. 3.3 The Employer shall deduct have the right to retain the original crew once established throughout the territory covered by the job for which the Re-job Conference was held. The International Representative will designate the Local Union Dues which will have jurisdiction. The Employer shall have the right to re-start any job with the same crew laid off for Christmas or Spring breakup provided such shutdown extends no longer than a twenty-one (21) calendarday period or has been a subject of the Conference and remit same provided the laid-off employees are availablefor such re-start. Any additional replacement Journeymen shall be engaged in accordance with Art. clam lining up of pipe and the m The Employer shall be the sole judge as to the Union and number of employees concerned required. It is recognized that the work of handling aking of joints is the work of the Helpers, the Employer shall be so notified. Owner operators required to employ a minimum of five (5) Journeymen on jobs where pipe is greater than 14" in diameter, four (4) of whom shall receive no be used in the pipe gang, and the fifth Journeyman to be used either in the pipe gang,bevelling ahead of the pipe gang, in the bending crew, in the tie-in crew, in stress relieving, or in preheating with oxy-acetylene torches; on pipe 14" in diameter or less favourable wages and conditions than those established herein.the Employer shall be required to employ two