Injury Pay If an employee is injured on the job and his supervisor excuses him from further duty for the balance of his shift, the employee's regular rate of pay shall continue for the balance of that shift and there shall be no deduction from sick leave or other credits.
Suspension with Pay (a) The employer may direct an employee to not attend work and not to undertake any of the employee’s work duties at any time, provided that the employer provides the employee with payment at the employee’s base rate of pay for rostered shifts during the period of suspension.
(b) The circumstances in which the employer may give the employee such a direction include, but are not limited to, circumstances in which the employer is carrying out an investigation into allegations of misconduct.
(c) Where an employee has been suspended and the reason for the suspension has not been substantiated by the employer, any shortfall in the employee's earnings for the suspension period shall be made up by the employer equal to the amount the employee would have earned, had they worked the shifts they missed due to being suspended.
Other Leave With Pay The Employer may grant leave with pay for purposes other than those specified in this Agreement, including military or civil defence training, and emergencies affecting the community or place of work.
Leaves With Pay Section 1. An employee shall be granted leave with pay for service with a jury. The employee may keep any money paid by the court for serving on a jury. The Agency reserves the right to petition for removal of the employee from jury duty if, in the Agency’s judgment, the operating requirements of the Agency would be hampered.
Section 2. Whenever possible, subject to Agency operating requirements, employees selected by proper authority for jury duty will be placed on a day shift, Monday through Friday, during the period they are obligated to jury duty. The Agency shall not suffer any penalty payments for the change in the work schedule of the employee on jury duty.
(a) When any employee is not the plaintiff or defendant, he/she shall be granted leave with pay for appearance before a court, legislative committee, or judicial or quasi-judicial body as a witness in response to a subpoena or other direction by proper authority for matters other than the employee’s officially assigned duties. When the employee is granted leave with pay, the employee shall turn into the Agency any money paid in connection with the appearance.
(b) When any employee represents an outside business interest and/or acts as an independent expert, he/she shall be granted accrued vacation, compensatory or personal business leave for appearance before a court, legislative committee or judicial or quasi-judicial body as a witness in response to a subpoena or other direction by proper authority for matters other than the employee’s officially assigned duties. The employee may keep any money paid in connection with the appearance.
Section 4. An employee shall be on Agency time for attendance in court in connection with an employee’s officially assigned duties, including the time required going to court and returning to his/her official station. When the employee is granted Agency time, the employee shall turn into the Agency any money received for such attendance during duty hours.
Section 5. In the event a night or swing shift employee is called to appear under Sections 1, 2, 3(a), or 4 above, he/she shall have release time the day of attendance. Time spent in attendance and in travel to and from his/her headquarters shall be deducted from the regular shift following the attendance with no loss of wages or benefits.
Section 6. The State will comply with State and Federal laws for an employee who has served with the State of Oregon or its counties, municipalities, or other political subdivisions for six (6) months or more immediately preceding an application for military leave, and who is a member of the National Guard or of any reserve components of the armed forces of the United States. (See also Institutions Coalition Letters of Agreement 60.2A-13-241 & 60.2CGH-11-223 in Appendix A.) ARTICLE 60T--LEAVES WITH PAY (Temporary Employees)
Section 1. When required by the Agency, an employee shall be on Agency paid time for attendance in court in connection with an employee’s officially assigned duties, including the time required going to court and returning to his/her official station. When the employee is granted Agency paid time, the employee shall turn in to the Agency any money received for such attendance during duty hours.
Section 2. In the event a night or swing shift employee is called to appear under Section 1 above, he/she shall have release time the day of attendance. Time spent in attendance and in travel to and from his/her headquarters shall be deducted from the regular shift following the attendance with no loss of wages.
Court Leave With Pay The Company shall grant leave with pay to an employee for the period of time he or she is required:
(a) to be available for jury selection;
(b) to serve on a jury; or
(c) by subpoena or summons to attend as a witness in any proceeding to which he or she is not a party held:
(i) in or under the authority of a court of justice or before a grand jury;
(ii) before a court, judge, justice, magistrate or coroner;
(iii) before the Senate or House of Commons of Canada, or a committee of the Senate or House of Commons, otherwise than in the performance of the duties of his or her position;
(iv) before a legislative council, legislative assembly or house of assembly, or any committee thereof that is authorized by law to compel the attendance of witnesses before it;
(v) before an arbitrator or umpire or a person or body of persons authorized by law to make an inquiry and to compel the attendance of witnesses before it, other than an arbitrator appointed under this Collective Agreement or the Canada Industrial Relations Board.
Leave With Pay Compassionate leave of absence with pay shall be granted for three (3) work days. Up to two (2) additional days with pay shall be granted for travelling time when this is warranted in the judgement of the Employer.
VACATIONS WITH PAY 14.01 An Employee shall be granted, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, an annual vacation with pay according to their aggregate credited service as follows: Years of Service Vacation Entitlement Weeks Days
14.02 All vacations granted shall be considered to start on a Sunday Morning. A weeks' vacation shall mean a calendar week of seven (7) days with five (5) days' pay. Each day's pay shall be calculated at eight (8) hours straight time based on the daily rate of pay in effect at the time the vacation is taken.
14.03 Notwithstanding the schedule of vacation leave noted in Article 14.01, an Employee, who has been granted and taken vacation leave and terminates their employment with the Employer before the anniversary date when the Employee commenced work, shall have the unearned portion of vacation leave deducted from their termination pay as per Article 14.8.
14.04 All vacations granted in any year shall be determined on the basis of the aggregate credited service of the Employee. Service is calculated on the basis of regular hours worked, and also includes any period or periods of paid absence due to sickness (certified by a medical practitioner), bereavement, jury duty, accident while on duty, maternity/parental/adoptive leave or leave of absence for Union business. All other periods of absence, other than those noted above, will reduce an Employee's vacation entitlement in the same proportion as the factor by which the period of absence relates to the full calendar year.
14.05 Employees will be given an opportunity, based on seniority within their section or work unit, as per Article 19.01, to bid for the vacations with pay to which they are entitled. Employees will not be permitted to exchange vacations, alter the dates after selection has been made, nor extend the vacation period except in special cases. Blocks for vacation in the Operations Division in a given year will be first posted for sign-up not later than October 15th of the preceding year, provisional sign-up to be completed by one (1) calendar month later. The vacation blocks posted for the ten (10) week summer period will be a minimum of nine-percent (9%) of full-time permanent Operators that exist on the 1st day of the month of September of the preceding vacation year. Operator Employees will bid within the blocks available as posted by the City (HSR) according to rotating seniority lists devised by Local Union 107 and agreed to by the City (HSR). Garage and Maintenance Employees will bid on a seniority basis within their own units and within blocks throughout the year available as posted by the City (HSR). Blocks for vacation in the Administrative Section, a given year will be first posted for sign-up not later than October 15th of the preceding year, provisional sign-up to be completed by one calendar month later. It is agreed that the current guidelines will be amended to allow a minimum of three (3) Inspectors off on vacation at any one time during the peak vacation periods. These periods are defined as two (2) weeks at Christmas, one (1) week during the March break and the Summer Board, which is a period of ten (10) weeks. If the number of Inspectors is increased to seventeen (17) or more, a minimum of four (4) Inspectors will be allowed off on vacation at any one (1) time during the peak vacation periods. An employee will be allowed to sign one (1) week of their vacation entitlement as five (5) single days. Blocks for vacation in the Maintenance division, a given year will first be posted for sign-up not later than December 1st of the preceding year, with a view to having the sign-up completed by January 31st. Requests for vacation during January of the vacation year must be submitted to the Manager of Fleet Maintenance, in writing, prior to December 1st of the preceding year. It is further agreed that no unit will be completely vacated. An employee will be allowed to sign one (1) week of their vacation entitlement as five (5) single days. The allocations for vacation purposes shall be as follows:
Coordination with Workers' Compensation When an employee has incurred an on-the- job injury or an on-the-job disability and has filed a claim for workers' compensation, medical costs connected with the injury or disability shall be paid by the employee's health plan, pursuant to M.S. 176.191, Subdivision 3.
VACATION WITH PAY a) Employees are entitled to annual vacation and annual vacation pay according to their completed years of consecutive service. The vacation year shall be January 1st to December 31st. After December 31st of their first year of employment, employees will be considered to have completed their first year of service. This is counted as the first year when calculating their vacation with pay entitlement.
b) Annual vacations are awarded to the employee prior to their being earned. Where an employee terminates or is terminated prior to the end of the vacation year and the employee has taken vacation in excess of the amount earned, the Credit Union shall recover pay for the unearned vacation taken.
c) Full Time employee's vacation entitlement and vacation pay shall be calculated according to their completed years of consecutive service, governed by a common anniversary date of January 1st. Part Time employees shall have their vacation entitlement calculated according to their completed years of consecutive service, but their vacation pay will be prorated accordingly.
d) Vacation entitlement and vacation pay is pro-rated for new employees.
(i) A Full Time employee who has completed their probation period shall be entitled to vacation and vacation pay prorated according to the number of months of full service in their first year.
(ii) A Part Time employee who has completed their probation period shall be entitled to vacation and vacation pay prorated according to the ratio of their scheduled hours to the average monthly full time hours in their first year.
(iii) After December 31st of their first year of employment, employees will be considered to have completed their first year of service.
e) A Part Time employee becoming Full Time will retain their vacation entitlement. Vacation pay will be prorated according to their full months Part Time service and the portion of Full Time service in the year of the status change. Thereafter, the new Full Time employee shall have their vacation entitlement and vacation pay calculated as any regular Full Time employee.
Injury Pay Provision An employee who is injured on the job during working hours and is required to leave for treatment or is sent home for such injury shall receive payment for the remainder of her shift without deduction from sick leave.
