Leave for Taking Training Courses.
(i) An employee shall be granted leave without loss of their regular rate of pay when authorized by the Employer to attend a course during their shift.
(ii) An employee authorized by the Employer to attend a technical training course or a seminar on a scheduled day of rest or after their shift shall receive time-off work at their regular rate of pay equivalent to the time spent at the training course. The employee shall receive one hour of time off work for each hour of instruction. The time off work shall be scheduled by mutual agreement of the employee and the Employer.
(iii) Travel time shall only be paid if the course is beyond the Greater Victoria area. Travel time to and from the location of the course outside an employee’s normal hours of work shall be compensated up to a maximum of three (3) hours to the course and three (3) hours from the course at the regular rate of pay to be taken in pay or time off. Any time off work shall be scheduled by mutual agreement of the employee and the Employer.
Leave for Taking Training Courses. (a) An employee shall be granted leave without loss of their regular rate of pay when authorized by the Employer to attend a course during their shift.
(b) An employee directed by the Employer to travel beyond the Greater Victoria area, outside of their normal hours of work, to attend a technical training course shall be compensated up to a maximum of three (3) hours to the course and up to a maximum of three (3) hours from the course at the regular rate of pay. Compensation may be taken in pay or time off. The Employer shall give reasonable consideration to requests that compensation be in the form of time off rather than in wages subject to the efficient services and operations of the Employer. The Employer and the employee shall arrive at mutually satisfactory arrangements for such time off.
Leave for Taking Training Courses. (i) An employee shall be granted leave without loss of their regular rate of pay when authorized by the Employer to attend a course during their shift.
(ii) An employee authorized by the Employer to attend a technical training course or a seminar on a scheduled day of rest or after their shift shall receive one (1) hour of time-off work for each hour of instruction at their straight time rate of pay. The time off work shall be scheduled by mutual agreement of the employee and the Employer.
(iii) Travel time shall only be paid if the course is beyond the Greater Victoria area. Travel time to and from the location of the course outside an employee’s normal hours of work shall be compensated up to a maximum of three (3) hours to the course and three (3) hours from the course at the regular rate of pay to be taken in pay or time off. Any time off work shall be scheduled by mutual agreement of the employee and the Employer.
