LEAVE FOR TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS PRACTICES. (a) Subject to operational requirements as determined by the Employer, fifteen (15) hours of leave with pay and twenty-two decimal five (22.5) hours of leave without pay per fiscal year shall be granted to an employee who self-declares as an Indigenous person and who requests leave to engage in traditional Indigenous practices, including land-based activities such as hunting, fishing, and harvesting. For the purposes of this article, an Indigenous person means First Nations, Inuit or Métis. (b) Unless otherwise informed by the Employer, a statement signed by the employee stating that they meet the conditions of this article shall, when delivered to the Employer, be considered as meeting the requirements of this article. (c) An employee who intends to request leave under this article must give notice to the Employer as far in advance as possible before the requested period of leave. (d) As an alternative to leave without pay as per paragraph 17.25(a), at the request of the employee and at the discretion of the Employer, time off with pay, up to a total amount of twenty-two decimal five (22.5) hours, may be granted to the employee in order to fulfill their traditional Indigenous practices. The number of hours with pay so granted must be made up hour for hour within a period of six (6) months, at times agreed to by the Employer. Hours worked as a result of time off granted under this clause shall not be compensated nor should they result in any additional payments by the Employer. (e) Leave or time off under this article may be taken in one or more periods. Each period of leave shall not be less than seven decimal five (7.5) hours.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
LEAVE FOR TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS PRACTICES. (a) Subject to operational requirements as determined by the Employer, fifteen (15) hours of leave with pay and twenty-two decimal five (22.5) hours of leave without pay per fiscal year shall be granted to an employee who self-declares as an Indigenous person and who requests leave to engage in traditional Indigenous practices, including land-based activities such as hunting, fishing, and harvesting. For the purposes purpose of this article, an Indigenous person means First Nations, Inuit or Métis.
(b) Unless otherwise informed by the Employer, a statement signed by the employee stating that they meet the conditions of this article shall, when delivered to the Employer, be considered as meeting the requirements requirement of this article.
(c) An employee who intends to request leave under this article must give notice to the Employer as far in advance as possible before the requested period of leave.
(d) As an alternative to leave without pay as per paragraph 17.25(aclause 22.24(a), at the request of the employee and at the discretion of the Employer, time off with pay, up to a total amount of twenty-two decimal five (22.5) hours, may be granted to the employee in order to fulfill their traditional Indigenous practices. The number of hours with pay so granted must be made up hour for hour within a period of six (6) months, at times agreed to by the Employer. Hours worked as a result of time off granted under this clause shall not be compensated nor should they result in any additional payments by the Employer.
(e) Leave or time off under this article may be taken in one or more periods. Each period of leave shall not be less than seven decimal five (7.5) hours.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
LEAVE FOR TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS PRACTICES. (a) Subject to operational requirements as determined by the Employer, fifteen (15) hours of leave with pay and twenty-two decimal five (22.5) hours of leave without pay per fiscal year shall be granted to an employee who self-declares as an Indigenous person and who requests leave to engage in traditional Indigenous practices, including land-based activities such as hunting, fishing, and harvesting. For the purposes of this article, an Indigenous person means First Nations, Inuit or Métis.. **
(b) Unless otherwise informed by the Employer, a statement signed by the employee stating that they meet the conditions of this article shall, when delivered to the Employer, be considered as meeting the requirements of this article.. **
(c) An employee who intends to request leave under this article must give notice to the Employer as far in advance as possible before the requested period of leave.. **
(d) As an alternative to leave without pay as per paragraph 17.25(aclause 19.23 a), at the request of the employee and at the discretion of the Employer, time off with pay, up to a total amount of twenty-two decimal five (22.5) hours, may be granted to the employee in order to fulfill their traditional Indigenous practices. The number of hours with pay so granted must be made up hour for hour within a period of six (6) months, at times agreed to by the Employer. Hours worked as a result of time off granted under this clause shall not be compensated nor should they result in any additional payments by the Employer.. **
(e) Leave or time off under this article may be taken in one or more periods. Each period of leave shall not be less than seven decimal five (7.5) hours.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
LEAVE FOR TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS PRACTICES. (a) Subject to operational requirements as determined by the Employer, fifteen (15) hours of leave with pay and twenty-two decimal five (22.5) hours of leave without pay per fiscal year shall be granted to an employee who self-declares as an Indigenous person and who requests leave to engage in traditional Indigenous practices, including land-land- based activities such as hunting, fishing, and harvesting. For the purposes of this article, an Indigenous person means First Nations, Inuit or Métis.. **
(b) Unless otherwise informed by the Employer, a statement signed by the employee stating that they meet the conditions of this article shall, when delivered to the Employer, be considered as meeting the requirements of this article.. **
(c) An employee who intends to request leave under this article must give notice to the Employer as far in advance as possible before the requested period of leave.. **
(d) As an alternative to leave without pay as per paragraph 17.25(aclause 26.23 (a), at the request of the employee and at the discretion of the Employer, time off with pay, up to a total amount of twenty-two decimal five (22.5) hours, may be granted to the employee in order to fulfill their traditional Indigenous practices. The number of hours with pay so granted must be made up hour for hour within a period of six (6) months, at times agreed to by the Employer. Hours worked as a result of time off granted under this clause shall not be compensated nor should they result in any additional payments by the Employer.. **
(e) Leave or time off under this article may be taken in one or more periods. Each period of leave shall not be less than seven decimal five (7.5) hours.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
LEAVE FOR TRADITIONAL INDIGENOUS PRACTICES. (a) Subject to operational requirements as determined by the Employer, fifteen (15) hours of leave with pay and twenty-two decimal five (22.5) hours of leave without pay per fiscal year shall be granted to an employee who self-self declares as an Indigenous person and who requests leave to engage in traditional Indigenous practices, including land-based activities such as hunting, fishing, and harvesting. For the purposes of this article, an Indigenous person means First Nations, Inuit or Métis.. **
(b) Unless otherwise informed by the Employer, a statement signed by the employee stating that they meet the conditions of this article shall, when delivered to the Employer, be considered as meeting the requirements of this article.. **
(c) An employee who intends to request leave under this article must give notice to the Employer as far in advance as possible before the requested period of leave.. **
(d) As an alternative to leave without pay as per paragraph 17.25(a), clause 19.23
a. at the request of the employee and at the discretion of the Employer, time off with pay, up to a total amount of twenty-two decimal five (22.5) hours, may be granted to the employee in order to fulfill their traditional Indigenous practices. The number of hours with pay so granted must be made up hour for hour within a period of six (6) months, at times agreed to by the Employer. Hours worked as a result of time off granted under this clause shall not be compensated nor should they result in any additional payments by the Employer.. **
(e) Leave or time off under this article may be taken in one or more periods. Each period of leave shall not be less than seven decimal five (7.5) hours.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement