Common use of Northern Differential Clause in Contracts

Northern Differential. Employees classified herein who are employed at and north of Port Hardy, including the Queen Charlotte Islands if living in their own home and/or who are not living in a Company residence where they would be subsidized by the Company for either board, light, rent, or heat, shall receive a wage differential over the rates listed herein on the following basis: Monthly rated classifications – $60.00 per month or $28.00 bi-weekly Hourly rated classifications – $0.35 per hour The above rate is to be incorporated in the basic rate for purposes of overtime calculations. Where more than one member of a family living in a Company house is employed in the plant or operation, only one employee (usually the one to whom the house is allocated) shall not receive this differential. All others living in the same Company house shall receive the Northern Differential.