Overtime and Personal Time Off. (a) It is accepted that a worker may, from time to time, require personal time off from work to deal with personal matters. In order to facilitate this, a worker will accumulate one-half shift (either four hours on an eight hour shift or five hours on a ten hour shift) of unpaid personal absence allowance for each month (30 calendar days) worked up to a maximum accumulation of two full shifts. An initial one-half shift allowance will be credited upon the start of employment with additional units of one-half shift credited in the months worked subsequently, up to the maximum allowance of two shifts. A worker may request that they be preauthorized to take a personal unpaid absence providing they give a minimum of seven calendar days advance notice of their request to their authorized company representative. Where it is not practical to provide seven calendar days notice the worker must provide as much notice as they are capable of, it being understood that less notice may make it more difficult to accommodate a request for time off. Requests for time off that meet the above conditions will not be unreasonably denied subject to operational requirements. (b) A worker that is preauthorized to take personal time off pursuant to the above procedure, and who has accumulated sufficient personal absence allowance to cover their absence, will qualify for overtime premiums for any work performed either preceding or following the normal scheduled hours of work on the day they take their personal absence regardless of whether or not they have worked the full eight or ten hours as scheduled for that shift. In the case of a worker on a compressed work week schedule they would also be paid normal overtime premiums for any hours worked on the compressed work week day off. It is also understood that, provided such absences conform to these conditions, the absence will not disqualify the worker from working overtime scheduled for that week. (c) Personal absence allowances will be earned on the basis of minimum units of one- half shift and will be utilized on the basis of units of a minimum of one-half shift. An authorized personal absence of up to one-half shift will reduce the accumulated personal absence allowance by one-half shift. If time off exceeds one-half shift, the worker’s accumulated personal absence allowance will be reduced by additional one- half shift units. (d) Overtime premiums as specified in this Collective Agreement will be paid for all hours worked in excess of eight hours in a day. In the case of a compressed work week, overtime premiums will be paid for hours worked in excess of ten in a day or forty in a week. A worker that is absent from work without pre-authorization as per the above procedure, including late arrivals or early quits will be subject to discipline (e) The Framework Bargaining Committees agree that they will meet to review the provisions of this Article during the months of March and April of 2013, or earlier should they both agree. The Parties to this Agreement agree that, should the Framework Bargaining Committees arrive at recommendations for changes, they will consider amending this article to conform to such recommendations.
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Samples: Structural Ironworkers Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Overtime and Personal Time Off. (a) It is accepted that a worker may, from time to time, require personal time off from work to deal with personal matters. In order to facilitate this, a worker will accumulate one-half shift (either four hours on an eight hour shift or five hours on a ten hour shift) of unpaid personal absence allowance for each month (30 calendar days) worked up to a maximum accumulation of two full shifts. An initial one-half shift allowance will be credited upon the start of employment with additional units of one-half shift credited in the months worked subsequently, up to the maximum allowance of two shifts. A worker may request that they be preauthorized to take a personal unpaid absence providing they give a minimum of seven calendar days advance notice of their request to their authorized company representative. Where it is not practical to provide seven calendar days notice the worker must provide as much notice as they are capable of, it being understood that less notice may make it more difficult to accommodate a request for time off. Requests for time off that meet the above conditions will not be unreasonably denied subject to operational requirements.
(b) A worker that is preauthorized to take personal time off pursuant to the above procedure, and who has accumulated sufficient personal absence allowance to cover their absence, will qualify for overtime premiums for any work performed either preceding or following the normal scheduled hours of work on the day they take their personal absence regardless of whether or not they have worked the full eight or ten hours as scheduled for that shift. In the case of a worker on a compressed work week schedule they would also be paid normal overtime premiums for any hours worked on the compressed work week day off. It is also understood that, provided such absences conform to these conditions, the absence will not disqualify the worker from working overtime scheduled for that week.
(c) Personal absence allowances will be earned on the basis of minimum units of one- one-half shift and will be utilized on the basis of units of a minimum of one-half shift. An authorized personal absence of up to one-half shift will reduce the accumulated personal absence allowance by one-half shift. If time off exceeds one-half shift, the worker’s accumulated personal absence allowance will be reduced by additional one- half shift units.a
(d) Overtime premiums as specified in this Collective Agreement will be paid for all hours worked in excess of eight hours in a day. In the case of a compressed work week, overtime premiums will be paid for hours worked in excess of ten in a day or forty in a week. A worker that is absent from work without pre-authorization as per the above procedure, including late arrivals or early quits will be subject to disciplinediscipline in accordance with their employer’s policies and may also be disqualified from working scheduled overtime in the week the absence occurs. Workers who are absent from work without pre-authorization, or workers that have been pre-authorized but who do not have sufficient personal absence allowance accumulated, must work the minimum normal hours as stipulated above prior to overtime premiums being paid. Saturdays, Sundays, and Statutory Holidays will be paid as per the Collective Agreement premiums for all hours worked on those days.
(e) The Framework Bargaining Committees agree that they will meet to review the provisions of this Article during the months of March and April of 2013, or earlier should they both agree. The Parties to this Agreement agree that, should the Framework Bargaining Committees arrive at recommendations for changes, they will consider amending this article to conform to such recommendations. ARTICLE EIGHTEEN - CALL OUTS
18.01 Employees who have completed the day’s scheduled hours of work and left the jobsite to return home or to camp and who respond to a request to work additional time, shall be compensated as follows.
(a) Employees who do not commence work shall be paid for two (2) hours at the applicable overtime rate, and any travel and transportation applicable.
(b) Employees who are called in and commence work shall be paid for a minimum of three (3) hours at the applicable overtime rate and any travel and transportation applicable.
18.02 Where an Employee works more than the three (3) hours set out in 18.01 (b) above, the Employee shall receive remuneration for the hours actually worked at the applicable overtime rates and any travel or transportation applicable.
18.03 In the event that an Employee, responding to a call out does not get an eight (8) hour break, prior to the commencement of their regular work day, the
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
Overtime and Personal Time Off. (a) It is accepted that a worker may, from time to time, require personal time off from work to deal with personal matters. In order to facilitate this, a worker will accumulate one-half shift (either four hours on an eight hour shift or five hours on a ten hour shift) of unpaid personal absence allowance for each month (30 calendar days) worked up to a maximum accumulation of two full shifts. An initial one-half shift allowance will be credited upon the start of employment with additional units of one-one- half shift credited in the months worked subsequently, up to the maximum allowance of two shifts. A worker may request that they be preauthorized to take a personal unpaid absence providing they give a minimum of seven calendar days advance notice of their request to their authorized company representative. Where it is not practical to provide seven calendar days notice the worker must provide as much notice as they are capable of, it being understood that less notice may make it more difficult to accommodate a request for time off. Requests for time off that meet the above conditions will not be unreasonably denied subject to operational requirements.
(b) A worker that is preauthorized to take personal time off pursuant to the above procedure, and who has accumulated sufficient personal absence allowance to cover their absence, will qualify for overtime premiums for any work performed either preceding or following the normal scheduled hours of work on the day they take their personal absence regardless of whether or not they have worked the full eight or ten hours as scheduled for that shift. In the case of a worker on a compressed work week schedule they would also be paid normal overtime premiums for any hours worked on the compressed work week day off. It is also understood that, provided such absences conform to these conditions, the absence will not disqualify the worker from working overtime scheduled for that week.
(c) Personal absence allowances will be earned on the basis of minimum units of one- one-half shift and will be utilized on the basis of units of a minimum of one-half shift. An authorized personal absence of up to one-one- half shift will reduce the accumulated personal absence allowance by one-half shift. If time off exceeds one-half shift, the worker’s accumulated personal absence allowance will be reduced by additional one- half shift units.by
(d) Overtime premiums as specified in this Collective Agreement will be paid for all hours worked in excess of eight hours in a day. In the case of a compressed work week, overtime premiums will be paid for hours worked in excess of ten in a day or forty in a week. A worker that is absent from work without pre-authorization as per the above procedure, including late arrivals or early quits will be subject to disciplinediscipline in accordance with their employer’s policies and may also be disqualified from working scheduled overtime in the week the absence occurs. Workers who are absent from work without pre-authorization, or workers that have been pre-authorized but who do not have sufficient personal absence allowance accumulated, must work the minimum normal hours as stipulated above prior to overtime premiums being paid. Saturdays, Sundays, and Statutory Holidays will be paid as per the Collective Agreement premiums for all hours worked on those days.
(e) The Framework Bargaining Committees agree that they will meet to review the provisions of this Article during the months of March and April of 2013, or earlier should they both agree. The Parties to this Agreement agree that, should the Framework Bargaining Committees arrive at recommendations for changes, they will consider amending this article to conform to such recommendations. ARTICLE EIGHTEEN - CALL OUTS
18.01 Employees who have completed the day’s scheduled hours of work and left the jobsite to return home or to camp and who respond to a request to work additional time, shall be compensated as follows.
(a) Employees who do not commence work shall be paid for two (2) hours at the applicable overtime rate, and any travel and transportation applicable.
(b) Employees who are called in and commence work shall be paid for a minimum of three (3) hours at the applicable overtime rate and any travel and transportation applicable.
18.02 Where an Employee works more than the three (3) hours set out in 18.01 (b) above, the Employee shall receive remuneration for the hours actually worked at the applicable overtime rates and any travel or transportation applicable.
18.03 In the event that an Employee, responding to a call out does not get an eight (8) hour break, prior to the commencement of their regular work day, the Employee(s) shall be allowed an eight (8) hour rest break and be paid for a normally scheduled work day. To qualify for the normally scheduled days pay the Employee shall be available for work at the end of the eight (8) hour break.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Overtime and Personal Time Off. (a) It is accepted that a worker may, from time to time, require personal time off from work to deal with personal matters. In order to facilitate this, a worker will accumulate one-half shift (either four hours on an eight hour shift or five hours on a ten hour shift) of unpaid personal absence allowance for each month (30 calendar days) worked up to a maximum accumulation of two full shifts. An initial one-half shift allowance will be credited upon the start of employment with additional units of one-half shift credited in the months worked subsequently, up to the maximum allowance of two shifts. A worker may request that they be preauthorized to take a personal unpaid absence providing they give a minimum of seven calendar days advance notice of their request to their authorized company representative. Where it is not practical to provide seven calendar days notice the worker must provide as much notice as they are capable of, it being understood that less notice may make it more difficult to accommodate a request for time off. Requests for time off that meet the above conditions will not be unreasonably denied subject to operational requirements.
(b) A worker that is preauthorized to take personal time off pursuant to the above procedure, and who has accumulated sufficient personal absence allowance to cover their absence, will qualify for overtime premiums for any work performed either preceding or following the normal scheduled hours of work on the day they take their personal absence regardless of whether or not they have worked the full eight or ten hours as scheduled for that shift. In the case of a worker on a compressed work week schedule they would also be paid normal overtime premiums for any hours worked on the compressed work week day off. It is also understood that, provided such absences conform to these conditions, the absence will not disqualify the worker from working overtime scheduled for that week.
(c) Personal absence allowances will be earned on the basis of minimum units of one- one-half shift and will be utilized on the basis of units of a minimum of one-half shift. An authorized personal absence of up to one-half shift will reduce the accumulated personal absence allowance by one-half shift. If time off exceeds one-half shift, the worker’s accumulated personal absence allowance will be reduced by additional one- one-half shift units.
(d) Overtime premiums as specified in this Collective Agreement will be paid for all hours worked in excess of eight hours in a day. In the case of a compressed work week, overtime premiums will be paid for hours worked in excess of ten in a day or forty in a week. A worker that is absent from work without pre-authorization as per the above procedure, including late arrivals or early quits will be subject to disciplineis
(e) The Framework Bargaining Committees agree that they will meet to review the provisions of this Article during the months of March and April of 2013, or earlier should they both agree. The Parties to this Agreement agree that, should the Framework Bargaining Committees arrive at recommendations for changes, they will consider amending this article to conform to such recommendations. ARTICLE EIGHTEEN - CALL OUTS
18.01 Employees who have completed the day’s scheduled hours of work and left the jobsite to return home or to camp and who respond to a request to work additional time, shall be compensated as follows.
(a) Employees who do not commence work shall be paid for two (2) hours at the applicable overtime rate, and any travel and transportation applicable.
(b) Employees who are called in and commence work shall be paid for a minimum of three (3) hours at the applicable overtime rate and any travel and transportation applicable.
18.02 Where an Employee works more than the three (3) hours set out in 18.01 (b) above, the Employee shall receive remuneration for the hours actually worked at the applicable overtime rates and any travel or transportation applicable.
18.03 In the event that an Employee, responding to a call out does not get an eight (8) hour break, prior to the commencement of their regular work day, the Employee(s) shall be allowed an eight (8) hour rest break and be paid for a normally scheduled work day. To qualify for the normally scheduled days pay the Employee shall be available for work at the end of the eight (8) hour break.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Overtime and Personal Time Off. (a) It is accepted that a worker may, from time to time, require personal time off from work to deal with personal matters. In order to facilitate this, a worker will accumulate one-half shift (either four hours on an eight hour shift or five hours on a ten hour shift) of unpaid personal absence allowance for each month (30 calendar days) worked up to a maximum accumulation of two full shifts. An initial one-half shift allowance will be credited upon the start of employment with additional units of one-half shift credited in the months worked subsequently, up to the maximum allowance of two shifts. A worker may request that they be preauthorized to take a personal unpaid absence providing they give a minimum of seven calendar days advance notice of their request to their authorized company representative. Where it is not practical to provide seven calendar days notice the worker must provide as much notice as they are capable of, it being understood that less notice may make it more difficult to accommodate a request for time off. Requests for time off that meet the above conditions will not be unreasonably denied subject to operational requirements.
(b) A worker that is preauthorized to take personal time off pursuant to the above procedure, and who has accumulated sufficient personal absence allowance to cover their absence, will qualify for overtime premiums for any work performed either preceding or following the normal scheduled hours of work on the day they take their personal absence regardless of whether or not they have worked the full eight or ten hours as scheduled for that shift. In the case of a worker on a compressed work week schedule they would also be paid normal overtime premiums for any hours worked on the compressed work week day off. It is also understood that, provided such absences conform to these conditions, the absence will not disqualify the worker from working overtime scheduled for that week.
(c) Personal absence allowances will be earned on the basis of minimum units of one- one-half shift and will be utilized on the basis of units of a minimum of one-half shift. An authorized personal absence of up to one-half shift will reduce the accumulated personal absence allowance by one-half shift. If time off exceeds one-half shift, the worker’s accumulated personal absence allowance will be reduced by additional one- half shift units.a
(d) Overtime premiums as specified in this Collective Agreement will be paid for all hours worked in excess of eight hours in a day. In the case of a compressed work week, overtime premiums will be paid for hours worked in excess of ten in a day or forty in a week. A worker that is absent from work without pre-authorization as per the above procedure, including late arrivals or early quits will be subject to disciplinediscipline in accordance with their employer‟s policies and may also be disqualified from working scheduled overtime in the week the absence occurs. Workers who are absent from work without pre-authorization, or workers that have been pre-authorized but who do not have sufficient personal absence allowance accumulated, must work the minimum normal hours as stipulated above prior to overtime premiums being paid. Saturdays, Sundays, and Statutory Holidays will be paid as per the Collective Agreement premiums for all hours worked on those days.
(e) The Framework Bargaining Committees agree that they will meet to review the provisions of this Article during the months of March and April of 2013, or earlier should they both agree. The Parties to this Agreement agree that, should the Framework Bargaining Committees arrive at recommendations for changes, they will consider amending this article to conform to such recommendations. ARTICLE EIGHTEEN - CALL OUTS
18.01 Employees who have completed the day‟s scheduled hours of work and left the jobsite to return home or to camp and who respond to a request to work additional time, shall be compensated as follows.
(a) Employees who do not commence work shall be paid for two (2) hours at the applicable overtime rate, and any travel and transportation applicable.
(b) Employees who are called in and commence work shall be paid for a minimum of three (3) hours at the applicable overtime rate and any travel and transportation applicable.
18.02 Where an Employee works more than the three (3) hours set out in 18.01 (b) above, the Employee shall receive remuneration for the hours actually worked at the applicable overtime rates and any travel or transportation applicable.
18.03 In the event that an Employee, responding to a call out does not get an eight (8) hour break, prior to the commencement of their regular work day, the
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Overtime and Personal Time Off. (a) It is accepted that a worker may, from time to time, require personal time off from work to deal with personal matters. In order to facilitate this, a worker will accumulate one-half shift (either four hours on an eight hour shift or five hours on a ten hour shift) of unpaid personal absence allowance for each month (30 calendar days) worked up to a maximum accumulation of two full shifts. An initial one-half shift allowance will be credited upon the start of employment with additional units of one-half shift credited in the months worked subsequently, up to the maximum allowance of two shifts. A worker may request that they be preauthorized to take a personal unpaid absence providing they give a minimum of seven calendar days advance notice of their request to their authorized company representative. Where it is not practical to provide seven calendar days notice the worker must provide as much notice as they are capable of, it being understood that less notice may make it more difficult to accommodate a request for time off. Requests for time off that meet the above conditions will not be unreasonably denied subject to operational requirements.
(b) A worker that is preauthorized to take personal time off pursuant to the above procedure, and who has accumulated sufficient personal absence allowance to cover their absence, will qualify for overtime premiums for any work performed either preceding or following the normal scheduled hours of work on the day they take their personal absence regardless of whether or not they have worked the full eight or ten hours as scheduled for that shift. In the case of a worker on a compressed work week schedule they would also be paid normal overtime premiums for any hours worked on the compressed work week day off. It is also understood that, provided such absences conform to these conditions, the absence will not disqualify the worker from working overtime scheduled for that week.
(c) Personal absence allowances will be earned on the basis of minimum units of one- one-half shift and will be utilized on the basis of units of a minimum of one-half shift. An authorized personal absence of up to one-half shift will reduce the accumulated personal absence allowance by one-half shift. If time off exceeds one-half shift, the worker’s accumulated personal absence allowance will be reduced by additional one- one-half shift units.
(d) Overtime premiums as specified in this Collective Agreement will be paid for all hours worked in excess of eight hours in a day. In the case of a compressed work week, overtime premiums will be paid for hours worked in excess of ten in a day or forty in a week. A worker that is absent from work without pre-authorization as per the above procedure, including late arrivals or early quits will be subject to disciplinediscipline in accordance with their employer’s policies and may also be disqualified from working scheduled overtime in the week the absence occurs. Workers who are absent from work without pre-authorization, or workers that have been pre-authorized but who do not have sufficient personal absence allowance accumulated, must work the minimum normal hours as stipulated above prior to overtime premiums being paid. Saturdays, Sundays, and Statutory Holidays will be paid as per the Collective Agreement premiums for all hours worked on those days.
(e) The Framework Bargaining Committees agree that they will meet to review the provisions of this Article during the months of March and April of 2013, or earlier should they both agree. The Parties to this Agreement agree that, should the Framework Bargaining Committees arrive at recommendations for changes, they will consider amending this article to conform to such recommendations.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
Overtime and Personal Time Off. (a) It is accepted that a worker may, from time to time, require personal time off from work to deal with personal matters. In in order to facilitate this, a worker will accumulate one-half shift (either four hours on an eight hour shift or five hours on a ten hour shift) of unpaid personal absence allowance for each month (30 calendar days) worked up to a maximum accumulation of two full shifts. An initial initiai one-half shift allowance will be credited upon the start of employment with additional units of one-half shift credited in the months worked subsequently, up to the maximum allowance of two shifts. A worker may request that they be preauthorized to take a personal unpaid absence providing they give a minimum of seven calendar days advance notice of their request Mechanical (Plumbers Pipe Fitters) Page to their authorized company representative. Where it is not practical to provide seven calendar days notice the worker must provide as much notice as they are capable of, it being understood that less notice may make it more difficult to accommodate a request for time off. Requests for time off that meet the above conditions will not be unreasonably denied subject to operational requirements.
(b) . A worker that is preauthorized to take personal time off pursuant to the above procedure, and who has accumulated sufficient personal absence allowance to cover their absence, will qualify for overtime premiums for any work performed either preceding or following the normal scheduled hours of work on the day they take their personal absence regardless of whether or not they have worked the full eight or ten hours as scheduled for that shift. In the case of a worker on a compressed work week schedule they would also be paid normal overtime premiums for any hours worked on the compressed work week day off. It is also understood that, provided such absences conform to these conditions, the absence will not disqualify the worker from working overtime scheduled for that week.
(c) . Personal absence allowances will be earned on the basis of minimum units of one- one-half shift and will be utilized on the basis of units of a minimum of one-half shift. An authorized personal absence of up to one-half shift will reduce the accumulated personal absence allowance by one-half shift. If time off exceeds one-half shift, the worker’s accumulated personal absence allowance will be reduced by additional one- one-half shift units.
(d) . Overtime premiums as specified in this Collective Agreement will be paid for all hours worked in excess of eight hours in a day. In the case of a compressed work week, overtime premiums will be paid for hours worked in excess of ten in a day or forty in a week. A worker that is absent from work without pre-authorization as per the above procedure, including late arrivals or early quits will be subject to discipline
(e) discipline in accordance with their employer’s policies and may also be disqualified from scheduled overtime in the week the absence occurs. Workers who are absent work without or workers that have been but who do not have sufficient personal absence allowance accumulated, must work the normal hours as stipulated above prior to overtime premiums being paid. Saturdays, Sundays, and Statutory Holidays will be paid as per the Collective Agreement premiums for all hours worked on those days. The Framework Bargaining Committees agree that they will meet to review the provisions of this Article during the months of March and April of 2013, or earlier should they both agree. The Parties to this Agreement agree that, should the Framework Bargaining Committees Mechanical (Plumbers Fitters) Page arrive at recommendations for changes, they will consider amending this article to conform to such recommendations.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Overtime and Personal Time Off. (a) It is accepted that a worker may, from time to time, require personal time off from work to deal with personal matters. In order to facilitate this, a worker will accumulate one-half shift (either four hours on an eight hour shift or five hours on a ten hour shift) of unpaid personal absence allowance for each month (30 calendar days) worked up to a maximum accumulation of two full shifts. An initial one-half shift allowance will be credited upon the start of employment with additional units of one-half shift credited in the months worked subsequently, up to the maximum allowance of two shifts. A worker may request that they be preauthorized to take a personal unpaid absence providing they give a minimum of seven calendar days advance notice of their request to their authorized company representative. Where it is not practical to provide seven calendar days days’ notice the worker must provide as much notice as they are capable of, it being understood that less notice may make it more difficult to accommodate a request for time off. Requests for time off that meet the above conditions will not be unreasonably denied subject to operational requirements.
(a) It is accepted that a worker may, from time to time, require personal time off from work to deal with personal matters. An employee who has not been absent, including late arrivals or early quits, or granted leave in the previous calendar 30 days, and who gives the Employer at least three working days’ notice of a request for leave of up to one day, will be granted the requested leave. Requests for time off that meet the above conditions will not be unreasonably denied subject to operational requirements.
(b) A worker that is preauthorized to take personal time off pursuant to the above procedure, and who has accumulated sufficient personal absence allowance to cover their absence, will qualify for overtime premiums for any work performed either preceding or following the normal scheduled hours of work on the day they take their personal absence regardless of whether or not they have worked the full eight or ten hours as scheduled for that shift. In the case of a worker on a compressed work week schedule they would also be paid normal overtime premiums for any hours worked on the compressed work week day off. It is also understood that, provided such absences conform to these conditions, the absence will not disqualify the worker from working overtime scheduled for that week.
(c) Personal absence allowances will be earned on the basis of minimum units of one- one-half shift and will be utilized on the basis of units of a minimum of one-half shift. An authorized personal absence of up to one-half shift will reduce the accumulated personal absence allowance by one-half shift. If time off exceeds one-half shift, the worker’s accumulated personal absence allowance will be reduced by additional one- one-half shift units.
(d) Overtime premiums as specified in this Collective Agreement will be paid for all hours worked in excess of eight hours in a day. In the case of a compressed work week, overtime premiums will be paid for hours worked in excess of ten in a day or forty in a week. A worker that is absent from work without pre-authorization as per the above procedure, including late arrivals or early quits will be subject to discipline
(e) The Framework Bargaining Committees agree that they will meet to review the provisions of this Article during the months of March and April of 2013, or earlier should they both agree. The Parties to this Agreement agree that, should the Framework Bargaining Committees arrive at recommendations for changes, they will consider amending this article to conform to such recommendations.
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Samples: Collective Agreement