Common use of Periods on board Clause in Contracts

Periods on board. The length of periods on board shall be agreed between each company and the local trade union. Normally, an employee shall in principle not return to shore on a later flight than that on which he/she arrived at the field. Extra time worked in connection with a regular period on board is only permitted pursuant to section 10.6 of the Working Environment Act and shall be remunerated with overtime pay pursuant to item 6.2. If the employer, through no fault of his own, is unable to carry out a change of crew in due time, for example in case of difficult weather conditions, technical problems with the helicopter or because the relief worker has fallen ill, the employee(s) in question shall continue in service to the extent reasonable if significant difficulties for the installation or other persons on board would otherwise arise. Any waiting time offshore exceeding the length of a normal period on board according to each company’s contract shall be paid as follows: Total hourly pay = standard wage incl. offshore compensation and holiday pay 1752 Before any waiting time payment is to apply, the employee must work a whole, normal period on board. This also applies to part-time workers with an agreed shorter period on board than normal. Leisure time which has been lost will thereby have been settled. Normal periods on board include the absence of shop stewards, safety representatives and members of working environment committees when performing their work pursuant to the Master Agreement and the provisions of the Working Environment Act. This also applies to employees summoned ashore by the enterprise during their period on board in connection with work, courses, meetings and the like. Any waiting time at a heliport exceeding one hour after normal departure time (due to delayed departure of the helicopter) shall be compensated as follows: Total hourly pay = standard wage including offshore compensation and holiday pay from the helicopter’s scheduled departure. In cases where the departure is delayed and the employee is ordered to work beyond the duration of a normal full period on board, waiting time payment will apply after the end of the normal period on board. For such waiting time payment to be applicable, the employee must arrive at the agreed time and place for a full, normal period on board. If waiting at a heliport occurs during what should have been working hours on the shelf, and/or when the employee is sent home or to a hotel from the heliport, payment for waiting time shall be suspended. If the company asks an employee to postpone his/her departure from home or move the return trip from the field forward, standard wages pay shall be retained including offshore compensation, even if this should result in fewer days on the shelf than established in the work schedule. Provided that the employee shows up at the scheduled hour and place, he/she will be entitled to full pay pursuant to his/her offshore work schedule when waiting for a delayed helicopter.

Periods on board. The length of periods on board shall be agreed between each company and the local trade union. Normally, an employee shall in principle not return to shore on a later flight than that on which he/she arrived at the field. Extra time worked in connection with a regular period on board is only permitted pursuant to section 10.6 of the Working Environment Act and shall be remunerated with overtime pay pursuant to item 6.2. If the employer, through no fault of his own, is unable to carry out a change of crew in due time, for example in case of difficult weather conditions, technical problems with the helicopter or because the relief worker has fallen ill, the employee(s) in question shall continue in service to the extent reasonable if significant difficulties for the installation or other persons on board would otherwise arise. Any waiting time offshore exceeding the length of a normal period on board according to each company’s contract shall be paid as follows: Total hourly pay = standard wage incl. offshore compensation and holiday pay 1752 Before any waiting time payment is to apply, the employee must work a whole, normal period on board. This also applies to part-time workers with an agreed shorter period on board than normal. Leisure time which has been lost will thereby have been settled. Normal periods on board include the absence of shop stewards, safety representatives and members of working environment committees when performing their work pursuant to the Master Agreement and the provisions of the Working Environment Act. This also applies to employees summoned ashore by the enterprise during their period on board in connection with work, courses, meetings and the like. Any waiting time at a heliport exceeding one hour after normal departure time (due to delayed departure of the helicopter) shall be compensated as follows: Total hourly pay = standard wage including offshore compensation and holiday pay from the helicopter’s scheduled departure. In cases where the departure is delayed and the employee is ordered to work beyond the duration of a normal full period on board, waiting time payment will apply after the end of the normal period on board. For such waiting time payment to be applicable, the employee must arrive at the agreed time and place for a full, normal period on board. If waiting at a heliport occurs during what should have been working hours on the shelf, and/or when the employee is sent home or to a hotel from the heliport, payment for waiting time shall be suspended. If the company asks an employee to postpone his/her departure from home or move the return trip from the field forward, standard wages pay shall be retained including offshore compensation, even if this should result in fewer days on the shelf than established in the work schedule. Provided that the employee shows up at the scheduled hour and place, he/she will be entitled to full pay pursuant to his/her offshore work schedule when waiting for a delayed helicopter.