Common use of Practicum Students Clause in Contracts

Practicum Students. Practicum or work experience students shall not be considered as employees under this Agreement. However, the following shall apply: (a) Practicum students shall not be used to displace a bargaining unit employee or to avoid filling a bargaining unit position. (b) Practicum students shall be assigned to a qualified member of the bargaining unit to receive training in bargaining unit work both through observation and by performing actual work functions. (c) In the event a practicum student is required to do bargaining unit work without the presence of a bargaining unit employee, or such work is used on the air, the student shall be paid not less than the start rate of the salary group to which he/she is assigned, as set out in Article 16.7.4 of this Agreement. (d) A practicum student that is part of the Bell Media Aboriginal Broadcast / Journalism Studies Scholarship and Internship Program will not be paid according to Article 2.4.4

Practicum Students. Practicum or work experience students shall not be considered as employees under this Agreement. However, the following shall apply: (a) Practicum students shall not be used to displace a bargaining unit employee or to avoid filling a bargaining unit position. (b) Practicum students shall be assigned to a qualified member of the bargaining unit to receive training in bargaining unit work both through observation and by performing actual work functions. (c) In the event a practicum student is required to do bargaining unit work without the presence of a bargaining unit employee, or such work is used on the air, the student shall be paid not less than the start rate of the salary group to which he/she is assigned, as set out in Article 16.7.4 of this Agreement. (d) A practicum student that is part of the Bell Media Aboriginal Broadcast / Journalism Studies Scholarship and Internship Program will not be paid according to Article 2.4.4