Common use of Probationary Apprentice Clause in Contracts

Probationary Apprentice. A new entrant is a person who has never worked in the trade or attained any experience at an employer or union run trade school. The employer will first attain a referral slip in accordance with Article 5 Union Security from the local union before the new entrant commences work and the one thousand two hundred (1200) hour probation will start on first day worked. Such referral slip shall be provided upon request by facsimile or other electronic form of delivery upon the request by facsimile or other form setting out the Name of the person, the Social Insurance Number and the date that they are to commence work. Such referral slip shall be deemed to have been provided on the third day following such request if not otherwise received. A probationary apprentice does not count towards the ratio of apprentice to journeyperson. No Probationary Apprentice shall be hired if there is an available Registered Apprentice on the Local Union out of work list and such Apprentice is referred to the requesting Employer. Until May 1, 2020 the requirement that they be Registered will be waived. If by the time the probation period is completed, and the apprentice has demonstrated their suitability to the union and the employer, such assessment to be done in good faith, the entrant will become a member of the applicable local union. All wages, deductions and contributions of a new entrant shall be paid as per Article 29 of the local wage schedule of the provincial agreement for all hours worked.