Common use of Proof of Entitlement Clause in Contracts

Proof of Entitlement. Employees making application for Maternity, Adoption and Parental Leaves of Absence will be required in all cases to provide to the company proof of birth or adoption, satisfactory to the Company. The parties recognize that the manufacturing operations of the company are highly and completely integrated. An interruption at one stage of the production process, whether during the regular work day, work week, or overtime or other premium hours, can, and probably will, cause costly interruptions of the process at earlier and or later stages. This Memorandum represents an accommodation between the needs of the company and the rights of individual employees to decline overtime work on occasion for a variety of individual and personal reasons. The parties have earnestly sought during negotiations, feasible steps that the company might take in scheduling overtime work to provide employees an opportunity to accept or decline work opportunities during such periods, and have reached the following understanding which shall constitute an Appendix to the Collective Agreement between the parties.