RETRAINING PROGRAM FOR RAIL TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS Clause Samples

RETRAINING PROGRAM FOR RAIL TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS. 7.1 The Company has designated a Training Program, the purpose of which is to achieve uniformity of rules application and to broaden the knowledge of all Rail Traffic Controllers in respect of the operations and goals of the Company. To this purpose, it is agreed as follows: a) The Company will determine the course content, the duration, and the locations at which the course may be given. Rail Traffic Controllers will be required to undergo examination on the Canadian Rail Operating Rules during the course. The Company may also select those locations where bilingual training may be provided. b) While at the Training program, an employee will receive normal wages, including any shift differential or transfer time payment which the employee would have received. c) Overtime provisions of the Collective Agreement will not apply while employee is at the training location, or while traveling to or from that location. d) An employee, who is required to travel to the training program on a regularly assigned rest day, will receive payment for such travel on the basis of straight time. Payment for such travel time will be made on the basis of traveling time involved but will not exceed eight hours straight time pay for any one rest day. An employee may opt to take equivalent time off in lieu of pay for such traveling time. Such time off will be arranged between the employee and the employee's Manager RTC or his/her designate on the employee's return to headquarters. e) If an employee is required to travel on a normal work-day, the employee will receive the employee's normal wages for such day, including any shift differential or transfer time payments which the employee would have received had the employee remained at headquarters. f) The course will be designed so that there will be two rest days in each seven, Saturday and Sunday. However, if an employee's normally assigned rest days are other than Saturday and Sunday, they will be modified to conform to the rest days of the course. An employee will not forfeit any rest days by reason of attending the course. g) All Rail Traffic Controllers will be required to attend this Training Program in accordance with schedules to be determined by the Company. Employees will be advised at least 30 days in advance of the dates they are scheduled to attend. Consideration will be given to requests from employees for a rescheduling of their attendance for good cause. The 30- day notice for this Training Program can be waived upo...