Common use of Return to Point of Assembly Clause in Contracts

Return to Point of Assembly. ‌ When an employee is assigned temporarily to a worksite that is so far removed that they are unable to return to their point of assembly at the end of each workday, the following conditions shall apply: (a) Travel between their place of temporary accommodation and the worksite that exceeds 15 minutes shall be considered as time worked. (b) Time spent in travel between an employee's point of assembly and the worksite at the commencement and termination of each assignment shall be considered as time worked. (c) Employees on travel status shall be afforded the opportunity of returning to their point of assembly at the end of each two-week cycle, at no loss of pay to the employees. In addition, time off adjoining their days of rest, at their point of assembly, will be earned at the rate of one-half day for each day of rest spent away from their point of assembly. The latter provision shall not apply when the employee is authorized to work, and works their day(s) off. (d) For "Seasonal Field" and "mobile employees" (c) above doesn't apply. Seasonal field employees shall be afforded the opportunity of returning to their headquarters and "mobile" employees to their temporary headquarters (when working away from temporary headquarters) for two additional days off adjoining their normal days of rest at the end of each five-week period at no loss of pay to the employee. (e) Upon mutual agreement, days off referred to in (c) and (d) (above) may be banked. (f) For the purposes of (c) and (d) (above), travel and meal costs will be at the Employer's expense and on the Employer's time. Travel time beyond the normal workday shall not be considered as time worked. Reasonable time will be allowed for the employee to reach their destination on the Employer's time. (g) The overtime provisions for the Main Public Service Agreement shall be considered to apply to any travel undertaken to return the employee to their point of assembly if such travel takes place outside their scheduled hours of work.

Return to Point of Assembly. ‌ When an employee is assigned temporarily to a worksite that is so far removed that they are unable to return to their point of assembly at the end of each workday, the following conditions shall apply: (a) Travel between their place of temporary accommodation and the worksite that exceeds 15 minutes shall be considered as time worked. (b) Time spent in travel between an employee's point of assembly and the worksite at the commencement and termination of each assignment shall be considered as time worked. (c) Employees on travel status shall be afforded the opportunity of returning to their point of assembly at the end of each two-week cycle, at no loss of pay to the employees. In addition, time off adjoining their days of rest, at their point of assembly, will be earned at the rate of one-half day for each day of rest spent away from their point of assembly. The latter provision shall not apply when the employee is authorized to work, and works their day(s) off. (d) For "Seasonal Field" and "mobile employees" (c) above doesn't apply. Seasonal field employees shall be afforded the opportunity of returning to their headquarters and "mobile" employees to their temporary headquarters (when working away from temporary headquarters) for two additional days off adjoining their normal days of rest at the end of each five-week period at no loss of pay to the employee. (e) Upon mutual agreement, days off referred to in (c) and (d) (above) may be banked. (f) For the purposes of (c) and (d) (above), travel and meal costs will be at the Employer's expense and on the Employer's time. Travel time beyond the normal workday shall not be considered as time worked. Reasonable time will be allowed for the employee to reach their destination on the Employer's time. (g) The overtime provisions for the Main Public Service Agreement shall be considered to apply to any travel undertaken to return the employee to their point of assembly if such travel takes place outside their scheduled hours of work.