Shutdown Periods. Shutdown periods shall be days in addition to holidays and shall be days on which employees are not scheduled to work in accordance with the program calendar as set forth in this article.
Shutdown Periods. Effective January 1, 2020, the Program’s practice of having a shutdown period (typically during the first week of July) shall be discontinued. The weekdays comprising the former shutdown period shall become regular workdays for bargaining unit members with the exception of the Independence Day holiday. The compensation of bargaining unit members shall be increased proportionally due to the inclusion of these four (4) additional workdays into the regular work year. The practice of having a shutdown period in December shall continue. Shutdown periods shall be days in addition to holidays and shall be days on which employees are not scheduled to work in accordance with the program calendar as set forth in this Article.
Shutdown Periods. The following shall be considered a mill holiday, and, except as stated in shall be considered shutdown between the hours specified: hours from on December24 to on One additional week of annual vacation per year for each employee will be provided by this section. This annual vacation is granted only to replace the statutory holidays formerly scheduled for December and in Article in the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada, Local and Local agreements and may be taken one day at a time according to the practice known locally as "green days". Pay for this week will be as per Article (8, or hours per shift) provided they meet the requirements in Section Relief pool employees will receive this pay based on their shift schedule during the week before they take these holidays provided they meet the requirements in Section Statutory pay in full will be allocated for those employees who leave the employ of the company, provided they have accumulated hours in the year and hours for Office employees. Ifeither party wishes to change the holiday hours as allocated in above, it may be done by mutual consent. The request to do so shall be presented at least two (2) weeks ahead of the holiday.
Shutdown Periods. 16.8.1 The Company may direct the Employee to take a period of paid annual leave to which the Employee has accrued entitlement during a shut down period.
16.8.2 There will generally be two shut down periods of production on site for a one week period each during the year for maintenance purposes and the period of days between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Where a longer period of shut down is required all Employees will be offered the opportunity to take leave or work.
Shutdown Periods. 7.1. If the Employer curtails operations for a period of less than thirty (30) calendar days, but it is determined by the Employer, that work in some departments may nevertheless be performed during such period of curtailed operations, the Employer shall have the right to select employees it deems qualified to perform available work. This provision, however, shall not constitute a guarantee that employees will be assigned any work at all during periods of curtailed operations. Decisions regarding available work and which employees are qualified to perform such work during the shutdown period shall not be subject to the grievance procedure, with the exception of violations of the requirements prescribed in Sections 7.2 and 7.3, below.
7.2. In advance of shutdown periods, the Employer and the Union will meet to prepare and distribute a jointly agreed-upon survey to bargaining unit employees to establish which employees, if any, are interested in working during a shutdown period. The Employer shall survey each department to determine if there is anticipated work to be performed during a shutdown period. Upon receipt of the surveys and until the day preceding the commencement of a shutdown period, the Employer and the Union will regularly meet for the purpose of matching available employees with anticipated available work.
7.3. The Employer agrees that to the greatest extent possible, assignment of available work during the shutdown period will be made to bargaining unit employees. The Employer will give full and fair consideration to assigning work to bargaining unit employees who indicate a willingness to perform such work. Seniority will be used to make appropriate assignments for bargaining unit employees. Flex employees will be given the lowest priority in these assignments, below part-time and full-time employees, and will only be considered for work assignments if all qualified full-time and part-time employees expressing an interest in working during a shutdown period have been assigned to available work.
