SPARE BOARD. 7.1 Spare boards for employees covered by this Agreement will be maintained at Halifax, Moncton, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver and other points as may be agreed upon and classification lists shall be set up in accordance with local requirements. 7.2 A spare board classification list will have a maximum of five classifications as agreed upon between the designated corporate officer and the Local Chairperson, and will list names of senior unassigned employees (to operate on the "first-in, first-out" principle) who will be required to protect the following services: (i) Newly created temporary positions and temporary vacancies in regularly assigned positions considered to be of less than thirty (30) days' duration on a trip by trip basis. (ii) Standby or terminal duty (except as specified in Article 4.27). Standby employees required for road service after the cut-off time will be assigned in their spare board order. (iii) Relief for annual vacations, including additional layover continuous therewith. (iv) Additional monthly layover in assigned positions at home terminal (if such monthly layover has not been made part of an assignment). (v) Extra road service, including augmenting of crews. (vi) Such other work as agreed upon between the designated officer of the Corporation and the Local Chairperson. (vii) Spare work out of home terminals where spare boards are not maintained. Spare employees may be required to make a maximum of three (3) round trips out of such terminals and if held in excess of this number they shall be credited with eight (8) hours for each 24-hour period between each trip out of such home terminal in excess of three (3), and actual time up to eight (8) hours for less than a 24-hour period, such time shall be computed from expiration of eight
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Samples: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement
SPARE BOARD. 7.1 Spare boards for employees covered by this Agreement will be maintained at Halifax, Moncton, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver and other points as may be agreed upon and classification lists shall be set up in accordance with local requirements.
7.2 A spare board classification list will have a maximum of five classifications as agreed upon between the designated corporate officer and the Local Chairperson, and will list names of senior unassigned employees (to operate on the "first-in, first-out" principle) who will be required to protect the following services:
(i) Newly created temporary positions and temporary vacancies in regularly assigned positions considered to be of less than thirty (30) days' duration on a trip by trip basis.
(ii) Standby or terminal duty (except as specified in Article 4.27). Standby employees required for road service after the cut-off time will be assigned in their spare board order.
(iii) Relief for annual vacations, including additional layover continuous therewith.
(iv) Additional monthly layover in assigned positions at home terminal (if such monthly layover has not been made part of an assignment).
(v) Extra road service, including augmenting of crews.
(vi) Such other work as agreed upon between the designated officer of the Corporation and the Local Chairperson.
(vii) Spare work out of home terminals where spare boards are not maintained. Spare employees may be required to make a maximum of three (3) round trips out of such terminals and if held in excess of this number they shall be credited with eight (8) hours for each 24-hour period between each trip out of such home terminal in excess of three (3), and actual time up to eight (8) hours for less than a 24-hour period, such time shall be computed from expiration of eight
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SPARE BOARD. 7.1 Spare boards for employees covered by this Agreement will be maintained at Halifax, Moncton, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver and other points as may be agreed upon and classification lists shall be set up in accordance with local requirements.
7.2 A spare board classification list will have a maximum of five classifications as agreed upon between the designated corporate officer and the Local Chairperson, and will list names of senior unassigned employees (to operate on the "first-in, first-out" principle) who will be required to protect the following services:
(i) Newly created temporary positions and temporary vacancies in regularly assigned positions considered to be of less than thirty (30) days' duration on a trip by trip basis.
(ii) Standby or terminal duty (except as specified in Article 4.27). Standby employees required for road service after the cut-off time will be assigned in their spare board order.
(iii) Relief for annual vacations, including additional layover continuous therewith.
(iv) Additional monthly layover in assigned positions at home terminal (if such monthly layover has not been made part of an assignment).
(v) Extra road service, including augmenting of crews.
(vi) Such other work as agreed upon between the designated officer of the Corporation and the Local Chairperson.
(vii) Spare work out of home terminals where spare boards are not maintained. Spare employees may be required to make a maximum of three (3) round trips out of such terminals and if held in excess of this number they shall be credited with eight (8) hours for each 24-hour period between each trip out of such home terminal in excess of three (3), and actual time up to eight (8) hours for less than a 24-hour period, such time shall be computed from expiration of eighteight (8) hours after release from duty. Employees will be advised, prior to leaving their home station, the expected number of round trips they will be required to make out of home terminals where spare boards are not maintained. The number of employees on the spare board shall be regulated, as agreed upon between the Corporation and the Local Chairperson, in order to provide as closely as possible, the basic hours in a four-week period.
7.3 Employees who have elected to operate from the spare board, and who have been qualified to work in more than one position, will be required to declare in writing the specific positions in which they will be listed for spare board call.
7.4 Employees carried on the spare board will only be subject to call for the positions in which they are qualified to work and for which they have declared themselves to be available, on a "first-in, first-out" basis. In cases of emergency these employees will be called for positions in which they may be qualified, but for which they have not declared themselves available. Employees used in emergency situations shall have their names, positions used, the nature of the emergency, and hours indicated on the daily spare board list.
7.5 Employees who desire to operate in another classification on the spare board, providing they are qualified, may do so, on submission of written notice to the designated officer of the Corporation 48 hours prior to the first day of each four-week period.
(a) Spare employees at away-from-home terminals will be used on a one-way movement in the homeward direction in preference to the spare employees operating out of that terminal; "first-in, first-out" principle to apply, or seniority to govern if more than one employee arrives on the same train.
(b) Employees who request additional layover at away-from-home terminals may be granted same provided the Corporation is not put to additional expense. They will forfeit their rights to return in extra service ahead of other spare employees who arrive later. If their services were required during the additional layover requested by them at away-from-home terminal they will be returned deadhead without pay when they report for duty.
(a) Hours of call shall be established in accordance with service requirements. The names of employees will not be dropped to the bottom of the spare board if they are not available for a call outside the call hours locally agreed upon.
(b) If employees cannot be contacted during call hours, their names will be placed at the bottom of the spare board as at midnight that day.
(c) If employees refuse a call, their names will remain off the spare board, until the earliest time the employees who were assigned to the run would return, at which time their names will be placed at the bottom of the spare board in the order they would have arrived.
(d) If employees refuse a call or cannot be contacted during call hours for standby or terminal duty only, their names will be placed at the bottom of the spare board as at midnight that day.
(a) When a classification within a spare board is depleted to the extent that only names of employees who have accumulated 144 hours in their basic four-week period remain thereon, positions except for terminal duty and short trips will be filled, on a "first-in, first-out" basis, by qualified employees listed in other classifications of equal or lesser rate of pay who have accumulated less than 144 hours. If no such employee is available, the Corporation may fill the position with a qualified employee listed in another classification of a higher rate of pay who has accumulated less than 144 hours. The employee from the classification with the higher rate of pay filling the position will be compensated at the said higher rate of pay.
(b) When all classifications on the spare board are depleted of qualified employees to the extent that only the names of employees who have accumulated 144 hours in their basic four-week period remain thereon, positions may be filled by qualified laid-off employees in seniority order. If qualified laid-off employees are not available, qualified employees who have accumulated 144 hours or more but less than 160 in their basic four-week period may be used. In such instances, employees with the lesser number of hours will be assigned. In the event there are two (2) or more employees with the same number of hours, the "first-in, first-out" principle will apply.
(c) When a classification within a spare board is exhausted to the extent that no names of qualified employees are listed thereon positions will be filled on a "first-in, first-out" basis, by qualified spare board employees listed in other classifications of equal or lesser rate of pay who have accumulated less than 144 hours. In the event such employees are not available, positions may be filled by qualified laid-off employees in seniority order. If qualified laid-off employees are not available, qualified employees listed in other classifications who have accumulated 144 hours or more but less than 160 in their basic four-week period may be used. In such instances, employees with the lesser number of hours will be assigned. In the event there are two (2) or more employees with the same number of hours, the "first-in, first-out" principle will apply.
(d) When the entire spare board is exhausted of qualified employees, qualified laid-off employees will be called in seniority order. If qualified laid-off employees are not available, qualified employees on the outgoing crew will be promoted to fill such assignments (senior may, junior must). Employees so promoted will be compensated at the higher classification for the ORS hours of the trip in the direction(s) worked or actual hours worked, whichever is greater; the difference in earnings will be paid at straight time over and above the guarantee of the employee if any. Vacant positions resulting from the promotions will be filled in accordance with the normal calling procedures. If no employee on the outgoing crew is so promoted, the position will be filled in the following order:
(1) Qualified assigned employees who have declared themselves, in writing, as available for work during layover, including additional layover, in seniority order providing the assignment can be completed during such layover days and the rate of pay for the classification required is equal to or higher than their assigned position.
(2) Other qualified assigned employees on layover, including additional layover, in seniority order, providing the assignment can be completed during such layover days and the rate of pay for the classification required is equal to or higher than their assigned positions.
(3) Qualified spare board employees whose names have been removed account having accumulated 160 hours in the basic four-week period. In such instances, employees wi th the lesser number of hours will be assigned. In the event there are two or more employees with the same number of hours, the "first-in, first-out" principle will apply.
7.9 Spare employees arriving at home terminal will be assigned to the spare board in the order in which they arrive. If more than one (1) employee returns on the same day and hour, the order of their seniority will govern.
7.10 When more than one spare employee arrives on the same train they will be positioned on the spare board in the following order: first, deadheading employees (in seniority order) and second, employees in revenue service (in seniority order).
(a) Spare employees will be returned to the spare board in accordance with Articles 7.9 and 7.10 and will not be called until expiration of their rest period except in event of emergency.
(b) Spare employees, may, on signed request, have a layover period for rest (at home terminal) after revenue or deadhead service not exceeding in total the compensated hours for their last round trip in Transcontinental Service and twice the compensated hours in other than Transcontinental Service except in event of emergency.
(c) If a spare board employee books rest on arrival at the home terminal thereby causing the loss of a trip, his guarantee shall nonetheless be protected, provided that the spare board employee filling such trip was required to report for duty within ten hours from the time he booked rest (or fourteen hours from the time he booked rest if he had been on a trip for more than twenty-four hours). Notwithstanding the above, spare board employees with a guarantee will be assigned 8 days off in a 28-day schedule.
7.12 When filling a temporary vacancy in a regular assignment, spare employees shall be governed by conditions of the appropriate Operation of Run Statement and they shall revert to the bottom of the spare board as per Articles 7.9 and 7.10.
7.13 Spare board lists will be posted each morning in the Reporting Office, showing names of all employees on the spare board, their incoming and out- going trains and total hours to their credit as of midnight the previous day. Spare employees returning from leave of absence or vacation will be placed at the bottom of the spare board at the time they report for duty.
7.14 Regularly assigned employees will not be permitted to book off after the established "cut-off" time without the permission of the Corporation.
7.15 If regularly assigned employees are permitted to book off after the "cut-off" period, and the employee "first-out" cannot be contacted on short notice, employees on standby will be assigned in their order on the spare board and, if necessary, available spare board employees who have accumulated less than 144 hours in their basic four-week period may be assigned. Under such circumstances, the employees who could not be contacted will not lose their turn on the spare board.
7.16 The names of spare employees will be removed from the spare board after they have accumulated 160 hours in a basic four-week period. Such employees will not be eligible for duty except in accordance with Article 7.8(d) (3). Spare employees with less than 144 accumulated hours in a basic four-week period will not be restricted for duty. Spare employees in a classification of their choice who have accumulated 144 hours or more but less than 160 in a basic four-week period may be used on short trips or standby and as required in accordance with Articles 7.8(b) and 7.8(c).
7.17 Names restored to the spare board after being removed in accordance with this Article shall be placed at the bottom of the spare board as at midnight of the last day of the four-week period in order of their seniority.
7.18 If a request to have the assistance of a fellow employee at a hearing is made in accordance with Article 24.11 and such employee is assigned to the spare board, he will not lose his turn on the spare board.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
SPARE BOARD. 7.1 Spare boards for employees covered by this Agreement will be maintained at Halifax, Moncton, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver and other points as may be agreed upon and classification lists shall be set up in accordance with local requirements.
7.2 A spare board classification list will have a maximum of five classifications as agreed upon between the designated corporate officer and the Local Chairperson, and will list names of senior unassigned employees (to operate on the "first-in, first-out" principle) who will be required to protect the following services:
(i) Newly created temporary positions and temporary vacancies in regularly assigned positions considered to be of less than thirty (30) days' duration on a trip by trip basis.
(ii) Standby or terminal duty (except as specified in Article 4.27). Standby employees required for road service after the cut-off time will be assigned in their spare board order.
(iii) Relief for annual vacations, including additional layover continuous therewith.
(iv) Additional monthly layover in assigned positions at home terminal (if such monthly layover has not been made part of an assignment).
(v) Extra road service, including augmenting of crews.
(vi) Such other work as agreed upon between the designated officer of the Corporation and the Local Chairperson.
(vii) Spare work out of home terminals where spare boards are not maintained. Spare employees may be required to make a maximum of three (3) round trips out of such terminals and if held in excess of this number they shall be credited with eight (8) hours for each 24-hour period between each trip out of such home terminal in excess of three (3), and actual time up to eight (8) hours for less than a 24-hour period, such time shall be computed from expiration of eighteight (8) hours after release from duty. Employees will be advised, prior to leaving their home station, the expected number of round trips they will be required to make out of home terminals where spare boards are not maintained. The number of employees on the spare board shall be regulated, as agreed upon between the Corporation and the Local Chairperson, in order to provide as closely as possible, the basic hours in a four-week period.
7.3 Employees who have elected to operate from the spare board, and who have been qualified to work in more than one position, will be required to declare in writing the specific positions in which they will be listed for spare board call.
7.4 Employees carried on the spare board will only be subject to call for the positions in which they are qualified to work and for which they have declared themselves to be available, on a "first-in, first-out" basis. In cases of emergency these employees will be called for positions in which they may be qualified, but for which they have not declared themselves available. Employees used in emergency situations shall have their names, positions used, the nature of the emergency, and hours indicated on the daily spare board list.
7.5 Employees who desire to operate in another classification on the spare board providing they are qualified may do so, on submission of written notice to the designated officer of the Corporation 48 hours prior to the first day of each four-week period.
(a) Spare employees at away-from-home terminals will be used on a one-way movement in the homeward direction in preference to the spare employees operating out of that terminal; "first-in, first-out" principle to apply, or seniority to govern if more than one employee arrives on the same train.
(b) Employees who request additional layover at away-from-home terminals may be granted same provided the Corporation is not put to additional expense. They will forfeit their rights to return in extra service ahead of other spare employees who arrive later. If their services were required during the additional layover requested by them at away-from-home terminal they will be returned deadhead without pay when they report for duty.
(a) Hours of call shall be established in accordance with service requirements. The names of employees will not be dropped to the bottom of the spare board if they are not available for a call outside the call hours locally agreed upon.
(b) If employees cannot be contacted during call hours, their names will be placed at the bottom of the spare board as at midnight that day.
(c) If employees refuse a call, their names will remain off the spare board, until the earliest time the employees who were assigned to the run would return, at which time their names will be placed at the bottom of the spare board in the order they would have arrived.
(d) If employees refuse a call or cannot be contacted during call hours for standby or terminal duty only, their names will be placed at the bottom of the spare board as at midnight that day.
(a) When a classification within a spare board is depleted to the extent that only names of employees who have accumulated 144 hours in their basic four-week period remain thereon, positions except for terminal duty and short trips will be filled, on a "first-in, first-out" basis, by qualified employees listed in other classifications of equal or lesser rate of pay who have accumulated less than 144 hours. If no such employee is available, the Corporation may fill the position with a qualified employee listed in another classification of a higher rate of pay who has accumulated less than 144 hours. The employee from the classification with the higher rate of pay filling the position will be compensated at the said higher rate of pay.
(b) When all classifications on the spare board are depleted of qualified employees to the extent that only the names of employees who have accumulated 144 hours in their basic four-week period remain thereon, positions may be filled by qualified laid-off employees in seniority order. If qualified laid-off employees are not available, qualified employees who have accumulated 144 hours or more but less than 160 in their basic four-week period may be used. In such instances, employees with the lesser number of hours will be assigned. In the event there are two (2) or more employees with the same number of hours, the "first-in, first-out" principle will apply.
(c) When a classification within a spare board is exhausted to the extent that no names of qualified employees are listed thereon positions will be filled on a "first-in, first-out" basis, by qualified spare board employees listed in other classifications of equal or lesser rate of pay who have accumulated less than 144 hours. In the event such employees are not available, positions may be filled by qualified laid-off employees in seniority order. If qualified laid-off employees are not available, qualified employees listed in other classifications who have accumulated 144 hours or more but less than 160 in their basic four-week period may be used. In such instances, employees with the lesser number of hours will be assigned. In the event there are two (2) or more employees with the same number of hours, the "first-in, first-out" principle will apply.
(d) When the entire spare board is exhausted of qualified employees, qualified laid-off employees will be called in seniority order. If qualified laid-off employees are not available, qualified employees on the outgoing crew will be promoted to fill such assignments (senior may, junior must). Employees so promoted will be compensated at the higher classification for the ORS hours of the trip in the direction(s) worked or actual hours worked, whichever is greater; the difference in earnings will be paid at straight time over and above the guarantee of the employee if any. Vacant positions resulting from the promotions will be filled in accordance with the normal calling procedures. If no employee on the outgoing crew is so promoted, the position will be filled in the following order:
(1) Qualified assigned employees who have declared themselves, in writing, as available for work during layover, including additional layover, in seniority order providing the assignment can be completed during such layover days and the rate of pay for the classification required is equal to or higher than their assigned position.
(2) Other qualified assigned employees on layover, including additional layover, in seniority order, providing the assignment can be completed during such layover days and the rate of pay for the classification required is equal to or higher than their assigned positions.
(3) Qualified spare board employees whose names have been removed account having accumulated 160 hours in the basic four-week period. In such instances, employees with the lesser number of hours will be assigned. In the event there are two or more employees with the same number of hours, the "first-in, first-out" principle will apply.
7.9 Spare employees arriving at home terminal will be assigned to the spare board in the order in which they arrive. If more than one (1) employee returns on the same day and hour, the order of their seniority will govern.
7.10 When more than one spare employee arrives on the same train they will be positioned on the spare board in the following order: first, deadheading employees (in seniority order) and second, employees in revenue service (in seniority order).
(a) Spare employees will be returned to the spare board in accordance with Articles 7.9 and 7.10 and will not be called until expiration of their rest period except in event of emergency.
(b) Spare employees, may, on signed request, have a layover period for rest (at home terminal) after revenue or deadhead service not exceeding in total the compensated hours for their last round trip in Transcontinental Service and twice the compensated hours in other than Transcontinental Service except in event of emergency.
(c) If a spare board employee books rest on arrival at the home terminal thereby causing the loss of a trip, his guarantee shall nonetheless be protected, provided that the spare board employee filling such trip was required to report for duty within ten hours from the time he booked rest (or fourteen hours from the time he booked rest if he had been on a trip for more than twenty-four hours). Notwithstanding the above, spare board employees with a guarantee will be assigned 8 days off in a 28-day schedule.
7.12 When filling a temporary vacancy in a regular assignment, spare employees shall be governed by conditions of the appropriate Operation of Run Statement and they shall revert to the bottom of the spare board as per Articles 7.9 and 7.10.
7.13 Spare board lists will be posted each morning in the Reporting Office, showing names of all employees on the spare board, their incoming and out-going trains and total hours to their credit as of midnight the previous day. Spare employees returning from leave of absence or vacation will be placed at the bottom of the spare board at the time they report for duty.
7.14 Regularly assigned employees will not be permitted to book off after the established "cut-off" time without the permission of the Corporation.
7.15 If regularly assigned employees are permitted to book off after the "cut-off" period, and the employee "first-out" cannot be contacted on short notice, employees on standby will be assigned in their order on the spare board and, if necessary, available spare board employees who have accumulated less than 144 hours in their basic four-week period may be assigned. Under such circumstances, the employees who could not be contacted will not lose their turn on the spare board.
7.16 The names of spare employees will be removed from the spare board after they have accumulated 160 hours in a basic four-week period. Such employees will not be eligible for duty except in accordance with Article 7.8(d) (3). Spare employees with less than 144 accumulated hours in a basic four-week period will not be restricted for duty. Spare employees in a classification of their choice who have accumulated 144 hours or more but less than 160 in a basic four-week period may be used on short trips or standby and as required in accordance with Articles 7.8(b) and 7.8(c).
7.17 Names restored to the spare board after being removed in accordance with this Article shall be placed at the bottom of the spare board as at midnight of the last day of the four-week period in order of their seniority.
7.18 If a request to have the assistance of a fellow employee at a hearing is made in accordance with Article 24.11 and such employee is assigned to the spare board, he will not lose his turn on the spare board.
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Samples: Collective Agreement
