TIME EMPLOYEES Part-time employee means an employee whose weekly scheduled hours of work on average are less than those established in Article 25 but not less than those prescribed in the Public Service Labour Relations Act.
Probationary Employees 10.01 A new employee shall not be regarded as a permanent employee until completion of a probationary period of six (6) months consisting of a minimum of one hundred and twenty-six (126) days worked. The probationary period may be extended by mutual agreement between the Union and the Company. 10.02 In addition to the right of the Company to discharge a probationary employee for just cause the Company may discharge such employee at any time during the probationary period for failing to meet the standards set by the Company. An employee may be considered to have failed to meet such standards if the employee: (a) has been interviewed by the Supervisor/Manager and been told that the work performance is unsatisfactory, and (b) has been given notice in writing that within a specified and reasonable period of time work performance must show improvement, and (c) work performance continues to be unsatisfactory after such specified time. A copy of the notice referred to in (b) above shall be given to the Union. A probationary employee who has been discharged for failing to meet the standards shall be advised in writing by the Department Supervisor or Manager, the reasons for such dismissal and the Union shall be copied. (a) A probationary employee shall not accrue seniority until the probationary period has been completed, at which time seniority shall be back dated to the commencement of the probationary period. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Clause 10.02, in the event a probationary employee has been displaced by a permanent employee exercising her bumping rights or in the event a probationary employee's position is declared redundant prior to such probationary employee establishing seniority pursuant to Clause 10.03 (a) the probationary employee shall be terminated. In such event the provisions of Article 17 of this Agreement shall not be applicable to the termination of the probationary employee. 10.04 Except as provided in Clause 10.03(b) the provisions of Article 17 shall be applicable to an employee during her probationary period. 10.05 Employees will not be able to bid within the same classification during their six (6) month probationary period. Should an employee be awarded a vacancy in a different classification during this probationary period, she may carry a maximum of three (3) months service credit toward the probationary period in the new classification. 10.06 The Company and the Union agree that the preparation and discussion of written progress reports during an employee's probationary period is essential. 10.07 New employees will only become eligible for benefits upon the successful completion of their probationary period and after having completed six (6) complete months of service.
Regular Employees Service credit shall be the period of employment with the Company and any service restored as per Part A, Item 5.3.
Supervisory Employees For the purposes of this Article, the parties agree that Supervisory positions are those that are not excluded under Article 2.0 above and that satisfy the following criteria: a) Employees on Salary Schedule 01 who under Plan A "Nature of Supervision" have either Degree 3 (or higher) or its equivalent; b) Employees on Schedules 02 or 03 on condition they normally supervise other employees.
Shift Employees Employees who work rotating shift patterns or those who work qualifying shifts shall be entitled, on completion of 12 months employment on shift work, to up to an additional 5 days annual leave, based on the number of qualifying shifts worked. The entitlement will be calculated on the annual leave anniversary date. Qualifying shifts are defined as a shift which involves at least 2 hours work performed outside the hours of 8.00am to 5.00pm, excluding overtime. Number of qualifying shifts per annum Number of days additional leave per annum 121 or more 5 days 96 – 120 4 days 71 – 95 3 days 46 – 70 2 days 21 – 45 1 day
Company Employees Each Party shall not, directly or indirectly solicit for employment, any employee of the other Party who has been directly involved in the performance of this Agreement during the Term and for one year after the earlier of the termination or expiration of this Agreement or the termination of such individual's employment, with the other Party. It shall not be a violation of this provision if any employee responds to a Party's general advertisement of an open position.
Part-Time Employees Employees who are scheduled to work less than forty (40) hours per workweek.
Newly Hired Employees All employees hired to an insurance eligible position must make their benefit elections by their initial effective date of coverage as defined in this Article, Section 5C. Insurance eligible employees will automatically be enrolled in basic life coverage. If employees eligible for a full Employer Contribution do not choose a health plan administrator and a primary care clinic by their initial effective date, and do not waive medical coverage, they will be enrolled in a Benefit Level Two clinic (or Level One, if available) that meets established access standards in the health plan with the largest number of Benefit Level One and Two clinics in the county of the employee’s residence at the beginning of the insurance year. If an employee does not choose a health plan administrator and primary care clinic by their initial effective date, but was previously covered as a dependent immediately prior to their initial effective date, they will be defaulted to the plan administrator and primary care clinic in which they were previously enrolled.
’ Compensation Leave If such determination cannot readily be made and all healthcare leave or annual leave subject to 100% payoff has been applied to the absence, the employee shall be placed on Official Leave until a final determination is made.
CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYEES Section 1. A full-time employee shall be deemed to be any employee regularly scheduled to work forty (40) hours per week. A regular employee is one whose employment is reasonably expected to continue for longer than fifteen (15) months. Section 2. A part-time employee shall be deemed to be any employee regularly scheduled to work less than forty (40) hours per week. Section 3. The Company shall have the right to reduce employee classifications from full-time to part-time or to increase employee classifications from part-time to full-time. Should the Company deem it appropriate to reclassify full-time employees to part-time employees, it will seek volunteers from the affected group and then force in reverse order of seniority. Section 4. A temporary employee is one who is engaged for a specific project or a limited period, with the definite understanding that his/her employment is to terminate upon completion of the project or at the end of the period, and whose employment is expected to continue for more than three (3) consecutive weeks, but not more than fifteen (15) months. The termination of the employment of such temporary employees shall not be subject to the grievance or arbitration provisions of this Agreement. Section 5. Agency workers and independent contractors shall not be deemed to be employees of the Company and, as such, shall not be covered by any of the terms or conditions of this Agreement.
