Common use of Subsistence Allowance Clause in Contracts

Subsistence Allowance. a) The daily subsistence allowance per calendar day worked shall be as follows: Effective January 11, 2015 one hundred and thirty dollars ($130) Effective April 26, 2015 one hundred and thirty-five dollars ($135) Effective April 24, 2016 as determined by annual sector subsistence review b) An Employee shall forfeit subsistence allowance for absenteeism or leaving work without written permission on any working day. When the Employee is absent or leaves work without written permission on the working day immediately preceding or following bad weather days or recognized holidays, he shall forfeit subsistence allowance for such absenteeism or leaving work without written permission and for the bad weather days or recognized holidays. The above forfeiture of subsistence allowance shall be waived when the Employee's absenteeism on any working day is due to a bonafide illness or absence due to compassionate grounds, covering blood relations, satisfactory to the Employer and the Union. Blood relations shall be defined for the purpose of this Agreement to mean FATHER, MOTHER, SISTER, BROTHER, SPOUSE, AND CHILDREN of both the Employee and his Spouse. Forfeiture of subsistence allowance may also be waived in other cases if the reason for absenteeism is acceptable to the Employer. Employees who leave the job prior to the end of a shift with written permission of the Employer will be entitled to a full day subsistence allowance if at least half of the shift is worked. Employees who leave the job prior to the end of a shift with written permission of the Employer will be entitled to one half day’s (½) subsistence allowance if less than one half of the shift is worked. Such written permission shall not be unduly withheld. c) Written permission to leave work shall be in the form of the Leave of Absence Request form attached as Appendix “F” to this Agreement. Upon a specific request by the Union, the Employer shall forward a copy of an Employee’s approved Leave of Absence Request form. It is not intended that such forms be requested by the Union for all Employees.

Subsistence Allowance. a20:01 The following shall apply to all additional employees who are employed for ninety (90) calendar days or less and for all additional employees hired for shutdown/turnaround. (i) An allowance equal to the per day rate set forth in the prevailing Saskatchewan construction collective bargaining agreements, for days worked or reported for, subject to Articles 20:03 and 20:04. (ii) Subject to Article 20:03 and 20:04 when an employee is working the four (4) day compressed work week he shall be entitled to five (5) days subsistence providing the employee has worked the four (4) days of that work week. If the four (4) day work week is shortened to three (3) days as a result of a statutory holiday the employee shall be entitled to four (4) days subsistence providing he/she has worked the three (3) days of that work week. (iii) The daily subsistence allowance per calendar employer retains the option of providing regular employees suitable commercial accommodation at a hotel or motel plus meals at no cost to the employee. Should there be an issue as to the suitability of the accommodations the parties shall meet to resolve the issue. 20:03 Subject to Article 20:04 if an employee is absent on a working day worked shall be as follows: Effective January 11or leaves the job before the end of the regular scheduled shift, 2015 one hundred and thirty dollars ($130) Effective April 26, 2015 one hundred and thirty-five dollars ($135) Effective April 24, 2016 as determined by annual sector subsistence review b) An Employee he shall forfeit subsistence allowance for absenteeism that day. An employee shall receive subsistence allowance for bad weather days that fall on a work day if he reports for work or leaving is advised by the Company not to report for work without written permission because of forecast bad weather. An employee shall receive subsistence allowance for recognized holidays which fall on any working a work day. When the Employee an employee is absent or leaves work without written permission on the working day immediately preceding or following such bad weather days or recognized holidays, he shall forfeit subsistence allowance for such absenteeism or leaving work without written permission and for the such bad weather days or recognized holidays. . 20:04 The above forfeiture of subsistence allowance shall be waived when the Employee's employee’s absenteeism on any working day is due to a bonafide bona fide illness or absence due to compassionate grounds, covering blood relations, grounds satisfactory to the Employer Company and the Union. Blood relations shall be defined for the purpose of this Agreement to mean FATHER, MOTHER, SISTER, BROTHER, SPOUSE, AND CHILDREN of both the Employee and his Spouse. Forfeiture of subsistence allowance may also be waived in other cases if the reason for absenteeism is acceptable to the Employer. Company. 20:05 Employees who leave whose permanent residences are less than eighty (80) radius kilometers from the job prior plant are not eligible for subsistence. 20:06 New Hires (non-local residents) shall be paid subsistence allowance for the day previous to the end employee’s first day of a shift with written permission work providing the employee reports for work on his first (1st) day of work at the Employer will be entitled to a full day subsistence allowance if at least half commencement of the shift is worked. Employees who leave the job prior to the end of a shift with written permission of the Employer will be entitled to one half day’s (½) subsistence allowance if less than one half of the shift is worked. Such written permission shall not be unduly withheldhis shift. c) Written permission to leave work shall be in the form of the Leave of Absence Request form attached as Appendix “F” to this Agreement. Upon a specific request by the Union, the Employer shall forward a copy of an Employee’s approved Leave of Absence Request form. It is not intended that such forms be requested by the Union for all Employees.

Subsistence Allowance. (a) The daily subsistence Subsistence allowance shall be, effective date of signing, per calendar day worked shall worked. (b) Subsistence Allowance will be as follows: Effective January 11paid for bad weather days and make-up days which occur within the work week and for any recognized holiday which falls on a scheduled work day, 2015 one hundred other than a Monday or Friday (Monday or Thursday on a four day work week schedule), provided the Employee reports for work on the work day immediately preceding and thirty dollars following the recognized holiday. ($130) Effective April 26, 2015 one hundred and thirty-five dollars ($135) Effective April 24, 2016 as determined by annual sector subsistence review bc) An Employee shall forfeit subsistence allowance for absenteeism or leaving work without written permission on any working day. When the an Employee is absent or leaves work without written permission on the working day immediately preceding or following bad weather days or recognized holidays, he shall forfeit subsistence allowance for such absenteeism or leaving work without written permission and for the bad weather days or recognized holidays. When Saturday is not a working day and an Employee is absent on Friday when work is available, he shall forfeit subsistence allowance for Friday and for Saturday. When Sunday is not a working day and an Employee is absent on Monday when work is available, he shall forfeit subsistence allowance of Sunday and for Monday. When Friday is not a working day and an Employee is absent on Thursday when work is available, he shall forfeit subsistence for Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The above forfeiture of subsistence allowance shall be waived when the Employee's absenteeism on any working day or on Thursday, Friday and/or Monday, as outlined herein, is due to a bonafide bona fide illness or absence due to compassionate grounds, covering blood relations, grounds satisfactory to the Employer and the Union. Blood relations shall be defined for the purpose of this Agreement to mean FATHER, MOTHER, SISTER, BROTHER, SPOUSE, AND CHILDREN of both the Employee and his Spouse. Forfeiture of subsistence allowance may also be waived in other cases if the reason for absenteeism is acceptable to the Employer. Employees who leave 18:05 Camps a) Camps are not permitted within eighty (80) road kilometres of Regina, Saskatoon, or Prince Xxxxxx. b) In the job prior event that a camp is being contemplated, CLR and the SPB & CTC will meet to discuss the end necessity and feasibility of a shift with written permission of the Employer will be entitled to a full day subsistence allowance if at least half of the shift is worked. Employees who leave the job prior to the end of a shift with written permission of the Employer will be entitled to one half day’s (½) subsistence allowance if less than one half of the shift is worked. Such written permission shall not be unduly withheldcamp. c) Written permission to leave work All camps shall be constructed and maintained in accordance with the form camp standards of the Leave of Absence Request form attached Saskatchewan Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council. These standards are to be used as Appendix “F” to this Agreement. Upon a specific request by the Union, the Employer shall forward a copy of an Employee’s approved Leave of Absence Request form. It is not intended that such forms be requested by the Union minimum standards required for all Employeescamps.

Subsistence Allowance. a) The daily All employees covered by this Agreement whose permanent residence is eighty kilometres or more from the job site shall be paid subsistence allowance per calendar day worked shall be as followsat the rate of: Effective January 11April Fifty-three dollars per day, 2015 one hundred and thirty dollars ($130) seven per week; Effective April 26, 2015 one hundred Fifty-four dollars and thirtyfifty cents seven days per Effective April Fifty-five dollars ($135) and fifty per day seven per Effective April 24and fifty cents five cents per day, 2016 as determined by annual sector subsistence review b) An Employee ⚫ even per week. Employees who absent themselves from work without permission from the Employer shall forfeit receive no subsistence allowance for absenteeism days not worked. This clause shall not apply to Boarding equipment. It is agreed that where accommodations are not available, the Company will provide suitable alternative room and board ashore, the room provided should not constitute more than two men to a room with separate beds and will have proper and adequate washing facilities and will be of modern standard. It is further agreed that in such event, board will be of first grade quality and full and plentiful. The Company agrees to notify all employees on non-boarding vessels or equipment seven days prior to shifting to another location so as to enable employees to make arrangements and give notice. Should the Company neglect to furnish employees with such a notice then a payment of seven day's room and board allowance must be paid, upon proof, for an employee suffering any financial inconvenience. Should an employee be receiving benefits under above and is not afforded the opportunity to commute to his home due to the being in a remote location, then the Company will provide first class accommodation as set out in above. The Company agrees to pay reasonable transportation costs to an unlicensed employee to and from his home. These costs are to include first class surface passage plus meals and berth or economy air fare plus the cost of a taxi or limousine in direct connection with the said travel or two-way car allowance provided authentic receipts are provided. such costs shall be paid on the following basis for the distance between their home and the vessel: Effective April Twenty-eight cents per kilometre to a maximum of four hundred and fifty dollars, April per kilometre to a of four hundred and The minimum amount payable to any employee be twelve effective April lot, and thirteen dollars effective April The Company will require official receipts to cover the maximum. All employees who have served the Company continuously aboard a vessel from the time of joining a vessel until the completion of lay-up, except only periods of justifiable absence, shall be paid transportation costs by the Company from the vessel to their home on the basis prescribed in paragraph above. If a vessel lays up during the navigation season, all employees shall be paid transportation costs by the Company from the vessel to their home on the basis prescribed in paragraph above. All employees recalled to join such vessel shall be paid transportation costs by the Company from their home to the vessel on the basis prescribed in paragraph above. In case of discharge for cause or leaving work without written permission on any working daya vessel for personal reasons, transportation costs shall be borne by the employee. When an employee sick or injured, it will be the Employee duty of the Captain to see that the employee first-aid or and, if there are light available aboard the vessel, the employee may be assigned to such light duties for a period of not more than ten provided that does not in the lay-off of another employee or additional cost to the Company. If the employee is absent unable to work for a period of more than ten due to medical in writing by a physician to the satisfaction of the Company, the Company shall reimburse the employee for from the hospital or leaves clinic to the residence providing he qualifies for sick and/or Seafarers' Medical Plan Sick Leave Should an employee not be able to perform work without written permission as determined above or light duties for a period of than ten days, the Company shall, at the election, either send the employee home at Company expense or provide the employee with the subsistence allowance provided for in contract for all days in which the employee incapacitated, Once an employee fit to return to work, the Company return to the job at the expense, When transferring an employee during the course of his employment, the Company shall provide public transportation with no loss in regular wages and board allowance. Alternatively, mileage on the basis prescribed in paragraph above with no loss in regular wages and board allowance. For the purpose hereof, regular wages shall be determined on the basis of a maximum of hours per day at the basic wage rate. When members are requested from the Union Hall, and are employed for less than fourteen days, transportation costs will be paid from where the vessel is laid up, to the Union from which he was hired. When a vessel or equipment is buoyed, anchored or sited off shore for a period longer than one complete shift, or is being sited during the period of a shift change, the Company undertakes to provide prompt launch service to the shore for employees going off duty. With regard to longer periods of such anchorage, launch service shall be provided at least once per shift. On non-boarding equipment where launch transportation from shore is necessary, the Company undertakes to pick up employees going on duty at a designated landing ashore at a time set by a notice posted in a conspicuous place on the appropriate working day immediately preceding or following bad equipment. Employees on non-boarding equipment coming off shift shall receive launch transportation to shore as soon as possible. Where an employee is required to remain aboard on account of weather days or recognized holidaysconditions in excess of one-half hour, he shall forfeit subsistence allowance be paid for such absenteeism or leaving work without written permission waiting time at the applicable overtime rate and for the bad weather days or recognized holidays. credited with a minimum of one hour, The above forfeiture Company agrees that where travelling time exceeds a total of subsistence allowance one-half hour in either direction, employees shall be waived when paid for extra travelling time at the Employee's absenteeism on any working day is due to a bonafide illness or absence due to compassionate grounds, covering blood relations, satisfactory to the Employer and the Unionapplicable overtime rate. Blood relations Travelling time shall be defined deemed to have commenced at the notified reporting place and time until he arrives aboard the equipment or vessel, for men coming on shift and at the purpose of this Agreement to mean FATHER, MOTHER, SISTER, BROTHER, SPOUSE, AND CHILDREN of both the Employee and his Spouse. Forfeiture of subsistence allowance may also be waived in other cases if the reason for absenteeism is acceptable to the Employer. Employees who leave the job prior to the end of a shift with written permission of the Employer will be entitled to a full day subsistence allowance if at least half of time the shift is workedends for men coming off shift. Employees who leave the job prior to the end of a shift with written permission of the Employer will be entitled to one half day’s (½) subsistence allowance if less than one half of the shift is worked. Such written permission shall not be unduly withheld. c) Written permission to leave work shall be in the form of the Leave of Absence Request form attached as Appendix “F” to this Agreement. Upon a specific request by the UnionWhere available and when possible, the Employer Company shall forward a copy of an Employee’s approved Leave of Absence Request form. It is not intended that such forms be requested by the Union provide parking facilities for all Employeescars.