Temporary Lay-Offs. No employee will be temporarily laid off from her or his scheduled shift in order to avoid payment of time and one-half (1-1/2).
Temporary Lay-Offs. Employees temporarily laid-off in a work week shall be given first opportunity to make up hours lost, by working any scheduled overtime in their classification, subject to their ability to perform the work required. Scheduled overtime shall be defined as any overtime that is not a continuation of normal hours.
Temporary Lay-Offs. 23.1 Due to vacation periods and conditions beyond the Employer's control, adjustments of the work force can be made without application of layoff procedures of this Agreement. If such temporary adjustment continues for more than ten (10) working days, the Association can request the Employer to adjust the working force according to the layoff provisions of the Agreement and the Employer will do so within five (5) working days thereafter. During such adjustments Employer will endeavor to give consideration in retaining the senior employees wherever time and circumstances permit.
Temporary Lay-Offs. Where it is necessary for Management to lay off employees for a temporary period, it will not be obligatory to follow the procedure outlined above. However, Management will define what it considers to be the most suitable action to take and will discuss the matter with the Union representatives before a final decision is made. Charts showing lines of progression and demotion shall be kept by the Company and be available to the Union. APPENDIX B INSTRUMENTATION TRAINING COURSE The parties agree to discuss the upgrading and training of employees in the Electrical/Instrument Department at the local mill level. The rules and conditions governing the implementation of such programs shall be negotiable. Programs approved as required shall be administered by a joint Union-Company committee. It is the Company’s responsibility to provide these programs. INSTRUMENT MECHANICS To qualify for the Fifty Cents ($0.50) an hour premium in addition to regular ‘A’ rate of pay, tradesmen must meet the following criteria:
Temporary Lay-Offs. The Employer and the Union agree that the Employer may, from time to time and as production requirements dictate, require short-term reductions in the number of bargaining unit employees. The Employer and the Union agree that a short-term shall be defined as a lay-off, which shall not exceed six (6) weeks in length. The Employer and the Union agree that, in circumstances where the Employer deems a short-term layoff of one (1) day or less, to be necessary, the following procedure shall apply:
Temporary Lay-Offs. Where it is necessary for Management to lay off employees for a temporary period it will not be obligatory to follow the procedure outlined above. However, Management will define what it considers to be the most suitable action to take and will discuss the matter with the Union representatives before a final decision is made. Charts showing lines of progression and demotion shall be kept by the Company and available to the Union. APPENDIX “B” The parties agree to discuss the upgrading and training of employees in the Electrical/Instrument Department at the local mill level. The rules and conditions governing the implementation of such programs shall be nego- tiable. Programs approved as required shall be admin- istered by a joint Union-Company committee. It is the Company’s responsibility to provide these programs. INSTRUMENT MECHANICS To qualify for the $0.50 an hour premium in addition to regular “A” rate of pay, tradesmen must meet the follow- ing criteria: Successfully complete the 36 week Confederation College program in instrumentation, successfully com- plete the company’s instrument mechanics apprentice- ship, be at the “A” rate of pay o r successfully complete the Joint E/I Committee’s approved electronic training course and demonstrate an ability to work with electronics or have the equivalent training courses in electronics that would be reviewed and approved by the Joint Electrical/Instrumentation Committee and demonstrated an ability to work with electronics. Tradesmen who require training (Joint Committee’s 91 approved electronic training course) and who have not previously taken the course and who successfully com- plete the first half of the course shall receive an interim rate of $0.30 per hour, and upon successful completion of three-quarters of this course shall receive an interim rate of $0.40 per hour providing in each case they con- tinue with and successfully complete the entire course. If the employee withdraws from the course or fails to successfully complete any portion of the course, the pre- mium rate will be discontinued. The administration of this Advanced Electrical/Instrumentation Program will be by a joint Union-Company Committee. APPENDIX “C” TRADES TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM I Purpose It is the policy of the Company to conduct a Trades Training program in order to have an adequate supply of skilled tradesmen available. It is the intent of this pro- gram to train mill employees as Tradesmen when quali- fied candid...
Temporary Lay-Offs. 01. Where it is necessary for Management to lay off employees for a temporary period, it will not be obligatory to follow the procedure outlined above. However, Management will define what it considers to be the most suitable action to take and will discuss the matter with the Union representatives before a final decision is made.
Temporary Lay-Offs. Notwithstanding anything contained in Articles and hereof, in the event of a temporary lay-off of a known duration, of more than five working days but not exceeding six continuous weeks at any time, the following will apply to those employees who affected within a department, area or focussed factory, as the case may be. Employees with less than one year's seniority in each affected group will be laid off first,
Temporary Lay-Offs. (a) If the Company anticipates that lay-offs will be for a temporary period (less than thirty (30) days), employees will be laid off in reverse order of Company seniority in their department.
Temporary Lay-Offs. 10.01 In the event of machine breakdown or other like job shortages, the company will lay off junior employees on the shift affected first, provided the senior employee is capable and willing to perform the junior employee’s job.
