Common use of Vehicle Change Clause in Contracts

Vehicle Change. (a) If the Company requires any employee to possess a higher classification of driver’s license for any driving position due to a vehicle change, the cost of obtaining the license and the driving assessment will be borne by the Company. The Company will allow up to a ninety (90) day grace period for the employee to acquire the necessary license and pass the Company Driving Assessment. The choice of any course or training to secure the appropriate upgraded license will be at the discretion of the Company. (b) Required attendance at driver training will be considered part of the employee’s regular workday and, where practical, will be scheduled in advance of the vehicle change. The employee will be expected to attend to his regular and/or other duties prior to or after attending the required driver training. (c) By mutual agreement between the Company and the employee, the Parties may agree to an additional ninety (90) day grace period to upgrade to the necessary license and/or pass the Company Driving Assessment. All costs will be borne by the employee and completed on the employee’s own time. (d) When an employee is unable or unwilling to obtain the required license, notwithstanding that there is no reduction of positions as defined in 19.04(a), the employee will be laid- off and shall be eligible to displace the most junior employee in his classification in the Sub-Department of the Division at his Location. (e) Where there is no junior employee in his classification, or where the employee who is to be laid-off pursuant to 15.04(d) elects not to exercise the right to displace the junior employee in the classification, he may elect to go to the Part-Time list. (f) The junior employee displaced pursuant to 15.04(d) shall be given the opportunity to obtain the required license in accordance with this Clause and to assume the duties of the route/position identified in 15.04(a).

Vehicle Change. (a) If the Company requires any employee to possess a higher classification of driver’s license for any driving position due to a vehicle change, the cost of obtaining the license and the driving assessment will be borne by the Company. The Company will allow up to a ninety (90) day 90)-day grace period for the employee to acquire the necessary license and pass the Company Driving Assessment. The choice of any course or training to secure the appropriate upgraded license will be at the discretion of the Company. (b) Required attendance at driver training will be considered part of the employee’s employees’ regular workday and, and where practical, will be scheduled in advance of the vehicle change. The employee will be expected to attend to his regular and/or other duties prior to or after attending the required driver training. (c) By mutual agreement between the Company and the employee, the Parties may agree to an additional ninety (90) day 90)-day grace period to upgrade to the necessary license and/or pass the Company Driving Assessment. All costs will be borne by the employee and completed on the employee’s own time. (d) When an employee is unable or unwilling to obtain the required license, notwithstanding that there is no reduction of positions as defined in 19.04(a19.04 (a), the employee will be laid- off and shall be eligible to displace the most junior employee in his classification in the Sub-Sub Department of the Division at his Location. (e) Where there is no junior employee in his classification, classification or where the employee who is to be laid-off pursuant to 15.04(d(d) elects not to exercise the right to displace the junior employee in the classification, he may elect to go to the Part-Time list. (f) The junior employee displaced pursuant to 15.04(d(d) shall be given the opportunity to obtain the required license in accordance with this Clause and to assume the duties of the route/position identified in 15.04(a15.04 (a).