UNION SECURITY AND DUES CHECK-OFF 3.1 It shall be a condition of employment that all employees of the Employer covered by this Agreement who are members of the Union in good standing on the effective date of this Agreement shall remain members in good standing. It shall also be a condition of employment that all employees covered by this Agreement and hired on or after January 1, 2004 shall, on the thirtieth (30th) calendar day following the beginning of such employment become and remain a member in good standing in the Union.
3.1.1 Should bona fide religious convictions of an employee dictate he/she may not join a Union, he/she shall be required to pay an amount equivalent to the Union initiation fee and monthly dues to a non-religious charity mutually agreed upon by the employee and the Union. If such employee pursuant to this Section requests the Union to use the Grievance and Arbitration Procedure on his/her behalf, the Union is authorized to charge the employee for the reasonable cost of using such procedure.
3.1.2 In the event an employee fails to apply for or maintain his/her membership in the Union as required in Sections 3.1 or 3.
1.1 of this Agreement, the Union may give the Employer notice of this fact and fourteen (14) calendar days following receipt of such notice, the service of such employee shall be suspended without pay by the Employer.
3.2 When the Employer hires a new employee covered in the bargaining unit, the Employer shall, within seven (7) calendar days of the date of employment, notify the Union in writing giving the name, social security number, hire date, address and classification of the employee hired. The Union agrees to defend and hold the Employer harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, lawsuits, orders or judgments arising from the administration and effects of this Section.
3.3 When provided a "voluntary check-off" authorization form furnished by the Union and signed by the employee, the Employer agrees to deduct from that employee's pay, the Union's applicable dues and/or service fees, as prescribed in the "voluntary check-off" form. The full amount of monies so deducted from the employee shall be promptly forwarded to the Union by check along with an alphabetized list showing names and amounts deducted from each employee. The Union agrees to defend and hold the Employer harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, lawsuits, orders or judgments arising from the administration and effects of this Article.
3.4 Work of the Bargaining Unit shall only be performed by members of the Bargaining Unit, who are in good standing with the local Union, except under emergency conditions or such work is incidental or de minimis.
Sales During Pre-Settlement Period Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time on or after the time of execution of this Agreement by the Company and an applicable Purchaser, through, and including the time immediately prior to the Closing (the “Pre-Settlement Period”), such Purchaser sells to any Person all, or any portion, of any shares of Common Stock to be issued hereunder to such Purchaser at the Closing (collectively, the “Pre-Settlement Shares”), such Purchaser shall, automatically hereunder (without any additional required actions by such Purchaser or the Company), be deemed to be unconditionally bound to purchase, and the Company shall be deemed unconditionally bound to sell, such Pre-Settlement Shares to such Purchaser at the Closing; provided, that the Company shall not be required to deliver any Pre-Settlement Shares to such Purchaser prior to the Company’s receipt of the purchase price of such Pre-Settlement Shares hereunder; and provided further that the Company hereby acknowledges and agrees that the forgoing shall not constitute a representation or covenant by such Purchaser as to whether or not during the Pre-Settlement Period such Purchaser shall sell any shares of Common Stock to any Person and that any such decision to sell any shares of Common Stock by such Purchaser shall solely be made at the time such Purchaser elects to effect any such sale, if any.
Time off during notice period During the period of notice of termination given by the employer, an employee shall be allowed up to one day's time off without loss of pay for the purpose of seeking other employment. This time off shall be taken at times that are convenient to the employee after consultation with the employer.
UNION SECURITY AND DUES DEDUCTION 3.1 Employees not in the Union as of the execution date shall have 10 days after execution, and new hires shall have 10 days after completion of the probationary period within which to join the Union. The relationship between employees who choose not to join the Union and the Union shall be governed by the Union’s bylaws, including representation services and any associated fees.
3.2 The City shall deduct Union dues in the amount as determined by the Union membership pursuant to its Constitution and By-Laws upon receipt of authorization of from employees, who shall sign deduction cards in a form acceptable to the City. This deduction from each member shall be made on a weekly basis. The City has no obligation to pay the Union any dues payment for an employee if the employee has not signed said authorization card.
3.3 The City shall forward to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Union such deductions each month following the month of deductions.
3.4 In the event of a change in the amount of dues voted by the Union membership during the term of this Agreement, the Treasurer of the Union shall notify the Director of Human Resources in writing. After receipt of same, dues as therein noted shall be deemed to have been authorized to be withheld on behalf of the employees who had previously signed authorization forms. The City shall commence said deduction change within thirty (30) days after receiving written notification from the Union.
3.5 The City further agrees to make deductions from employee's paychecks for programs provided in Article 10, Insurance, upon the employee's written authorization to make such deductions.
3.6 The Union shall indemnify and save the City harmless against all claims and suits which may arise by reason of any action taken in making deductions and remitting same to the Union pursuant to this article; said indemnification to include all costs and attorney’s fees resulting from any such claims or suits. Notwithstanding the above, nothing herein shall be construed as requiring employees represented by the Union to become or remain members of the Union.
Frequency and Duration There shall be an open enrollment period for health coverage in each year of this Agreement, and for dental coverage in the first year of this Agreement. Each year of the Agreement, all employees shall have the option to complete a Health Assessment. Open enrollment periods shall last a minimum of fourteen (14) calendar days in each year of the Agreement. Open enrollment changes become effective on January 1 of each year of this Agreement. Subject to a timely contract settlement, the Employer shall make open enrollment materials available to employees at least fourteen (14) days prior to the start of the open enrollment period.
Communication during parental leave (a) Where an employee is on parental leave and a definite decision has been made to introduce significant change at the workplace, the employer shall take reasonable steps to:
(i) make information available in relation to any significant effect the change will have on the status or responsibility level of the position the employee held before commencing parental leave; and
(ii) provide an opportunity for the employee to discuss any significant effect the change will have on the status or responsibility level of the position the employee held before commencing parental leave.
(b) The employee shall take reasonable steps to inform the employer about any significant matter that will affect the employee’s decision regarding the duration of parental leave to be taken, whether the employee intends to return to work and whether the employee intends to request to return to work on a part-time basis.
(c) The employee shall also notify the employer of changes of address or other contact details which might affect the employer’s capacity to comply with (a) above.
Refund During Cooling-Off Period The PEI will provide the Student with a cooling-off period of seven (7) working days after the date that the Contract has been signed by both parties. The Student will be refunded the highest percentage (stated in Schedule D) of the fees already paid if the Student submits a written notice of withdrawal to the PEI within the cooling-off period, regardless of whether the Student has started the course or not.
COMMENCEMENT AND DURATION 3.1 This Agreement will commence on the 1 July 2019 and will remain in force until 30 June 2020, after which a new Performance Agreement and Performance Plan shall be concluded between the parties for the next financial year or any portion thereof.
3.2 The parties will review the provisions of this Agreement during June each year. The parties will conclude a new Performance Agreement and Performance Plan that replaces this Agreement at least once a year by not later than the beginning of each successive financial year.
3.3 This Agreement will terminate on the termination of the Employee’s contract of employment for any reason.
3.4 The content of this Agreement may be revised at any time during the above-mentioned period to determine the applicability of the matters agreed upon.
3.5 If at any time during the validity of this Agreement the work environment alters (whether as a result of government or council decisions or otherwise) to the extent that the contents of this Agreement are no longer appropriate, the contents shall immediately be revised.
Employee Leaving During Notice An employee whose employment is to be terminated for reasons set out in this clause may terminate employment during the period of notice and, if so, shall be entitled to the same benefits and payments under this clause had the employee remained with the employer until the expiry of such notice. This is with the provision that in such circumstances the employee shall not be entitled to payment instead of notice.
Employee leaving during notice period An employee given notice of termination in circumstances of redundancy may terminate their employment during the period of notice. The employee is entitled to receive the benefits and payments they would have received under this clause had they remained in employment until the expiry of the notice, but is not entitled to any payment in lieu of any remaining notice.
