DELETE IN ITS ENTIRETY AND REPLACE WITH THE FOLLOWING. In the event of a bona fide sale or transfer of any store covered by this Agreement during the period hereof, the new owner of such transferee shall be notified of the existence of this Agreement. The former owner shall be required to meet any and all monetary benefits that employees have accumulated under this Agreement, but, except as provided in this Article, shall have no further or other obligations whatsoever, notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in the Agreement.
DELETE IN ITS ENTIRETY AND REPLACE WITH THE FOLLOWING. A. Each new or rehired employee shall be on probation for the first three hundred (300) hours of work after employment or reemployment in the bargaining unit. Upon satisfactory completion of said probationary period, seniority will be computed from the date of hire, or most recent date of rehire, with the Company. At any time during the probationary period, an employee may be discharged for any reason and shall not have recourse to the grievance procedure.
DELETE IN ITS ENTIRETY AND REPLACE WITH THE FOLLOWING. A. After an employee has worked six (6) months under the terms and conditions of this contract, he will be entitled to two (2) holidays: Thanksgiving and Christmas. After completing one (1) year of employment under this contract, the employee shall be entitled to one (1) more holiday, 4th of July. After completing eighteen (18) months of employment, under this contract, the employee shall be entitled to an additional holiday, Labor Day. After an employee has completed a second year of employment under this contract, the employee shall be entitled to New Year's Day. After the employee has completed three and one-half (3½ ) years of employment under this contract, the employee shall be entitled to Memorial Day.
B. In order for an employee to be paid for a holiday not worked, he must have completed his probationary period, have worked the scheduled workday immediately before, and the scheduled workday immediately following the holiday (unless his absence was expressly permitted by the Company), and must have worked during the payroll period which the holiday occurred.
C. All hours worked on a listed holiday shall be payable at the rate of double time the employee's regular straight-time hourly rate of pay (includes holiday pay).
D. For holidays not worked, full-time employees shall receive eight (8) hours of pay at the straight-time hourly rate. Part-time employees shall receive holiday pay up to eight (8) hours prorated to the number of hours worked in the holiday week to forty (40) hours.
E. All contractual holidays shall be observed on the holiday itself.
F. If a sufficient number of employees volunteer, then no employee shall be required to work on Thanksgiving or Christmas days. If an insufficient number volunteer, then employees will be scheduled to work by inverse seniority.
DELETE IN ITS ENTIRETY AND REPLACE WITH THE FOLLOWING. In the event any Federal or State Law conflict with any provision of this Agreement, the provision or provisions so affected shall no longer be operative or binding upon the parties, but the remaining portion of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and the parties agree that they will engage in negotiations relative to a replacement for said invalid provision(s).
DELETE IN ITS ENTIRETY AND REPLACE WITH THE FOLLOWING. Wage rates are set forth in Item 19 of this Appendix F.
DELETE IN ITS ENTIRETY AND REPLACE WITH THE FOLLOWING. A. Seniority for the purposes of this Agreement is defined as the length of continuous service with the Company starting from date of hire. Seniority shall be recognized on a Company-wide basis within the jurisdictional area of the Union covering all employees from the date of employment and shall prevail in layoffs and rehirings.
B. Employees may only be disciplined or discharged for good cause.
C. Employees discharged for good cause, except theft, gross insubordination, falsification of Company records and the flagrant violation of posted Company rules, shall first have been progressively disciplined.
D. In cases of layoffs, the principle of seniority by classification shall apply, providing qualifications are relatively equal. In assigning employees to higher paying jobs, the Company shall select those employees who are best qualified to be promoted with consideration being given to such factors as ability, attendance and the principle of seniority. Layoffs will be administered on a Union jurisdictional basis within each major job classification.
E. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it is recognized that business conditions may require reduction of hours and/or layoffs of employees. In such an event, the following shall apply to employees.
1. In laying off an employee, other than during the probationary period, the Employer agrees to abide by the seniority rule as defined above in the following precedence: Seniority in the store, seniority in the Company within Union jurisdiction, seniority in the Company. The Employer will give the Union advance notice of a permanent store closing.
2. The least senior full-time employee(s) being reduced in hours in the store may bump the least senior full-time employees within twenty-five (25) miles of his place of residence within the Company. If such employee does not have sufficient seniority to displace the least senior full-time employee within the twenty-five (25) miles, he may bump the least senior full-time employee within the Company.
3. The affected full-time employee may elect not to bump the least senior full-time employee in his classification in the Company and may take a reduction to part-time within his own store based on seniority and the hours available for which he is qualified and available to work.
4. The least senior full-time employee who is being displaced by the procedure in Paragraph 2 above, may bump the least senior full-time employee within the Company. If the affe...
DELETE IN ITS ENTIRETY AND REPLACE WITH THE FOLLOWING. A. Upon written application from an employee, the Company may grant a written leave of absence without pay where good cause is shown for a period not to exceed thirty (30) calendar days. Where the same good cause exists an illness/injury leave or Union certified leave may be extended or renewed for additional periods of thirty (30) calendar days not to exceed six (6) calendar months in total and requests for such leaves will not be denied where proper certification for the leave is provided. The Company will exercise its discretion reasonably and fairly.
B. In the event of a death in the immediate family, the employee shall, upon request, be granted such time off with pay as is necessary to make arrangements for the funeral and attend same, not to exceed three (3) consecutively scheduled working days of which one must be the day of the funeral.
C. The immediate family of an employee is defined as: spouse, mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, mother and father of current spouse, sister, brother, and all children.
D. The employee shall furnish proof of eligibility for this benefit.
DELETE IN ITS ENTIRETY AND REPLACE WITH THE FOLLOWING. A. The Employer shall not demand or require any applicant for employment or prospective employment or any employee to submit to or take a polygraph, lie detector or similar test or examination as a condition of employment or continued employment.
B. The Union shall have the right to have a Xxxxxxx in each of the Employer's stores covered by this Agreement. In no instance shall Stewards be discriminated against for lawfully discharging their duties. The Company recognizes that the Stewards will periodically require time off to attend such Union certified functions as Stewards training and agrees to make reasonable accommodations, however, their Store Managers must be notified at least two (2) weeks in advance so that appropriate scheduling arrangements can be made.
C. Each individual employee shall have the right to make his free choice to cross or not to cross any lawful primary picket line sanctioned by the Local Union and the Southern California Food and Drug Council. Said decision shall not constitute good cause for disciplinary action.
DELETE IN ITS ENTIRETY AND REPLACE WITH THE FOLLOWING. A. All employees shall receive a paid vacation in accordance with the following schedule:
1. One (1) week of vacation after completing one (1) year of service.
2. Two (2) weeks of vacation after completing three (3) years of service.
3. Three (3) weeks of vacation after completing seven (7) years of service.
B. Employees with more than one (1) year's service who are terminated for reasons other than dishonesty or insubordination to a supervisor shall receive prorated vacation pay. Employees working less than one (1) year who resign or are terminated for any reason, forfeit any vacation entitlement.
C. Part-time employees shall be entitled to vacation pay prorated on the basis of the average weekly straight-time hours worked during the preceding year to 1,940 hours.
D. The Employer agrees to post a vacation schedule for the year during the first week of January. Employees shall indicate their vacation choice for the year by March 1. Seniority shall prevail where multiple employees in any department request the same weeks, taken into consideration the needs of the business. Vacations shall be scheduled by individual stores.
DELETE IN ITS ENTIRETY AND REPLACE WITH THE FOLLOWING. A. The management of the business, including the right to determine store operations and hours, and the right to schedule and direct the work force, are reserved to management, where not in conflict with this Agreement.
B. The Company has the right to establish reasonable working rules as it may deem necessary, provided that such rules are not in direct conflict with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Such rules shall be in writing and posted, with a copy sent to the Union.
C. The Company will maintain its current policy with regard to employees' uniforms. Any change of this policy must be done by mutual agreement.
