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APPENDIX B

GENERAL LABOUR & TRADES
GROUP SPECIFIC PROVISIONS AND RATES OF PAY

Notwithstanding the general provisions of this collective agreement, the following specific provisions shall apply to employees performing duties in the General Labour and Trades Group.

Interpretations and Definitions

For the purpose of this Agreement:

(a) "annual rate of pay" means an employee's weekly rate of pay multiplied by fifty-two decimal one seventy-six (52.176);

(b) "daily rate of pay" means an employee's hourly rate of pay times his normal number of hours of work per day;

(c) "pay" means basic rate of pay as specified in Annex A and includes supervisory differential and/or inmate training differential where applicable;

(d) "weekly rate of pay" means an employee's daily rate of pay multiplied by five (5).

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Vacation Leave

1.01 Furlough Leave

An employee who, on the day that this Agreement is signed, is entitled to receive furlough leave, that is to say, two hundred (200) hours of leave with pay upon completing twenty (20) years of continuous employment, retains his or her entitlement to furlough leave subject to the conditions respecting the granting of such leave that are in force on the day that this Agreement is signed.

Hours of Work and Overtime

2.01 Subject to the conditions of this Article, the Employer shall schedule hours of work for all employees, except for those whose hours are covered by special written agreement between the Employer and the Alliance.

2.02 In reference to clause 25.02(a), Hours of Work, the standard work week is forty (40) hours per week and eight (8) hours per day.

2.03 In reference to clause 25.02(b), the Employer shall schedule the hours of work so that employees work eight (8) hours per day and an average of forty (40) hours and an average of five (5) days per week.

2.04 An employee whose scheduled hours of work are changed without seven (7) days prior notice:

(a) shall be compensated at the rate of time and one-half (1 1/2) for the first (1^st) full shift worked on the new schedule. Subsequent shifts worked on the new schedule shall be paid for at straight time;

(b) shall retain his or her previously scheduled days of rest next following the change, or, if worked, such days of rest shall be compensated in accordance with clause 2.07.

2.05 Summer and Winter Hours

(a) At any location, the schedules of hours of work, and attendant overtime provisions, may be varied by the Employer, following meaningful consultation with local Alliance representatives, to allow for summer and winter hours and/or flexible hours.

(b) Within five (5) days of notification of consultation served by either party, the Alliance shall notify the Employer in writing of the representative authorised to act on behalf of the Alliance for consultation purposes.

2.06 The daily overtime provisions of the Agreement shall not apply to an employee attending a training course on the instructions of the Employer, except that an employee who performs his or her normal duties during the employee's regular working hours shall be paid at overtime rates for time spent after eight (8) hours performing work, while the employee is in attendance at training sessions.

2.07 Reporting Pay

(a) An employee who reports for overtime work as directed on a day of rest shall be paid for the time actually worked, or a minimum of three (3) hours' pay at the applicable overtime rate, whichever is the greater. This clause shall only be applicable to employees who are notified of the overtime work requirement prior to completing their last scheduled shift.

(b) An employee who reports for work on the employee's scheduled shift shall be paid for the time actually worked, or a minimum of four (4) hours' pay at straight time, whichever is the greater.

(c) The minimum payments to which are referred in 2.07(a) and (b) above, do not apply to part-time employees. Part-time employees will receive a minimum payment in accordance with Article 59.

2.08 If an employee reports back for overtime work which is not contiguous to either:

(a) the employee's regularly scheduled shift on that day,

or

(b) any other period of work on that day,

the employee shall be paid for the time actually worked; or a minimum of four (4) hours' pay at straight time, whichever is the greater. However, this clause shall be applicable only to employees who are notified of such a non-contiguous overtime requirement prior to the completion of either their regularly scheduled shift on that day, or any other period of work on that day, as applicable.

2.09 An employee is entitled to overtime compensation for each completed fifteen (15) minute period of overtime worked by the employee.

2.10 Rest Periods

The Employer shall schedule two (2) rest periods of ten (10) minutes each during each shift and three (3) rest periods of ten (10) minutes for each shift scheduled for twelve (12) hours or more. An employee in the Canadian Penitentiary Service may be required to take such rest periods at the employee's work location when the nature of the employee's duties makes it necessary.

Travel Between Work Sites

3.01 When an employee is required to perform work at other than his normal work place, as defined in the Treasury Board Travel Directive, and the employee's status is such that the employee is not entitled to claim expenses for lodging and meals, the Employer shall provide transportation, or mileage allowance in lieu, for travel between the employee's normal workplace and any other work place(s).

Transfer at Sea Allowance

4.01 When an employee is required to transfer to a ship, submarine or barge (not berthed) from a helicopter, ship's boat, yardcraft or auxiliary vessel, the employee shall be paid a transfer allowance of five dollars ($5) except when transferring between vessels and/or work platforms which are in a secured state to each other for the purpose of performing a specific task such as deperming. If the employee leaves the ship, submarine or barge by a similar transfer, the employee shall be paid an additional five dollars ($5).

Supervisory Differential

5.01 A supervisory differential, as established in Annex C, shall be paid to employees in the bargaining unit who encumber positions which receive a supervisory rating under the classification standard, and who perform supervisory duties.

Miscellaneous

6.01 The Employer shall continue to provide any automobile windshield sticker or other form of permit which an employee may require in order to enter the employee's work site area, or shall repay the employee for the cost of same. However, this undertaking by the Employer shall not include free automobile parking privileges where payment of a parking fee would otherwise apply.

Dirty Work Allowance

7.01 When an employee is required to come in physical contact with the pollutant while engaged in the cleaning up of oil spills in excess of two hundred (200) litres which resulted from a marine disaster, mechanical failure, bunkering or fuel transfer operations, the employee shall receive, in addition to the appropriate rate of pay, an additional one-half (1/2) his straight-time rate for every fifteen (15) minute period, or part thereof, worked. All of the foregoing duties must have the prior approval of the Employer before work is commenced.

Height Pay

8.01 An employee shall be paid a height pay allowance equal to twenty-five per cent (25%) of the employee's basic hourly rate of pay on a prorata basis for actual time worked:

(a) on land-based towers where they are required to work thirty (30) feet or more above the ground;

(b) for installation or repair work thirty (30) feet above the ground, on the side of buildings, ships or structures where the method of support is by moveable platform (excluding manlifts);

(c) for repair work at a height of thirty (30) feet or more above the ground, on cranes where no scaffolding exists.

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GL - GENERAL LABOUR & TRADES GROUP

Zone 1 - British Columbia, Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territories
Zone 2 - Atlantic, Quebec and Ontario
Zone 3 - Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta

PAY NOTES

1. Employees working as Painters, Bricklayers, Stonemasons and Plasterers and who, effective August 4, 2003, were paid under the Precision Working (PRW) (Painter, Bricklayer, Stonemason and Plasterer) grid contained in the expired collective agreement, effective August 5, 2003, will be paid under the Painting & Construction Finishing Sub-Group (PCF) grid.

2. Effective August 5, 2003, an employee shall be paid in the "X" line at the rate of pay which is immediately below the employee's rate of pay in the A line as of August 5, 2003, or if there is no such rate, the employee shall be paid in the "X" line in the next level and rate which is closest to but not less than the employee's rate of pay as of August 5, 2003.

AIRCRAFT MAINTAINING SUB-GROUP (AIM)
HOURLY RATES OF PAY
(in dollars)

A) Effective Date: August 5, 2003
X) Adjustment Effective Date: August 5, 2003
B) Effective Date: August 5, 2004
C) Effective Date: August 5, 2005
D) Effective Date: August 5, 2006

AMMUNITION WORKING SUB-GROUP (AMW)
HOURLY RATES OF PAY
(in dollars)

A) Effective Date: August 5, 2003
X) Adjustment Effective Date: August 5, 2003
B) Effective Date: August 5, 2004
C) Effective Date: August 5, 2005
D) Effective Date: August 5, 2006

CONSTRUCTION INSPECTING SUB-GROUP (COI)
(CONSTRUCTION INSPECTOR)
HOURLY RATES OF PAY
(in dollars)

A) Effective Date: August 5, 2003
X) Adjustment Effective Date: August 5, 2003
B) Effective Date: August 5, 2004
C) Effective Date: August 5, 2005
D) Effective Date: August 5, 2006

ELECTRICAL INSTALLING AND MAINTAINING SUB-GROUP (EIM)
(ELECTRICIAN)
HOURLY RATES OF PAY
(in dollars)

A) Effective Date: August 5, 2003
X) Adjustment Effective Date: August 5, 2003
B) Effective Date: August 5, 2004
C) Effective Date: August 5, 2005
D) Effective Date: August 5, 2006

ELEMENTAL SUB-GROUP (ELE)
HOURLY RATES OF PAY
(in dollars)

A) Effective Date: August 5, 2003
X) Adjustment Effective Date: August 5, 2003
B) Effective Date: August 5, 2004
C) Effective Date: August 5, 2005
D) Effective Date: August 5, 2006

GRAIN HANDLERS AND WEIGHPERSONS SUB-GROUP (GHW)
HOURLY RATES OF PAY
(in dollars)

A) Effective Date: August 5, 2003
X) Adjustment Effective Date: August 5, 2003
B) Effective Date: August 5, 2004
C) Effective Date: August 5, 2005
D) Effective Date: August 5, 2006