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APPENDIX G

SHIPS' CREWS
SPECIFIC PROVISIONS AND RATES OF PAY
GENERAL

Introduction

Notwithstanding the general provisions of this collective agreement the following specific provisions shall apply to employees performing duties in the Ships' Crews Group:

1. Interpretations and Definitions

1.01 For the purpose of this Agreement:

(a) "annual rate of pay" means an employee's monthly rate of pay multiplied by twelve (12);

(b) "day" in relation to an employee means a twenty-four-(24) period during which that employee is normally required to perform the duties of his position and commences:

(i) at the designated crew change time for operations subject to Annex B (Conventional), Annex C (Forty Two Hour Averaging Work System), Annex D (Forty-Six Point Six Hour Work System) and Annex E (Lay-Day Work System).

(ii) at 00:01 for all other operations.

(c) "home port" means the employee's home port as designated by the user departments and/or the geographic location to which the employee is normally assigned;

(d) "hourly rate of pay" means an employee's monthly rate of pay multiplied by twelve (12) and divided by two thousand and eighty-seven decimal zero four (2087.04);

(e) "remuneration" means pay and allowances;

(f) "weekly rate of pay" means an employee's monthly rate of pay multiplied by twelve (12) and divided by fifty-two decimal one hundred and seventy-six (52.176);

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(g) "compensatory leave" means leave with pay in lieu of cash payment for overtime, for time worked on a designated paid holiday, or travelling time compensated at the overtime rate. The duration of such leave will be equal to the time compensated or the minimum time entitlement, multiplied by the applicable overtime rate.

In addition, compensation for Security Duty, Standby, and Call-Back may also accumulate as compensatory leave.

The rate of pay to which an employee is entitled during such leave shall be at the employee's hourly rate of pay based upon the sub-group and level in effect on the day on which the compensatory leave is taken (congé compensateur).

General Administration

2. Hours of Work and Overtime

2.01 General

(a) An employee's hours of work as set out in this Agreement shall not be construed as guaranteeing the employee minimum or maximum hours of work.

(b) Unless otherwise provided in this Article, employees assigned to the Lay-Day Work System, are subject to Annex E, employees assigned to the Averaging System Forty-Two (42) hours are subject to Annex C, employees assigned to the On-Call System Average Forty-Six Point Six (46.6) hours are subject to Annex D, and all other employees are subject to Annex B.

(c) Meal periods shall not constitute a part of any work period except for employees who are required to eat during their watch.

2.02 Rest Periods

(a) The employee shall be granted two (2) paid ten (10) minute rest periods in each working day of less than twelve (12) hours and three (3) paid ten (10) minute rest periods for a working day of twelve (12) hours or more.

(b) Provided sufficient advance notice is given and with the approval of the Employer, employees may exchange watches if there is no increase in cost to the Employer.

(c) Any work necessary for the safety of the vessel, passengers, crew or cargo shall be performed at any time on immediate call by all employees and, notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement which might be construed to the contrary, in no event shall overtime be paid for work performed in connection with such emergency duties of which the Master shall be the sole judge.

(d) The Master may, whenever he deems it advisable, require any employee to participate in lifeboat or other emergency drills without the payment of overtime.

2.03 Overtime Compensation

(a) An employee performing overtime work which ceases before the expiration of one (1) hour shall nevertheless be credited with one (1) hour's overtime.

(b) After the first (1st) hour of overtime, each further period of one-half (1/2) hour shall entitle the employee to one-half (1/2) the applicable hourly overtime rate.

(c) Subject to paragraph (d) an employee shall be entitled to compensation at time and one-half (1 1/2) for overtime worked by the employee.

(d) An employee shall be entitled to compensation at double (2) time:

(i) for work performed following eight (8) hours of overtime worked in excess of the employee's normal daily hours of work;

(ii) for overtime worked on the employee's days of rest in excess of the employee's normal daily hours of work;

(iii) for all overtime worked by an employee on the employee's second or subsequent days of rest, provided the days of rest are consecutive.

except:

with respect to Annex C, 42 Hour Averaging, Annex D, forty-six decimal six (46.6) Hour Averaging, and Annex E, Lay Day.

(e) When an employee is required to work continuously without a break of at least six (6) hours, the employee shall continue to be compensated at double (2) time for hours worked provided:

(i) the employee has worked more than twenty (20) hours in any period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours for employees who normally work a twelve (12) hour day.

or

(ii) the employee has worked more than sixteen (16) hours in any one period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours for employees who normally work an eight (8) hour day.

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(f)

(i) Overtime shall be compensated in cash, except where the employee requests that it accumulate as compensatory leave.

(ii) Compensatory leave shall accumulate at the equivalent cash value for the sub-group and level at which it is earned. Such accumulated compensatory leave shall be held in reserve to be liquidated in leave or cash, subject to sub-clause (g), at the request of the employee and at the discretion of the Employer.

(iii) The Employer will endeavour to grant compensatory leave at times convenient to both the employee and the Employer.

(g) Compensatory leave standing to the credit of an employee in excess of three hundred (300) hours will normally be paid off in cash, or the excess may be granted as leave at the request of the employee and the discretion of the Employer.

2.04 Overtime Records

Overtime records shall be kept by the Employer and shall be available for examination by the employee at least once every two (2) weeks.

(a) Assignment of Overtime Work

Subject to the operational requirements of the service, the Employer shall make every reasonable effort:

(i) to allocate overtime work on an equitable basis among readily available, qualified employees.

and

(ii) to give employees who are required to work overtime adequate advance notice of this requirement.

2.05 Meal Allowance

(a)

(i) For positions where meals are not provided by the Employer, an employee who works three (3) or more consecutive hours of overtime on a regular working day shall receive a meal allowance of ten dollars ($10.00), except where a free meal is provided.

(ii) Reasonable time with pay, to be determined by management, shall be allowed the employee in order that the employee may take a meal break either at or adjacent to the employee's place of work.

(b)

(i) For positions where meals are not provided by the Employer, an employee who works three (3) or more consecutive hours of overtime on a regular working day shall receive a meal allowance of ten dollars ($10.00), except where a free meal is provided.

(ii) Reasonable time with pay, to be determined by management, shall be allowed the employee in order that the employee may take a meal break either at or adjacent to the employee's place of work.

(c)

(i) For positions where meals are not provided by the Employer, an employee who works overtime on days of rest beyond the prior scheduled overtime period shall receive a meal allowance of ten dollars ($10.00) after having worked three (3) consecutive hours of overtime beyond the prior scheduled overtime period and ten dollars ($10.00) for each four (4) hour period of overtime worked thereafter, except where a free meal is provided.

(ii) Reasonable time with pay, to be determined by management, shall be allowed the employee in order that the employee may take a meal break either at or adjacent to the employees place of work.

3. Vacation Leave With Pay

3.01 Vacation Year

The vacation year shall be from April 1st to March 31st, of the following calendar year inclusive.

3.02 Accumulation of Vacation Leave Credits

An employee shall earn vacation leave credits at the following rates for each calendar month during which the employee receives pay for at least eighty (80) hours:

(a) ten (10) hours per month until the month in which the anniversary of the employee's eighth (8th) year of service occurs;

or

(b) thirteen decimal three-three (13.33) hours per month commencing with the month in which the employee's eighth (8th) anniversary of service occurs;

or

(c) fourteen decimal sixty-seven (14.67) hours per month in which the employee's sixteenth (16th) anniversary of service occurs;

or

(d) fifteen decimal thirty-three (15.33) hours per month in which the employee's seventeenth (17th) anniversary of service occurs;

or

(e) sixteen decimal six seven (16.67) hours per month in which the employee's eighteenth (18th) anniversary of service occurs;

or

(f) eighteen (18) hours per month commencing with the month in which the employee's twenty-seventh (27th) anniversary of service occurs;

or

(g) twenty (20) hours commencing with the month in which the employee's twenty-eighth (28th) anniversary of service occurs;

(h) however, an employee who is entitled to or who has received furlough leave shall have the vacation leave credits earned under this Article, reduced by 3.33 hours per month from the beginning of the month in which the employee completes twenty (20) years of continuous employment until the beginning of the month in which the employee completes twenty-five (25) years of continuous employment.

3.03 Vacation leave with pay shall be granted on an hourly basis with the hours debited for each day of vacation leave being the same as specified in the appropriate Annex.

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3.04 Carry-Over and/or Liquidation of Vacation Leave

(a) Where in any vacation year, an employee has not been granted all of the vacation leave credited to him or her, the unused portion of his or her vacation leave up to a maximum of two hundred and eighty (280) hours for those employees working under Annex B, two hundred and ninety four (294) hours for those employees working under Annex C, three hundred and twenty six decimal two (326.2) hours for those employees working under Annex D; and four hundred and twenty (420) hours for those employees working under Annex E, shall be automatically paid in cash at his or her daily rate of pay as calculated from the classification prescribed in his or her certificate of appointment of his or her substantive position on the last day of the vacation year.

(b)

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(i) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), on the date of signing of this Agreement or on the date an employee becomes subject to this Agreement, he or she has more than the limits provided in paragraph (a) above unused vacation leave credits earned during previous years, this number of unused vacation leave credits shall become the employee's accumulated leave maximum;

(ii) unused vacation leave credits equivalent to the employee's accumulated leave maximum shall be carried over into the following vacation year;

(iii) unused vacation leave credits in excess of the employee's accumulated leave maximum shall be automatically paid in cash at his or her daily rate of pay as calculated from the classification prescribed in his or her certificate of appointment of his or her substantive position on the last day of the vacation year.

(c) The employee's accumulated leave maximum as calculated pursuant to subparagraph (b)(i) above shall be reduced irrevocably by the number of vacation leave credits liquidated in excess of the employee's annual vacation leave entitlement during the vacation year.

(d) Notwithstanding subparagraph (b)(iii) above, where the Employer cancels a period of vacation leave which has been previously approved in writing and which cannot be rescheduled before the end of the vacation year, the cancelled leave may be carried over into the following vacation year.

4. Sick Leave With Pay

4.01 Credits

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(a) An employee shall earn sick leave credits at the rate of ten (10) hours for each calendar month for which he receives at least eighty (80) hours' pay.

(b) Sick leave with pay shall be granted on an hourly basis with hours debited for each day of sick leave being the same as specified in the appropriate Annex.

4.02 Granting of Sick Leave With Pay

(a) An employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which he is on leave without pay or under suspension.

(b) Where an employee has insufficient or no credits to cover the granting of sick leave with pay under the provisions of Sick Leave With Pay may, at the discretion of the Employer, be granted for a period of up to two hundred (200) hours, subject to the deduction of such advanced leave from any sick leave credits subsequently earned and, in the event of termination of employment for reasons other than death or lay-off, the recovery of the advance from any monies owed the employee.

5. Uniforms and Safety Footwear

Whenever items of clothing are supplied to employees as per the Employer's policy, or where the Employer has identified positions where the wearing of safety footwear is mandatory and the employees are in receipt of the safety footwear the employees shall wear the clothing and safety footwear whenever they are on duty in accordance with the departmental regulations.

6. Sailing Time

6.01 When, in the opinion of the Master, operational circumstances permit, the sailing time of the vessel shall be posted on the notice board as soon as possible.

6.02 Sailing times will not be posted for vessels engaged in any enforcement, policing or regulative operation.

6.03 Subject to clause 6.01 above where an employee has notified the employee's supervisor as to where and how the employee may be contacted during the employee's authorised absence from the vessel, the Employer shall inform the employee of the sailing time if such sailing time is not posted on the notice board at the time that the employee commenced the employee's absence from the vessel. The Employer will not be responsible for employees who fail to receive notice of sailing time by reason of absence from the place of notification.

6.04 All employees shall report on board at least one (1) hour before time of sailing as posted on the notice board or as otherwise informed by their supervisor or by the officer in charge.

6.05 Where an employee is required to report in accordance with clause 6.04 and the vessel is in home port, the employee is entitled to the greater of:

(a) compensation at the applicable rate for any work performed on that day,

or

(b) one (1) hour's pay at the straight-time rate.

6.06 If a crew member is unable to join his or her vessel because it either sails earlier than the posted sailing time or earlier than the time the employee was given under clause 6.03, if the Employer considers it feasible to do so:

(a) the employee shall be transported to the vessel's first (1st) port of call or other point of contact with the vessel at the Employer's expense,

or

(b) when work is available, the employee shall be employed in the employee's classification until the employee is able to return to his or her vessel,

or

(c) the employee may take any compensatory leave credits and/or vacation leave credits the employee has accumulated up to the time the vessel sailed, and where such credits do not equal the period of unemployment, the Employer may, at its discretion, advance vacation leave credits up to the amount the employee would be eligible to receive in that vacation year.

7. Meals and Quarters

7.01 When an employee is working on a vessel which is equipped with a galley and quarters, the employee shall be entitled to receive meals and quarters, except as otherwise provided in clause 7.02.

7.02 When an employee is working on a vessel on which meals and/or quarters normally provided as per clause 7.01 are not available, and the Employer does not provide alternative meals and/or quarters, an employee shall be entitled to:

(a) when the vessel is away from home port, reimbursement for actual and reasonable costs incurred for meals and/or lodging;

(b) when the vessel is in home port, eight dollars and fifty cents ($8.50) per day in lieu of meals and quarters for a regular working day of less than twelve (12) hours and eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) per day in lieu of meals and quarters for a regular working day of twelve (12) hours or more.

7.03 When an employee is working on a vessel on which meals and/or quarters are not normally provided and the Employer does not provide alternative meals and/or quarters, the employee shall be entitled to:

(a) when the vessel is berthing for one (1) or more nights away from home port, reimbursement for actual and reasonable costs incurred for meals and/or lodging;

(b) eight dollars and fifty cents ($8.50) per day in lieu of meals and quarters for a regular working day of less than twelve (12) hours and eleven dollars and fifty cents ($11.50) per day in lieu of meals and quarters for a regular working day of twelve (12) hours or more.

7.04 When an employee is working on a DND vessel which is equipped with a galley and quarters, the employee shall be subject to clause7.01 and clause 7.02 preamble and part (a) except, when the vessel is on "day operations", only clause 7.03 shall apply.

7.05 When an employee is on authorised leave from a vessel, is absent without permission or is under suspension paragraphs 7.01, 7.02, 7.03 and 7.04 shall not apply.

7.06 The Employer reserves the right to reject or reduce any claim for reimbursement made under paragraphs 7.02(a) and 7.03(a) which it considers excessive, and all claims for lodging expenses shall be accompanied by a receipt.

7.07 As soon as possible after the end of each calendar year, the Employer shall provide each employee who has received meals and quarters with a statement indicating the value of the meals and quarters the employee received during the year.

7.08 Notwithstanding clauses 7.01, 7.02 and 7.03 but subject to clause 7.06, when an employee is required by the Employer to attend legal proceedings, training, or other such work related activities, the Employer reserves the right, where in its opinion circumstances warrant, to reimburse actual and reasonable costs incurred for meals and/or lodging, where such costs exceed the amounts in clauses 7.01, 7.02 or 7.03.

8. Safety and Health

(a) The Employer shall continue to make all reasonable provisions for the occupational safety and health of employees. Hazardous procedures shall be carried out in accordance with good seafaring practices. The parties undertake to consult at the local level with a view to adopting and expeditiously carrying out reasonable procedures and techniques designed or intended to prevent or reduce the risk of employment injury or unreasonable discomfort occasioned by the vessel being in the process of refit away from home port.

(b) All vessels with living accommodations shall be inspected for health and sanitary conditions by a qualified medical officer and/or sanitary inspector not less frequently than once every twelve (12) months or, in the case of vessels on northern operations before departure and before the next subsequent voyage.

(c) The Employer shall continue to make every effort to insure that the necessary medical care is provided to an employee who takes ill while on board a vessel.

(d) Vessels which are scheduled to be at sea and beyond the normal range of medical evacuation by air to emergency medical services (EMS) or offshore medical capabilities shall have a registered nurse, or first aid attendant, authorised by a competent authority to dispense medicine, readily available.

9. Travelling

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(a) When an employee is serving on a vessel that is in refit or repair in a port other than the employee's home port for two (2) or more days preceding the employee's days of rest and is required to remain absent from the employee's home over the days of rest, the employee shall be reimbursed the cost of a ten (10) minute station-to-station long distance call at daily discount rates. The amount reimbursed shall not exceed the cost of a ten (10) minute station-to-station weekend call between the location of the employee's vessel in refit or repair and the home port of the vessel.

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(b) After seven (7) days at sea, away from the employee's homeport, and each subsequent seven (7) days away from home port, the employee shall be provided access, off watch and subject to operational availability, to the vessel's telephone equipment to place a call to his/her home. The employee will reimburse the department for the costs of the telephone call.

10. Travelling Time

10.01 Travelling Time that accumulates as compensatory leave is subject to the provisions of 2.03(f)(ii) of this Appendix.

11. Travelling Expenses on Leave or Termination

When an employee serving on a vessel which is away from its home port:

(a)

(i) is authorised to take leave under the provisions of Vacation Leave with Pay and/or a combination of Vacation Leave and Compensatory Leave and under the provision of Bereavement Leave with Pay or is proceeding on lay-days, the Employer shall pay the cost of the return travelling expenses, as normally defined by the Employer, from the point of disembarkation, to the vessel's home port or to the employee's normal place of residence whichever is the lesser amount;

(ii) terminates his or her employment by reason of retirement, release or lay-off, the Employer shall pay the cost of the travelling expenses, as normally defined by the Employer, from the point of disembarkation to the employee's port of hiring or to the employee's normal place of residence, whichever is the lesser amount.

(b) The payment of travelling expenses under the provisions of this Article shall, in respect of Vacation Leave and/or a combination of Vacation Leave and Compensatory Leave be limited in any fiscal year to the expenses of one return trip.

(c) The Employer may at it's discretion, provide chartered transportation between the vessel and home port, In such circumstances, an employee will not be entitled to any other reimbursement under this clause.

12. Transportation to Shore

At the discretion of the Master, crew members not on duty may be provided with transportation to shore and return when the vessel is anchored.

13. Transfers

The Employer, will, where it is practical and possible to do so, consider employee requests to transfer to another vessel or to a shore operation.

14. Standby

(a) Employees whose hours of work are determined in accordance with Annex C may leave the vessel after receiving permission from the Master.

(b) In the case of vessels engaged primarily in Search and Rescue operations, employees shall be available to return to the vessel within thirty (30) minutes. In the case of vessels whose primary function is not Search and Rescue, employees shall be available to return to the vessel within one (1) hour.

(c) Where the Employer requires a vessel operating under Annex B to be on standby, an employee who is assigned to that vessel and is required to be available for duty during off-duty hours shall be paid at the rate of one (1) hour for each eight (8) hour period or portion thereof for which he has been assigned to the vessel while it is on standby.

(d) No standby payment shall be granted if an employee is unable to report for duty when required.

(e) An employee on standby who is required to report for work shall be paid, in addition to the standby pay, the greater of:

(i) the applicable overtime rate for the time worked,

or

(ii) the minimum of three (3) hours' pay at the applicable overtime rate of pay, except that this minimum shall apply only the first (1st) time that an employee is required to report for work during a period of standby of eight (8) hours.

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(f) An employee on standby under the provisions of this Article is eligible for reimbursement of transportation expenses in accordance with Article 67 of the Agreement.

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(g) Compensation earned pursuant to this Article shall be compensated in cash, except where, at the request of the employee and with the approval of the Employer, it will accumulate as compensatory leave.

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(h) Compensation earned pursuant to this Article that accumulates as compensatory leave is subject to the provisions of 2.03(f)(ii) of this Appendix.

15. Reporting Pay

(a) If an employee is not notified prior to the commencement of the employee's designated hours of work that the employee is not required to report for duty and the employee reports for duty at the employee's designated starting time, he/she is entitled to the greater of:

(i) compensation at the applicable rate for any work performed,

or

(ii) compensation equivalent to three (3) hours' pay at the applicable overtime rate.

(b) This Article does not apply where an employee reports on board for sailing in accordance with sailing time provisions.

16. Security Duty

(a) Where an employee is required to perform security duty the employee shall be paid three-tenths (3/10) of the employee's straight-time hourly rate for each completed half (1/2) hour of security duty.

(b) Subject to meals and quarters provisions, where an employee is required to perform security duty on a non-equipped vessel the employee shall receive a meal allowance in the amount of six dollars ($6) for each eight (8) hour period, or portion thereof, of continuous security duty.

(c) Compensation earned under this Article will be paid off in accordance with Overtime Compensation paragraphs 2.03(f), (g) of this Appendix.

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(d) Compensation earned pursuant to this Article shall be paid in cash, except where the employee requests that it accumulate as compensatory leave. Compensation earned pursuant to this Article that accumulates as compensatory leave is subject to the provisions of 2.03(f)(ii) of this Appendix.

17. Information

(a) The Employer agrees to supply the Alliance semi-annually (April 1st and October 1st) with the name, classification of each employee and home port or the geographic location to which an employee is normally assigned.

(b) Prior consultation shall occur between the Alliance and the Employer, when the Employer considers it necessary to change the designated home port of a vessel.

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18. Nuclear Emergency Response Team

Ships Crews working at CFB Esquimalt and CFB Halifax, who are designated as members of a Nuclear Emergency Response Team, are trained, maintain their qualifications and are assigned duties, shall receive a monthly allowance of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150).

**ANNEX A
SC - SHIPS' CREWS GROUP
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

Monthly Annual Weekly Daily Hourly Lay-Day
SUB-GROUPS - DECK AND ENGINE ROOM
1
From: $ 3038 36456 698.71 139.74 17.47 99.88
To: A 3114 37368 716.19 143.24 17.90 102.38
X 3195 38340 734.82 146.96 18.37 105.04
B 3267 39204 751.38 150.28 18.78 107.41
C 3345 40140 769.32 153.86 19.23 109.97
D 3429 41148 788.64 157.73 19.72 112.73
2
From: $ 3151 37812 724.70 144.94 18.12 103.59
To: A 3230 38760 742.87 148.57 18.57 106.19
X 3314 39768 762.19 152.44 19.05 108.95
B 3389 40668 779.44 155.89 19.49 111.42
C 3470 41640 798.07 159.61 19.95 114.08
D 3557 42684 818.08 163.62 20.45 116.94
3
From: $ 3265 39180 750.92 150.18 18.77 107.34
To: A 3347 40164 769.78 153.96 19.24 110.04
X 3434 41208 789.79 157.96 19.74 112.90
B 3511 42132 807.50 161.50 20.19 115.43
C 3595 43140 826.82 165.36 20.67 118.19
D 3685 44220 847.52 169.50 21.19 121.15
4
From: $ 3383 40596 778.06 155.61 19.45 111.22
To: A 3468 41616 797.61 159.52 19.94 114.02
X 3558 42696 818.31 163.66 20.46 116.98
B 3638 43656 836.71 167.34 20.92 119.61
C 3725 44700 856.72 171.34 21.42 122.47
D 3818 45816 878.10 175.62 21.95 125.52
5
From: $ 3462 41544 796.23 159.25 19.91 113.82
To: A 3549 42588 816.24 163.25 20.41 116.68
X 3641 43692 837.40 167.48 20.93 119.70
B 3723 44676 856.26 171.25 21.41 122.40
C 3812 45744 876.72 175.34 21.92 125.33
D 3907 46884 898.57 179.71 22.46 128.45
6
From: $ 3585 43020 824.52 164.90 20.61 117.86
To: A 3675 44100 845.22 169.04 21.13 120.82
X 3771 45252 867.30 173.46 21.68 123.98
B 3856 46272 886.84 177.37 22.17 126.77
C 3949 47388 908.23 181.65 22.71 129.83
D 4048 48576 931.00 186.20 23.28 133.08
7
From: $ 3700 44400 850.97 170.19 21.27 121.64
To: A 3793 45516 872.36 174.47 21.81 124.70
X 3892 46704 895.12 179.02 22.38 127.96
B 3980 47760 915.36 183.07 22.88 130.85
C 4076 48912 937.44 187.49 23.44 134.01
D 4178 50136 960.90 192.18 24.02 137.36
SUB-GROUP - STEWARD
STD-1
From: $ 3108 37296 714.81 142.96 17.87 102.18
To: A 3186 38232 732.75 146.55 18.32 104.75
X 3269 39228 751.84 150.37 18.80 107.47
B 3343 40116 768.86 153.77 19.22 109.91
C 3423 41076 787.26 157.45 19.68 112.54
D 3509 42108 807.04 161.41 20.18 115.36
STD-2
From: $ 3171 38052 729.30 145.86 18.23 104.25
To: A 3250 39000 747.47 149.49 18.69 106.85
X 3335 40020 767.02 153.40 19.18 109.64
B 3410 40920 784.27 156.85 19.61 112.11
C 3492 41904 803.13 160.63 20.08 114.81
D 3579 42948 823.14 164.63 20.58 117.67
STD-3
From: $ 3274 39288 752.99 150.60 18.82 107.64
To: A 3356 40272 771.85 154.37 19.30 110.33
X 3443 41316 791.86 158.37 19.80 113.19
B 3520 42240 809.57 161.91 20.24 115.73
C 3604 43248 828.89 165.78 20.72 118.49
D 3694 44328 849.59 169.92 21.24 121.45
STD-4
From: $ 3364 40368 773.69 154.74 19.34 110.60
To: A 3448 41376 793.01 158.60 19.83 113.36
X 3538 42456 813.71 162.74 20.34 116.32
B 3618 43416 832.11 166.42 20.80 118.95
C 3705 44460 852.12 170.42 21.30 121.81
D 3798 45576 873.51 174.70 21.84 124.87
STD-5
From: $ 3462 41544 796.23 159.25 19.91 113.82
To: A 3549 42588 816.24 163.25 20.41 116.68
X 3641 43692 837.40 167.48 20.93 119.70
B 3723 44676 856.26 171.25 21.41 122.40
C 3812 45744 876.72 175.34 21.92 125.33
D 3907 46884 898.57 179.71 22.46 128.45
STD-6
From: $ 3564 42768 819.69 163.94 20.49 117.17
To: A 3653 43836 840.16 168.03 21.00 120.10
X 3748 44976 862.01 172.40 21.55 123.22
B 3832 45984 881.32 176.26 22.03 125.98
C 3924 47088 902.48 180.50 22.56 129.01
D 4022 48264 925.02 185.00 23.13 132.23
STD-7
From: $ 3665 43980 842.92 168.58 21.07 120.49
To: A 3757 45084 864.08 172.82 21.60 123.52
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B 3942 47304 906.62 181.32 22.67 129.60
C 4037 48444 928.47 185.69 23.21 132.72
D 4138 49656 951.70 190.34 23.79 136.04
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C 3388 40656 779.21 155.84 19.48 111.39
D 3473 41676 798.76 159.75 19.97 114.18
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C 3526 42312 810.95 162.19 20.27 115.92
D 3614 43368 831.19 166.24 20.78 118.82
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C 3660 43920 841.77 168.35 21.04 120.33
D 3752 45024 862.93 172.59 21.57 123.35
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C 3970 47640 913.06 182.61 22.83 130.52
D 4069 48828 935.83 187.17 23.40 133.78
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To: A 4030 48360 926.86 185.37 23.17 132.49
X 4135 49620 951.01 190.20 23.78 135.95
B 4228 50736 972.40 194.48 24.31 139.00
C 4329 51948 995.63 199.13 24.89 142.32
D 4437 53244 1020.47 204.09 25.51 145.87
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X 4296 51552 988.04 197.61 24.70 141.24
B 4393 52716 1010.35 202.07 25.26 144.43
C 4498 53976 1034.50 206.90 25.86 147.88
D 4610 55320 1060.26 212.05 26.51 151.56
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To: A 4405 52860 1013.11 202.62 25.33 144.82
X 4520 54240 1039.56 207.91 25.99 148.60
B 4622 55464 1063.02 212.60 26.58 151.96
C 4733 56796 1088.55 217.71 27.21 155.61
D 4851 58212 1115.69 223.14 27.89 159.48

ANNEX B
CONVENTIONAL WORK SYSTEM

1. Hours of Work

Except as otherwise provided in Annex C, D, and E, the hours of work shall be:

(a)

(i) eight (8) hours per day,

(ii) an average of forty (40) hours and five (5) days per week,

and

(iii) the two (2) days of rest shall be consecutive.

(b) Employees working sea watches shall normally work on the basis of either:

(i) four (4) hours on and eight (8) hours off;

or

(ii) six (6) hours on six (6) hours off.

(c) Employees whose hours of work are designated in accordance with paragraph (a) and who are not assigned to watches shall perform their daily hours of work within a twelve (12) hour period as determined from time to time by the Master/Commanding Officer. For employees other than those assigned to the Stewards Department these hours shall be consecutive except for meal periods.

(d) For employees who regularly work five (5) consecutive days per week on "non-watchkeeping" vessels the hours of work shall be consecutive, except for meal periods,

and

the normal daily hours of work shall be between 06:00 hours and 18:00 hours,

and

employees shall be given forty-eight (48) hours notice of any change in scheduled starting time.

(e) "day of rest" in relation to an employee means the twenty-four (24) hour period during which that employee is not ordinarily required to perform the duties of his/her position other than by reason of the employee being on leave, absent from duty without permission or by reason of that day being a holiday, and commences at 00:00.

(f) A specified meal period shall be scheduled as close to the mid-point of the workday as possible. It is also recognized that the meal period may be staggered, however, the Employer will make every effort to arrange meal periods at times convenient to the employees.

2. Reporting for Sailing

(a) Where an employee is authorized to be absent from the vessel during his off-duty hours, the Master/Commanding Officer shall inform the employee of the time at which shore leave will expire. If the shore leave expiry time cannot be determined and the vessel is placed in standby status, the employee shall notify his/her supervisor where and how he/she may be contacted; the Employer will not be responsible for employees who fail to receive notice of sailing by reason of absence from the place of notification.

(b) If an employee is unable to join his vessel because it either sails earlier than the posted sailing time or earlier than the time he/she was given under sub-paragraph (1), if the Employer considers it feasible to do so:

(i) the employee shall be transported to the vessel's first (1st) port of call or other point of contact with the vessel at the Employer's expense,

or

(ii) when work is available, the employee shall be employed in his classification until he/she is able to return to his vessel,

or

(iii) the employee may take any compensatory leave credits and/or vacation leave credits he/she has accumulated up to the time the vessel sailed.

(c) Where an employee reports on board for sailing in accordance with the sailing time posted on the vessel's notice board or as otherwise required by the Master/Commanding Officer, the officer is entitled to the greater of:

(i) compensation at the applicable rate for any work performed on that day,

or

(ii) one (1) hour's pay at the straight-time rate, provided that the vessel is in home port.

3. Reporting for SAR Mission

(a) When an employee, after having completed his designated hours of work, has left the Employer's premises, is subsequently required to return to the Employer's premises to take part in a Search and Rescue mission (SAR) and does so aboard a vessel whose primary function is not search and rescue operations, the employee shall be paid the greater of:

(i) compensation at the applicable overtime rates for any work performed in excess of his designated hours of work,

or

(ii) compensation equivalent to three (3) hours' pay at the applicable overtime rate.

(b) Where the Employer requires a vessel operating under this Annex to be on standby, an employee who is assigned to that vessel and is required to be available for duty during off-duty hours, shall be compensated at the rate of one (1) hour for each eight (8) hour period thereof for which he/she has been assigned to the vessel while it is on standby.

(i) No payment shall be granted if an employee is unable to return to the vessel and/or report for work when required,

(ii) An employee on standby who is required to return to the vessel and report for work immediately shall be paid, in addition to the standby pay, the greater of:

(A) the applicable overtime rate for the time actually worked,

(B) compensation equivalent to three (3) hours' pay at the applicable overtime rate.

(iii) Employees on standby who are required to return to the vessel only to be available for their next scheduled work period, shall be compensated in accordance with paragraph 2(c) Reporting for Sailing.

(iv) Standby shall not apply to employees on vessels while at sea.

4. Reporting Pay

(a) Where an employee, who regularly work five (5) consecutive days per week on a non-watchkeeping vessels, is required to report for work as directed on a day of rest he/she shall be paid for the time actually worked, or minimum of three (3) hours' pay at the applicable overtime rate, whichever is the greater.

(b) Time spent by the employee reporting to work or returning to the employee's residence shall not constitute time worked.

5. Vacation Leave With Pay

Vacation leave with pay shall be granted on an hourly basis, with the hours debited for each day of vacation leave being equal to eight (8) hours per day.

6. Sick Leave With Pay

Sick Leave With Pay shall be granted on an hourly basis, with the hours debited for each day of sick leave being equal to eight (8) hours per day.

7. Compensation for Work on a Holiday

Where an employee works on a holiday, the employee shall be entitled, in addition to the eight (8) hours pay the employee would have been granted had the employee not worked on the holiday, to compensation at the rate of:

(a) time and one-half (1 1/2) for all hours worked up to eight (8) hours;

and

(b) double (2) time for hours worked in excess of the eight (8) hours of work;

or

(c) where an employee works on a holiday contiguous to a day of rest on which the employee has also worked and received overtime in accordance with the Appendix G Specific Provisions (Ships' Crew) Overtime Compensation clause, the employee shall be paid in addition to the pay that the employee would have been granted had the employee not worked on the holiday, double (2) time for hours worked.

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d) Compensation earned pursuant to this Article shall be paid in cash, except where the employee requests it to accumulate as compensatory leave. Compensation earned pursuant to this Article that accumulates as compensatory leave is subject to the provisions of subclause 2.03f)(ii) of this Appendix.

 

 
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