ARTICLE 10
LEAVE FOR ASSOCIATION BUSINESS
10.01 Public Service Labour Relations Board Hearings
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(a) Complaints made to the Public Service Labour Relations Board
pursuant to Section 190(1) of the Public Service Labour Relations Act
Where operational requirements permit, in cases of complaints made to the
Public Service Labour Relations Board pursuant to section 190(1) of the PSLRA
alleging a breach of sections 157, 186(1)(a), 186(1)(b), 186(2)(a)(i), 187,
188(a) or 189(1) of the PSLRA, the Employer will grant leave with pay:
(i) to an employee who makes a complaint on his own behalf before the
Public Service Labour Relations Board,
and
(ii) to an employee who acts on behalf of an employee making a complaint,
or who acts on behalf of the Association making a complaint.
ARTICLE 12
HOURS OF WORK
12.01 Normal Work Week
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(b) To meet ongoing operational requirements, the Employer may,
notwithstanding paragraph 12.01(a), ask employees to complete their normal work
day between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. The Employer shall consult the Association's
head office when it decides to use the present exceptional provision or to
change a work schedule implemented according to this paragraph.
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(e) When, due to exceptional circumstances, the Employer changes the
employee's schedule pursuant to paragraph 12.01(b) less than thirty (30)
calendar days before the coming into force of the new scheduled hours, the
employee shall be paid double (2) time for the first (1st) working
day of the new scheduled hours. The provisions of Note 5(m) to Appendix
"A" shall apply to the rest of the period.
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12.05 Special Work Arrangement for the Translators
(a)
(i) Following a call for qualified volunteers issued by the Employer to
meet operational needs, an employee may agree to a five-day week which,
notwithstanding paragraph 12.01(a), includes Saturday or Sunday or these two
(2) days.
(ii) An employee who adopts a work week in accordance with paragraph
12.05(a)(i) will be given at least two consecutive days of rest.
(iii) The provisions of Note (n) to Appendix "A" apply.
(b)
(i) Where an employee agrees to change his normal work week pursuant to
paragraph 12.05(a), the Employer shall allow thirty (30) calendar days before
the change takes effect.
(ii) An employee who has adopted a work schedule under paragraph 12.05(a)
may terminate the arrangement by giving thirty (30) calendar days' notice.
(iii) The Employer may terminate the work arrangement adopted under
paragraph 12.05(a) by giving the employee thirty (30) calendar days' notice.
(iv) The thirty (30) days' notice may be changed if there is mutual consent
regarding the transition arrangements.
ARTICLE 17
LEAVE - GENERAL
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17.01
(a) When an employee becomes subject to this Agreement, his earned daily
leave credits shall be converted into hours. When an employee ceases to be
subject to this Agreement, his earned hourly leave credits shall be reconverted
into days, with one (1) day being equal to seven decimal five (7.5) hours.
(b) Earned leave credits or other leave entitlements shall be equal to seven
decimal five (7.5) hours per day.
17.02
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(b) Notwithstanding the above, in clause 21.02, Bereavement Leave, a
"day" will mean a calendar day.
ARTICLE 18
ANNUAL LEAVE
18.07 Conversion of Annual Leave Credits to Cash when Employment Terminates
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(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), an employee who resigns to accept an
appointment with a separate Employer covered by Schedule V of the Financial
Administration Act may choose not to be paid for his earned but unused
annual leave, provided that the separate Employer agrees to accept such credits.
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18.10
(a) The employee shall be credited a one-time entitlement of thirty-seven
decimal five (37.5) hours of vacation leave with pay on the first (1st)
day of the month following the employee's second (2nd) anniversary of
service, as defined in paragraph 18.01(b).
(b) Transitional Provisions
Effective on June 29, 2006, the employee with more than two (2) years of
service, as defined in paragraph 18.01(b), shall be credited a one-time
entitlement of thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours of vacation leave with
pay.
(c) The vacation leave credits provided in paragraphs 18.10(a) and (b) above
shall be excluded from the application of paragraph 18.04 dealing with the
Carry-over and/or Liquidation of Vacation Leave.
ARTICLE 19
PARLIAMENTARY LEAVE AND INTERPRETATION LEAVE
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19.03 Meal at Debates
The Employer agrees to provide a meal to Debates employees when the Senate
and the House of Commons sit for a combined total of more than thirteen (13)
hours; if no meal is provided, the Employer shall pay employees a meal allowance
of $10.50.
ARTICLE 20
SICK LEAVE
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20.03 Advance of Credits
(a) When an employee has insufficient or no credits to cover the granting of
sick leave with pay under the provisions of clause 20.02, advanced sick leave
with pay may, at the discretion of the Employer, be granted to an employee to
cover one or several periods of sick leave for a total overdraft of twenty-five
(25) days, subject to the deduction of such advanced leave from any sick leave
credits subsequently earned.
(b) When an employee is granted sick leave with pay and injury-on-duty leave
is subsequently approved for the same period, it shall be considered, for the
purpose of the record of sick leave credits, that the employee was not granted
sick leave with pay, and the number of days of injury-on-duty leave granted is
added back to his sick leave credits.
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