MEMORANDUM OF
AGREEMENT - SEA TRIALS
Employees in the Engineering and Land Survey Group employed by the Department
of National Defence engaged in Sea Trials under the following conditions will be
remunerated in accordance with the terms below:
1.
(a) When an employee is scheduled to proceed to sea beyond the harbour
limits aboard a Naval Vessel, Submarine, Auxiliary Vessel or Yardcraft for the
purpose of conducting trials, repairing defects or dumping ammunition, the
employee shall be paid for all hours actually worked, at the applicable rate
of pay, i.e. at straight time for the employee's daily hours of work and at
the appropriate overtime rate for additional hours,
or
for all hours aboard, up to a maximum of fifteen (15), at straight time,
whichever is greater.
(b) In addition, an employee shall receive a submarine trials allowance
equal to twenty-five per cent (25%) of the employee's basic hourly rate for
each completed one-half (1/2) hour the employee is required to be in a
submarine.
2.
(a) When an employee is required to be in a submarine when it is in a
closed down condition either alongside a jetty or within a harbour, on the
surface or submerged; i.e. when the pressure hull is sealed and undergoing
trials, such as vacuum tests, high pressure tests, snort trials, battery
ventilation trials or other recognized formal trials, or the submarine is
rigged for diving, the employee shall be compensated for all hours aboard at
the applicable rate of pay for all hours' worked and at the straight-time rate
for all unworked hours.
(b) In addition, an employee shall receive a submarine trial allowance in
accordance with 1(b).
3. Upon the request of an employee and with the approval of the Employer, the
employee may be compensated in equivalent leave with pay.
4. Compensatory leave is to be granted at the convenience of the employee
where operational requirements permit.
5. Certain provisions of the Collective Agreement for which an employee
normally may be eligible are inapplicable if the employee is in receipt of
remuneration in accordance with the provisions set out in this Memorandum. The
articles which do not have application to employees covered by this Memorandum
are:
- Call-Back Pay;
- reporting Pay;
- travelling Time;
- standby.
SIGNED AT OTTAWA, this 26th day of the month of January 2006.
THE TREASURY BOARD
OF
CANADA |
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THE PROFESSIONAL
INSTITUTE OF THE PUBLIC
SERVICE OF CANADA |
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