Non-Supervisory Printing Services (PR) (Archived)

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ARTICLE 26
JOINT COMMITTEE

26.01 A Joint Committee composed of representatives of the Employer and the Council shall be established for the purpose of providing joint consultation on matters of common interest.

26.02 Without prejudice to the position the Employer or the Council may wish to take in the future about the desirability of having the subjects dealt with by the provisions of collective agreements, the following subjects, as they affect employees covered by this Agreement, shall be regarded as appropriate subjects for consultation in the Joint Committee:

26.03 Consultation may take place for the purpose of providing information, discussing the application of policy, or examining problems with a view to identifying possible solutions. During consultation, commitments may be made by the representatives of the Employer or of the Council, as the case may be, on any matter referred to consultation on which they have authority to act. No such commitment can be made with respect to any matter in the absence of such authority, and no commitment can be made which would have the effect of altering, amending, or adding to or modifying the terms of this Agreement.

26.04 The Joint Committee may, by mutual agreement, appoint sub-committees for one or more purposes.

ARTICLE 27
GENERAL

The Employer shall continue to make all reasonable provisions for the occupational safety and health of employees. The Employer will welcome suggestions on the subject from the Council and the parties undertake to consult 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.

The Employer will continue past practice in giving all reasonable consideration to continued employment in the Public Service of employees who would otherwise become redundant because work is contracted out.

The Employer agrees to supply each employee with a copy of the Collective Agreement and will endeavour to do so within one (1) month after receipt from the printers.

27.04 Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as guaranteeing an employee minimum or maximum hours of work.

ARTICLE 28
NOTICE TO AMEND OR RENEW
COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT

28.01 Should either party, at the expiration of this agreement, desire amendments or alterations therein for its renewal, a written notice to that effect shall be served upon the other party within the period of two (2) months before the agreement terminates, in accordance with the provisions of section 49(2)(b) of the Public Service Staff Relations Act.

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PART-TIME EMPLOYEES

29.01 Part-time employee means a person whose regular scheduled hours of work on an average are less than thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours per week, but not less than those prescribed in the Public Service Staff Relations Act.

29.02 Part-time employees shall be entitled to the benefits provided under the Agreement in the same proportion as their normal weekly hours of work compare with the regular weekly hours of work of full-time employees unless otherwise specified in this Agreement.

29.03 Part-time employees shall be paid at the straight-time rate of pay for all work performed up to seven and one-half (7 1/2) hours in a day, or thirty-seven and one-half (37 1/2) hours in a week.

29.04 The days of rest provisions of this agreement apply only in a week when a part-time employee has worked five (5) days and thirty-seven and one-half (37 1/2) hours in a week at the straight-time rate.

(a) during those periods in which employees are scheduled to perform their duties;

29.06 A part-time employee shall not be paid for the designated holidays but shall, instead be paid four decimal two five per cent (4.25%) for all straight-time hours worked.

29.07 When a part-time employee is required to work on a day which is prescribed as a designated paid holiday for a full-time employee in clause 10.01, the employee shall be paid at double (2) time for all hours worked.

(a) Overtime means authorized work performed in excess of seven decimal five (7.5) hours per day or thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours per week, but does not include time worked on a holiday.

(b) Notwithstanding (i) for employees whose normal scheduled hours of work are in excess of seven decimal five (7.5) hours per day overtime means authorized work performed in excess of those normal scheduled daily hours or an average of thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours per week.

29.09 Subject to 29.08 a part-time employee who is required to work overtime shall be paid overtime as specified by this Agreement.

29.10 Notwithstanding clause 29.02, there shall be a no prorating of a "day" in clause 13.01, Bereavement

29.11 A part-time employee shall earn vacation leave credits for each month in which the employee receives pay for at least twice (2) the number of hours in the employee's normal workweek, at the rate for years of service as specified in clause 29.01 established in the vacation leave entitlement clause specified by this Agreement, prorated and calculated as follows:

(a) when the entitlement is five-sixths (5/6) of a day a month, one-sixth (1/6) of the hours in the employee's workweek per month;

(b) when the entitlement is one and one-quarter (1 1/4) days a month, one-quarter (1/4) of the hours in the employee's workweek per month;

(c) when the entitlement is one and two-thirds (1 2/3) days a month, one-third (1/3) of the hours in the employee's workweek per month;

(d) when the entitlement is one and eleven-twelfth (1 11/12) days a month, twenty-three sixtieth (23/60) of the hours in the employee's workweek per month;

(e) when the entitlement is two and one-twelfth (2 1/12) days a month, five-twelfths (5/12) of the hours in the employee's workweek per month;

(f) when the entitlement is two and one-third (2 1/3) days a month, seven-fifteenth (7/15) of the hours in the employee's workweek per month;

(g) when the entitlement is two and a half (2 1/2) days a month, one-half (1/2) of the hours in the employee's workweek per month;

(h) however, a part-time employee who has received or is entitled to receive furlough leave shall have his or her vacation leave credits earned reduced by one-twelfth (1/12) of the hours in the part-time workweek, beginning in the month in which the twentieth (20^th) anniversary of service occurs until the beginning of the month in which his or her twenty-fifth (25^th) anniversary of service occurs.

29.12 A part-time employee shall earn sick leave credits at the rate of one-quarter (1/4) of the number of hours in an employee's normal workweek for each calendar month in which the employee has received pay for at least twice (2) the number of hours in the employee's normal workweek.

(a) For the purposes of administration of clauses 29.11 and 29.12, where an employee does not work the same number of hours each week, the normal workweek shall be the weekly average of the hours worked at the straight-time rate calculated on a monthly basis.

(b) An employee whose employment in any month is a combination of both full-time and part-time employment shall not earn vacation or sick leave credits in excess of the entitlement of a full-time employee.

29.14 Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 15, Severance Pay, where the period of continuous employment in respect of which severance benefit is to be paid consists of both full- and part-time employment or varying levels of part-time employment, the benefit shall be calculated as follows: the period of continuous employment eligible for severance pay shall be established and the part-time portions shall be consolidated to equivalent full-time. The equivalent full-time period in years shall be multiplied by the full-time weekly pay rate for the appropriate group and level to produce the severance pay benefit.

ARTICLE 30
SHIFT PRINCIPLE

30.01 It is recognized that certain full-time indeterminate employees whose hours of work are regularly scheduled on a night shift basis in accordance with Addendum "A" or "B" or "C" or "D" or "E" of the Printing Operations (Non-Supervisory) Collective Agreement and in accordance with Article 21 (hereinafter referred to as a night shift work employee) are required to attend certain proceedings, under this collective agreement as identified in clause 30.01(a) and certain other proceedings identified in clause 30.01(b) which normally take place between the hours of 9:00 to 17:00 from Mondays to Fridays inclusive.

When a night shift work employee who is scheduled to work on the day of that proceeding and when the proceeding is not scheduled during the employee's scheduled shift for that day and when the majority of the hours of his scheduled shift on that day do not fall between the hours of 9:00 to 17:00, upon written application by the employee, the Employer shall endeavour, where possible, to change the shift work employee's shift on the day of the proceeding so that the majority of the hours fall between 9:00 to 17:00 provided that operational requirements are met, there is no increase in cost to the Employer and sufficient advance notice is given by the employee.

(i) Personnel Selection Process Clause 13.03(a).

(i) Training Courses which the employee is required to attend by the Employer.

(ii) To write Provincial Certification Examinations which are a requirement for the continuation of the performance of the duties of the employee's position.

ARTICLE 31
NATIONAL JOINT COUNCIL AGREEMENTS

31.01 Agreements concluded by the National Joint Council (NJC) of the Public Service on items which may be included in a collective agreement, and which the parties to this agreement have endorsed after December 6, 1978, will form part of this collective agreement, subject to the Public Service Staff Relations Act (PSSRA) and any legislation by Parliament that has been or may be, as the case may be, established pursuant to any Act specified in Schedule III of the PSSRA.

31.02 NJC items which may be included in a collective agreement are those items which the parties to the NJC agreements have designated as such or upon which the Chairman of the Public Service Staff Relations Board has made a ruling pursuant to (c) of the NJC Memorandum of Understanding which became effective December 6, 1978.

31.03 The following directives, policies or regulations, as amended from time to time by National Joint Council recommendation and which have been approved by the Treasury Board of Canada, form part of this collective agreement:

During the term of this Collective Agreement, other directives, policies or regulations may be added to the above noted list.

31.04 Grievances in regard to the above directives, policies or regulations shall be filed in accordance with clause 25.01 of the Article on grievance procedure in this Collective Agreement.

ARTICLE 32
DISCIPLINE

32.01 When an employee is suspended from duty or terminated in accordance with paragraph 11(2)(f) of the Financial Administration Act, the Employer undertakes to notify the employee in writing of the reason for such suspension or termination. The Employer shall endeavour to give such notification at the time of suspension or termination.

32.02 When an employee is required to attend a meeting, the purpose of which is to conduct a disciplinary hearing concerning him or her or to render a disciplinary decision concerning him or her, the employee is entitled to have, at his or her request, a representative of the Council attend the meeting. Where practicable, the employee shall receive a minimum of one (1) day's notice of such a meeting.

32.03 The Employer shall notify the local representative of the Council as soon as possible that such suspension or termination has occurred.

32.04 The Employer agrees not to introduce as evidence in a hearing relating to disciplinary action any document from the file of an employee the content of which the employee was not aware of at the time of filing or within a reasonable period thereafter.

32.05 Any document or written statement related to disciplinary action, which may have been placed on the personnel file of an employee, shall be destroyed after two (2) years have elapsed since the disciplinary action was taken, provided that no further disciplinary action has been recorded during this period.

ARTICLE 33
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE

33.01 The parties have agreed that in cases where as a result of technological change the services of an employee are no longer required beyond a specified date because of lack of work or the discontinuance of a function, the National Joint Council Work Force Adjustment agreement concluded by the parties will apply. In all other cases the following clauses will apply.

(a) the introduction by the Employer of equipment or material of a different nature than that previously utilized;

(b) a change in the Employer's operation directly related to the introduction of that equipment or material.

33.03 Both parties recognize the overall advantages of technological change and will, therefore, encourage and promote technological change in the Employer's operations. Where technological change is to be implemented, the Employer will seek ways and means of minimizing adverse effects on employees which might result from such changes.

33.04 The Employer agrees to provide as much advance notice as is practicable but, except in cases of emergency, not less than one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days written notice to the Council of the introduction or implementation of technological change when it will result in significant changes in the employment status or working conditions of the employees.

33.05 The written notice provided for in clause 33.04 will provide the following information:

(b) the date or dates on which the Employer proposes to effect the technological change;

(d) the approximate number and type of employees likely to be affected by the technological change;

(e) the effect that the technological change is likely to have on the terms and conditions of employment of the employees affected.

33.06 As soon as reasonably practicable after notice is given under clause 33.04, the Employer shall consult meaningfully with the Council concerning the rationale for the change and the topics referred to in paragraph 33.05 on each group of employees, including training.

33.07 When, as a result of technological change, the Employer determines that an employee requires new skills or knowledge in order to perform the duties of the employee's substantive position, the Employer will make every reasonable effort to provide the necessary training during the employee's working hours without loss of pay and at no cost to the employee.

ARTICLE 34
EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE REVIEW
AND EMPLOYEE FILES

(a) When a formal assessment of an employee's performance is made, the employee concerned must be given an opportunity to sign the assessment form in question upon its completion to indicate that its contents have been read. A copy of the assessment form will be provided to the employee at that time. An employee's signature on his or her assessment form will be considered to be an indication only that its contents have been read and shall not indicate the employee's concurrence with the statements contained on the form.

(b) The Employer's representative(s) who assess an employee's performance must have observed or been aware of the employee's performance for at least one-half (1/2) of the period for which the employee's performance is evaluated.

(i) the evaluation form which will be used for the review;

(ii) any written document which provides instructions to the person conducting the review;

(b) if during the employee performance review, either the form or instructions are changed they shall be given to the employee.

34.03 Upon written request of an employee, the personnel file of that employee shall be made available once (1) per year for his or her examination in the presence of an authorized representative of the Employer.

ARTICLE 35
NO DISCRIMINATION

35.01 There shall be no discrimination, interference, restriction, coercion, harassment, intimidation, or any disciplinary action exercised or practiced with respect to an employee by reason of age, race, creed, colour, national origin, religious affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, family status, mental or physical disability, membership or activity in the Council, marital status or a conviction for which a pardon has been granted.

ARTICLE 36
DURATION OF AGREEMENT

36.01 The duration of this Collective Agreement shall be from October 1, 2000 to September 30, 2002.

36.02 Unless as otherwise expressly stipulated, this Agreement shall become effective on the date it is signed.

**ARTICLE 37
AGREEMENT REOPENER

PAY NOTES FOR
ADDENDA "A", "B", "C", "D" AND "E"

2. The pay increment date for an employee appointed after September 1, 1988 to a position in the bargaining unit upon promotion, demotion or from outside the Public Service shall be the anniversary of such appointment, that is twelve (12) months from the date of appointment.

A part-time employee shall be eligible to receive a pay increment when the employee has worked a total of nineteen hundred and fifty (1950) hours at the hourly rate of pay during a period of employment provided that the maximum rate for the employee

's level is not exceeded. The pay increment date shall be the first (1^st) working day following completion of the hours specified in this clause.

ADDENDUM "A"

EMPLOYEES OF THE BINDERY SUB-GROUP

THE FOLLOWING MATTERS, IN ADDITION TO THOSE CONTAINED IN THE MASTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT, APPLY TO EMPLOYEES OF THE BINDERY SUB-GROUP:

**ARTICLE 1(A)
REGULAR HOURS

1.1(A) The regular weekly hours of work for all employees in the Bindery Sub-Group shall be thirty-seven and one-half (37 1/2) hours to be worked in five (5) regular shifts of seven and one-half (7 1/2) hours each.

(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 1.1(A), upon request of an employee and the concurrence of the Employer, an employee may complete his or her weekly hours of employment in a period other than five (5) full days provided that over a period of twenty-eight (28) calendar days the employee works an average of thirty-seven and one-half (37 1/2) hours per week. As part of the provisions of this clause, attendance reporting shall be mutually agreed between the employee and the Employer. In every twenty-eight-day (28) period such an employee shall be granted days of rest on such days as are not scheduled as a normal workday for the employee.

(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 1.1(A), it may be operationally advantageous to implement work schedules for employees that differ from those specified in clause 1.1(A). Any special arrangement may be at the request of either party and must be mutually agreed between the Employer and the majority of employees affected.

(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the implementation of any variation in hours shall not result in any additional overtime work or additional payment by reason only of such variation, nor shall it be deemed to prohibit the right of the Employer to schedule any hours of work permitted by the terms of this Agreement.

1.3(A) An employee working on a scheduled night shift shall be paid a premium of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per hour.

**ARTICLE 2(A)
HOURLY RATES OF PAY
(in dollars)

2.1(A) The hourly rates of pay for occupations in the Bindery Sub-Group shall be as follows:


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Non-Supervisory Printing Services (PR) (Archived)

THE FOLLOWING MATTERS, IN ADDITION TO THOSE CONTAINED IN THE MASTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT, APPLY TO EMPLOYEES OF THE BINDERY SUB-GROUP:

**ARTICLE 1(A) REGULAR HOURS

**ARTICLE 1(A)
REGULAR HOURS