Common use of APPRENTICE PROGRAMS Clause in Contracts

APPRENTICE PROGRAMS. Employee(s) hired and/or transferred upon successful bid into a City approved Apprentice Program shall be bound to the following rules and conditions as a condition of continued employment: 1) The employee is to be enrolled and be actively engaged in an apprenticeship training program as determined by the Employer at its sole discretion; 2) The employee shall maintain the required course work and show adequate progress as determined by the employer; 3) The employee shall be paid the wage identified in Appendix “A” for the step or level, as determined by the Employer, to be appropriate based on qualifications at the start of the program. Further wage adjustments shall be made as determined by successful completion of program qualifications. 4) Time spent taking classes, other class related activities and commuting to and from classes will not be compensated outside of the normal workday. The Employer will either pay for or reimburse the employee for the cost of tuition and books required. 5) An incumbent employee transferred upon successful bid into an Apprentice Program at any level or step of the program, who fails to meet any of the requirements set forth in paragraphs 1) and 2) above shall be returned back to the employee’s most recent non-apprentice job classification, provided that the employee is still qualified for that classification, has greater seniority than the employee(s) occupying the classification, and the Employer, at its sole discretion, has determined the need to fill that classification. If there is no such Employer need or the disqualified apprentice lacks the qualifications or seniority to be returned to his/her former classification immediately, the employee shall have the right to bid for an open posted position as provided by Section 8.6, or, if no opening for bidding exists or the employee is not awarded the job bid, the employee shall be laid off subject to the employee’s rights under Section 8.5(d). The employee(s) bumped because of returning the apprentice to his/her last previous classification shall have the same such rights as the disqualified apprentice provided above. a) Upon bidding into an Apprentice Program, the employee is subject to Sections 8.6(a) through (c), 8.7 and all contract provisions except as provided in this Section. b) Access to the grievance procedure as it pertains to the Apprentice Program, is limited to the issue of whether the employee failed to meet any of the above requirements. The Employer’s decision to so remove the employee must be upheld if any such employee failure to meet these requirements is found to have occurred. 6) The Employer retains the exclusive right to terminate an Apprentice from the program at any time if it becomes apparent that the Apprentice will not succeed. Should a decision to terminate an apprentice be made, the Employer will meet with the Union to discuss the issue prior to finalizing the termination. The Employer’s rights and any exercise of them under this paragraph 6) are not subject to challenge in the contract grievance - arbitration procedure or by other legal challenge by the affected employee, other employees of the employer represented by the Union, or the Union. 7) Any apprentice, once engaged in the apprenticeship program or within five