Common use of Plant Shut Downs Clause in Contracts

Plant Shut Downs. 19.1 Colleagues will be given at least 10 weeks’ notice of a planned shutdown. Colleagues must take paid or unpaid leave during a planned shutdown. Due to the nature of unplanned shutdowns this notice period will not be provided. Each individual colleague can be directed to take no more than three (3) weeks of annual leave in any 12 month period for the purposes of a planned shutdown. 19.2 The provision of this clause shall not be applied unless and until the ordinary hours in which the colleague cannot be usefully employed exceeds four hours. A planned Shutdown occurs when the site needs to cease production operations for installation of new capital equipment, routine preventative maintenance and/or relocation of business operations. 19.3 An unplanned shutdown occurs when the site needs to cease production operations for one of the following reasons urgent repairs for plant, loss of utilities, strike or industrial action, loss of supply of inputs to manufacturing process, natural disaster, pandemic management and any significant unforeseeable event. 19.4 In the event of an unplanned shutdown and a colleague does not have sufficient annual leave to cover such absence, the Company shall permit the colleague to go into negative on their annual leave accruals by a maximum of two (2) weeks of annual leave. If the colleague leaves prior to accruing sufficient leave to cover the negative amount, the remaining owed shall be deducted from the colleague’s final termination payment. In order for this clause to be activated, the unplanned shutdown must be for longer than four (4) hours. 19.5 In the event of a planned shutdown a colleague does not have sufficient annual leave to cover such absence because they are a new colleague and have not accrued sufficient leave, the Companyshall permit the colleague to go into negative on their annual leave accruals by a maximum of one week of annual leave. If the colleague leaves prior to accruing sufficient leave to cover the negative amount, the remaining owed shall be deducted from the colleague’s final termination payment.

Plant Shut Downs. 19.1 Colleagues will be given at least 10 weeks’ notice of a planned shutdown. Colleagues must take paid or unpaid leave during a planned shutdown. Due to the nature of unplanned shutdowns this notice period will not be provided. Each individual colleague can be directed to take no more than three (3) weeks of annual leave in any 12 month period for the purposes of a planned shutdown. 19.2 The provision of this clause shall not be applied unless and until the ordinary hours in which the colleague cannot be usefully employed exceeds four hours. A planned Shutdown occurs when the site needs to cease production operations for installation of new capital equipment, routine preventative maintenance and/or relocation of business operations. 19.3 An unplanned shutdown occurs when the site needs to cease production operations for one of the following reasons urgent repairs for plant, loss of utilities, strike or industrial action, loss of supply of inputs to manufacturing process, natural disaster, pandemic management and any significant unforeseeable event. 19.4 In the event of an unplanned shutdown and a colleague does not have sufficient annual leave to cover such absence, the Company Pfizer shall permit the colleague to go into negative on their annual leave accruals by a maximum of two (2) weeks of annual leave. If the colleague leaves prior to accruing sufficient leave to cover the negative amount, the remaining owed shall be deducted from the colleague’s final termination payment. In order for this clause to be activated, the unplanned shutdown must be for longer than four (4) hours. 19.5 In the event of a planned shutdown a colleague does not have sufficient annual leave to cover such absence because they are a new colleague and have not accrued sufficient leave, the Companyshall Pfizer shall permit the colleague to go into negative on their annual leave accruals by a maximum of one week of annual leave. If the colleague leaves prior to accruing sufficient leave to cover the negative amount, the remaining owed shall be deducted from the colleague’s final termination payment.