Common use of PROFESSIONAL ISSUES Clause in Contracts

PROFESSIONAL ISSUES. (a) The Employer shall pay the registration fees for all educational courses and materials that benefit an employee in his or her work. Approval must be obtained in advance and will not be unreasonably withheld. Half the payment shall be made at the beginning of the course, and half upon successful completion. (b) The Employer shall pay the registration fees for job-related professional seminars or conferences and reasonable travel expenses up to a maximum of $200 annually for attendance at such events. Approval must be obtained in advance and will not be unreasonably withheld. (c) Employees who attend job-related professional seminars or conferences on a normal working day shall be paid for that day. Approval must be obtained in advance and will not be unreasonably withheld. (d) The Employer shall pay the full cost, including expenses, for any employee required by the Employer to attend a job-related seminar or conference. (e) Except for opinion pieces, the Employer shall not use bylines, credit lines, pictures, caricatures or other forms of personal identification over an employee’s protest. (f) The right of an employee to express to the Employer concern over matters he/she feels may violate acceptable or ethical newspaper practice is hereby confirmed. (g) The Employer will not publish a correction or apology in respect of an employee’s work until a reasonable effort has been made to discuss the matter with the employee. Where the employee establishes the falsehood of any material, such material will not be published. (h) Published corrections shall indicate when mistakes are due to: reporting, editing or typographical errors, or when incorrect information is supplied to The Sun Times. (i) An employee whose work or person is mentioned in a reader opinion shall be given a copy of such opinion, prior to publication, whenever possible. While the employee has the right to discuss the contents of such opinion, the final decision as to whether the opinion will be published shall rest with the Employer. Where the employee establishes the falsehood of any material, such material will not be published. (i) On the basis of the rates of compensation established in this contract the Employer is the owner of all copyrights on all material produced by editorial employees in the course of their employment with The Sun Times and has the full right to reproduce, publish, translate, broadcast, distribute, archive, sell or license this material in any manner, form or medium that the Employer chooses, including electronic form and Internet. It is agreed that any employee producing content or material waives any and all rights, including moral rights, with regard to that content or material. Whenever substantive changes are made to editorial content produced by an employee, an effort will be made to discuss the changes with the employee before publication or sale of the content, in any format, by the Sun Times or any entity associated with Sun Media or Quebecor Media. If the discussion does not take place, or the employee wishes to withhold his or her byline or credit, the byline or credit shall not be used.

PROFESSIONAL ISSUES. (a) The Employer 2301 An employee's by-line or credit line shall pay the registration fees for all educational courses and materials that benefit an employee in not be used over his or her work. Approval must be obtained in advance and will not be unreasonably withheld. Half the payment shall be made at the beginning of the course, and half upon successful completion. (b) The Employer shall pay the registration fees for job-related professional seminars or conferences and reasonable travel expenses up to a maximum of $200 annually for attendance at such events. Approval must be obtained in advance and will not be unreasonably withheld. (c) Employees who attend job-related professional seminars or conferences on a normal working day shall be paid for that day. Approval must be obtained in advance and will not be unreasonably withheld. (d) The Employer shall pay the full cost, including expenses, for any employee required by the Employer to attend a job-related seminar or conference. (e) Except for opinion pieces, the Employer shall not use bylines, credit lines, pictures, caricatures or other forms of personal identification over an employee’s protest. (f) The right of an employee to express to the Employer concern over matters he/she feels may violate acceptable or ethical newspaper practice is hereby confirmed. (g) The Employer will not publish a correction or apology in respect of an employee’s work until a reasonable effort has been made to discuss the matter with the employee. Where the employee establishes the falsehood of any material, such material will not be published. (h) Published corrections shall indicate when mistakes are due to: reporting, editing or typographical errors, or when incorrect information is supplied to The Sun Times. (i) An employee whose work or person is mentioned in a reader opinion shall be given a copy of such opinion, prior to publication, whenever possible. While the employee has the right to discuss the contents of such opinion, the final decision as to whether the opinion will be published shall rest with the Employer. Where the employee establishes the falsehood of any material, such material will not be published. (i) On the basis of the rates of compensation established in this contract the Employer is the owner of all copyrights on all material produced by editorial employees in the course of their employment with The Sun Times and has the full right to reproduce, publish, translate, broadcast, distribute, archive, sell or license this material in any manner, form or medium that the Employer chooses, including electronic form and Internet. It is agreed that any employee producing content or material waives any and all rights, including moral rights, with regard to that content or material. Whenever substantive substantial changes are made to editorial content produced by an employeein a Reporter's story, an effort will be made to discuss the changes with the employee before publication or sale of the contentstory, in any format, by failing which the Sun Times or any entity associated with Sun Media or Quebecor Media. If the discussion does not take place, or the employee wishes to withhold his or her byline or credit, the byline or credit by-line shall not be used. 2302 An employee shall be free to engage in any activities outside of working hours provided such activities: (a) are not in competition with the Employer unless the employee receives prior authorization of the Employer. Such authorization shall not be unreasonably withheld. Without restricting the foregoing, and for the sake of clarity, competitors of the Employer include, without limitation, Sing Tao, OMNI, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Television, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Radio, C.C.B.C. and World Journal or; (b) do not result in any conflict of interest and do not exploit the employee’s connection with the Employer or do not associate the Employer with any particular group. 2303 Articles written by employees on their own time shall first be offered to the Employer for use in its publications. Employer acceptance or rejection of Articles shall be given within three (3) days. Where the Employer has rejected an Article, the employee may submit it to a non-competing publication. The Employer will provide legal counsel of its choice for the defence of an employee facing a libel or related civil action or criminal charges as a result of work published by the Employer or an act of any employee in the performance of a job function, provided that the employee has acted responsibly and within the scope of employment. If an employee is provided with legal counsel as noted above, said employee shall not suffer loss of wages or benefits as a result of time off work to attend court. 2304 Except where libel or legal action has been threatened or appears probable, the Employer will not publish a correction or apology. 2305 An employee, upon request of the Employer, shall be required to give up custody of and disclose to the Employer all knowledge, information, notes, records, documents, films, photographs or tapes relating to his employment together with the source thereof, such material being the property of the newspaper. Except in the case of a court order, the Employer agrees not to release same to any other person without first discussing with the employee the reason for its release. 2306 The employer has the full right to use and/or re-use, in any manner, form or medium that the company chooses, all material produced for the Company by the employees during their employment with the Company. This material shall not be used or re-used by an employee without the written consent of the Employer. Employees shall not communicate to another person any sensitive, proprietary or confidential information acquired during the course of employment without prior authorization of the Employer. This shall not restrict an employee’s right to union representation.