Recognition Clauses. 1.01 This Agreement shall apply to and be binding upon all employees of the Employer described in a variation to a Certification issued to the Union on the 6 November, 1985 and which includes those employees “employed in any phase of office, clerical, technical, administrative or related work except those excluded by their inclusion as a member of another certified union or by the Labour Relations Code of British Columbia, and shall continue to apply to those employees covered by the said amended Certification as the same may be amended by the Labour Relations Board from time to time.” Employees subject to this Agreement shall continue to be subject to the Agreement where such employees are required to perform their work functions on behalf of the Employer while outside the province. Where working arrangements require variations to the terms and conditions of the Collective Agreement, the variations will be negotiated between the Parties specific to the circumstances. 1.02 Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, neither the Union nor the Employer in carrying out their obligations under this Agreement shall discriminate in matters of hiring, training, promotion, transfer, lay off, discharge or otherwise because of race, colour, creed, national origin, age, sex, marital status or sexual orientation. 1.03 The Employer will not discriminate against any employee because of membership in the Union. The Employer will permit employees who are officers or representatives of the Union to carry out their duties on the Employer’s time and with no loss in pay in respect to investigating complaints, resolving grievances and distributing Union bulletins. Such employees when carrying out these duties on the Employer’s time will first obtain the approval of their Supervisor and their requests for time will not be unreasonably withheld. The Union will notify the Employer of its officers and representatives in writing on a regular basis. 1.04 Officers or representatives shall be granted leave of absence to carry out their duties insofar as the regular operation of the departments in which they are employed will permit and any application by them for such leave shall be given precedence over any other application for leave on the same day. The Employer will not charge the Union, for salaries of employees excused from work on Union business by arrangement with the Employer’s Human Resources Department, where such time is one (1) day or less, or where it involves joint Union-Management committees or government sponsored conferences; for example, Labour-Management conferences. It is the Union’s intent to provide the Employer with as much advance notice as possible of requests to grant leave of absence to Executive Board Officers and Councillors of the Union to attend to union business in accordance with this Section of the Agreement. In any event, the Union will endeavor to give a minimum of one week’s notice of such requests. Further the Union agrees its Board members will notify their Supervisor, orally, as far in advance as possible, of scheduled Executive Board meetings. (a) Employees who are acting as full-time officers or representatives of the Union (but excluding Union clerical staff) will be placed on leave of absence, with the time involved considered as service with the Employer. On conclusion of such leave of absence employees will return to the position they previously held with the Employer. (b) Leave of absence in accordance with the foregoing, will also be granted for a period of two (2) years, for members appointed or elected to positions with the Canadian Office & Professional Employees’ National Union. (c) For those filling elected positions in the Canadian Office & Professional Employees’ National Union, the leave of absence will be reviewed every two (2) years. Leave of absence for appointed representatives beyond this period is covered in this Agreement. (d) The Employer will cooperate with full-time officers or full-time representatives of the Union in performing their Union responsibilities. (e) The Employer will provide a union bulletin board in a suitable location in each workplace. (a) Duties normally performed by employees within the bargaining unit will not be assigned to or be performed by non-bargaining unit employees except to overcome immediate, short-term operational or personnel difficulties when bargaining unit employees capable of performing the work are not available. (b) The Employer will not contract out work normally performed by bargaining unit employees if such contracting out will result in any termination or downgrading of an existing employee. (c) When there is a reasonable opportunity to bring in third party contract work, or bring in work which is currently being subcontracted, the parties will meet in an effort to make competitive arrangements. Such arrangements may include a waiver of certain provisions of the Collective Agreement. Such waivers shall not reduce salaries or benefits, unless otherwise agreed. A Joint Union/Management committee will be convened to review staffing requirements and working conditions that will improve the Employers’ competitive position as it relates to opportunities for contracting in services. The Joint committee will consist of three (3) representatives from the Union and three
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Recognition Clauses.
1.01 This Agreement shall apply to and be binding upon all employees of the Employer described in a variation to a Certification issued to the Union on the 6 November, 1985 and which includes those employees “employed in any phase of office, clerical, technical, administrative or related work except those excluded by their inclusion as a member of another certified union or by the Labour Relations Code of British Columbia, and shall continue to apply to those employees covered by the said amended Certification as the same may be amended by the Labour Relations Board from time to time.” Employees subject to this Agreement shall continue to be subject to the Agreement where such employees are required to perform their work functions on behalf of the Employer while outside the province. Where working arrangements require variations to the terms and conditions of the Collective Agreement, the variations will be negotiated between the Parties specific to the circumstances.
1.02 Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, neither the Union nor the Employer in carrying out their obligations under this Agreement shall discriminate in matters of hiring, training, promotion, transfer, lay off, discharge or otherwise because of race, colour, creed, national origin, age, sex, marital status or sexual orientation.
1.03 The Employer will not discriminate against any employee because of membership in the Union. The Employer will permit employees who are officers or representatives of the Union to carry out their duties on the Employer’s time and with no loss in pay in respect to investigating complaints, resolving grievances and distributing Union bulletins. Such employees when carrying out these duties on the Employer’s time will first obtain the approval of their Supervisor and their requests for time will not be unreasonably withheld. The Union will notify the Employer of its officers and representatives in writing on a regular basis.
1.04 Officers or representatives shall be granted leave of absence to carry out their duties insofar as the regular operation of the departments in which they are employed will permit and any application by them for such leave shall be given precedence over any other application for leave on the same day. The Employer will not charge the Union, for salaries of employees excused from work on Union business by arrangement with the Employer’s Human Resources Labour Relations Department, where such time is one (1) day or less, or where it involves joint Union-Management committees or government sponsored conferences; for example, Labour-Management conferences. It is the Union’s intent to provide the Employer with as much advance notice as possible of requests to grant leave of absence to Executive Board Officers and Councillors of the Union to attend to union business in accordance with this Section of the Agreement. In any event, the Union will endeavor to give a minimum of one week’s notice of such requests. Further the Union agrees its Board members will notify their Supervisor, orally, as far in advance as possible, of scheduled Executive Board meetings.
(a) Employees who are acting as full-time officers or representatives of the Union (but excluding Union clerical staff) will be placed on leave of absence, with the time involved considered as service with the Employer. On conclusion of such leave of absence employees will return to the position they previously held with the Employer.
(b) Leave of absence in accordance with the foregoing, will also be granted for a period of two (2) years, for members appointed or elected to positions with the Canadian Office & Professional Employees’ National International Union.
(c) For those filling elected positions in the Canadian Office & Professional Employees’ National International Union, the leave of absence will be reviewed every two (2) years. Leave of absence for appointed representatives beyond this period is covered in this Agreement.
(d) The Employer will cooperate with full-time officers or full-time representatives of the Union in performing their Union responsibilities.
(e) The Employer will provide a union bulletin board in a suitable location in each workplace.
(a) Duties normally performed by employees within the bargaining unit will not be assigned to or be performed by non-bargaining unit employees except to overcome immediate, short-term operational or personnel difficulties when bargaining unit employees capable of performing the work are not available.
(b) The Employer will not contract out work normally performed by bargaining unit employees if such contracting out will result in any termination or downgrading of an existing employee.
(c) When there is a reasonable opportunity to bring in third party contract work, or bring in work which is currently being subcontracted, the parties will meet in an effort to make competitive arrangements. Such arrangements may include a waiver of certain provisions of the Collective Agreement. Such waivers shall not reduce salaries or benefits, unless otherwise agreed. A Joint Union/Management committee will be convened to review staffing requirements and working conditions that will improve the Employers’ competitive position as it relates to opportunities for contracting in services. The Joint committee will consist of three (3) representatives from the Union and three
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Recognition Clauses. 1.01 This Agreement shall apply to and be binding upon all employees of the Employer described in a variation to a Certification issued to the Union on the 6 November4th of January, 1985 2012 and which includes those employees “employed in any phase of office, clerical, technical, administrative or related work except those excluded by their inclusion as a member of another certified union or by the Labour Relations Code of British Columbia, and shall continue to apply to those employees covered by the said amended Certification as the same may be amended by the Labour Relations Board from time to time.” Employees subject to this Agreement shall continue to be subject to the Agreement where such employees are required to perform their work functions on behalf of the Employer while outside the province. Where working arrangements require variations to the terms and conditions of the Collective Agreement, the variations will be negotiated between the Parties specific to the circumstances.
1.02 Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, neither the Union nor the Employer in carrying out their obligations under this Agreement shall discriminate in matters of hiring, training, promotion, transfer, lay off, discharge or otherwise because of raceany grounds prohibited by the BC Human Rights Code, colour, creed, national origin, age, sex, marital status or sexual orientationas amended from time to time.
1.03 The Employer will not discriminate against any employee because of membership in the Union. The Employer will permit employees who are officers or representatives of the Union to carry out their duties on the Employer’s time and with no loss in pay in respect to investigating complaints, resolving grievances and distributing Union bulletins. Such employees when carrying out these duties on the Employer’s time will first obtain the approval of their Supervisor and their requests for time will not be unreasonably withheld. The Union will notify the Employer of its officers and representatives in writing on a regular basis.
1.04 Officers or representatives shall be granted leave of absence to carry out their duties insofar as the regular operation of the departments in which they are employed will permit and any application by them for such leave shall be given precedence over any other application for leave on the same day. The Employer will not charge the Union, for salaries of employees excused from work on Union business by arrangement with the Employer’s Human Resources DepartmentDivision, where such time is one (1) day or less, or where it involves joint Union-Union/ Management committees or government sponsored conferences; for example, Labour-/Management conferences. It is the Union’s intent to provide the Employer with as much advance notice as possible of requests to grant leave of absence to Executive Board Officers and Councillors of the Union to attend to union business in accordance with this Section of the Agreement. In any event, the Union will endeavor to give a minimum of one week’s (1) weeks’ notice of such requests. Further the Union agrees its Board members will notify their Supervisor, orally, as far in advance as possible, of scheduled Executive Board meetings.
(a) Employees who are acting as full-time officers or representatives of the Union (but excluding Union clerical staff) will be placed on leave of absence, with the time involved considered as service with the Employer. On conclusion of such leave of absence employees will return to the position they previously held with the Employer.
(b) Leave of absence in accordance with the foregoing, will also be granted for a period of two (2) years, for members appointed or elected to positions with the Canadian Office & Professional Employees’ National Union.
(c) For those filling elected positions in the Canadian Office & Professional Employees’ National Union, the leave of absence will be reviewed every two (2) years. Leave of absence for appointed representatives beyond this period is covered in this Agreement.
(d) The Employer will cooperate with full-time officers or full-time representatives of the Union in performing their Union responsibilities.
(e) The Employer will provide a union bulletin board in a suitable location in each workplace.
(a) Duties normally performed by employees within the bargaining unit will not be assigned to or be performed by non-bargaining unit employees except to overcome immediate, short-term operational or personnel difficulties when bargaining unit employees capable of performing the work are not available.
(b) The Employer will not contract out work normally performed by bargaining unit employees if such contracting out will result in any termination or downgrading of an existing employee.
(c) When there is a reasonable opportunity to bring in third party contract work, or bring in work which is currently being subcontracted, the parties will meet in an effort to make competitive arrangements. Such arrangements may include a waiver of certain provisions of the Collective Agreement. Such waivers shall not reduce salaries or benefits, unless otherwise agreed. A Joint Union/Management committee will be convened to review staffing requirements and working conditions that will improve the Employers’ competitive position as it relates to opportunities for contracting in services. The Joint committee will consist of three (3) representatives from the Union and three
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Recognition Clauses. 1.01 I
(a) This Agreement agreement shall apply to and be binding upon the employees of Hydro as described in the Certificate of Bargaining Authority of the Union dated July and as may be amended by the appropriate authority. The Patties agree that all terms and conditions of the Collective agreement shall apply to and be binding upon all employees of Powertech and as though they are employees of the Employer described in a variation to a Certification issued to the Union on the 6 November, 1985 and which includes those employees “employed in any phase of office, clerical, technical, administrative or related work except those excluded by their inclusion as a member of another certified union or by the Labour Relations Code of British Columbia, and shall continue to apply to those employees covered by the said amended Certification as the same may be amended by the Labour Relations Board from time to time.” COPE bargaining unit at Hydro. Employees subject to this Agreement shall continue to be subject to the Agreement where such employees are required to perform their work functions on behalf of the Employer while temporarily away from their headquarters and outside the province. Where In cases where out of province working arrangements require variations to the terms and conditions of the Collective Agreement, the variations will be negotiated between the Parties specific to the circumstances.
1.02 . I Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, neither the Union nor the Employer in carrying out their obligations under this Agreement shall discriminate in matters of hiring, training, promotion, transfer, lay off, discharge or otherwise because of race, colour, creed, national origin, age, sex, marital status or sexual orientation.
1.03 , marital or family status, political affiliation or or membership, holding of any office or activity in the Union. Notwithstanding the above, the Patties hereto subscribe to the principles of the Human Rights Act and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. I The Employer will not discriminate against any employee because of membership in the Union. The Employer will permit employees who are officers officers, councillors, job stewards or other properly qualified representatives of the Union to carry out their duties on the Employer’s company time and with no loss in pay in respect to investigating complaints, resolving grievances and grievances, distributing Union bulletins. , attending Joint Committee meetings, and orienting new as per Article Such employees when carrying out these duties on the Employer’s company time will first obtain the approval of their Supervisor and their their
(e) requests for time will not be unreasonably withheld. Where union representatives are required to conduct duties other than those outlined above, they shall be paid in accordance with Article I The Employer recognizes the Union's right to select, subject to its sole discretion, Executive Board Members, Councillors, Job Stewards and any other Union official or representative whose duties involve, in whole or in part, representing Employees under this Agreement and the Employer agrees to co-operate with these persons in the performance of their duties on behalf of the Union and its membership employed by the Employer. The Union will shall notify the Employer in of its officers the names of the persons authorized to represent the Union the employees for the purposes of this Agreement and representatives shall notify the Employer in writing on in advance of any changes in these names. The Employer agrees that access to its premises shall be allowed to any representative of the Union for the purpose of business related to the Union, provided advance notice is supplied to the Employer, in which case permission shall not be unreasonably denied. Access does not include use of employer facilities for group meetings without, in each case, the prior authorization of the Employer. If the Employer has the use of Employer facilities for a regular basisgroup meeting, the Union shall have the right to place ballot boxes in the meeting room for the purposes of conducting Union elections, referenda, polling, and Collective Agreement votes.
1.04 Officers (a) Properly qualified officers or representatives shall be granted leave of absence to carry out their duties insofar as the regular operation of the departments in which they are employed will permit and any application by them for such leave shall be given precedence over any other application for leave on the same day. The Employer will ▇▇▇▇ not charge the Union, Union for salaries of employees Union representatives excused from work on Union business by arrangement with the Employer’s Human Resources Department, employee's supervisor where such the leave of absence is one day or less. The Union will reimburse the employer for all time lost whenever an employee is continuously involved in Union business for more than one (1) day or lessday, even if it is an Executive Board meeting, an Executive Council meeting, or where it involves joint Union-Management committees or government sponsored conferences; a combination of the two. (This paragraph was previously in which was deleted in A. April 2002) The amount of paid leave granted for example, Labour-Management conferencesthe purpose of attending to Union business other than as described in Article above shalt not exceed hours Hydro)/ hours hours (Powertech) per year in total for the bargaining unit. It is the Union’s intent to provide the Employer with as much advance notice as possible of requests to grant Where a leave of absence to Executive Board Officers specified in above exceeds one day and Councillors for all other leaves of absence beyond a total of hours hours hours (Powertech) per year for the Union to attend to union business in accordance with this Section of the Agreement. In any eventbargaining unit, the Union will endeavor to give is responsible for the costs of the leaves, including salary and a minimum loading factor of one week’s notice of such requests. Further the Union agrees its Board members will notify their Supervisor, orally, as far in advance as possible, of scheduled Executive Board meetingspercent (22%).
(a) Employees who are acting as full-time officers or representatives employees of the Union (but excluding Union clerical staff) Union, or who are appointed or elected to positions with the Office and Professionat Employees' International Union, will be placed on leave Leave of absenceAbsence, with the time involved considered as service with the Employer. Such Leave, approved, shall not be interrupted by the Employer during the approved period of the Leave. On conclusion of such leave Leave of absence Absence employees will return to the position they previously held with the Employer.
(b) Leave of absence in accordance with Employee has been the foregoing, will also be granted successful applicant for a another job during the period of two (2) yearsthe leave, for members appointed or elected to positions with in which case the Canadian Office & Professional Employees’ National Union.
(c) For those filling elected positions Employee shall be placed in the Canadian Office & Professional Employees’ National Union, the leave of absence will be reviewed every two (2) yearsnew job. Leave of absence for appointed representatives beyond this period is covered in this Agreement.
(d) The Employer will cooperate with full-time officers or full-time representatives of the Union in In performing their Union responsibilities.
(, The Union may use and maintain bulletin boards on the Employer's premises and post notices as required. The Union will supply department heads with copies of any bulletins pertaining to matters in the Agreement, when they are posted by the A Union member have the right to wear the recognized insignia the Union. {e) } The Employer will provide a union bulletin board in a suitable location in each workplace.Union shall have the right to display Union shop cards and Union decals pursuant to the Memorandum of Understanding
(a) Duties normally performed Full-Time Regular An employee hired to fill an ongoing position vacated by employees within the bargaining unit will not be assigned a employee or hired to or be performed by non-bargaining unit employees except to overcome immediate, short-term operational or personnel difficulties when bargaining unit employees capable of performing the work are not available.
(b) The Employer will not contract out work normally performed by bargaining unit employees if such contracting out will result in any termination or downgrading of an existing employee.
(c) When there is fill a reasonable opportunity to bring in third party contract work, or bring in work position which is currently being subcontracted, the parties will meet in an effort to make competitive arrangementsof a continuing nature. Such arrangements may include a waiver of certain provisions of the Collective Agreement. Such waivers shall not reduce salaries or benefits, unless otherwise agreed. A Joint Union/Management committee New employees will be convened considered probationary for a period of up to review staffing requirements and working conditions that will improve the Employers’ competitive position as it relates to opportunities for contracting in services. The Joint committee will consist of three (3) representatives from months as provided in Article The employee will participate in Plans in accordance with Article and in the Union Pension Plan. By agreement with the Union, the Employer may hire a temporary employee to fill a position vacated by a reg ar empIo It is agreed that the annual hours of work for full time regular employees for the purposes of this Agreement is and threethat this number shall be used to calculate applicable pro- rated entitlements for part-time and casual employees, unless expressly provided by this Agreement. Part-Time Regular An employee hired to fill a part-time ongoing position vacated by a part-time regular employee or to fill a part-time position which is of a continuing nature. New employees will be considered for a period of up to three (3) months as provided in Article Unless agreed with the Union, a part-time regular will work according to an regular schedule but will not work more than thirty (30) hours per week except that the may in addition relieve a employee on leave of absence, sick leave or annual vacation without change to full-time regular status. An assigned regular schedule will be established by the Employer at the time of hire and will be for a minimum period of two (2) weeks. Within an assigned schedule the days worked and the hours may differ. A supervisor may change an established schedule but must provide two (2) weeks notice of any change. Notice of change is not required where a schedule is varied by mutual agreement between the employee and the supervisor. The employee will participate in Benefit Plans in accordance with Article and in the Pension Plan. Sick leave and annual vacation shall be prorated on the basis of time worked according to service. Annual vacation and Statutory Holiday pay shall be paid as a percentage of earnings excluding annual vacation, statutory holidays and
a. A part-time regular employee shall not be entitled to Reduced Work Week Leave provisions as provided in Article of the Agreement but will be entitled to seven percent (7%) of gross earnings paid on a bi- weekly basis in lieu of Reduced Work Week Leave.
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Sources: Collective Agreement
Recognition Clauses. 1.01 This Agreement shall apply to and be binding upon all employees of the Employer described in a variation to a Certification issued to the Union on the 6 November, 1985 and which includes those employees “employed in any phase of office, clerical, technical, administrative or related work except those excluded by their inclusion as a member of another certified union or by the Labour Relations Code of British Columbia, and shall continue to apply to those employees covered by the said amended Certification as the same may be amended by the Labour Relations Board from time to time.” Employees subject to this Agreement shall continue to be subject to the Agreement where such employees are required to perform their work functions on behalf of the Employer while outside the province. Where working arrangements require variations to the terms and conditions of the Collective Agreement, the variations will be negotiated between the Parties specific to the circumstances.
1.02 Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, neither the Union nor the Employer in carrying out their obligations under this Agreement shall discriminate in matters of hiring, training, promotion, transfer, lay off, discharge or otherwise because of race, colour, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender identity, gender expression, marital status or sexual orientation.
1.03 The Employer will not discriminate against any employee because of membership in the Union. The Employer will permit employees who are officers or representatives of the Union to carry out their duties on the Employer’s time and with no loss in pay in respect to investigating complaints, resolving grievances and distributing Union bulletins. Such employees when carrying out these duties on the Employer’s time will first obtain the approval of their Supervisor and their requests for time will not be unreasonably withheld. The Union will notify the Employer of its officers and representatives in writing on a regular basis.
1.04 Officers or representatives shall be granted leave of absence to carry out their duties insofar as the regular operation of the departments in which they are employed will permit and any application by them for such leave shall be given precedence over any other application for leave on the same day. The Employer will not charge the Union, for salaries of employees excused from work on Union business by arrangement with the Employer’s Human Resources Labour Relations Department, where such time is one (1) day or less, or where it involves joint Union-Management committees or government sponsored conferences; for example, Labour-Management conferences. It is the Union’s intent to provide the Employer with as much advance notice as possible of requests to grant leave of absence to Executive Board Officers and Councillors of the Union to attend to union business in accordance with this Section Article of the Agreement. In any event, the Union will endeavor to give a minimum of one week’s notice of such requests. Further the Union agrees its Board members will notify their Supervisor, orally, as far in advance as possible, of scheduled Executive Board meetings.
(a) Employees who are acting as full-time officers or representatives of the Union (but excluding Union clerical staff) will be placed on leave of absence, with the time involved considered as service with the Employer. On conclusion of such leave of absence employees will return to the position they previously held with the Employer.
(b) Leave of absence in accordance with the foregoing, will also be granted for a the entire period of two (2) yearsappointment, or, for members appointed or elected to positions officers for the entire term of the elected office with the Canadian Office & and Professional Employees’ National Union.
(c) For those filling elected positions in the Canadian Office & Professional Employees’ National Union, the leave of absence will be reviewed every two (2) yearseach term. Leave of absence for appointed representatives beyond this period is covered in this Agreement.
(d) The Employer will cooperate with full-time officers or full-time representatives of the Union in performing their Union responsibilities.
(e) The Employer will provide a union bulletin board in a suitable location in each workplace.
(a) Duties normally performed by employees within the bargaining unit will not be assigned to or be performed by non-bargaining unit employees except to overcome immediate, short-term operational or personnel difficulties when bargaining unit employees capable of performing the work are not available.
(b) The Employer will not contract out work normally performed by bargaining unit employees if such contracting out will result in any termination or downgrading of an existing employee.
(c) Contracting In When there is a reasonable opportunity to bring in third party contract work, or bring in work work, which is currently being subcontractedsub-contracted, the parties will meet in an effort to make competitive arrangements. Such arrangements may include a waiver of certain provisions of the Collective Agreement. Such waivers shall not reduce salaries or benefits, unless otherwise agreed. A Joint joint Union/Management committee will be convened to review staffing requirements and working conditions that will improve the Employers’ Employer’s competitive position as it relates to opportunities for contracting in servicesposition. The Joint joint committee will consist of three (3) representatives from the Union and threethree (3) representatives from the Employer. The committee must unanimously agree to any waivers of the provisions of the Collective Agreement as to the specific contracting in. These waivers will only apply for the period of the contracting in, unless extended by the parties. Such terms and conditions, with a copy of any waivers, shall be detailed in a letter of provision and shall have no precedent value as regards to the Collective Agreement or attachments thereof.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Recognition Clauses.
1.01 This Agreement shall apply to and be binding upon all employees of the Employer described in a variation to a Certification issued to the Union on the 6 November, 1985 and which includes those employees “employed in any phase of office, clerical, technical, administrative or related work except those excluded by their inclusion as a member of another certified union or by the Labour Relations Code of British Columbia, and shall continue to apply to those employees covered by the said amended Certification as the same may be amended by the Labour Relations Board from time to time.” Employees subject to this Agreement shall continue to be subject to the Agreement where such employees are required to perform their work functions on behalf of the Employer while outside the province. Where working arrangements require variations to the terms and conditions of the Collective Agreement, the variations will be negotiated between the Parties specific to the circumstances.
1.02 Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, neither the Union nor the Employer in carrying out their obligations under this Agreement shall discriminate in matters of hiring, training, promotion, transfer, lay off, discharge or otherwise because of race, colour, creed, national origin, age, sex, marital status or sexual orientation.
1.03 The Employer will not discriminate against any employee because of membership in the Union. The Employer will permit employees who are officers or representatives of the Union to carry out their duties on the Employer’s time and with no loss in pay in respect to investigating complaints, resolving grievances and distributing Union bulletins. Such employees when carrying out these duties on the Employer’s time will first obtain the approval of their Supervisor and their requests for time will not be unreasonably withheld. The Union will notify the Employer of its officers and representatives in writing on a regular basis.
1.04 Officers or representatives shall be granted leave of absence to carry out their duties insofar as the regular operation of the departments in which they are employed will permit and any application by them for such leave shall be given precedence over any other application for leave on the same day. The Employer will not charge the Union, for salaries of employees excused from work on Union business by arrangement with the Employer’s Human Resources Labour Relations Department, where such time is one (1) day or less, or where it involves joint Union-Management committees or government sponsored conferences; for example, Labour-Management conferences. It is the Union’s intent to provide the Employer with as much advance notice as possible of requests to grant leave of absence to Executive Board Officers and Councillors of the Union to attend to union business in accordance with this Section of the Agreement. In any event, the Union will endeavor to give a minimum of one week’s notice of such requests. Further the Union agrees its Board members will notify their Supervisor, orally, as far in advance as possible, of scheduled Executive Board meetings.
(a) Employees who are acting as full-time officers or representatives of the Union (but excluding Union clerical staff) will be placed on leave of absence, with the time involved considered as service with the Employer. On conclusion of such leave of absence employees will return to the position they previously held with the Employer.
(b) Leave of absence in accordance with the foregoing, will also be granted for a period of two (2) years, for members appointed or elected to positions with the Canadian Office & Professional Employees’ National International Union.
(c) For those filling elected positions in the Canadian Office & Professional Employees’ National International Union, the leave of absence will be reviewed every two (2) years. Leave of absence for appointed representatives beyond this period is covered in this Agreement.
(d) The Employer will cooperate with full-time officers or full-time representatives of the Union in performing their Union responsibilities.
(e) The Employer will provide a union bulletin board in a suitable location in each workplace.
(a) Duties normally performed by employees within the bargaining unit will not be assigned to or be performed by non-bargaining unit employees except to overcome immediate, short-term operational or personnel difficulties when bargaining unit employees capable of performing the work are not available.
(b) The Employer will not contract out work normally performed by bargaining unit employees if such contracting out will result in any termination or downgrading of an existing employee.
(c) When there is a reasonable opportunity to bring in third party contract work, or bring in work which is currently being subcontracted, the parties will meet in an effort to make competitive arrangements. Such arrangements may include a waiver of certain provisions of the Collective Agreement. Such waivers shall not reduce salaries or benefits, unless otherwise agreed. A Joint Union/Management committee will be convened to review staffing requirements and working conditions that will improve the Employers’ competitive position as it relates to opportunities for contracting in services. The Joint committee will consist of three (3) representatives from the Union and three.
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement
Recognition Clauses. 1.01 This Agreement shall apply to and be binding upon all employees of the Employer described in a variation to a Certification issued to the Union on the 6 November4th of January, 1985 2012 and which includes those employees “employed in any phase of office, clerical, technical, administrative or related work except those excluded by their inclusion as a member of another certified union or by the Labour Relations Code of British Columbia, and shall continue to apply to those employees covered by the said amended Certification as the same may be amended by the Labour Relations Board from time to time.” Employees subject to this Agreement shall continue to be subject to the Agreement where such employees are required to perform their work functions on behalf of the Employer while outside the province. Where working arrangements require variations to the terms and conditions of the Collective Agreement, the variations will be negotiated between the Parties specific to the circumstances.
1.02 Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, neither the Union nor the Employer in carrying out their obligations under this Agreement shall discriminate in matters of hiring, training, promotion, transfer, lay off, discharge or otherwise because of raceany grounds prohibited by the BC Human Rights Code, colour, creed, national origin, age, sex, marital status or sexual orientationas amended from time totime.
1.03 The Employer will not discriminate against any employee because of membership in the Union. The Employer will permit employees who are officers or representatives of the Union to carry out their duties on the Employer’s time and with no loss in pay in respect to investigating complaints, resolving grievances and distributing Union bulletins. Such employees when carrying out these duties on the Employer’s time will first obtain the approval of their Supervisor and their requests for time will not be unreasonably withheld. The Union will notify the Employer of its officers and representatives in writing on a regular basisregularbasis.
1.04 Officers or representatives shall be granted leave of absence to carry out their duties insofar as the regular operation of the departments in which they are employed will permit and any application by them for such leave shall be given precedence over any other application for leave on the same day. The Employer will not charge the Union, for salaries of employees excused from work on Union business by arrangement with the Employer’s Human Resources DepartmentDivision, where such time is one (1) day or less, or where it involves joint Union-/Management committees or government sponsored conferences; for example, Labour-/Management conferences. It is the Union’s intent to provide the Employer with as much advance notice as possible of requests to grant leave of absence to Executive Board Officers and Councillors of the Union to attend to union business in accordance with this Section of the Agreement. In any event, the Union will endeavor to give a minimum of one week’s (1) weeks’ notice of such requests. Further the Union agrees its Board members will notify their Supervisor, orally, as far in advance as possible, of scheduled Executive Board meetings.
(a) Employees who are acting as full-time officers or representatives of the Union (but excluding Union clerical staff) will be placed on leave of absence, with the time involved considered as service with the Employer. On conclusion of such leave of absence employees will return to the position they previously held with the EmployertheEmployer.
(b) Leave of absence in accordance with the foregoing, will also be granted for a period of two (2) years, for members appointed or elected to positions with the Canadian Office & Professional Employees’ National Union.
(c) For those filling elected positions in the Canadian Office & Professional Employees’ National Union, the leave of absence will be reviewed every two (2) years. Leave of absence for appointed representatives beyond this period is covered in this Agreement.
(d) The Employer will cooperate with full-time officers or full-time representatives of the Union in performing their Union responsibilities.
(e) The Employer will provide a union bulletin board in a suitable location in each workplace.
(a) Duties normally performed by employees within the bargaining unit will not be assigned to or be performed by non-bargaining unit employees except to overcome immediate, short-term operational or personnel difficulties when bargaining unit employees capable of performing the work are not available.
(b) The Employer will not contract out work normally performed by bargaining unit employees if such contracting out will result in any termination or downgrading of an existing employee.
(c) When there is a reasonable opportunity to bring in third party contract work, or bring in work which is currently being subcontracted, the parties will meet in an effort to make competitive arrangements. Such arrangements may include a waiver of certain provisions of the Collective Agreement. Such waivers shall not reduce salaries or benefits, unless otherwise agreed. A Joint Union/Management committee will be convened to review staffing requirements and working conditions that will improve the Employers’ competitive position as it relates to opportunities for contracting in services. The Joint committee will consist of three (3) representatives from the Union and three
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Sources: Collective Bargaining Agreement