Common use of SPAREBOARD Clause in Contracts

SPAREBOARD. Spareboard – a pool of qualified Operators who ensure and maintain safe and reliable customer service to cover short term/long term absences and meet unexpected service requirements. The Employer will endeavour to maintain a number of Operators equal to not less than twelve percent (12%) of the number of Operators that will be required to sign on the properties for the new sheet, except where agreed by the Employer, the Sheet Chair and the local Union Executive Board, that a lower number is sufficient. The method of determining the minimum number of Spareboard positions will be based on twelve percent (12%) of the following, as required by the new sheet being signed: 1) Indexes 2) Day off blocks 3) Averaged Annual Vacation blocks

SPAREBOARD. Spareboard – a pool of qualified Operators who ensure and maintain safe and reliable customer service to cover short term/long term absences and meet unexpected service requirements. The Employer will endeavour to maintain a number of Operators equal to not less than twelve percent (12%) of the number of Operators that will be required to sign on the properties for the new sheet, except where agreed by the Employer, the Sheet Chair and the local Union Executive Board, that a lower number is sufficient. The method of determining the minimum number of Spareboard positions will be based on twelve percent (12%) of the following, as required by the new sheet being signed: 1) Indexes 2) Day off blocks 3) Averaged Annual Vacation blocks