Spareboards. 21.01 Spareboards will be utilized to perform all relief and extra work of eight hours duration or more. Note: see Appendix K 21.02 Employees who bid the spareboard assignment must be qualified to perform the work of all the classifications protected by that spareboard. 21.03 Spareboard employees will be paid for all time worked at the rate of the classification in which the work is performed. 21.04 Unless otherwise specified in this spareboard agreement, spareboard employees are subject to the provisions of the collective agreement. 21.05 Spareboard assignments will be provided two consecutive assigned rest days as locally arranged. 21.06 The work week for spareboard positions will start at 00:01 the first day following the established rest days. 21.07 Spareboard employees will be entitled to overtime only upon accumulating forty (40) hours at straight time rates during their spareboard work week. 21.08 While assigned to the spareboard, employees will be guaranteed wages of forty (40) hours for each spareboard work week. 21.09 In cases where the employee is assigned to the spareboard for only a portion of the guarantee period, the guarantee will be prorated based on the number of days so assigned. 21.10 The spareboard guarantee will be reduced by eight (8) hours for each calendar day or portion thereof that an employee is not available for duty (booked off). Book offs are subject to the approval of management. 21.11 The spareboard guarantee will be reduced by the equivalent number of hours worked on the assignment for which a Spareboard employee missed call. 21.12 Spareboard employees will be called on a first in, first out basis. 21.13 Employees will be called by telephone at their regular telephone number a minimum of two (2) hours prior to the time required to report for duty. 21.14 Calls of less than two (2) hours may be made in cases of emergency or unforeseen circumstances where a two-hour call is not possible. However, in such circumstances, should an employee not be able to respond to a call of less than two (2) hours notice, the employee will not have their spareboard guarantee reduced for not responding to call in less than two (2) hours. 21.15 A qualified employee standing first out on the spareboard and available at straight time rates who is not called in the proper turn will be entitled to two (2) hours pay at the applicable rate of pay and will remain first out on the spareboard. Such pay will not be used to offset (shorten) the employee’s spareboard guarantee. 21.16 Employees who are unavailable when called will have their name immediately dropped to the bottom of the board. 21.17 Employees added to the spareboard, returning from vacation, leave of absence for illness or other reasons will have their names placed on the bottom of the board at such time as they give notification of their availability. 21.18 When it becomes necessary to reduce the number of employees on the spare board, such reduction will be done in reverse order of seniority (junior employee(s) first). 21.19 Notwithstanding the provisions set out in Articles 21.01 through 21.18, the terms in establishing spareboards may be altered as locally arranged to meet specific requirements that may be anticipated at a certain time. In cases where such alterations cannot be agreed upon, spareboard conditions will fall back on the collective agreement provisions of Article 21 et al.
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Spareboards.
21.01 Spareboards will be utilized to perform all relief and extra work of eight hours duration or more. Note: see Appendix K.
21.02 Employees who bid the spareboard assignment must be qualified to perform the work of all the classifications protected by that spareboard.
21.03 Spareboard employees will be paid for all time worked at the rate of the classification in which the work is performed.
21.04 Unless otherwise specified in this spareboard agreement, spareboard employees are subject to the provisions of the collective agreement.
21.05 Spareboard assignments will be provided two consecutive assigned rest days as locally arranged.
21.06 The work week for spareboard positions will start at 00:01 the first day following the established rest days.
21.07 Spareboard employees will be entitled to overtime only upon accumulating forty (40) hours at straight time rates during their spareboard work week.
21.08 While assigned to the spareboard, employees will be guaranteed wages of forty (40) hours for each spareboard work week.
21.09 In cases where the employee is assigned to the spareboard for only a portion of the guarantee period, the guarantee will be prorated based on the number of days so assigned.
21.10 The spareboard guarantee will be reduced by eight (8) hours for each calendar day or portion thereof that an employee is not available for duty (booked off). Book offs are subject to the approval of management.
21.11 The spareboard guarantee will be reduced by the equivalent number of hours worked on the assignment for which a Spareboard employee missed call.
21.12 Spareboard employees will be called on a first in, first out basis.
21.13 Employees will be called by telephone at their regular telephone number a minimum of two (2) hours prior to the time required to report for duty.
21.14 Calls of less than two (2) hours may be made in cases of emergency or unforeseen circumstances where a two-hour call is not possible. However, in such circumstances, should an employee not be able to respond to a call of less than two (2) hours notice, the employee will not have their spareboard guarantee reduced for not responding to call in less than two (2) hours.
21.15 A qualified employee standing first out on the spareboard and available at straight time rates who is not called in the proper turn will be entitled to two (2) hours pay at the applicable rate of pay and will remain first out on the spareboard. Such pay will not be used to offset (shorten) the employee’s spareboard guarantee.
21.16 Employees who are unavailable when called will have their name immediately dropped to the bottom of the board.
21.17 Employees added to the spareboard, returning from vacation, leave of absence for illness or other reasons will have their names placed on the bottom of the board at such time as they give notification of their availability.
21.18 When it becomes necessary to reduce the number of employees on the spare board, such reduction will be done in reverse order of seniority (junior employee(s) first).
21.19 Notwithstanding the provisions set out in Articles 21.01 through 21.18, the terms in establishing spareboards may be altered as locally arranged to meet specific requirements that may be anticipated at a certain time. In cases where such alterations cannot be agreed upon, spareboard conditions will fall back on the collective agreement provisions of Article 21 et al.two
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