Common use of Stand By Coverage Clause in Contracts

Stand By Coverage. In order to provide for daily and/or weekend maintenance coverage, the Company will provide a cell phone program which will provide coverage for the Company in the event of a plant or equipment breakdown that needs immediate attention to provide work or process continuity. The following will apply (to be in effect 1 month following date of ratification): 1. The Company will pay $ 50.00 per day to the individual employee or employees to be available to respond to a call(s) within 30 minutes and be available to return to the plant within one (1) hour of returning the call unless otherwise agreed upon with the supervisor after discussing the breakdown. 2. The Company shall schedule one employee to carry a cell phone per week/weekend Monday from 6 am thru to Monday 5:59 am. a. Each Millwright/Electrician will have the cell phone on a rotating basis, evenly distributed including the weekend. No millwright or electrician will have to drive to the plant in order to drop off or pick up a cell phone. The Company will be responsible for ensuring that the cell phones are given to the appropriate employee at the start of their week. b. The Stand by coverage annual schedule will be finalized by April 15th, of each year for June 1st of that year to May 31st of the following year. This will allow the opportunity for vacation selection to take place prior to the stand by coverage schedule being finalized. If an employee chooses not to finalize their vacation by March 31st and they choose to take vacation time during a week they are on stand by, the onus will be on the employee to make alternate arrangements with a fellow co- worker and provide that information to the supervisor for approval. In making these alternate arrangements, the Employee on stand-by will either return the cell phone to the Company or the co-worker. c. Each Electrician will have the cell phone on a rotating basis, evenly distributed including the weekend. If an electrician takes vacation, a 3rd party Electrician will be called to cover for that week or weekend, unless a MEC Electrician volunteers to take the stand by for the weekdays (Monday – Friday) or the weekend Saturday- Sunday) or both. A 3rd party electrician will cover for every 3rd week to ensure that the Electricians are only on stand by every 3rd week. 3. The contractual call-in provision for payment would apply as per article 5.05 of the Collective Agreement. Such payment is in addition to the $50.00 per day pay to carry the cell phone. 4. Weekly and/or daily responsibilities may be traded within the maintenance department, however, prior approval must be given by your Supervisor. 5. The Employee assigned to the cell phone must respond to the plant, regardless of the overtime language in Article 5.06 (A). Employees who are on-call and become ill and not able to take call-ins as a result, must contact the Company as soon as possible. 6. An employee who is on stand by and fails to respond to a call-in could be subject to disciplinary action. Said discipline will be on a rolling calendar year and violations will drop off after one year. If an employee assigned to carry the cell phone fails to respond without an authorized reason under Article 9 (Time off from Work), he will forfeit his compensation for the day/days of failure to respond. 7. Employees will exercise reasonable care to protect equipment from theft and unreasonable wear and tear. But at no time will an employee be responsible for the cost or maintenance, repair or replacement of the cell phone(s). 8. This stand by coverage policy will be in effect with a rotation of four (4) millwrights and two (2) electricians actively employed by the plant. If one or more of the employees are off on a sick leave or an alternate type of Leave of Absence (excluding vacation), the Company will fill all or part of that employees rotation with a 3rd party contractor unless a MEC millwright volunteered to do the stand-by coverage. 9. The stand by schedule for the millwrights will be scheduled in a way so that the millwright who is scheduled to work Monday – Friday evening shift will be the millwright on stand by for that week. All other millwrights will be normally scheduled Monday – Friday days, when they are not on stand by. 10. An employee who is called at home to troubleshoot a maintenance issue/problem at the workplace by management shall receive a minimum of one (1) hours' pay at the applicable overtime rate or the length of time taken to complete that call, whichever is greater. At no time will any employee at the plant call the stand by employee. 11. If an employee on the Stand by coverage rotation encounters a change or significant life event in their personal life, the parties will meet to discuss accommodations, etc. 12. All call-ins will be for emergency purposes only. Once a maintenance employee is called in for a specific purpose, they will only be required to fix that issue. The maintenance employee will not be required to fix other “non-emergency” issues, unless an employee chooses to stay and complete their shift under article 5.05. 13. Should an employee be receiving a large number of call- ins during the week they are on stand by and they do not receive the proper amount of rest, become physically or mentally unable to continue working or they feel it is unsafe to drive into work, they will call the maintenance supervisor to make alternate arrangements.

Stand By Coverage. In order to provide for daily and/or weekend maintenance coverage, the Company will provide a cell phone program which will provide coverage for the Company in the event of a plant or equipment breakdown that needs immediate attention to provide work or process continuity. The following will apply (to be in effect 1 month following date of ratification):. 1. The Company will pay $ 50.00 sixty ($60.00) dollars per day to the individual employee or employees to be available to respond to a call(s) within 30 minutes and be available to return to the plant within one (1) hour of returning the call unless otherwise agreed upon with the supervisor after discussing the breakdown. 2. The Company shall schedule one employee to carry a cell phone per week/weekend Monday from 6 am thru to Monday 5:59 am. a. Each Millwright/Electrician will have the cell phone on a rotating basis, evenly distributed including the weekend. No millwright or electrician will have to drive to the plant in order to drop off or pick up a cell phone. The Company will be responsible for ensuring that the cell phones are given to the appropriate employee at the start of their week. b. The Stand by coverage annual schedule will be finalized by April 15th, of each year for June 1st of that year to May 31st of the following year. This will allow the opportunity for vacation selection to take place prior to the stand by coverage schedule being finalized. If an employee chooses not to finalize their vacation by March 31st and they choose to take vacation time during a week they are on stand by, the onus will be on the employee to make alternate arrangements with a fellow co- co-worker and provide that information to the supervisor for approval. In making these alternate arrangements, the Employee on stand-stand- by will either return the cell phone to the Company or the co-worker. c. Each Electrician will have the cell phone on a rotating basis, evenly distributed including the weekend. If an electrician takes vacation, a 3rd party Electrician will be called to cover for that week or weekend, unless a MEC Electrician volunteers to take the stand by for the weekdays (Monday – Friday) or the weekend Saturday- Saturday-Sunday) or both. A 3rd party electrician will cover for every 3rd week to ensure that the Electricians are only on stand by every 3rd week. 3. The contractual call-in provision for payment would apply as per article 5.05 of the Collective Agreement. Such payment is in addition to the sixty ($50.00 60.00) dollars per day pay to carry the cell phone. 4. Weekly and/or daily responsibilities may be traded within the maintenance department, however, prior approval must be given by your Supervisor. 5. The Employee assigned to the cell phone must respond to the plant, regardless of the overtime language in Article 5.06 (A). Employees who are on-call and become ill and not able to take call-ins as a result, must contact the Company as soon as possible. 6. An employee who is on stand by and fails to respond to a call-in could be subject to disciplinary action. Said discipline will be on a rolling calendar year and violations will drop off after one year. If an employee assigned to carry the cell phone fails to respond without an authorized reason under Article 9 (Time off from Work), he will forfeit his compensation for the day/days of failure to respond. 7. Employees will exercise reasonable care to protect equipment from theft and unreasonable wear and tear. But at no time will an employee be responsible for the cost or maintenance, repair or replacement of the cell phone(s). 8. This stand by coverage policy will be in effect with a rotation of four three (43) millwrights and two one (21) electricians electrician actively employed by the plant. If one or more of the employees are off on a sick leave or an alternate type of Leave of Absence (excluding vacation), the Company will fill all or part of that employees rotation with a 3rd party contractor unless a MEC millwright volunteered to do the stand-by coverage. 9. The stand by schedule for the millwrights will be scheduled in a way so that the millwright who is scheduled to work Monday – Friday evening shift will be the millwright on stand by for that week. All other millwrights will be normally scheduled Monday – Friday days, when they are not on stand by. 10. At no point will a Maintenance Employee as defined in Article 5.08 8) be required to be on Stand-By for more than one (1) week every four weeks, unless by mutual agreement with the Company and the Employee. An Employee will not be required to be on Stand-By on consecutive weeks during an eight (8) week period. 11. An employee who is called at home to troubleshoot a maintenance issue/problem at the workplace by management shall receive a minimum of one (1) hours' pay at the applicable overtime rate or the length of time taken to complete that call, whichever is greater. At no time will any employee at the plant call the stand by employee. 1112. If an employee on the Stand by coverage rotation encounters a change or significant life event in their personal life, the parties will meet to discuss accommodations, etc. 1213. All call-ins will be for emergency purposes only. Once a maintenance employee is called in for a specific purpose, they will only be required to fix that issue. The maintenance employee will not be required to fix other “non-emergency” issues, unless an employee chooses to stay and complete their shift under article 5.05. 1314. Should an employee be receiving a large number of call- call-ins during the week they are on stand by and they do not receive the proper amount of rest, become physically or mentally unable to continue working or they feel it is unsafe to drive into work, they will call the maintenance supervisor to make alternate arrangements.