Common use of TIME ADDENDUM Clause in Contracts

TIME ADDENDUM. This addendum is attached to and forms a part of the Agreement between The St. Catharines Standard, a division of Sun Media Corporation and the CEP Southern Ontario Newsmedia Guild, Local 87-M, and covers the part-time employees as defined below. 1. A part-time employee shall be defined as: i) an employee who is regularly scheduled to work twenty-eight (28) hours or less per week; ii) an employee whose hours of work may fluctuate from day to day or week to week and average twenty-eight (28) hours or less per week; iii) interns. It is understood that there is no guarantee of daily or weekly hours for any part- time employee. 2. Part-time employees shall not be used to eliminate full-time employees. 3. Part-time employees shall be covered by all provisions of this agreement except where specifically provided otherwise in the agreement or in this Addendum. 4. The probationary period shall be three months. 5. A part-time employee may work as a full-time employee temporarily to cover a vacation or absence under this agreement without affecting his or her part-time status. Part-time employees will be considered for work within the city of St. Catharines before a free-lancer providing they have the skill and ability to complete the assignment. (i) Starting hourly rates for part-time employees shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article 27 (d) of this agreement. (ii) Interns on placements of one month or more shall be paid no less than the start rate for the appropriate classification. In all other cases, payments if any, for interns shall be determined on an individual basis. 7. A part-time employee shall advance on the salary grid according to actual hours worked. 8. Part-time employees who work more than their scheduled hours shall be paid at the straight time rate for hours worked, and at the overtime rate when the daily hours worked exceed seven and one half (7-1/2) hours or when the total hours worked in the week exceed thirty-seven and a half (37- 1/2) hours. 9. A part-time employee who becomes a full-time employee will have a seniority date established on the basis of full time equivalence, with service credit given for the number of hours worked prior to becoming a full-time employee. 10. Vacation pay shall be paid on the following basis: 1 year 4% 2 years 6% 9 years 8% Vacation pay shall be paid each pay period or vacation pay period at the option of the employee. 11. The following days shall be recognized as paid holidays: New Year’s Day, Family Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Civic Holiday, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Statutory holiday pay shall be calculated in accordance with the criteria as defined in the Employment Standards Act of Ontario. 12. For purposes of calculating severance pay for part-time employees, service will be calculated on the basis of full-time equivalence. 13. Part-time employees who have one year or more of continuous service and who have worked an average of twenty two and one-half (22 ½) hours per week or more in the preceding twelve (12) months shall be entitled to the following benefit coverages, in accordance with the respective plan texts: Medical plan premium 50% Employer paid; 50% employee paid Dental plan premium 50% Employer paid; 50% employee paid Pension plan membership is optional Notwithstanding Article 8(i), the benefit plans and coverage listed above in this point 13 shall be made available to an employee until the employee attains the age of sixty-five (65). It is understood that the preceding sentence shall not override provincial legislation that may be enacted during the term of this agreement. 14. Part-time employees shall be entitled to a paid break of fifteen (15) minutes for every four hours worked. 15. Part-time employees shall be scheduled for shifts of at least four (4) hours. (i) In the event of a layoff, the seniority for a part-time employee shall be converted to full time equivalent seniority by adding together all the straight time hours worked by the part-time employee and dividing by seven and one-half (7.5) to determine the number of normal working shifts, which will determine the regular full-time equivalence of such part-time hours, assuming five (5) normal working shifts per week. Having calculated the full-time equivalence, the employee shall be awarded accordingly, a new seniority date. (e.g., a part-time employee who worked one (1) full shift each week for five (5) years would be awarded the equivalent of one (1) year of regular full-time seniority and his or her seniority date would be amended to reflect this full-time equivalence. (ii) During a layoff, seniority will be frozen. If the employee is recalled to regular employment, seniority will be restored to the frozen level. 17. The following sections of the agreement are excluded for part-time employees: 5,7,9,10,11,12, 15 (a) (e)(i) (f), 16 (f), 19, and 20.

TIME ADDENDUM. This addendum is attached to and forms a part of the Agreement between The St. Catharines Standard, a division of Sun Osprey Media Corporation Publishing Inc., and the CEP Southern Ontario Newsmedia Guild, Local 87-M, and covers the part-time employees as defined below. 1. A part-time employee shall be defined as: i) an employee who is regularly scheduled to work twenty-eight (28) hours or less per week; ii) an employee whose hours of work may fluctuate from day to day or week to week and average twenty-eight (28) hours or less per week; iii) interns. It is understood that there is no guarantee of daily or weekly hours for any part- part-time employee. 2. Part-time employees shall not be used to eliminate full-time employees. 3. Part-time employees shall be covered by all provisions of this agreement except where specifically provided otherwise in the agreement or in this Addendum. 4. The probationary period shall be three months. 5. A part-time employee may work as a full-time employee temporarily to cover a vacation or absence under this agreement without affecting his or her part-time status. Part-time employees will be considered for work within the city of St. Catharines ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ before a free-lancer providing they have the skill and ability to complete the assignment. (i) Starting hourly rates for part-time employees shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article 27 (d) of this agreement. (ii) Interns on placements of one month or more shall be paid no less than the start rate for the appropriate classification. In all other cases, payments if any, for interns shall be determined on an individual basis. 7. A part-time employee shall advance on the salary grid according to actual hours worked. 8. Part-time employees who work more than their scheduled hours shall be paid at the straight time rate for hours worked, and at the overtime rate when the daily hours worked exceed seven and one half (7-1/2) hours or when the total hours worked in the week exceed thirty-seven and a half (37- 37-1/2) hours. 9. A part-time employee who becomes a full-time employee will have a seniority date established on the basis of full time equivalence, with service credit given for the number of hours worked prior to becoming a full-time employee. 10. Vacation pay shall be paid on the following basis: 1 year 4% 2 years 6% 9 years 8% Vacation pay shall be paid each pay period or vacation pay period at the option of the employee. 11. The following days shall be recognized as paid holidays: New Year’s Day, Family Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Civic Holiday, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Statutory holiday pay shall be calculated in accordance with the criteria as defined in the Employment Standards Act of Ontario. 12. For purposes of calculating severance pay for part-time employees, service will be calculated on the basis of full-time equivalence. 13. Part-time employees who have one year or more of continuous service and who have worked an average of twenty two and one-half (22 ½) hours per week or more in the preceding twelve (12) months shall be entitled to the following benefit coverages, in accordance with the respective plan texts: Medical plan premium 50% Employer paid; 50% employee paid Dental plan premium 50% Employer paid; 50% employee paid Pension plan membership is optional Notwithstanding Article 8(i), the benefit plans and coverage listed above in this point 13 shall be made available to an employee until the employee attains the age of sixty-five (65). It is understood that the preceding sentence shall not override provincial legislation that may be enacted during the term of this agreement. 14. Part-time employees shall be entitled to a paid break of fifteen (15) minutes for every four hours worked. 15. Part-time employees shall be scheduled for shifts of at least four (4) hours. (i) In the event of a layoff, the seniority for a part-time employee shall be converted to full time equivalent seniority by adding together all the straight time hours worked by the part-time employee and dividing by seven and one-half (7.5) to determine the number of normal working shifts, which will determine the regular full-time equivalence of such part-time hours, assuming five (5) normal working shifts per week. Having calculated the full-time equivalence, the employee shall be awarded accordingly, a new seniority date. (e.g., a part-time employee who worked one (1) full shift each week for five (5) years would be awarded the equivalent of one (1) year of regular full-time seniority and his or her seniority date would be amended to reflect this full-time equivalence. (ii) During a layoff, seniority will be frozen. If the employee is recalled to regular employment, seniority will be restored to the frozen level. 17. The following sections of the agreement are excluded for part-time employees: 5,7,9,10,11,12, 15 (a) (e)(i) (f), 16 (f), 19, and 20.