Training During Working Hours. The training shall be given during working hours. Hours of study shall not be regarded as working hours.
Training During Working Hours. Employees required by the Company to take training during their normal working hours will be paid their regular rate of pay while in training. In this article, the use of the word "training" is meant to encompass both on-the-job classroom instruction. Training Outside Normal Working Hours Employees required by the Company to take training outside their normal working hours will be cornpensated at their regular rate of pay while in training, except that on any day when the Company requires employees to take training in addition to working their regular assignment, they shall be cornpensated for all such combined time, in excess of eight hours, at punitive rates. Voluntary Training Where training facilities are provided by the Company on a voluntary basis an employee taking advantage of such training will not be compensated. The Company shall have training courses which will be sufficient to allow the employees opportunities to upgrade their knowledge and skills when it is known a permanent position will become vacant or there is a need to qualify additional employees for a given position. Applications for training will be invited and bulletins will be posted as locally arranged for employees covered under this Agreement for a period of not less than calendar days in January of each year and thereafter when necessary. The bulletin will contain all pertinent information, such as type of .course, hours, duration and location of courses. Applicants will be considered in seniority order provided they have the suitability and adaptability to fill the positions. For the purpose of an employee being absent, the provisions of Paragraph will apply, provided that the training course has not yet commenced. Time spent in training will be considered for all intents and purposes as time worked. Employees presently in the service of the Company who have the suitability and adaptability will be considered for training before a person not already in the employ of the Company. When trained for more than days, employees who have successfully completed training for work in a certain classification may be required to remain on a position or cover work in such classification for a maximum period of shifts. When an employee is the successful applicant to a higher-rated position bulletined in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph and is not permitted to immediately assume such position as a result of being required, at any time during the shifts referred to above, to remain o...
Training During Working Hours. An employee required by the Railway to take training during his/her normal working hours will be paid his/her regular rate of pay while in training. Training Outside Normal Working Hours: An employee required by the company to take training outside his/her normal working hours will be compensated at his/her regular rate of pay while in training, except that on any day when the company requires an employee to take training in addition to working his/her regular assignment, he/she shall be compensated for all such combined time, in excess of eight hours, at punitive rates. Training: Where training facilities are provided by the Railway on a voluntary basis, an employee taking advantage of such training will not be compensated. Training New Employees New employees entering the service shall be subject to a minimum training period of three days during which time they will be carried on the payroll in addition to the regular staff. The training will be as to expose the trainee to each shift. Such new employees who will subsequently be working in a relief situation on the same shift as other employees will undergo an additional seven working days of training while actually working a position. The rate of pay for such new employees will be of the regular rate of the position to be worked, for three days or ten days as the case may be, and then Article will apply. For each shift that the new employee is working at the rate, an allowance of will be paid the employee on that shift responsible for giving guidance and instruction to him/her. The company will provide training to employees in accordance with the Canadian Transportation of Goods Act. ARTICLE
Training During Working Hours. Training, re-training shall be given to employees during regular working hours. In the event that training or re-training is given outside regular working hours, employees shall be paid at the applicable overtime rates.
