UNION REPRESENTATIVES’ HOURS Clause Samples

UNION REPRESENTATIVES’ HOURS. (a) Plant Chair The Plant Chair shall not be laid off or have any reduction or freezing in hours, pay, seniority or any other benefit during their term of office. The employee holding the elected Plant Chair position will be authorized to leave work to perform Union duties related to the administration of the collective agreement at the rate of pay applicable to a Crew Lead 1 position but, if their normal rate is higher than Crew Lead 1, at no less than their regular rate of pay they were earning upon taking the position and without loss of pay or any other benefit including normally scheduled progressions or opportunities, in accordance with the following table: Number of Active Employees per week Minimum Number of Plant Chair Hours The Plant Chair shall attend to Union business as required and as necessary for the administration of the collective agreement and shall be given free access to the premises and the Union office for these purposes. The Plant Chair shall be permitted to attend all meetings related to bargaining unit members if requested. The Plant Chair shall be eligible to sign-up for voluntary overtime (at the rate applicable to their classification prior to serving as the Plant Chair) in line with the applicable provisions of the agreement and their normal seniority. For the purposes of the application of this Article ONLY, Active Employees shall be defined as follows: i. Any Employee who is scheduled to work ii. Any Employee who is on Short Term Disability; iii. Any Employee who is on Long Term Disability (own occupation definition); iv. Any Employee who is on a Worksafe Claim (including claims under appeal); v. Any Employee who has been laid off for a period of up to six (6) consecutive months Where the number of Active Employees drops below the requisite number as defined and set out above, the Plant Chair shall return to their previous classification and level, and they shall perform the role that they carried out prior to assuming the role as the Plant Chair where practicable.