Date: Monday, March 9, 2015 | Category: Collective Agreement | Author: UniforAdmin
3.1
The term “employee” as used in this Agreement shall mean any person employed in a classification included in the bargaining unit referred to in Article 2 of this Agreement.
3.2
All employees as defined in Article 3.1 above shall be covered by this Agreement from the date of hiring.
3.3
All employees covered by this Agreement shall be considered full time employees of the Company except as hereinafter provided.
3.4 – New Job Classifications
- The Company shall notify the Union in writing at least twenty (20) calendar days prior to the formal introduction of any new job classification. Such notice shall advise the Union of the primary duties and the salary rate of the new job classification.
- Either Party to this Agreement may request that negotiations begin within thirty (30) calendar days of the issuance of the notice outlined in (1) above, to determine if such job classification shall be excluded from the bargaining unit. If agreement is not reached within thirty (30) calendar days of the request outlined above, the issue shall be referred to the Canada Industrial Relations Board for a decision.
- All new job classifications included in the bargaining unit shall be subject to further negotiations for the purpose of determining pay scales and the Company Division in which the new job classification is to be placed.
3.5 – Probationary Period
3.5.1
All new full time employees shall be probationary employees from the date of their hiring in accordance with the following conditions:
- A minimum probation period of sixty (60) days worked shall apply.
- Should the employee’s performance not meet the level of proficiency expected by the end of the first sixty (60) days worked, providing the Company is reasonably satisfied that the employee may improve their proficiency with more guidance, then the probation period may be extended for a further period, but not beyond a maximum of one hundred twenty (120) days worked from the date of hiring.
- In exercising (2) above, the Company shall make such decision no later than ten (10) tours of duty prior to the expiration of the first sixty (60) days worked and shall advise the employee and the Union, in writing, giving reason for such extension.
- The probationary employee shall be entitled to all terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, except that the Company may terminate or dismiss the employee at any time during the initial probation period or any extension thereof and an arbitrator shall have no jurisdiction over such termination or dismissal.
3.5.2
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3.5.1 (1) above, Producer/Directors and all Supervisors employed in bargaining unit positions shall be probationary employees for a period of one hundred twenty (120) days worked from the date of their hiring and further subject to the following:
- Prior to the end of the one hundred twenty (120) days worked and upon notification to the Union, the Company may extend the probationary period up to a total of two hundred forty (240) days worked from the date of hiring.
- In exercising (1) above, the Company shall make such decision no later than ten (10) tours of duty prior to the expiration of the first one hundred twenty (120) days worked and shall advise the employee and the Union, in writing, giving reason for such extension.
- All terms and conditions of this Agreement shall apply to the probationary employee covered by Article 3.5.2, except that the Company may release the employee at any time during the initial probation period or any extension thereof and an arbitrator shall have no jurisdiction over such termination or dismissal.
