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Appendix M

Hours of Work for Employees in the Primary Products Inspection (PI) Group

25.01 An employee's scheduled hours of work shall not be construed as guaranteeing the employee minimum or maximum hours of work.

25.02 The Employer agrees that, before a schedule of working hours is changed, the changes will be discussed with the appropriate steward of the Alliance if the change will affect a majority of the employees governed by the schedule.

25.03 Provided sufficient advance notice is given and with the approval of the Employer, employees may exchange shifts if there is no increase in cost to the Employer.

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25.04 Except as provided for in clause 25.05, the normal workweek shall be thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours exclusive of lunch periods, comprising five (5) days of seven decimal five (7.5) hours each, Monday to Friday. The workday shall be scheduled to fall within an eight (8) hour period where the lunch period is one-half (1/2) hour or within an eight decimal five (8.5) hour period where the lunch period is more than one half (1/2) hour and not more than one (1) hour. Such work periods shall be scheduled between the hours of 0600 and 1800 unless otherwise agreed in consultation with the Alliance and the Employer at the appropriate level.

25.05 For employees who work on a rotating or irregular basis:

1. normal hours of work shall be scheduled so that employees work:
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   1. an average of thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours per week and an average of five (5) days per week;
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   3. either seven decimal five (7.5) hours per day;
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   2. an average of seven decimal five (7.5) hours per day where so agreed between the Employer and the majority of the employees affected;
   3. subject to the operational requirements of the service, an employee's days of rest shall be consecutive and not less than two (2).
2. Every reasonable effort shall be made by the Employer:
   1. not to schedule the commencement of a shift within twelve (12) hours of the completion of the employee's previous shift;
   2. to avoid excessive fluctuations in hours of work;
   3. to consider the wishes of the majority of employees concerned in the arrangement of shifts within a shift schedule;
   4. to arrange shifts over a period of time not exceeding two (2) months and to post schedules at least seven (7) days in advance of the starting date of the new schedule.

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25.06 Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article, upon request of an employee and the concurrence of the Employer, an employee may complete his or her weekly hours of employment in a period other than five (5) full days provided that over a period of twenty-eight (28) calendar days the employee works an average of thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours per week. As part of the provisions of this clause, attendance reporting shall be mutually agreed between the employee and the Employer. In every twenty-eight-day (28) period such an employee shall be granted days of rest on such days as are not scheduled as a normal workday for the employee.

25.07 The Employer shall make every reasonable effort to schedule a meal break of at least one-half (1/2) hour during each full shift which shall not constitute part of the work period. Such meal break shall be scheduled as close as possible to the mid-point of the shift, unless an alternate arrangement is agreed to at the appropriate level between the Employer and the employee. If an employee is not given a meal break scheduled in advance, all time from the commencement to the termination of the employee's full shift shall be deemed time worked.

25.08 When an employee's scheduled shift does not commence and end on the same day, such shift shall be considered for all purposes to have been entirely worked:

1. on the day it commenced where one-half or more of the hours worked fall on that day;
   or
2. on the day it terminates where more than one-half of the hours worked fall on that day.

Accordingly, the first (1st) day of rest will be considered to start immediately after midnight of the calendar day on which the employee worked or is considered to have worked his or her last scheduled shift; and the second (2nd) day of rest will start immediately after midnight of the employee's first (1st) day of rest, or immediately after midnight of an intervening designated paid holiday if days of rest are separated thereby.

25.09 Two (2) rest periods of fifteen (15) minutes each shall be scheduled during each normal working day.

25.10 If an employee is given less than seven (7) days' advance notice of a change in that employee's shift schedule, the employee will receive a premium rate of time and one-half (1 1/2) for work performed on the first (1st) shift changed. Subsequent shifts worked on the new schedule shall be paid for at straight time.

Terms and Conditions Governing the Administration of Variable Hours of Work

25.11 The terms and conditions governing the administration of variable hours of work implemented pursuant to paragraph 25.05(a) and clause 25.06 are specified in clauses 25.11 to 25.14. This Agreement is modified by these provisions to the extent specified herein.

25.12 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the implementation of any variation in hours shall not result in any additional overtime work or additional payment by reason only of such variation, nor shall it be deemed to prohibit the right of the Employer to schedule any hours of work permitted by the terms of this Agreement.

25.13

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1. The scheduled hours of work of any day, may exceed or be less than seven decimal five (7.5) hours; starting and finishing times, meal breaks and rest periods shall be determined according to operational requirements as determined by the Employer and the daily hours of work shall be consecutive.

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2. Such schedules shall provide an average of thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours of work per week over the life of the schedule. The maximum life of a schedule for day shift workers shall be twenty-eight (28) days. The maximum life of a shift schedule for shift workers shall be one hundred and twenty-six (126) days.
3. Whenever an employee changes his or her variable hours or no longer works variable hours, all appropriate adjustments will be made.

25.14 For greater certainty, the following provisions of this Agreement shall be administered as provided herein:

1. Interpretation and Definitions (clause 2.01)
   • "Daily rate of pay" - shall not apply.
2. Minimum Number of Hours Between Shifts
   • Subparagraph 25.05(b)(i), relating to the minimum period between the end of the employee's shift and the beginning of the next shift, shall not apply.
3. Exchange of Shifts (clause 25.03)
   • On exchange of shifts between employees, the Employer shall pay as if no exchange had occurred.
4. Designated Paid Holidays (clause 32.05)
   1. A designated paid holiday shall account for seven decimal five (7.5) hours.
   2. When an employee works on a designated paid holiday, the employee shall be compensated, in addition to the pay for the hours specified in subparagraph (i), at time and one-half (1 1/2) up to his or her regular scheduled hours worked and at double (2) time for all hours worked in excess of his or her regular scheduled hours.
5. Travel
   • Overtime compensation referred to in clause 34.04 shall only be applicable on a workday for hours in excess of the employee's daily scheduled hours of work.
6. Acting Pay
   • The qualifying period for acting pay as specified in paragraph 64.07(a) shall be converted to hours.
7. Shift Premium
   • Shift work employees on variable hour shift schedules pursuant to Appendix D of this agreement will receive a shift premium in accordance with clause 27.01.
8. Overtime
   • Overtime shall be compensated for all work performed on regular working days or on days of rest at time and three-quarters (1 3/4).

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**Appendix N

Memorandum of Agreement Respecting Sessional Leave for Certain Employees of the Translation Bureau

This Memorandum is to give effect to the agreement reached between the Employer and the PSAC respecting sessional leave for certain employees of the Translation Bureau.

This Memorandum of Agreement shall apply to employees classified as GT who are assigned in the operational sections serving Parliament (Parliamentary Committees, Parliamentary Debates, Parliamentary Documents and Parliamentary Interpretation Services) and who share the same working conditions as members of the Translation bargaining unit who are eligible for Parliamentary Leave.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement, the following is agreed:

1. Sessional Leave
   1. In addition to their vacation leave with pay, employees assigned to operational translation and interpretation sections serving Parliament shall receive special compensation in the form of sessional leave.
   2. The maximum number of days of sessional leave is forty (40) per fiscal year.
   3. An employee is entitled to a number of days of sessional leave equal to the maximum number of days multiplied by a fraction in which the numerator corresponds to the number of the employee's sessional workdays during the fiscal year and the denominator corresponds to the number of days that the House of Commons was in session during that fiscal year.
   4. The granting of sessional leave is subject to operational requirements and such leave must normally be taken during periods of low demand in the fiscal year for which it is granted. If operational requirements do not permit the Employer to grant sessional leave during the fiscal year, such leave must be granted before the end of the following fiscal year.
   5. If an employee is granted sessional leave in advance and, at the end of the fiscal year, has been granted more leave of this type than earned, the maximum number of days referred to in paragraph (b) shall be reduced accordingly.
2.  Exclusions
   • The provisions of Part III of this Agreement, except for clauses 32.01 to 32.03 and 32.08, do not apply to employees who receive sessional leave in accordance with this Memorandum.

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Appendix O

Memorandum of Agreement Between the Treasury Board (Hereinafter Called the Employer) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (Hereinafter Called the Alliance) in Respect of an Off Pay Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan Applicable to Employees in the Primary Product Inspection (PI) Group at the Canadian Grain Commission

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1. Supplemental Unemployment Benefit (SUB) Plan benefits shall be payable to full-time indeterminate employees in the amount and subject to the conditions set out in this Plan. The employee must be on off-pay status as a result of a temporary stoppage of work and must have a recall date. Seasonal employees as defined in the Employer's Directive on Terms and Conditions of Employment are not eligible for SUB Plan benefits.
2. In order to be eligible for SUB Plan benefits an employee must have completed a minimum of two (2) years of continuous employment with the Employer at the time they are placed on off-pay status.
3. SUB Plan benefits will be payable only to those employees on off-pay status who provides the Employer with proof that he or she has applied for and is in receipt of Employment Insurance (EI) benefits pursuant to section 12(2) of the Employment Insurance Act in respect of insurable employment with the Employer.
4. An employee shall not be entitled to SUB Plan benefits during any period the employee is in receipt of benefits from a claim for Workers Compensation and/or Disability Insurance/Canada Pension Plan/Quebec Pension Plan.
5. An employee on off-pay status who is eligible for benefits under this SUB plan shall receive seventy per cent (70 %) of their regular weekly rate of pay per week of off-pay status, or one-fifth (1/5) of the said seventy per cent (70 %) of their regular weekly rate of pay for each day, less the gross weekly amount received from EI during the benefit period and subject to the following maximums:
   
   

   After two (2) years of continuous employment	15 weeks
   After six (6) years of continuous employment	17 weeks
   After seven (7) years of continuous employment	19 weeks
   After eight (8) years of continuous employment	21 weeks
   After nine (9) years of continuous employment	23 weeks
   After ten (10) years of continuous employment	25 weeks
   After eleven (11) years of continuous employment	27 weeks
   After twelve (12) years of continuous employment	29 weeks
   After thirteen (13) years of continuous employment	31 weeks
   After fourteen (14) years of continuous employment	33 weeks
   After fifteen (15) years or more of continuous employment	35 weeks

   
   No employee shall be paid SUB Plan benefits for more than thirty-five (35) weeks in a calendar year.
6. Where the employee is subject to the two (2) week waiting period before receiving EI benefits, the employee on off-pay status who is eligible for benefits under the SUB Plan shall receive thirty-five per cent (35 %) of their regular weekly rate of pay.
7. The SUB Plan benefits are limited to those provided in paragraph (5) and an employee will not be reimbursed for any amount that he or she is required to repay pursuant to the Employment Insurance Act.
8. At the employee's request, the payment referred to in paragraph (6) will be estimated and advanced to the employee. Adjustments will be made once the employee provides proof of receipt of EI benefits.
9. The weekly rate of pay referred to in paragraphs (5) and (6) shall be:
   1. the employee's weekly rate of pay for the substantive level to which she or he is appointed, on the day immediately preceding the commencement of off-pay status;
      or
   2. if on the day immediately preceding the commencement of off-pay status an employee has been performing an acting assignment for at least four (4) months, the weekly rate shall be the rate the employee was being paid on that day.
10. Where an employee becomes eligible for a pay increment or pay revision while on off-pay status, the benefits provided by the SUB Plan shall be adjusted accordingly.
11. An employee covered by this Memorandum is not subject to the WFA (Appendix T), sections dealing with notice of layoff and reasonable job offer or the Severance Pay Article of the Collective Agreement.
12. Payments made under this SUB Plan will neither reduce nor increase an employee's severance pay or be treated as additional income for pension purposes.
13. The Employer shall notify employees on off pay status of any job postings for positions within the Canadian Grain Commission.

This does not prejudice the union's ability to challenge off pay status or the Employer's ability to impose off pay status.

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Appendix P

Memorandum of Understanding Between the Treasury Board (Hereinafter Called the Employer) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (Hereinafter Called the Alliance) in Respect of Employees in the Technical Inspection (TI) Group

Preamble

In an effort to resolve retention problems, the Employer will provide an allowance to incumbents of specific positions for the performance of duties in the Technical Inspection Group.

Employees in Transport Canada, Transport Safety Board, Public Works and Government Services Canada, and Fisheries and Oceans, Canadian Coast Guard who are incumbents at the TI-5 through TI-8 levels in the following positions and who possess the listed qualifications shall be entitled to Terminable Allowances as listed below.

• marine inspectors, surveyors, investigators and DFO-CCG Vessel Support Group employees who have knowledge of and extensive experience in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of vessels as demonstrated by possession of the appropriate marine certificate of competency or university degree/diploma, combined with extensive experience in the field.
• air investigators, civil aviation safety inspectors and aircraft inspectors who have extensive aircraft maintenance engineering experience and who possess a valid Aircraft Maintenance Engineer licence.
• civil aviation safety inspectors holding a university degree, college certificate or a current membership in the American Society for Quality Control, with six (6) to ten (10) years of manufacturing process experience. Non-destructive specialist having ten (10) years in the field of non-destructive testing, preferably with an aircraft background and a C.G.S.B certification covering Radiography (Aircraft Structures), Magnetic Particle, Liquid Penetrant and Eddy Current inspection are also employed.
• rail investigators and inspectors with qualifications in at least one of the following disciplines: locomotive engineer, conductor, brake person, track specialist, rail traffic controller/dispatcher, equipment/car/locomotive inspector, mechanical officer, signal maintainer and operations officer, and with extensive operational experience in the railway industry or CANAC/FRA certification.

1. On the date of signing of this Memorandum of Understanding, the parties agree that incumbents of above listed positions shall be eligible to receive a "terminable allowance" in the following amounts and subject to the following conditions:
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   1. An Allowance to be paid in accordance with the following grids:
      
      

      Terminable Allowance - Aviation

      Level	Monthly Payments in Respect of June 2007 to June 2011
      TI-5	$246.92
      TI-6	$549.17
      TI-7	$759.83
      TI-8	$759.83

      Terminable Allowance - Marine

      Level	Monthly Payments in Respect of June 2007 to June 2011
      TI-5	$486.92
      TI-6	$916.67
      TI-7	$609.83
      TI-8	$609.83

      Terminable Allowance - Railway Safety

      Level	Monthly Payments in Respect of June 2007 to June 2011
      TI-6	$469.16
      TI-7	$469.16
      TI-8	$469.16

      
      
   2. The terminable allowance specified above does not form part of an employee's salary.
   3. An employee in the positions outlined above shall be paid the terminable allowance for each calendar month for which the employee receives at least seventy-five (75) hours' pay.
   4. The terminable allowance shall not be paid to or in respect of a person who ceased to be a member of the bargaining unit prior to the date of signing of this Collective Agreement.
   5. Subject to 1(vi) below, the amount of the terminable allowance payable is that amount specified in 1(i) for the level prescribed in the certificate of appointment of the employee's substantive position.
   6. When an employee is required by the Employer to perform the duties of a higher classification level in accordance with clause 65.07, the terminable allowance payable shall be proportionate to the time at each level.
   7. Part-time employees shall be entitled to the terminable allowance on a pro-rata basis.
2. The parties agree that disputes arising from the application of this Memorandum of Understanding may be subject to consultation.

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3. This Memorandum of Understanding expires on June 21, 2011.

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Appendix Q

Memorandum of Agreement Concerning Employees in the General Technical, Technical Inspection and Engineering and Scientific Support Groups, Employed By the Department of National Defence (Defence Research Establishments)

For the term of this Collective Agreement after the date of its signing, employees in the General Technical, Technical Inspection and Engineering and Scientific Support Groups, employed by the Department of National Defence in positions at Defence Research Establishments engaged in trials, tests and experiments conducted outside their headquarters area will be remunerated in accordance with the former employer's (Defence Research Board) remuneration policy, as delineated in Personnel Letter No. 1-1974, dated January 4, 1974, DRB Administrative Order No. 304 and Appendix A thereto.

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Appendix R

Special Conditions Applicable to Certain Aircraft Maintenance Engineers

The following special conditions shall apply only to aircraft maintenance engineers of the Aircraft Services Directorate, Transport Canada:

1. When Aircraft Services Directorate helicopter aircraft maintenance engineers are performing their duties while assigned to shipboard or special assignment,
   1. 1. The following provisions of the Collective Agreement shall not apply:
         • Articles 25 and 28 – Hours of Work and Overtime
         • Article 27 – Shift Premiums
         • Article 29 – Call-Back Pay
         • Article 30 – Standby
         • Article 31 – Reporting Pay
         • Clause 32.05 – Compensation for work on a holiday
         • Article 34 – Travelling Time
         • Article 61 – Wash-up Time
         • Appendix K-4 – Transfer at Sea Allowance
      2. Notwithstanding the above, Travel Status Leave, Clause 34.09 of this Agreement, shall apply to employees covered under the Special Assignment Allowance in clause (c) below.
   2. They shall receive a weekly shipboard or special assignment allowance of thirty (30) hours compensation at the rate of time and one-half (1 1/2) for each period of seven (7) days in which he or she is required to undertake shipboard or special assignment duties. Periods of less than seven (7) days will be prorated.
   3. The special assignment allowance applies to helicopter operations north of fifty-five (55^o) degrees latitude north.
   4. The shipboard or special assignment allowance shall not apply to employees receiving isolated post allowance or any other special allowance for hardship and isolation.
   5. Subject to operational requirements, as determined by the Employer, compensation earned under sub-clause 1(b) may, at the request of the Employer or the employee, and with reasonable notice, be granted in leave at times mutually convenient.
   6. If any such leave cannot be liquidated by the end of the fiscal year, then payment in cash will be made at the employee's then current rate of pay.
   7. When an aircraft maintenance engineer on shipboard or special assignment works on a designated paid holiday, he or she shall be credited with one (1) day of leave with pay in lieu of the holiday.
2. 1. Aircraft maintenance engineers who are required to perform flight duties other than test flights shall be paid an allowance of one-hundred dollars ($100) per month, provided such employees complete not less than fifteen (15) hours' flying time in the performance of such duties each calendar quarter.
   2. Aircraft maintenance engineers shall be paid a flying time premium of fifteen ($15) per hour or part thereof, while performing flight tests authorized by the appropriate responsible manager or the team leader in Ottawa, or by the Regional Manager Aircraft Maintenance, the team leader or the senior aircraft maintenance engineer in the regions.
3. Aircraft maintenance engineers in the EG Group whose normal workplace is Transport Canada, Aircraft Services Directorate, Ottawa, or any of the Canadian Coast Guard helicopter bases, who are assigned to work as crewmen on the Executive Flight, or on Canadian Coast Guard helicopters and who are not in receipt of the Shipboard or special assignment allowance under 1(b) above, will be compensated for a minimum of eight (8) hours at their straight-time rate of pay for each day of rest or designated paid holiday while they are on duty away from their headquarters area. Upon request and with the approval of the Employer, such time may be granted as compensatory leave at times mutually acceptable to the employee and the Employer. If any such leave cannot be liquidated by the end of the fiscal year, then payment in cash will be made at the employee's then current rate of pay.

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