APPLICATION
1:01 The following shall apply to all employees in the bargaining unit who are incumbents in classifications listed in the attached Component salary schedule exclusively.
HOURS OF WORK
2:01 All employees within this Component shall come within Category (B), forty (40) hours per week except for those exceptions specifically identified in Section :02.
2:02 Category (B)
Employees coming within Category (B) of Section :01 shall work eight (8) consecutive hours in each work day exclusive of meal periods and forty (40) hours in each week.
The normal hours of work for shop personnel shall be from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday inclusive but where it is necessary to provide service on Saturday, Sunday or a holiday, sufficient staff for that purpose shall be maintained at the discretion of the employing authority.
Departmental employees are included in Category (B) except for the following employees in the Department of Infrastructure and Transportation:
(a) Roving Crews (Barber Greene, Centre Line, Crusher, Seal Coat) during the period April 1 (or the start of the bi-weekly pay period which includes April 1) to October 31 (or the end of the bi-weekly pay period which includes October 31) – fifty-four (54) hours per week. With the agreement of the department and participating crew members, these dates may be extended at either end or both;
(b) District, Shop or Roving Operators (Not on Roving Crew) during the period April 1 (or the start of the bi-weekly pay period which includes April 1) to October 31 (or the end of the bi-weekly pay period which includes October 31) – forty-five (45) hours per week;
(c) Beat Operators (Not assigned to Maintenance Crew) during the period April 1 (or the start of the bi-weekly pay period which includes April 1) to October 31 (or the end of the bi-weekly pay period which included October 31) – fifty/forty (50/40) hours per week.
2:03 Beach Patrols, Park Attendants, Parks Works Supervisors, Fire Rangers, Hatchery Employees, and Reforestation Project Employees may be required to work ten (10) days in each two (2) week period excepting where a statutory holiday occurs on one (1) of the ten (10) working days.
2:04 The hours of work established for departmental employees are a basis for computing overtime and shall not be construed as a guarantee of hours of work.
2:05 Where the nature of the work, the exigencies of the service or existing regulations are such that it is not possible to observe the hours prescribed in Sections :02, the employing authority, with the approval of Treasury Board Secretariat, may set different hours of work.
2:06 Any variations to a work day or work week other than those described in Section :02 and :03 shall only be instituted with the mutual consent of both the parties hereto.
2:07 Employees will be entitled to two (2) rest periods of fifteen (15) minutes each per day, at such time as may be specified by the head of the department.
2:08 The parties agree to the following terms and conditions with respect to the changing of a regularly scheduled employee's posted shift by the employer:
(a) where changes are necessary in a regularly scheduled posted shift, every reasonable effort will be made to provide at least twenty-four (24) hours notice;
(b) except as set out in (a), where an employee does not receive at least twenty-four (24) hours' notice of a change to the employee's regularly scheduled posted shift, the employee shall be paid at time and one-half (1½x) for all hours worked for the first shift which varies from the employee's posted schedule. Such payment shall apply only to the first shift which varies from the posted schedule;
(c) this Section does not apply to employees assigned to relief shift or changes to shift schedules due to sick leave or emergency situations.
OVERTIME
3:01 This Article shall apply to all employees except only those employees who are incumbents in the following classifications:
Construction Supervisor 2 Pilot 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Facility Manager 4
Effective March 24, 2012, Facility Manager 4 (FM4) is deleted from 3:01
3:02 An employing authority or other supervisory official authorized to do so by the employing authority may require employees under his or her authority to work overtime.
3:03 An employee who is required to work overtime on the employee's regular work day is entitled to compensation at time and one-half (1½x) for all overtime worked. Daily overtime will be paid after:
(a) seven and one-quarter (7¼) hours per day for the thirty-six and one quarter (36¼) hours per week employees;
(b) eight (8) hours per day for the forty (40) hours per week employees;
(c) nine (9) hours per day for the forty-five (45) hours per week employees;
(d) ten (10) hours per day for the fifty/forty (50/40) hours per week employees;
(e) eleven (11) hours per day for the fifty-four (54) hours per week employees.
3:04 An employee who is required to work on a day of rest is entitled to compensation at double time (2x) for all time worked.
3:05 In order to qualify for the premium rate on the employee's day of rest, as set out in Section :04, a departmental employee must have received pay for all or part of each of the five (5) preceding regular working days. Such pay to include sick leave or statutory holiday pay, where applicable.
3:06 An employee whose hours of work are determined in Section 2:043 and who is required to work on the employee's day(s) of rest is entitled to compensation at double time (2x) for all time worked. In order to qualify for the above premium rates, an employee must have received pay for all or part of each of the ten (10) preceding regular working days. Such pay to include sick leave or statutory holiday pay where applicable.
3:07 An employee if called out or scheduled to work additional hours, shall receive for each call out a minimum of three (3) hours at the applicable overtime rate provided that the period of overtime worked by the employee is not contiguous to the employee's scheduled working hours. A meal break shall not be regarded as affecting contiguity.
3:08 At the employee's option, overtime shall be compensated by paying the employee for all time worked at the applicable rate or by granting the employee applicable time off in lieu thereof.
3:09 Where an employee has worked overtime such employee must notify the employee's supervisor by the end of the bi-weekly pay period in which the overtime was worked if the employee is requesting time off in lieu thereof. Otherwise the department shall process overtime pay.
3:10 All time off in lieu thereof shall be granted at a time mutually agreeable to the employee and the employing authority or authorized supervisory official.
3:11 Where an employee has chosen to receive time off in lieu, arrangements in respect thereof shall be completed to the mutual satisfaction of the employee and the employing authority or authorized supervisory official within sixty (60) calendar days following the bi-weekly pay period in which the overtime was worked. Where mutual agreement has not been reached within this sixty (60) day period, the employee shall receive payment based on the rate at which the employee was being paid when the overtime was worked.
3:12 Overtime shall be paid at the appropriate step within the pay range attached to a classification excluding any extra qualification pay.
COMPENSATORY LEAVE
4:01 Where under special circumstances, an employee not eligible for premium overtime as set out in this Component has been required by an authorized supervisory authority to work periods of overtime beyond the normal expectations or requirements of the position, the authorized supervisory authority shall approve time-off in lieu of overtime at the rate of one (1) hour for each hour worked.
MAINTENANCE CREWS AND SNOWPLOW OPERATORS - STAND-BY (DEPT. OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION
5:01 The following conditions shall apply to Maintenance Crews and Snowplow Operators of the Department of Infrastructure and Transportation and who are placed on stand-by:
(a) an employee placed on stand-by, whether at the employee's home base or at some other location, will be required to reply to a telephone call from the dispatcher within thirty (30) minutes;
(b) employees placed on stand-by may not leave their base of operation without prior approval of their supervisor;
(c) employees shall not be eligible for stand-by pay if unable to comply with (a), or if away from their base of operations under (b);
(d) an employee will be considered to be on stand-by upon being so advised by the employee's supervisor.
5:02 For Snowplow Operators, stand-by pay will apply seven (7) days per week, as required by the Director of Operations, under the terms set out below. An Operator who is placed on stand-by and who is:
(a) not required to work shall be paid five (5) hours pay at the Operator's hourly rate normally received when on duty;
(b) required to work for less than five (5) hours on any day other than the Operator's day of rest or a statutory holiday shall receive five (5) hours pay with no payment for stand-by;
(c) required to work for five (5) hours or more on any day other than the Operator's day of rest or a statutory holiday shall receive pay for all hours worked with no payment for stand-by;
(d) required to work on a day of rest or a holiday shall receive a minimum of three (3) hours pay at double time (2x) with no payment for stand-by. For any subsequent call back, an employee will receive a minimum of three (3) hours pay with no payment for stand-by.
5:03 For Maintenance Crews, stand-by will apply on Saturdays, Sundays and statutory holidays only, as required by the Director of Operations under the terms set out below. An employee on a Maintenance Crew who is placed on stand-by on any Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday and who is:
(a) not called in to work shall be paid four (4) hours pay at the employee's hourly rate normally received when on duty;
(b) called in to work shall receive a minimum of three (3) hours at the applicable overtime rate for each call back with no payment for stand-by.
5:04 The Director of Operations or designate will establish a schedule for employees who may be placed on stand-by in accordance with Section :03. The purpose of such a schedule is to indicate that if the department determines that stand-by is required on a particular Saturday, Sunday or
6:01 Qualified Power Engineers shall be granted a bonus in addition to their normal salary as set out in the following schedule:
(a) Deputy Chief Power Engineer (1st Class Plant) - $13.00 bi-weekly holding 1st Class Certificate
(b) Deputy Chief Power Engineer - $10.00 bi-weekly (2nd Class Plant)
holding 2nd Class Certificate
(c) Deputy Chief Power Engineer (3rd Class Plant) - $ 8.00 bi-weekly holding 3rd Class Certificate
(d) Power Engineer (1st Class Plant) - $13.00 bi-weekly holding 1st Class Certificate
(e) Power Engineer (2nd Class Plant) - $10.00 bi-weekly holding 2nd Class Certificate
(f) Power Engineer (3rd Class Plant) - $ 8.00 bi-weekly holding 3rd Class Certificate
(g) Power Engineer (5th Class) - $ 6.50 bi-weekly
holding 4th Class Certificate
(h) Assistant Power Engineer (1st Class Plant) - $10.00 bi-weekly holding 2nd Class Certificate
(i) Assistant Power Engineer (2nd Class Plant) - $ 8.00 bi-weekly holding 3rd Class Certificate
6:02 Employees who are designated to dynamite and/or operate barges for rescue operations and/or clear debris from bridge areas during emergency flood situations will receive a premium of one dollar ($1.00) for each hour of actual time worked in these areas.
6:03 Pilots who are designated to perform water bombing duties will receive a premium of three dollars ($3.00) for each hour of actual flying time in water bombing operations. The premium payment may be converted to one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) for the closest half-hour where required.
6:04 Qualified employees shall receive twenty-five cents (25¢) per hour Qualification Pay for each of Manitoba Government Inspection Certificates, Manitoba Ozone Industry Protection Certificates, Fire Alarm Certificate and Mould Removal Certificates where the certificates are required by the Employer.
6:05 Qualification Pay of fifteen cents (15¢) per hour will be established for employees required by the Employer to possess a Certificate in Security Services approved by the Employer.