9.01 - GENERAL AND PERSONAL LEAVE

1. Leave without pay shall be obtained by mutual consent of the Company and the Union.
   
   Employees may apply for a leave of absence totalling up to ten working days which may be used in up to three segments.

   e.g.   Segment #1   3 days
          Segment #2   5 days
          Segment #3   2 days
   

   All leaves of absence are subject to operational requirements and will not cause the Company to incur additional costs. The parties agree the LOAs will not be granted where breaches of the agreement are required to accommodate the request. Employees may request additional LOA’s subject to approval from both the Company and the Union.
   
   
2. During the leave of absence, an employee shall not obtain employment elsewhere unless mutually agreed to by the Company and the Union. If an employee is found to have obtained a leave through fraud or misrepresentation, they may be subject to discipline up to and including discharge.
   
   
3. The Company's basic medical benefits, extended health care benefits, dental benefits, group life insurance benefits, and accidental death and dismemberment benefits will continue to be made available to any employee on leave provided the employee pays the Company for the costs of such benefit coverage if the leave continues for more than five days. The onus is on the employee to notify the Company, prior to the commencement of said leave, of their intention to maintain all benefits during their leave and to pay the Company the amount required in advance on a monthly basis.

9.02 - JURY DUTY

When an employee is required to serve on a regular or coroner's jury or is subpoenaed as a witness, they shall be granted a leave of absence for the time so required on which they would otherwise have been working and shall receive the difference between their straight time rate of pay and the amount received for such jury duties.

9.03 - PREGNANCY / PARENTAL LEAVE

1. Pregnancy/Parental Leave will be acknowledged in accordance with the Employment Standards Act of British Columbia.
   
   Upon request, the company will provide information regarding Pregnancy / Parental leave to the employee.
   
   
2. Full benefit coverage under the Company’s Group Insurance plans will be maintained during the pregnancy/parental leave.
   
   

9.04 - EDUCATION

1. Where an employee, with the advance consent of the Company, chooses to upgrade his education or technical skills in any field associated with the brewing industry, the Company will provide leave of absence without pay for however long the employee requires to complete his training.
   
   
2. Employees will be eligible for refund of the tuition costs of education courses, including prescribed text books, provided that:
   
   
   1. The course is given by a recognized school and is approved by the Manager as a contribution to the development of the employee.
      
      
   2. The course is likely to contribute to the employee's performance or advancement within the Company.
      
      
   3. The employee offers proof of successful completion of the course.
   
   
3. The maximum reimbursement to any employee in any one calendar year will be twelve hundred dollars ($1200) on presentation of a proper receipt. Except where the course is required by the company as part of the job description, in which case the reimbursement level shall be discussed.
   
   
4. Employee’s who have upgraded their driving license due following their selection for a posting shall be reimbursed 2/3 of the maximum reimbursement ($800 dollars) upon showing successful completion of said course and proof of payment. The remaining 1/3 ($400 dollars) will be reimbursed upon successful completion of the training and trial period which will take no longer than six (6) months from the date of their successful completion of a Class 3 license or higher.
   
   
5. The Company shall co-operate in such areas as shift scheduling, overtime, or recall with employees attempting to upgrade their education as per Clause a) above.

9.05 - BEREAVEMENT

In the event of the death of an immediate relative as defined herein employees shall receive a paid leave of absence as follows:

1. Where the services are to be held locally or where the employee elects not to attend said services, they shall receive a leave of absence for not less than three (3) consecutive days and shall receive eight (8) hours straight time rate of pay for each of such days absent on which they would otherwise have been working. Where the services are to be held in excess of five hundred (500) kilometres and the employee attends, the leave shall be increased to five (5) days.
   
   
2. For the purpose of this section, immediate relative shall mean one of the following: wife, husband, life partner, son, daughter, stepchildren, mother, father, sister, brother, step-parents, step brother, step sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparents and grandchildren.
   
   
3. In the event of the death of any of the following relatives, the company shall grant a one (1) day paid leave of absence: grandparents-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law.

9.06 - UNION EDUCATION

Upon written application by an officer of the Union, the Company agrees to grant an education leave of absence, without loss of regular pay. No more than five working days (40 hours total) shall be available in any one (1) year to all Union members combined. Such education leave will be arranged between the Union and the Company so as to minimize disruption of the Company’s operations. 9.07 - ELECTION DAY

If, by reason of an election day ordinance, the Company is prevented from making deliveries in any area, the Company shall have the right to reassign affected employees providing that such reassignment shall not displace other employees, and in the event no reassignment is made, shall pay such employees at their straight time rate of pay for the hours of layoff resulting.