The parties agreed during 2002 negotiations for a Revised Collective Agreement to set out the terms for a Weekend Work Force (WWF).

The terms and conditions set out in this Letter of Understanding will supercede provisions in the current Collective Agreement only as they apply to employees working on the WWF.

1. Hours of Work
   
   The hours of work for employees assigned to the WWF will be:
   
   
   1. Twenty-four (24) hours: twelve (12) hours on Saturday and twelve (12) hours on Sunday;
      
      
   2. Thirty-two (32) hours: twelve (12) hours on Saturday and twelve (12) hours on Sunday, plus one additional eight (8) hour day on either Friday or Monday; or
      
      
   3. Thirty (30) hours: ten (10) hours on Saturday and ten (10) hours on Sunday, plus ten (10) hours on either Friday or Monday.
   
   Management retains the right to assign the hours of work and determine the Friday and Monday shift assignments.
   
   
2. Staffing
   
   The company will post a notice in each affected department and solicit the names of those benefit service employees who wish to be considered for the WWF.
   
   When considering applications, the qualifications of the applicant shall be given primary consideration. If there is any choice between two (2) or more applicants having sufficient qualifications, the most senior applicant shall be given the position on the WWF. If the required skill sets are not present on the WWF, the Company can schedule the most junior employee(s) to work the WWF schedule. Employees assigned to the WWF will be replaced on the conventional schedule (5 days eight hour shift schedule) by the appropriate relief individual.
   
   Once selected, all benefit service employees will remain on the WWF for the duration of the period required, up to a maximum of six (6) months.
   
   Notwithstanding the above, any employee may be removed from the WWF for reasons of ill health or cause.
   
   In the event the WWF is discontinued, temporarily or permanently, employees will return to their previous posted jobs and the relief employees will be re-assigned accordingly.
   
   Any employee relieving for any reason on the WWF shifts will receive the WWF rate.
   
   
3. Vacation
   
   Benefit Service employees working on the WWF who are eligible for vacation under the provisions of Article 7.01(g) of the Collective Agreement will be entitled to take only one week’s vacation between June 1st and August 31st.
   
   An employee who is scheduled off on vacation will have his vacation entitlement reduced by forty (40) hours.
   
   At the conclusion of the W.W.F. employees with remaining vacation may take one (1) week of holidays at their option.
   
   
4. Sick Pay
   
   Employees on WWF will be paid under the Sick Leave Plan for qualified absence due to illness or non-occupational accident according to the number of hours missed on a WWF shift.
   
   An employee working the A shift (24 hours) will be compensated at 1.58 times the straight time hourly wage. For example, an employee who is absent for a 12 hour shift will have his sick bank entitlement reduced by 19 hours.
   
   An employee working the B shift (32 hours) will be compensated at 1.37 times the straight time hourly wage. For example, an employee who is absent for an 8 hour shift will have his sick bank entitlement reduced by 11 hours.
   
   An employee working the C shift (30 hours) will be compensated at 1.33 times the straight time hourly wage. For example, an employee who is absent for a 10 hour shift will have his sick bank entitlement reduced by 13.3 hours.
   
   An eligible employee on the WWF who is absent due to sickness or non-occupational accident will be paid under the weekly indemnity plan after a waiting period of two (2) consecutive scheduled twelve (12) hour shifts.
   
   If an employee becomes so ill that he cannot complete his shift after reporting for work in good health, he will be sent home and paid for the balance of his shift at the applicable rate as set out above. Such time paid will be deducted from his sick leave entitlement.
   
   
5. Bereavement
   
   Bereavement leave will be paid at the straight time hourly rate, up to a maximum of twenty-four (24) hours. Employees can draw on their vacation entitlement to “top up” to the number of hours they would have been paid for their scheduled WWF shift. For A shift top up to a maximum of 38 hours, B shift top up to a maximum of 44 hours, C shift top up to a maximum of 40 hours.
   
   
6. Statutory Holidays
   
   Eligible employees shall be paid eight (8) hours at straight time in addition to the pay for their weekend work.
   
   
7. Compensation
   
   Employees working on the A shift shall be paid at the rate of 1.58 times the straight time hourly rate for all scheduled hours worked to a maximum of thirty-eight (38) hours pay per week.
   
   Employees working on the B shift shall be paid at the rate of 1.37 times the straight time hourly rate for all scheduled hours worked to a maximum of forty-four (44) hours pay per week.
   
   Employees working on the C shift shall be paid at the rate of 1.33 times the straight time hourly rate for all scheduled hours worked to a maximum of forty (40) hours pay per week.
   
   Shift premiums (afternoon, graveyard) will apply to WWF shifts.
   
   
8. (h) Implementation
   
   The company will provide a minimum of three (3) weeks notice of its intention to work employees on the WWF or to return to a conventional 8 or 10 hour shift schedule. Employees scheduled to commence work on WWF must not work the week prior to first scheduled shift of WWF. Employees will return to their regular shift schedules on the Monday shift after the last scheduled WWF.