SECTION 1 - WORK WEEK

a) For all employees, eight (8) hours shall constitute a day's work and five (5) days, namely forty (40) hours, Monday through Friday inclusive, shall constitute a weeks work. An employee who is ordered to work less than eight (8) hours a day or forty (40) hours a week shall be considered temporarily laid off.

b) Notwithstanding Section (a) above, the Company shall have the right to schedule four (4) consecutive 10 (ten) hour shifts, Monday to Thursday or Tuesday to Friday, in any department, providing that the employees directly affected by this change have voted in favour of it at a Union meeting called for that purpose.

c) Notification of shift schedules will be given no later than 12:00p.m. Thursday for work in the following week. Employees whose seniority is such that they are scheduled to work the entire week shall be assigned one (1) starting time for that week.

Where the employer requires an employee to commence work prior to his posted starting time or work after his regular quitting time, such hours shall be considered overtime and be paid at the applicable overtime rates.

Where the employer requires an employee to change his shift (e.g. from days to afternoons) the employee shall be compensated at the rate of time and one-half for the first shift so worked.

d) All regular shifts shall be eight (8) or ten (10) hours in duration and the employees shall be paid a minimum of eight (8) or ten (10) hours. Present call in procedures at the Vancouver Distribution Centre to continue.

e) When ten (10) hour or eight (8) hour shifts are scheduled, these shifts will be scheduled consecutively.

f) Either ten (10) hour or eight (8) hour shifts will be scheduled weekly.

g) Employees who receive permission to leave early or who agree to leave early because of a temporary reduced department workload shall be paid for the time worked only.

h) Employees must be given twelve (12) hours prior notice to normal start time if they are not to report for work the next day. If they are not notified and report to work, they shall be paid for the whole day, excluding those absent without notification to the employer on the day the notification not to report is given.

i) However, in the event of any utilities failure or machine failure beyond the Company's control, employees will not be covered by Clause (h) above.

j) Employees required to do one plant check per day shall receive four (4) hours pay. Employees required to do two (2) plant checks per day shall receive six (6) hours pay. In the event a plant check requires more than four (4) hours work, then the employee shall be paid at the premium rate for all hours worked.

k) Any employee called back for any reason shall receive not less than four (4) hours pay at the prevailing rate.

l) The filler shall be scheduled to start at 7:00 am on all eight (8) hour production days or at 6:00 a.m. on all ten (10) hour production days unless otherwise mutually agreed between the Company and the Union.

m) Subject to the efficient operation of the Company the mid-day meal period will be during the fifth hour.

n) Statutory holidays and sick pay will be paid according to the regular hours scheduled on that particular week, i.e. the ten (10) or eight (8) hours, so long as sick benefit entitlement is not exceeded.

SECTION 2 - OVERTIME

a) Work performed in excess of eight (8) hours during any normally scheduled eight (8) hour production day or work performed in excess of ten (10) hours during any normally scheduled ten (10) hour production day, Monday to Friday inclusive, shall be overtime and shall be paid or accumulated as time off at the rate of time and one half for the first two (2) hours of overtime and double time thereafter.

b) All work performed on Saturdays, (excluding plant checks) is overtime and shall be paid or accumulated as time off at the rate of time and one half for the first four (4) hours and double time thereafter.

c) All work performed on Sundays, (excluding plant checks) is overtime and shall be paid or accumulated as time off at the rate of double time.

d) In the event it is necessary to work overtime, the Company shall, whenever possible, provide four (4) hours notice of such overtime.

e) The Company shall, whenever possible, give employees at least one (1) weeks notice of Saturday, Sunday, or Statutory Holiday work involving production or bottling.

f) Employees are not obligated to work overtime. However, in emergency situations the Union agrees to provide competent help.

SECTION 3 - ACCUMULATED TIME OFF

a) All employees in all departments at the Prince George Plant that work a full scheduled eight (8) hour day (or a full scheduled ten (10) hour day) that includes a one half (0.5) hour paid lunch period, will be paid for seven and one half (7 1/2) hours (or nine and one half (9 1/2) hours respectively) and accumulate one half (0.5) hour paid time off. The intent of this time off is to stabilize employment during slack periods.

b) Employees in Vancouver will be allowed 1/2 hour off for the midday meal. The said 1/2 hour will be included in working hours stipulated previously herein.

c) All accumulated time off must be taken as time off during the slack period of the year unless otherwise mutually agreed.

d) There is no limit to the amount of accumulated time off an employee may accumulate.

e) Accumulated time off records will be the responsibility of the employee and his immediate supervisor and records shall be kept by the payroll department.

f) Accumulated time off shall be scheduled by mutual agreement between the employee and his supervisor. Employees shall, whenever possible, give one (1) weeks notice of their intent to use accumulated time off.

g) So as not to interfere with the efficient and the effective operation of the Company, the parties agree to cooperate in regards to controlling excessive time off build up and scheduling time off at slack periods of the year so as to stabilize employment of the workforce. In addition, employees shall have the option of cashing out all or part of their accumulated time off in April of each year and at the time of their annual vacation.