HIRING AND TERMINATION

Any employee on any project has the privilege to obtain work with any employer on the same project or on any other project providing the employee gives his/her present employer four (4) hours of notice and obtains a referral slip from the Union Office.

Tradespersons procured from other available sources shall be required by the employer to request permission to work from the Local Union.

All apprentices shall be employed in accordance with the provisions of the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Labour Apprenticeship Training and Certification Act. Apprentices refusing to attend classes as set down by the Department of Labour shall be terminated unless they have been excused by the U.A. Local 740 J.A.T.C.

The maximum permitted ratio of Apprentices to Journeypersons shall be one (1) Apprentice to one (1) Journeyperson.

For industrial work only, one apprentice to every four journeypersons shall be the minimum to a maximum of one apprentice to one journeyperson mutually agreed between the contractor and the union.

All apprentices shall work under the direct supervision of a working Journeyperson plumber or pipefitter at all times.

Employees who are laid off or discharged from the service of the employer shall receive their wages and unemployment insurance contribution certificate on termination if the payroll is made up on the project, otherwise the employer shall electronically file the Record of Employment (ROE). Should the employer fail to comply with this provision, the employee shall receive an additional sum equivalent to eight (8) hours of pay at straight time rates for each day the employee is kept waiting, up to a maximum of one week’s pay. In addition, the employer is required to give the employee four (4) hours o of notice on the day of lay-off or discharge. Final pay shall be on the next scheduled payroll following the week in which the employee was laid off by way of direct deposit.

When employees quit of their own volition, they shall receive a wage and unemployment insurance contribution certificate on the regular pay day applicable for the period worked. On the day of their resignation, employees must give their employer four (4) hours of notice of their termination.

When reducing work force, employer shall terminate employment in the following sequence: (a) Permit workers (b) U.A. employees from other locals with the exception of special skills by mutual agreement between the employer and Local 740, (c) U.A. Local 740 employees

Notwithstanding Article 8.10, the employer shall be permitted to obtain special work skills and guarantee a certain period of employment provided the Union has been previously notified of such arrangement. Within reason, at the discretion of the employer and in consultation with the union, the employer may train a Local 740 member to be able to perform the special work skills.