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CLRA · UA Pipefitters Local 740 (NL, 2022–2027) · Article 9 · clause 9.01 · page 8 · 2022-2027

WORKTIME

9.01

The normal work week as directed by the employer shall be forty (40) hours a week, 5 x 8 hour days Monday through Friday inclusive between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 p.m. or 4 x 10 straight time hours days Monday through Thursday inclusive between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. with an interval of one-half (1/2) hour for lunch. Beyond Friday at 4:30 p.m. (for 5 x 8 day work week) and Thursday at 5:30 p.m. (for 4 x 10 day work week), overtime rates shall apply. The foregoing starting time of the day shift may be changed by mutual agreement between the Employer and the Union. If the foregoing starting time of a shift is changed without mutual agreement, applicable overtime rates shall be paid for any time worked before or after the above hours as a result of the change of the starting time.

9.02

Employees will not be required to work less than the regular assigned hours because of the starting or quitting time of any other trade on the job.

9.03

Lunch or meal periods shall not be paid by the employer. However, should it become necessary to work through the meal or lunch period, double time shall apply and shall continue until an appropriate meal or lunch period is provided.

9.04

Two rest or coffee breaks of fifteen (15) minutes duration shall be established by the employer on each ten (10) hour shift. By mutual consent between the Contractor and Business Manager, one thirty-minute lunch break followed by one thirty-minute rest break may be scheduled (equally spaced) instead of two rest breaks and one lunch break.

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