TRANSPORTATION AND SUBSISTENCE
7.01
All employees employed on job sites outside the Free Zones shall have board and lodging paid at the employer's cost. CLRA and Bricklayers Local No.1 Collective Agreement 2022-2027 Commercial Free Zone: Shall be described as within eighty-five (85) kilometres from the city or town boundary in which the Employer's office is situated; or eighty-five (85) kilometres from the city or town boundary in which the employee resides. Industrial Free Zone: Shall be described as within fifty (50) kilometres from the city or town boundary in which the Employer's office is situated; or fifty (50) kilometres from the city or town boundary in which the employee resides. Employees employed on a jobsite outside the Free Zone who are required to use their own vehicle shall receive sixty-eight cents ($0.68) per kilometre outside the Free Zone upon signing of this Agreement. Mileage to remain at sixty-eight cents ($0.68) for the life of this Agreement.
7.02
All time spent traveling shall be paid on a basis of straight time to a maximum of eight (8) hours pay in addition to any time worked in the same twenty-four (24) hour period.
7.03
No employee shall be discriminated against for refusing to use their own vehicle.
7.04
Any employee who is obliged to remain out of town overnight shall receive ninety-one dollars ($91.00) per day worked, or have adequate room and board provided as mutually agreed by the Employer and employee. Employees shall not suffer any loss of regular working hours as a result of or while engaged on out-of-town work. While hours of work are to be strictly observed while engaged on-out of-town work, only regular rates shall be paid for time spent in travel on Sundays or holidays, and then only for the nours between 8:00 am and 5:00 pm. Employees who are obliged to remain out of town for an extended period shail have room and board provided by the employer for seven (7) days per week providing they reside in the vicinity of the job site of employment for seven (7) days. Employees who are obliged to remain out of town on projects not accessible by road (Labrador), and after completion of twenty-eight (28) days shall be entitled to a maximum of eight (8) hours travel to their place of residence. When working a regularly scheduled turnaround shift in Labrador, travel time shall be paid on return travel only up to a maximum of eight (8) hours straight time pay. Living Out Allowance Increases: Upon Signing $3.00 ($91.00) May 1, 2023 $4.00 ($95.00) May 1, 2024 $3.00 ($98.00) , such employees shall be entitled to return transportation every twenty-one (21) days or alternate with mutual consent between the contractor and the union. Transportation, i.e. airfare will be provided at the employer's cost. An employee may refuse out of town work without penalty only for just cause (to be defined as illness in the employee’s immediate family as supported by a doctor's certificate if requested by the employer.)
7.05
Employees entering this locality from another, or leaving this locality to work in another, shall, unless the Union permits an exception to be made to this provision on a particular job, receive the wage rate of the higher rated locality. CLRA and Bricklayers Local No. 1 Collective Agreement 2022-2027 P
7.06
_ If a higher rate of pay is given to employees, the highest rate of pay shall prevail for all jobs and all employees.
7.07
Where employees are engaged on jobs which are located away from the municipality of the Employer's main office and where such employees are provided with board as per Article
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