Article 9

Conh'ac! service or maintenance is hereby defined as any contract obtained by an Employer for regular examination Of care of apparatus for a period of not less than one (1) month. Contract service or maintenance work shall be exclusively performed by Mechanics and Helpers.

One (1) Helper to each four (4) Mechanics may be employed. Such a Helper may work alone under the supervision of a Mechanic in the district. When working alone, he shall be employed on routine maintenance work only. The word "District" means the regular conh'act service route of the Mechanic or Mechanics to whom the Helper has been assigned that day.

When an Employer obtains a contract that requires a Mechanic and Helper to be on the job and/or in a building at all times during the regular weekly working hours, such helper shall not be considered as part of the one (1) to four (4) agreement mentioned above, provided no probationary helper is assigned to such regularly scheduled work.

It is agreed the regular working day shall consist of eight (8) consecutive hours (excluding lunch hour) between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., five (5) days per week, Monday to Friday, inclusive.

Work performed on a Sunday or a holiday shall be classed as overtime and paid for at double the rate of single rate. All other time worked - 10- before and after the regular working day as scheduled in accordance with Article 9.04, shall be at the rate of time and one-half.

Call-backs on contract service on overtime, except on a Sunday or a holiday, shall be paid for at the rate of time and one-half.

Call-backs on contract service on a Sunday or a holiday shall be paid for at double the rate of single time.

On contract service where an Employer has a contract in one (1) building only or adjacent buildings, for the examination and care of enough elevators to warrant keeping an Employee 01' Employees working continuously for sixteen (16) hours, the Employee or employees will not be paid overtime between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 12:00 midnight, except on a Sunday. Such an Employee is to receive fifty-two (52) hours pay per week for forty-eight (48) hours work, which is time and one-half for all hours worked in excess or forty (40). There will be two (2) shifts or eight (8) hours each, one (1) shift to work eight (8) hours during the day and one (1) shift work eight (8) hours to

It is mutually agreed, that for the benefit of the Elevator industry, and having particular concern for the safety of the using public, that a special obligation exists on the part of Employees engaged in contract service to answer call-backs outside of regular working hours. To ensure that the needs of the industry along these lines may be adequately covered, a voluntary stand-by list shall be established by mutual accord of the ExaminingILabour Committee, the Union, the Employer and the Maintenance Personnel concerned with the responsibilities recognised in this Article. Employees assigned a duty period shall be entitled to two (2) hours pay per duty day. The paid stand-by applicable to a duty day shall be reduced by the hours spent responding to calls on that day. These stand-by provisions do not apply to the locall·epresentatives. - II - Travel time from home to job and from job to home on an overtime call- back (starting after regular working hours and terminating before start of regular working hours) shall be paid for at the same overtime rate applying to the work. Travel expenses on an overtime call-back shall be paid as per Article 11. When consecutive overtime call-backs occur, the Employee shall receive the applicable overtime rate and travel expenses from home to job, from that job to one (1) or more other jobs and then back home.