Severe Weather Conditions – LRA 2006.09

The most important factor is your personal safety, regardless of other’s judgement of the situation,

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10.07 a) Employees are expected to make every reasonable effort to report to work as scheduled. However, the Company agrees that employees will not be required to report for work during severe weather conditions if, in the employee’s judgment, it is unsafe to travel. Before the start of the scheduled tour, employees are required to contact their immediate supervisor.

b) Employees who are absent for a full tour of duty as a result of severe weather conditions will choose from these options:

i) accept loss of time without pay; or

ii) designate the tour as vacation time, if applicable; or

iii) designate the tour as a floating holiday, if applicable; or

iv) make up the time by working an equal number of hours, if business conditions warrant the extra time; or

v) use previously banked time.

c) Employees, who are absent for less than a full tour of duty as a result of severe weather conditions, will choose from these options:

i) accept loss of time without pay; or

ii) designate a portion of a vacation day to cover the time lost, if applicable; or

iii) make up the time by working an equal number of hours, if business conditions warrant the extra time; or

iv) use previously banked time to cover the time lost.

d) Employees who are scheduled for work will not be required to make up lost time nor will they suffer any loss of basic wages for any periods during which the Company has closed their place of work due to severe weather conditions. Basic wages of affected employees will be paid by the Company during such periods.

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