SOUTH-WEST/CENTRAL & NORTH-EAST

RE: EXCESS HOURS

As of today, both parties have reached an agreement in regards to enabling employees to work up to 60 hours a week for those members that fall under the SW-Central and NE Collective Agreements. 

The Company was still not in agreement to the language that we first proposed – “If there are qualified employees on layoff at a location as per Art. 9.04, that location will not work in excess of forty-eight (48) hours in a week.”  To resolve our differences we did agree to amend that point to “These Minutes of Agreement can be revoked by either party by giving two (2) weeks written notice.”  We have made the Company aware that we will exercise this clause in the event a layoff takes place anywhere within the SW-Central and NE locations.

All overtime in excess of forty-eight (48) hours will be voluntary on the part of the individual employee, except where there is “exceptional circumstances” as defined in the Ontario’s Employment Standards Act, 2000.

For your reference, please find attached a copy of the Minutes of Agreement for the Excess Hours for the SW-Central and NE Collective Agreements as well as a copy of the “Exceptional circumstances definition from the Employment Standards Act and the Ministry of Labour.”

In Solidarity,
Cherie

Cherie Hunter, President, CEP Local 1999

View the Excess Hours MOA and the Exceptional Circumstances MOI.