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List of Changes to the Agreement between the Treasury Board and The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada - Applied Science and Patent Examination
ARTICLE 8
HOURS OF WORK
Shift Work
8.16
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(a) If an employee is given less than one hundred and twenty (120) hours' advance notice of a change in the employee's shift schedule, the employee will receive compensation at the rate of time and one half (1 1/2) for work performed on the first shift changed. Subsequent shifts worked on the changed schedule shall be paid for at straight time and every effort shall be made by the Employer to ensure that scheduled days of rest on the changed schedule are maintained.
ARTICLE 13
TRAVELLING TIME
13.01
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(b) on a normal working day on which the employee travels and works, the employee shall be paid:
(i) the employee's regular pay for the day for a combined period of travel and work not exceeding seven and one-half (7 1/2) hours,
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(ii) at the applicable overtime rate for additional travel time in excess of a seven and one-half (7 1/2) hour period of work and travel, with a maximum payment for such additional travel time not to exceed twelve (12) hours pay at the straight-time rate in any day or fifteen (15) hours pay at the straight-time rate when travelling beyond North America,
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(c) on a day of rest or on a designated paid holiday, the employee shall be paid at the applicable overtime rate for hours travelled to a maximum of twelve (12) hours pay at the straight-time rate, or fifteen (15) hours pay at the straight-time rate when travelling beyond North America.
ARTICLE 14
LEAVE - GENERAL
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14.01 When the employment of an employee who has been granted more vacation or sick leave with pay than the employee has earned is terminated by death or lay-off, the employee is considered to have earned the amount of leave with pay granted.
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14.02 An employee is entitled, once in each fiscal year, to be informed, upon request, of the balance of the employee's vacation or sick leave with pay credits.
ARTICLE 15
VACATION LEAVE
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Cancellation of Vacation Leave
15.11 When the Employer cancels or alters a period of vacation leave which it has previously approved in writing, the Employer shall reimburse the employee for the non-returnable portion of vacation contracts and reservations made by the employee in respect of that period, subject to the presentation of such documentation as the Employer may require. The employee must make every reasonable attempt to mitigate any losses incurred and will provide proof of such action, when available, to the Employer.
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Leave When Employment Terminates
15.13 When an employee dies or otherwise ceases to be employed, the employee or the employee's estate shall be paid an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the number of days of earned but unused vacation leave with pay by the daily rate of pay as calculated from the classification prescribed in the certificate of appointment on the date of the termination of employment.
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15.17 Appointment to a Separate Agency
Notwithstanding clause 15.13, an employee who resigns to accept an appointment with an organization listed in Schedule V of the Financial Administration Act may choose not to be paid for unused vacation leave credits, provided that the appointing organization will accept such credits.
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15.18 Appointment from a Separate Agency
The Employer agrees to accept the unused vacation leave credits up to a maximum of two-hundred and sixty-two decimal five (262.5) hours of an employee who resigns from an organization listed in Schedule V of the Financial Administration Act in order to take a position with the Employer if the transferring employee is eligible and has chosen to have these credits transferred.
ARTICLE 16
SICK LEAVE
Credits
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16.08 An employee shall not be terminated for cause for reason of incapacity pursuant to Section 12(l)(e) of the Financial Administration Act at a date earlier than the date at which the employee will have used his accumulated sick leave credits, except where the incapacity is the result of an injury or illness for which injury-on-duty leave has been granted pursuant to clause 17.16.
