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CALLS AT HOME indEMNITY FOR HOUSE TO RESOLVE A PROBLEM OR TO CARRY OUT SURVEILLANCE TASKS THAT CAN BE COMPLETED AT DISTANCE

The Parties agrees that this work is irregular and to that effect the remuneration shall be established in regards to the work being accomplished, under the following conditions:

 An employee from the instrumentation sector called back to work after their normal hours of work indicated in the schedule and that the University is asking to try to resolve a problem or to carry out surveillance tasks at distance, by having access to the network via the Web, will be paid under the following;

  • A maximum of two (2) hours at the normal rate for all continuous work completed in less than two (2) hours;
  • If the work takes more than two (2) hours, the employee shall be paid a maximum of two (2) hours and not for all the working time used to resolve a problem or carrying out surveillance tasks; and
  • If during that two (2) working hours another problem arises, the work will be considered as only one problem and executed in continuity.

In the case where the situation demands a call back to work, the employee will go back to the workplace and will be paid under Article 8.1. However, the call back time will be calculated starting from the initial call. Travel time to the worplace is not compensated.

The Parties agree that the provisions of this letter of agreement will be in effect for the duration of the Agreement.

The provisions of this letter of agreement are established has a pilot project and will be evaluated at labour management meetings to analyse and justify the real benefits to the University. At all times, the Director of Physical Resources Service can cancel this pilot project. The cancellation of the pilot project can not be the object of a grievance by the Union and/or one of their members.

Terms and Working Conditions

The parties recognizes that the Agreement Local 772-B represents the only document establishing the terms and working conditions of that group and that each bargaining agent negotiates the terms and working conditions for their respective groups, without considering the working conditions that could have been negotiated by other unionized employees groups and/or non unionized at the University.