ARTICLE VII - Construction Work
Par. 1. Construction work is hereby defined as erecting and
assembling of apparatus as enumerated in Article IV and Article
IV (A) of this Agreement, except general repairs and modernization
as defined in Article VIII and VIII (A). It is hereby agreed
that all Construction Work as above defined shall be performed
exclusively by Mechanics, Helpers and Apprentices.
Par. 2. It is agreed that the regular working day shall consist
of eight (8) hours worked consecutively with an unpaid lunch
period, between 6 A.M., and 5 P.M., five (5) days per week,
Monday to Friday, inclusive. Hours of work at each job site
shall be those established by the general contractor and worked
by the majority of trades. (The above working hours may be changed
by mutual Agreement as provided in Article XXVI.) if the general
contractor shuts down operations on a day not recognized as
a holiday under this Agreement, the Company shall make every
effort to place the affected employees on other work for that
day.
Par. 2A. Upon written notification to the Local Business Representative,
the Company may establish hours worked on a job site for a four
(4) ten (10) hour day workweek at straight time pay for construction
work. It is agreed that the regular working day shall consist
of ten (10) hours worked consecutively with an unpaid lunch
period, between 6 A.M. and 6 P.M., four (4) days per week, Monday
to Thursday, inclusive. Any work performed on Friday, Saturday
and Sunday and before and after the regular working day on Monday
to Thursday where a four (4) ten (10) hour day workweek has
been established, will be paid double the rate of single time.
When working in a per diem area and work continues on the same
job site the following week, the employee shall receive per
diem for Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
It is agreed that when a Holiday falls on Sunday to Thursday,
it shall be observed on the day of the Holiday or per Article
VI, Par.6 and, providing the employee complies with Article
VI, Par.3, he/she will be paid ten (10) hours for that Holiday.
If the Holiday falls on Friday or Saturday, the employee will
be paid eight (8) hours for that Holiday.
Par. 3. Work performed on Construction Work on Saturdays, Sundays
and before and after the regular working day on Monday to Friday,
inclusive, shall be classed as overtime, and paid for at double
the rate of single time.
Par. 4. When any four (4) of the seven (7) Atlantic City Formula
Trades obtain a six (6) hour day, the Union shall work a six
(6) hour day, the working day to be between the hours of 6 A.M.
and 5 P.M. When sufficient Mechanics, Helpers and Apprentices
are not available, an eight (8) hour day shall be worked. Whenever
a local union obtains a six (6) hour day under this paragraph,
the local union and the Company shall bargain as to the hours
and overtime rates to be applied on the six (6) hour day.
Par. 5.
(a) When a majority of the Atlantic City Formula Trades (this
means there must be four (4) of the seven (7) union Atlantic
City trades), on a job work a shift or shifts following the
day shift, the Company may work the following shifts. However,
trades who perform the work as per their regular overtime rates
shall not be considered as shift work.
(b) It is agreed that the "Day Shift" shall consist
of eight (8) hours between 8 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., five (5) days
per week, Monday through Friday, inclusive.
(c) The shift following the "Day Shift" shall work
7 1/2 hours between the hours of 4:30 P.M. and 12:30 A.M. and
shall receive eight (8) hours pay plus an additional 10% per
hour. The shift preceding the "Day Shift" shall work
seven (7) hours between the hours of 12:30 A.M. and 8 A.M. and
receive eight (8) hours pay plus an additional 15% per hour.
Any and all work during hours other than the established hours
for any one of the three shifts shall be paid at double the
hourly wage rate including any premium rate of the assigned
shift.
(1) When an employee is called in prior to the regular starting
time for his shift or he works beyond the regular quitting time
of his shift, he shall receive double the hourly wage rate of
his assigned shift for all hours in excess of the established
hours for his shift.
(2) When an employee is required to work hours that are not
continuous with the established hours for his assigned shift
he shall be paid for such hours at double the hourly wage rate
of his assigned shift or double the hourly wage rate of the
shift on which such excess hours are performed whichever rate
is higher.
(3) When the Company assigns an employee to a shift the employee
shall work that shift a minimum of five (5) consecutive days.
However, should the Company reassign an employee to another
shift prior to working five (5) consecutive days, or within
twenty - four (24) hours of completing a shift, the employee
shall receive the applicable overtime rate of the new shift
he is assigned to for the first day only or the applicable overtime
rate of the shift to which he had previously been assigned,
whichever is higher, thereafter the employee shall receive the
applicable rates for the new shift to which he is assigned.
An employee who requests a shift reassignment and is reassigned
as outlined herein, shall receive the applicable rates for the
new shift to which he is assigned at single time only.
(4) When an employee has performed work on another job and he
is directed to work on a shift job within twenty - four (24)
hours after completing work on the other job, he shall receive
the applicable overtime rate of his prior job or the applicable
overtime rate of the shift to which he is assigned whichever
rate is higher.
(d) Any work performed on Saturday, Sunday, Holiday shall be
paid at double the hourly wage rate of the applicable shift
including any premium rate.
(e) In the case of the second and third shifts and for the purpose
of fringe benefit computations, each employee who works a full
shift shall be considered to have worked eight (8) hours.
(f) The working hours set forth in Par. 3 and Par. 4 above may
be changed by mutual agreement as provided in Article XXVI.
