Alberta Precision Laboratories

Article 31: Technological Change

1. Should the Employer find it necessary to introduce technological change by altering methods or utilizing different equipment, and if such change will displace Employees in the bargaining unit, the Employer will notify the Union with as much advance notice as possible of such change and will meet and discuss reasonable measures to protect the interests of Employees so affected.

2. If the Employer introduces technological change which results in the displacement of an Employee, the Employer shall make reasonable efforts to provide alternative employment of a comparable nature.

3. Where the alternate employment is in a lower paid classification, the Employee shall continue to receive the salary of the higher paid classification at the time of the transfer until the salary of the lower paid classification passes that of the higher paid classification.

4. Where alternative employment of a comparable nature is not available, the Employer will give the Employee a minimum of six (6) weeks’ notice or pay in lieu of notice of displacement, and all conditions of the Layoff and Recall Article shall apply with the exception that notice contained in Article 30.01 will not apply.