Designation of New Employees

1. At the end of the assignment for which they were hired, the Company shall have the right to designate employees hired under this Letter as general labour without regards to Articles 3.01, 3.02, and 3.06. Such new employees shall be designated in the order they appear on the Company seniority list in the year in which they are designated. Once designated all of the provisions of the collective agreement shall apply to these employees and the terms of this Letter no longer apply to them.
   
   
2. Those not designated shall be deemed permanently laid off and shall lose all seniority and all rights under the collective agreement.
   
   
3. The Company may, in the subsequent year, re-hire individuals who worked as a new employee under this Letter in the previous year. In such cases, the individuals will not be required to serve the 45-day probation period and will be immediately eligible for vacation pay at 4 per cent of gross earnings, to be paid on each pay period. In addition, such new employees shall immediately be entitled to the “mini benefits” package referred to in Article 3.05(b). However, if the new employee has accumulated 132 days with the preceding 12 months he/she shall be entitled to the following additional provisions:
   
   
   1. Benefits specified in Article 11.01.
      
      
   2. The pension plan provided they qualify under Article 12 and the applicable pension legislation.
   
   
4. An individual cannot be hired under the terms of this Letter more than three times. This letter has retroactive effect for the employees who were not designated at the time of ratification of the collective agreement. Those employees shall be deemed to have been hired under the terms of this letter in previous years.
   
   
5. New employees on the seniority list shall keep the Company advised of their availability to work in the new year. When the Company requires new employees, they shall be hired in the order they appear on the Company seniority list (as specified above). A new employee’s seniority order shall be maintained provided he/she reports to work within 5 working days of the day he/she is called.
   
   
6. In the event that an employee hired under this Letter obtains one year of seniority, he/she shall be deemed to have been designated as general labour, and all of the provisions of the collective agreement shall apply to him/her and the terms of this Letter shall no longer apply to him/her.