Welcome to Riendeau Construction By The Sea.
We are pleased to welcome you to our company and to count you as one of our employees.
The team of Riendeau Construction By The Sea is dynamic and does everything it can to ensure the quality of products. As a member of this team, your work and your determination are key elements to it success. We count on you to meet the challenges that await you and to answer the needs of our customers.
Your professional and personal satisfaction are important to us and that is why we wish to offer you good working conditions that will allow you to fulfill your goals and to participate in the success and the growth of our business.
By showing interest and motivation in our day-to-day work, you contribute to the success of the Company and, as a result, you create your own job security. Our Company and our jobs are guaranteed as long as we can provide a product that continues to attract customers. This handbook applies to all employees. It describes the norms and policies of the Company. We invite you to familiarize yourself with its contents and to refer to it when necessary. Our office personnel can also answer all of your questions.
We are proud to have you join us and wish you success.
IMPARTIALITY
The Company prides itself on policies which counter discrimination based on race, sex, colour, sexual orientation, civil status, age except as provided by law, religion, political conviction, language, ethnic or national origin, social condition or the handicap of an employee.
HONESTY
As stipulated by law.
The reference year is from May 1st of one year to April 30th of the next year. The annual leave indemnified is paid at the time of your vacation, which shall be at Christmas break following April 30th.
Monday to Thursday: 07h30 a.m. to 05h00 p.m.
During a pay week, the regular hours of work are the following, unless modified by office personnel:
Monday to Wednesday: 07h39 a.m. to 05h00 p.m.
Even though the law does not require the Company to do so, the employee who works all day is entitled to two (2) paid coffee-breaks, one (1) in the morning and one (1) in the afternoon. The duration of these coffee-breaks is ten (10) minutes. As for the lunch period, it last half-an-hour and is not paid.
At the beginning of the work shift or at the end of the lunch period, you will hear a bell: this means that is the time to start working. At the end of the second coffee-break, you will hear a bell: this means that it is time to start working.
You must be at your work station when the second bell rings.
Shortly before the beginning of the coffee-break, or of the lunch period or at end of your work shift, you will hear a bell ring indicating that you can leave your work station.
It is prohibited to leave your work station before the sound of the bell.
If you are in section of "KADUNA REFINERY" in the vicinity of the security guard office, your card must be always handwritten by the foreman director.
If you are in section of "SUPER TANKER ***COY***" in the vicinity of a punch-clock, your card must be punched in, not handwritten.
If you are at the "HEAD OFFICE" or at "FRONT DOOR DIRECTION", your card can be punched in or hardwritten.
For employees working in pipe department, it is highly recommended for your protection that you wear steel capped shoes.
No apparatus must cover your ears other than earplugs used to protect against excessive noise. You are also not allowed to play your own radio during working hours.
The electric jigger is to be used only to transport material and not people. Also, if not in use, the manual jigger must always be left in a downward position. These measures are taken to avoid any accidents. If these instructions or any other safety rules are not applied, severe disciplinary measures will be imposed.
If you are so scheduled, work on Saturdays is mandatory unless you obtain permission from the office to be absent. You cannot get this permission more than one (1) Saturday per month.
A punch card is handed out to you in order to allow you to register your working hours so that you can get paid based on the hours worked. No one but yourself can use your punch card on your behalf, for whatever reason.
You must punch your card only when you are ready to work. If you forget to do so, whether at the beginning of the day, at lunch time or at the end of the day, you must have it corrected by the office the next time you use your card.
Your punch card must be placed in the proper slot designated for this purpose, at all times.
It is strictly prohibited to receive or to make personal phone calls during working hours, except in cases of emergency with the permission of the office, which also implies that your cellular phone must not be with you or at your workstation during your shift. You can only use the phone at extention 99 for a maximum of time of 3 minutes if someone else needs the phone. When bell rings you must hang up.
If you expect to be late or absent on a specific day, you should personally call at the nearest security office of "Riendeau Construction By The Sea", as soon as possible, before the beginning of your work shift in order to inform the office of your lateness or absence.
Also, if during the course of the day you expect that you will have to leave work or leave early, it is your duty to advise the office as soon as possible at the beginning of the day or as soon as you become aware of your obligation to leave.
The employee who must leave work before the end of his shift or who arrives late must have his punch card signed by the office.
To avoid any disruption that could result from employees arriving for work late, we apply the following rule: any employee who arrives at work four (4) minutes or more after his scheduled working time must wait for the hour or the half-hour before punching his card and starting to work. For example,
- If the employee arrives at 07h34 or later, he must wait until 08h00 before punching in and starting to work;
- If the employee arrives at 08h04 or later, he must wait until 08h30 before punching in and starting to work;
- If the employee arrives at 12h34 or later, he must wait until 13h00 before punching in and starting to work;
- If the employee arrives at 13h04 or later, he must wait until 13h30 before punching in and starting to work;
Any employee starting more than half-an-hour after his scheduled time will not be entitled to the next coffee-break.
At any time, the Company can require that an employee produce a medical certificate or any other document justifying his absence, his lateness or justifying the necessity to leave early.
At any time, the Company can require that an employee to go see its own doctor to verify the extent of a work accident.
If you bring soft drink cans or beverages to your work station, they must be returned to the recycling bin designated for that purpose or garbage, at the next break, during lunch hour or at the end of the day.
All employee obviously have the responsibility to learn and master the tasks assigned to them. If, at the beginning, you have questions concerning your work, we strongly suggest that you ask all the appropriate questions and take good notes to refer to in the event that you forget certain aspects of your work. All your notes must be remitted to the office personnel so that photocopies can be made in the event you lose your copy.
If you encounter problems in carrying out your work, we ask that you contact directly the person that assigned the job to you and nobody else. If this person is not close to your work station, use the closest phone to contact that person.
I, the undersigned, ___________________________________________ , acknowledge to have received a copy of the Employee handbook and work regulations. I also will submit myself to an inspection to search my personal effects for verification. I know that such an inspection or search can be conducted at any time, during work hours or at the end of the day, by the direction or the IN HOUSE SECURITY, which represents my employer.
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Friday: 07h30 a.m. to 04h30 p.m.
Saturday: 08h00 a.m. to 12h00 a.m.
Thursday and Friday: 07h30 a.m. to 04h30 p.m.
Saturday: 08h00 a.m. to 12h00 a.m.
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