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2.9 Accommodation

2.9.1 Employers will provide accommodation or a Living Out Allowance (“LOA”) to Employees whose Principal Residence is outside of an 85 km radius from the Project site. Residents of Fort McMurray, Anzac and Saprae Creek will be considered to be within the 85 km radius. Employees up to and including the level of General Foreman will be eligible for camp accommodation. HCML has the sole discretion to determine which Employees will be provided with on-site camp accommodation, off-site accommodation or when Employees will be provided with an LOA. 

2.9.2 Employees who are provided with off-site accommodation, which is outside of a 30 km straight line radius from the Project site, will be provided a transportation allowance of $25.00 per day worked


2.9.3 Employers will establish a subsistence rate and an LOA rate for Employees who are eligible for camp accommodation but for whom camp accommodation is not provided. The subsistence and LOA rate will be based on terms and conditions in relevant collective agreements, or practices in the area, and will be subject to HCML approval. In addition to the LOA, these Employees will be provided:

  1. a transportation allowance of $25.00 per day worked for those Employees whose alternative accommodation is outside of a 30 km straight line radius from the Project site; and,

  2. access to the transportation provisions, but not the travel allowance provisions, in Article 2.8.7 Daily Travel for Local Residents. 


2.9.4
Camp facilities and catering services will be of a comparable standard for all on site construction camps.
  1. The following are camp conditions:

    1. Self-packed bag lunches (mid-shift meals) will be made available to camp residents prior to leaving camp for the start of the shift.

    2. HCML’s or the Owner’s camp policy and rules will apply to all Employees staying in camps on the Project site.

  2. A camp steering committee will be formed to provide advice on and/or resolve issues relating to on site camp conditions and disputes. The mandate of this committee will be defined by HCML and the Owner in the camp policy and rules. 


2.9.5 Any rights of access to Project camp accommodation created by this Agreement, or any documents referred to in this Agreement, are expressly subject to the rights of the Owner and/or HCML to assert their rights as owner, manager, or occupant of the Project and the camp management to deny or restrict access to the Project accommodation to any person. 


  
 
 

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