Associated Ambulance & Services (Whitecourt) Ltd., Collective Agreement 2020-2025

Article 24: Resignation/Termination

1. An Employee shall make every reasonable effort to provide the Employer twenty-eight (28) calendar days’ notice, where possible, and shall, in any case, provide the Employer with fourteen (14) calendar days’ notice of their desire to terminate their employment.
2. If the required notice is given, and Employee who voluntarily leaves the employ of the Employer shall receive wages and vacation pay to which they are entitled, within three (3) business days, providing the Employee has properly completed a final timesheet and has returned all required company property.
   
   If the Employee fails to return the required company property; in accordance with Employer policy, reasonable cost considering depreciation may be deducted from their last pay.
3. Vacation Pay on termination
   1. Unused vacation earned within the previous vacation year will be paid at the basic rate of pay, together with;
   2. Vacation accrued at the Employees’ applicable accrual rate for the current vacation year.
4. An Employee shall be deemed to have terminated their employment when:
   1. The Employee is absent from work without good and proper reason and/or the approval of the Employer.
   2. The Employee does not return from layoff as required, or upon expiry of twelve (12) months following layoff during which time the Employee has not been recalled to work.
   3. The Employee’s practice permit has been suspended by the Alberta College of Paramedics, and all subsequent appeals have been exhausted.  During the appeal process, the Employee will be placed on an unpaid leave of absence.
5. An Employee who commences employment within six (6) months of the date that they voluntarily terminate employment with the Employer, shall have their vacation entitlement reinstated at the level achieved at the date of termination.