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

Article 27: Salaries & Recognition of Previous Experience

1. Both parties to this Collective Agreement recognize that Employees normally improve in skill and ability relative to experience.  To the extent practical, the Employer will offer a new Employee a wage that reflects the skill and experience the Employee brings to the position.
2. 1. All permanent and temporary Employees will be moved an additional step in the salary scale upon completion of the Employees regular hours of work per Article 9.01 (a), (b), (c); exclusive of overtime and extra shifts, in compliance with Article 20.01(h).
   2. All casual Employees will be moved an additional step in the salary scale upon completion of one hundred eighty-two (182) shifts.
   3. All casual ACPs shall be placed on the Casual ACP Salary Scale.
3. Employees appointed at a rate higher than Step 1 will have to complete the prescribed probationary period and will be eligible for an increase one year following their appointment date subject to Article 27.02.
4. Upon hire a new Employee will have sixty (60) calendar days to submit proof of previous experience. The Employer upon verification that a new Employee has job specific and relevant experience of at least twenty-four (24) months immediately preceding employment with the Employer, they may be placed on the wage grid in relation to their experience.