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

Article 34: New Classifications

1. If the Employer creates a new classification which belongs in the Bargaining Unit and which may not be included in the Wage Schedule in the Collective Agreement, it shall establish the salary structure and then give written notice to the Union.
2. If the Union fails to object in writing within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of the notice from the Employer, the salary structure shall be considered as established.
3. If the Union objects to the salary structure established by the Employer, and by negotiation succeeds in revising the salary structure, the revised salary structure shall be retroactive to the date the new position was implemented.
4. Failing resolution of the matter by negotiation, within further thirty (30) calendar days of receipt of the notice from the Employer, it may be referred to Arbitration.