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

Article 42: Seniority

1.  
   1. The Employer shall provide the Union, within two months of the signing of this Collective Agreement, and in January and July of each year thereafter, a listing of Employees in order of seniority.  Such seniority list shall include the Employee names, classification, status, site and seniority date. The Employer shall make the list available to all Employees. This listing shall be provided monthly if there are Employees on layoff.
   2. For newly hired regular or temporary Employees, seniority with the Employer starts on the date on which the Employee commences employment in the bargaining unit.
   3. Should an Employee accept an out-of-scope position or a position in another bargaining unit, a new union seniority date shall be calculated not inclusive of time served in the out-of-scope position or in the other bargaining unit.
2. Seniority shall not apply during the probationary period; however, once the probationary period has been completed seniority shall be credited as provided in Article 42.01
3. Seniority shall be the determining factor in:     
   1. preference of vacation time;
   2. layoffs and recalls, subject to the qualifications specified in Article 25;
   3. promotions and transfers within the bargaining unit subject to the qualifications specified in Article 13.
4. Seniority shall be considered broken, all rights forfeited, and there shall be no obligation to rehire:
   1. when an Employee resigns or is terminated from their position with the Employer; or
   2. upon the expiry of twenty four (24) months following layoff during which time the Employee has not been recalled to work; or
   3. if an Employee does not return to work on recall to their former classification and full-time equivalency.
   4. if the Employee accepts a temporary out-of-scope position of greater than eighteen (18) months or permanent out-of-scope position with the Employer.
5. Seniority Tie-Breaker
   Where two (2) or more Employees have the same seniority date, the Employees last name (with the first letter in the alphabet given higher seniority), shall be utilized as the seniority tie-breaker.