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

LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING #5

BETWEEN

ASSOCIATED AMBULANCE & SERVICES (WHITECOURT), LTD., ATHABASCA, BARRHEAD, BOYLE, EDSON, EVANSBURG, HINTON, JASPER, NORDEGG, RIMBEY, ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE AND WHITECOURT STATIONS 
(hereinafter called the “Employer”)

AND

HEALTH SCIENCES ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA
(hereinafter called the “Union”)

RE: MANDATORY TRAINING
 

Employees are required to participate in all mandatory training:

1. An Employee who is mandated by the Employer to attend a mandatory training session on a scheduled day off shall be reimbursed for reasonable, necessary and substantiated transportation expenses and, if the Employee travels for such purpose by private motor vehicle, reimbursement shall be at the rate of at least sixty-one cents ($0.61) or the kilometrage rate paid by Alberta Health Services (AHS), whichever is higher, per kilometer from the Employee’s residence and return.  Mileage charges shall not apply for any travel distances of less than ten (10) kilometers one way.
2. Any time spent on Mandatory Training on scheduled days off shall be paid at the applicable rate of pay.
3. Any time spent on Mandatory Training while on shift shall be considered time on task and paid at the applicable rate of pay
4. The Employer will endeavor to provide multiple training site options whenever possible and Employees shall be required to work with the Employer to choose the option that incurs the least amount of travel cost.  
5. This Letter of Understanding will expire March 31, 2025, or upon the date of ratification of the next Collective Agreement, whichever is later.