Bethany Care Society Collective Agreement 2020-2024

Article 44: Professional or Registration Fees

1. The Employer shall reimburse each regular Employee to a maximum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) each calendar year, to cover the Employee’s annual professional licensing fees paid for by the Employee.
2. This provision will apply to those professional fees required by the regulatory association for practice or as a condition of employment.
3. A regular Employee whose FTE is 0.4 FTE or greater and whose Employer paid hours are 768 or greater in the previous calendar year shall be eligible for the foregoing reimbursement.
4. This provision shall be administered in accordance with Canada Revenue Agency requirements.
5. This provision will also apply to Recreation Therapists for the purpose of claiming the annual professional fee as outlined above for voluntary registration with the Alberta Therapeutic Recreation Association.