Bonnyville Health Centre Collective Agreement 2020-2024

Article 1: Term of Collective Agreement

1. This Collective Agreement, including appendices hereto, unless altered by mutual consent of both parties hereto, shall be in force and effect from April 1, 2020, up to and including March 31, 2024, and from year to year thereafter unless amended or terminated.  Notification of desire to amend or terminate may be given in writing by either party during the period between sixty (60) calendar days and one hundred and twenty (120) calendar days prior to its expiration date.
2. When either party serves notice of desire to amend the Collective Agreement under Article 1.01 above, the negotiating committees shall exchange any proposed amendments at commencement of negotiations.
3. Where notice is served by either party under the Labour Relations Code, provisions of the Collective Agreement shall continue until either:
   1. a settlement is agreed upon and a new Collective Agreement is ratified; or
   2. if a settlement is not agreed upon by the parties, a new Collective Agreement is executed as provided in the Labour Relations Code; or
   3. a strike or lockout commences.
4. An Employee whose employment has terminated prior to the signing of this Collective Agreement is eligible to receive retroactively any increase(s) to basic hourly salary schedules that they would have received but for the termination of employment, upon the submission of a written application to the Employer within sixty (60) calendar days of the ratification of the Collective Agreement.