Bonnyville Health Centre Collective Agreement 2020-2024

Article 16: On-Call

1. Definition
   On-call duty shall mean any period during which an Employee is not working but during which the Employee is required by the Employer to be readily available to respond without undue delay to any request to report for work.  Unless otherwise agreed between the Employer and the Employee on call periods shall be scheduled at least twenty-eight (28) days in advance covering four (4) weeks excepting in cases of emergency.
2. On-Call Pay
   For each assigned hour of authorized on-call duty, an Employee shall be paid:
   1. on regularly scheduled days of work, the sum of three dollars and thirty cents ($3.30) per hour; and
   2. on scheduled days off and Named Holidays, the sum of four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50) per hour.  A Named Holiday or scheduled day off shall run from 0001 hours on the Named Holiday or scheduled day off to 2400 hours of the same day.
3. Pocket Pagers/Cell Phone
   When an Employee is supplied a pocket pager/cell phone by the Employer for the purpose of on-call duty, there shall be no cost to the Employee for the use of the pocket pager/cell phone.