Bonnyville Health Centre Collective Agreement 2020-2024

Article 34: Seniority

1. Definition
   “Seniority” shall be the date on which a Regular or Temporary Employee’s continuous service commenced within the bargaining unit. “Seniority” shall continue to accrue during periods of layoff as specified in Article 34.02 and authorized leaves of absence.
2. Break in Seniority
   Seniority shall be considered broken, all rights forfeited and there shall be no obligation to rehire when:
   1. the employment relationship is terminated by either the Employer or the Regular Employee;
   2. twenty-four (24) months have expired following layoffs.
3. Seniority Lists
   An up-to-date seniority list and a list of Employees on layoff shall be sent to the Union in January of each year and when any Regular Employee is served notice of layoff. Such list shall indicate each Employee’s name, classification, status, full time equivalency and seniority date.
4. Employees Who Achieve a Regular Position
   1. For Casual Employees whose status changes to Regular or Temporary, the “seniority date” shall be established by dividing their contiguous hours earned since the person started performing work within the bargaining unit by 2022.75.
   2. For someone subsequently determined by the Labour Relations Board (or agreed to by the parties) as being in the bargaining unit, the seniority date shall be established by dividing their contiguous hours earned since the person started performing work of a general support services nature by 2022.75.
   3. No seniority shall be credited for time prior to a break in active employment of ninety (90) calendar days or more.
5. Seniority shall be the determining factor in:
   1. preference of vacation time, subject to Article 22.04 (b);
   2. layoffs and recalls, subject to the qualifications specified in Article 35;
   3. promotions and transfers within the bargaining unit subject to the qualifications specified in Article 32.
6. Same Seniority Dates
   In the event seniority dates are the same, the Employee with the earliest dated letter of hire shall be deemed to have the most seniority.  In the event that Employees with the same seniority dates also have letters of hire with the same dates, the Employee with the earliest dated application shall be deemed to have the most seniority.  In the event the tied seniority cannot be resolved in this manner, the tie shall be resolved by a coin toss.