Bonnyville Health Centre Collective Agreement 2020-2024

Article 38: Casual Employees

1. Application
   1. Except as specifically provided hereinafter, the provisions of this Collective Agreement shall not apply to Casual Employees.
   2. The provisions of Articles:
      
              Article 1: Term
              Article 2: Definitions
              Article 3: Recognition and Union Business
              Article 4: Union Membership, Security and Dues Deduction
              Article 5: Management Rights
              Article 6: No Discrimination
              Article 7: Occupational Health and Safety
              Article 8: Job Classification
              Article 9: Bulletin Boards
              Article 10: Grievance Procedure
              Article 11: Grievance Arbitration
              Article 12: Probationary Period
              Article 13: Salaries
              Article 18: Pyramiding
              Article 19: Shift Premium
              Article 20: Weekend Premium
              Article 21: Travel Expenses
              Article 29: In-Service Programs, and
              Article 31: Uniforms/Footwear/Lockers
              Article 32: Appointments, Promotions, Transfers and Vacancies
              Article 33: Discipline and Dismissal
              Article 36: Temporary Assignment
              Article 38: Evaluations and Personnel File; and    
              Article 39: Copies of the Collective Agreement
      
              shall apply to Casual Employees.
       
2. Hours of Work
   1. The provisions of Article 14 apply to Casual Employees employed in a regularly scheduled Full-Time or Part-Time capacity in accordance with Article 2.01(c)(ii) or(iii).
   2. Hours of work for a Casual Employee shall be up to seven and three- quarter (7 ¾) hours in a day.
   3. Casual Employees shall be permitted one (1) rest period of fifteen (15) minutes during each period of three point eight seven five (3.875) hours of work, the time of which shall be scheduled by the Employer.  Rest periods will not be scheduled in conjunction with meal periods, starting times, quitting times, or taken together except by mutual agreement of the Employee and the Employer.  Every shift of five (5) hours or longer shall include an unpaid meal period of not less than thirty (30) minutes, to be scheduled by the Employer, unless mutually agreed otherwise.
3. Reporting for a Later Shift
   In the event that a Casual Employee is required by the Employer to report to work and is then not permitted to commence work or is required to return to duty at a later hour, or not required to work, such Employee shall be compensated by receiving three (3) hours’ pay at the Basic Rate of Pay.
4. Required to Cease Work Prior to End of Shift
   Should a Casual Employee report and commence work as required by the Employer and be required to cease work prior to completion of their scheduled shift and return to duty at a later hour, they shall receive their basic hourly rate of pay for all hours worked with an addition of two (2) hours’ pay at their Basic Rate of Pay for that inconvenience.
5. Overtime
   1. The provisions of Article 15 apply to Employees employed in a regularly scheduled Full-Time or Part-Time capacity in accordance with Article 2.01(c)(ii) or (iii).
   2. The Employer shall determine when overtime is necessary and for what period of time it is required:
      1. all authorized overtime worked in excess of and in conjunction with seven and three-quarter (7 3/4) hours per day shall be paid at the rate of two times (2X) the Basic Rate of Pay. Authorization for overtime after the fact by the Employer shall not be unreasonably denied where overtime arises as a result of unforeseeable circumstances in which it is impossible to obtain prior authorization; or
      2. all overtime worked in excess of seventy-seven and one-half (77 1/2) hours in a fourteen (14) calendar day period shall be paid at two times (2X) the Basic Rate of Pay;
         
         whichever is greater.
   3. When a Casual Employee is regularly scheduled, such Employee shall not be required to layoff during a regularly scheduled shift to equalize any overtime previously worked.
6. On-Call/Call-Back
   1. The provisions of Article 16 and 17 apply to Employees employed in a regularly scheduled Full-Time or Part-Time capacity in accordance with Article 2.01(c)(ii) or (iii).
   2. 1. On-call duty shall mean any period during which a Casual 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 to work.
      2. For each assigned hour of authorized on-call duty, a Casual Employee shall be paid the sum of three dollars and thirty cents ($3.30) per hour except that on Named Holidays such Employee shall be paid the sum of four dollars and fifty cents ($4.50) per hour.  A Named Holiday shall run from 0001 hours on the Named Holiday to 2400 hours of the same day.
      3. A Casual Employee who is called back to work during the on-call period shall not be paid for those hours worked during the on-call period in accordance with Article 38.06(a)(ii) but shall be paid for the hours worked during the on-call period in accordance with the call-back provision of Article 17.02.
      4. 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.
   3. A Casual Employee who has completed a shift and is called back and required to return to work shall be reimbursed for reasonable, necessary and substantiated transportation expenses and, if the Employee travels for such purpose by private automobile, reimbursement shall be at the Alberta Government rate per kilometre from the Employee’s residence to the work site and return provided the return is prior to the commencement of the Employee’s next shift.
7. Vacation
   1. In lieu of vacation Casual Employees shall be paid in addition to their earnings at the Basic Rate of Pay:
      1. six percent (6%) of their earnings at the Basic Rate of Pay.
   2. Casual Employees shall be allowed:
      1. twenty-one (21) calendar days off without pay for their vacation in the first (1st) and second (2nd) year of employment;
      2. twenty-eight (28) calendar days off without pay for their vacation after the third (3rd) and subsequent years of employment.
8. Named Holidays
   1. Casual Employees required to work on a Named Holiday shall be paid at:
      1. one and one-half times (1 1/2X) their Basic Rate of Pay for work performed up to seven and three-quarter (7 3/4) hours;
      2. two and one-half times (2 1/2X) their Basic Rate of Pay for all overtime hours worked.
   2. A Casual Employee required to work on the August Civic Holiday and Christmas Day shall be paid at:
      1. two times (2X) their Basic Rate of Pay for work performed up to seven and three-quarter (7 3/4) hours;
      2. three times (3X) their Basic Rate of Pay for all overtime hours worked.
   3. Casual Employees shall be paid five percent (5%) of their earnings at the Basic Rate of Pay and of their vacation pay in lieu of Named Holidays.
9. Employee Benefits
   Casual Employees are not entitled to participate in the Health Benefits Plan.
10. Bereavement Leave
    1. Casual Employees will be entitled to time off without pay in lieu of bereavement leave pursuant to Article 30 of this Collective Agreement.
11. Workers’ Compensation
    Workers’ Compensation Board coverage will be provided for Casual Employees.
12. Seniority
    Casual Employees do not accumulate seniority.
13. Change of Status
    1. A Casual Employee who transfers to regular full-time or regular part-time employment with the Employer shall be credited with the following entitlements earned during their period of employment:
       1. salary increments;
       2. vacation entitlement; and
       3. seniority in accordance with Article 34.
14. Deemed Voluntary Termination
    Provided that there are available shifts that have been offered, a Casual Employee who has not worked any hours within a six (6) month period without making prior arrangements that would allow for a period of inactivity, will be deemed to have Voluntarily Terminated their services with the Employer.