Bonnyville Health Centre Collective Agreement 2020-2024

LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING #2

BETWEEN

COVENANT HEALTH, BONNYVILLE HEALTH CENTRE

AND

THE HEALTH SCIENCES ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA

SEVERANCE
 

1. Severance will be offered as a result of organizational changes that result in the permanent reduction in the number of Regular Employees in the bargaining unit.
2. The Employer will offer the following severance to eligible Regular Employees, as defined in clause 3 of this Letter of Understanding:
   1. A Regular Full-time Employee shall be eligible for severance pay in the amount of two (2) weeks' full-time pay at their Basic Rate of Pay for each full year of continuous employment to a maximum of forty (40) weeks’ pay.
   2. A Regular Part-time Employee shall be eligible for severance pay in the amount of two (2) weeks' full-time pay at their Basic Rate of Pay for each full period of one thousand eight hundred and thirteen point five zero (1,813.50) hours worked at the Basic Rate of Pay to a maximum of forty (40) weeks’ pay.
   3. For purposes of severance, continuous employment will be calculated from the last date of hire recognized with the Employee's current Employer.
3. A Regular Employee who has been laid off in accordance with Article 35.07, and for whom no alternate employment is available, shall have the option to select either:
   1. layoff with recall rights as specified in Article 35.07 of the Collective Agreement; or
   2. severance in accordance with this Letter of Understanding.
4. A Regular Employee who accepts severance pay as described above shall have terminated their employment, with no further rights to recall.
5. An Employee who has been terminated for just cause or who has resigned or retired shall not be eligible for severance.
6. A Regular Employee who is laid off in accordance with Article 35.07 shall have fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of layoff to advise the Employer, in writing, that the Employee wishes to take the severance offered. The Employee’s decision to accept severance shall mean that the Employee has selected layoff in accordance with Article 35.07 of this Collective Agreement.
7.  
   1. Employees who select severance will not be eligible for rehire by any Employer who is a Party to a collective agreement containing this provision, or any Employer or agency funded directly or indirectly by the Employer paying the severance, for the period of severance (which for the purpose of clarity means the period of time equal to the number of weeks of severance paid to the Employee).
   2. The Employee may be considered for hire by an Employee referred to in (a) provided they repay the Employer from whom severance was received, the difference, if any, between the time they were unemployed and the length of time for which the severance was paid.
8. Severance pay provided under this Letter of Understanding shall be deemed to be inclusive of any and all legislative requirements for termination notice.
9. This Letter of Understanding shall apply over a period of time beginning the date on which the Parties exchange notice of ratification for this Collective Agreement and ending or upon the date of ratification of the next Collective Agreement, whichever is later.
10. Severance will not apply when an Employee is moved from this Bargaining Unit to another Bargaining Unit.