Bonnyville Health Centre Collective Agreement 2020-2024

LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING #3

BETWEEN

COVENANT HEALTH, BONNYVILLE HEALTH CENTRE

AND

THE HEALTH SCIENCES ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA

EMPLOYMENT IN MULTIPLE POSITIONS
 

The Parties agree that this Letter of Understanding applies to Employees who hold more than one (1) position within the bargaining unit as of the date of ratification of this Collective Agreement or to Employees who subsequently attain more than one (1) position within the bargaining unit.

1. An Employee is responsible for notifying their supervisor that they are employed in multiple positions with the Employer.

2.  

   1. Employees shall not be employed within the bargaining unit in greater than full-time capacity.  Employees currently employed in greater than a full-time capacity shall be given three (3) months’ notice of this requirement.  In extenuating circumstances, the three (3) months’ notice may be extended.

   2. Notwithstanding the above, an Employee who holds a part-time position(s) may work additional shifts, however, it is intended that the total hours will not normally exceed full-time hours, and in any case shall not contravene this Collective Agreement.

3. Subject to the Employer’s operational ability to do so, the Employer agrees to combine the regular hours of work of multiple positions held by an Employee for the purpose of benefit eligibility, Personal Leave eligibility, Vacation, Sick Leave, Named Holidays, Increments, placement on the Salary Appendix and Seniority, provided that the following conditions are met:

   1. the total hours of the positions do not exceed full-time employment as defined in this Collective Agreement; and

   2. the regular hours of work to be combined are associated with Regular part-time positions; and

   3. the positions are in the same classification and certificate and their schedules can be made Collective Agreement compliant, or the Employer and Employee mutually agree to waive the scheduling provision of Article 14, Hours of Work, in the Collective Agreement.

4. Where the regular hours of work of multiple positions cannot be combined in accordance with 3 above because they are in different classifications, they may be combined for the purposes of determining benefit eligibility only.

5. An Employee who holds multiple positions would have their salary adjusted to the highest increment level achieved in any of the positions currently held, providing that the positions are the same classification. The time period for any further increment advancement would include any regular hours already worked and not credited towards the next increment level.

6. An Employee who holds multiple positions would have the earliest "seniority date" recognized for the purpose of Article 34, Seniority.

7. Probation and trial periods will apply to each component of the multiple positions.  Probation is completed upon the successful completion of the first probationary period, with probation in second and subsequent positions reverting to a trial period within the provisions of the Collective Agreement except that there shall be no obligation on the Employer’s behalf to reinstate the Employee in their former position.

8. Layoff and recall provisions shall apply individually to each position.

9. An Employee who holds multiple positions, and who fails to report for work as scheduled due to a conflict in schedules, may be required to relinquish one of the positions.

10. An Employee who accepts multiple positions:

    1. acknowledges the Employer’s requirement to manage shift scheduling based on operational need.  If a schedule changes as a result of operational requirements, then an Employee may be required to resign one or more of their positions.  Should an Employee be required to resign from a position(s) under these circumstances, they shall be given twenty-eight (28) days’ notice of such requirement or such lesser time as may be agreed between the Employer and the Union.

    2. The Employer reserves the right to deny or terminate multiple position situations based on operational requirements or health and safety factors, subject to all provisions of the Collective Agreement.

This Letter of Understanding shall expire on March 31, 2024, or upon the date of ratification of the next Collective Agreement, whichever is later.