Bonnyville Health Centre Collective Agreement 2020-2024

LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING #4

BETWEEN

COVENANT HEALTH, BONNYVILLE HEALTH CENTRE

AND

THE HEALTH SCIENCES ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA

OFF-SCHEDULE WAGE RATES
 

1. Should the Employer experience difficulty recruiting Employees due to marketplace rates of pay, the Employer’s Site Leader may set classification-specific off-schedule pay scales above those contained in the salary appendix of this collective agreement (Salary Appendix).  The off-schedule classification pay scale shall apply to all incumbents in an affected classification(s).
2. The Union will be notified of off-schedule changes made in paragraph #1.  Such notice shall include the affected classification(s), and the off-schedule classification pay scale(s).
3. Affected Employees shall be placed on the step of the pay scale, if applicable, that matches an Employee’s step on the day before off-schedule pay scale implementation.  Increments under the off-schedule pay scale, if applicable, will be earned at the rate set out in Article 13.02.  Affected Employees shall port their hours-towards-next-increment bank to the applicable step under the off-schedule pay scale.
4. The Employer may cancel off-schedule wage rates by providing affected Employees with three (3) months’ notice, in writing, of cancellation of the off-schedule rates, following which, affected Employees will be returned to their applicable basic rate of pay in the Salary Schedule.

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