Bonnyville Regional Fire Authority Collective Agreement 2024-2026

Article 12: Promotions, Transfers and Vacanies

1. Vacancies
   1. 1. The Employer shall post notice of all vacancies for not less than eight (8) calendar days.
      2. The Employer will make reasonable effort to e-mail a blanket posting to the work e-mail address of all Employees within four (4) days of the vacancy being opened.
   2. When circumstances require the Employer to fill a vacancy before the expiration of eight (8) calendar days, the appointment shall be made on a relief basis only.
   3. Where vacancies are filled, the Employer may assess internal and external applicants concurrently, however first consideration shall be given to Employees who are already members of the bargaining unit.
   4. The notice of posting shall contain the following information:
      1. duties of the position;
      2. qualifications required;
      3. hours of work;
      4. status of position, and expected term if a temporary position; and
      5. wage.
   5. The Employer shall forward to the Union copies of the posting of vacancies of all positions within the bargaining unit within three (3) calendar days of the posting.
   6. The name of the successful applicant shall be given to the Union in writing within three (3) calendar days of the appointment.
2. All applications for transfer or promotion shall be made in writing to the Employer.
3. Applicants for transfer and/or promotion shall be informed by Notice in Writing of their acceptance within seven (7) calendar days of the date of the appointment. 
4. 1. In making promotions and transfers, experience, performance, skill, knowledge, training and qualifications applicable to the position shall be the primary consideration. Where these factors are adjudged by the Employer to be relatively equal, seniority shall be the deciding factor.
   2. If all applicants for a vacancy are Casual Employees, experience, performance and qualifications applicable to the position shall be the primary consideration. Where these factors are adjudged by the Employer to be relatively equal, the position shall be awarded to the Employee who has the greatest number of hours worked with the Employer.
5. All transfers and promotions shall be on a trial basis. The transferred or promoted Employee will be given a trial period of three (3) months in which to demonstrate their ability to perform the new task to the satisfaction of the Employer. Such trial period may be extended by agreement between the Union and the Employer.  Should such Employee fail to succeed during the above mentioned trial period, the Employer will make a sincere effort to reinstate the Employee in their former position without loss of seniority or, if such reinstatement is not possible, place the Employee in another suitable position without loss of seniority and at a rate of pay equivalent to that of their former position.
6. When an Employee is promoted to a classification to which is assigned a higher salary scale, the salary of such promoted Employee shall be advanced to that step in the new scale which is next higher than their current rate or to the step which is next higher again, if such salary increase is less than the Employee’s next normal increment on the former salary scale. In the event that a promoted Employee is at the last increment in the scale for the classification held prior to the promotion, their salary shall be advanced to that step in the scale which is next higher than their current rate or, if such salary increase is less than the Employee’s last normal annual increase, they shall be advanced to the step which is next higher again in the scale. 
   
   When an Employee is promoted to a classification to which is assigned a higher salary scale, then the process in Article 28.01 will also apply.
7. The Employee’s anniversary date for the purposes of their next increment shall be the date of their promotion.