Canadian Blood Services (Technical) Collective Agreement 2021-2024

Article 10: Probationary Period

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   1. Regular full-time, temporary full-time, regular part-time and temporary part-time Laboratory Technologists, Laboratory Assistants, Phlebotomists, Clinic Assistants, and Donor Care Associates shall serve a probationary period of nine hundred and seventy-five (975) hours or one (1) year worked, whichever occurs first. All other regular full-time, temporary full-time, regular part-time and temporary part-time Employees shall serve a probationary period of four hundred and fifty (450) hours worked. If the Employee's performance during probation is unsatisfactory in the opinion of the Employer, such Employee may be terminated at any time during the probationary period without notice and without recourse to the grievance procedure.
   2. An Employee’s probationary period may be extended for up to an additional four hundred and fifty (450) hours worked by mutual agreement between the Employer and the Union. A probationary period shall not be extended more than once.  During the extended period and, if in the opinion of the Employer, the Employee is found to be unsatisfactory, they may be terminated without notice and without recourse to the grievance procedure
   3. An Employee who changes their status from part time to full time, or vice versa, must undergo the probationary period not completed during their regular part-time or temporary employment status, or one hundred and fifty (150) hours worked whichever is greater.