Part of Canadian Blood Services (Technical) Collective Agreement 2021-2024

Canadian Blood Services (Technical) Collective Agreement 2021-2024

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  1. "Union” shall mean the Health Sciences Association of Alberta.
  2. "Employer" shall mean and include such Officers as Canadian Blood Services may from time to time appoint or designate to carry out administrative duties in respect of the operation and management of this Collective Agreement at the Edmonton, Red Deer and Calgary Blood Centres.
  3. "Employee" (as further defined in Articles 2.04 and 2.05, 2.06 and 2.07 and as listed in Article 25.02) shall mean a person who performs, on a regular basis, the job functions pertaining to any classification covered herein or who is included in the bargaining unit by a decision of the Alberta Labour Relations Board.
  4. A "Regular Full-time Employee" is one who is employed for an indefinite duration of time to work the full prescribed hours as specified in Article 6 of this Collective Agreement.
  5. A "Regular Part-time Employee" is one who is employed for an indefinite duration of time but whose scheduled hours of work are less per week than those prescribed in Article 6 of this Collective Agreement.
  6.  
    1. A "Temporary Employee" is one who is employed for a specified period of time to replace a full-time or a part-time Employee who is on leave of absence with or without pay.  A temporary Employee may also be employed for a specific job or project of not more than eighteen (18) months. The period of time referred to above may be extended by mutual agreement between the Union and the Employer.  Such extension request shall be submitted to the Union a minimum of thirty (30) days prior to the expiry of the temporary assignment.  Such request shall not be unreasonably denied.  
    2. At the time of hire, the Employer shall state in writing the expected term of employment.  Where the expected specified term of employment will not result, the Employer will provide two (2) weeks written notice to such Employee. in cases where the term of temporary employment is twelve (12) months or more or one (1) week written notice in cases where the term of temporary employment is less than twelve (12) months
    3. A temporary Employee shall not have the right to grieve the termination of their employment when no longer required in that position or on completion of the expected term of the position nor placement pursuant to Article 12.09.
  7. “Casual Employee” is a person who:
    1. works on a call-in basis and is not regularly scheduled; or
    2. is regularly scheduled for a period of three (3) months or less for a specific job; or
    3. relieves for an absence the duration of which is three (3) months or less.

  8. Except as otherwise modified under specific Articles, all provisions of this Collective Agreement shall apply to regular part-time, temporary, and casual Employees on a pro rata basis when applicable, except that casual Employees shall not be entitled to benefits provided in the following Articles:

                7.01(b), 7.02, 7.03 
                8.03 (b), 8.04            
                9.03 (c), 9.04 (c)
                10.01, 10.02
                11.01 (a), 11.02, 11.03, 11.04
                12.07
                13 (except Article 13.04 (C))
                14.01, 14.02, 14.03, 14.04, 14.05, 14.06
                15
                17
                18
                19
                22.01, 22.02, 22.03
                23
                31.01 (a) (ii), 31.02, 31.03    
                40.05
                Article 48
                Letters of Understanding 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13
     

  9. "Date of Employment" means the date when the Employee commenced current employment with the Employer, except for Employees employed prior to the signing date of the 1977 Collective Agreement (October 14, 1977), in which cases the date of employment will remain as previously established.
  10. A "month" for purposes of this Collective Agreement is defined as the period of time between the date in one (1) month and the preceding date in the following month.
  11. The feminine gender shall mean and include the masculine and similarly the singular shall include the plural and vice versa as applicable.
  12. “Basic Rate of Pay” is defined as the step in the scale applicable to the Employee as set out in Article 25.02.
  13. “Shift” means a daily tour of duty exclusive of overtime hours.
  14. “Steward” means an Employee of the Employer designated by the Union to act as a local representative.

Employers: Canadian Blood Services