Canadian Blood Services (Technical) Collective Agreement 2021-2024

LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING #14

Between

CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES
(hereinafter referred to as "the Employer”)

and

HEALTH SCIENCES ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA
(hereinafter referred to as "the Union")

RE: DONOR CARE ASSOCIATE 
 

Whereas the Employer has created a job description for the position of Donor Care Associate, and;

Whereas, pursuant to Article 41.01 of the Collective Agreement, the Parties have negotiated the wage rate for the position of Donor Care Associate as a consequence of its inclusion in the Union;

Therefore, the Parties hereby agree to the following:
 

1. A Donor Care Associate upon commencement of training for either Donor Screening or Phlebotomy, shall be placed on Tier 2 of the wage scale.
2. A Donor Care Associate who is on Tier 2 of the wage scale shall, upon commencement of training for either Donor Screening or Phlebotomy (whichever they did not first successfully complete), be placed on Tier 3 of the wage scale.
3. A Donor Care Associate being placed on a higher Tier of the wage scale shall be placed on that Step (i.e. Start, Year 1, Year 2, etc.) of the higher Tier equal to that Step they were previously on for the lower Tier (i.e. a Donor Care Associate on Step 2 of the Tier 2 wage scale shall be placed on Step 2 of the Tier 3 wage scale). A Donor Care Associate's placement on a higher Tier shall not affect their eligibility for anniversary increments.
4. Upon commencement of training for Donor Screening, a Phlebotomist shall be placed on that Step of Tier 3 of the Donor Care Associate wage scale equal to that Step they were previously on for the Phlebotomist wage scale (i.e. a Phlebotomist on Step 2 of the Phlebotomist wage scale shall be placed on Step 2 of the Tier 3 Donor Care Associate wage scale) and shall have their classification changed to Donor Care Associate and a new letter of appointment will be issued. A Phlebotomist’s placement on Tier 3 of the Donor Care Associate wage scale shall not affect their eligibility for anniversary increments.
5. Phlebotomists hired after May 5, 2014 shall be hired as a Tier 2 Donor Care Associate.