Canadian Blood Services (Technical) Collective Agreement 2021-2024

LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING #9

Between

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

and

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

RE: SENIORITY
 

This Letter's purpose is to provide guidance where there are conflicts due to seniority of the same date.

Seniority will be determined using the conflicted employees' Social Insurance Numbers (SIN). The last digit of the employees' SIN will be compared and the employee with the highest number will have preference over those with a lower number. If, by chance, two of the employees have the same number, the second last digit shall be compared in the same manner, then the third last digit, and so on until one employee has a higher digit.

For example, an employee with a last digit of 7 would be given greater seniority than an employee with the last digit of 6. For clarity, the digit 0 shall be considered the lowest digit.

This shall be effective date of ratification, and no employee’s seniority shall be retroactively adjusted as a result.