Canadian Blood Services (Transport Unit) Collective Agreement 2017-2021

Article 2: Definitions

1. “Union” shall mean the Health Sciences Association of Alberta.
2. “Employer” shall mean and include such Officers as the Canadian Blood Services may from time to time appoint or designate to carry out administrative duties in respect of the operation and management of the Edmonton Blood Services Centre and its satellite sites or in respect of the administration of this Agreement.
3. “Employee” shall mean a person who performs on a regular basis the job functions pertaining to any classification covered herein.
4. The gender-neutral pronouns “their”, “them”, “they” used herein shall mean and include all persons, and the singular shall include the plural and vice versa, as applicable.
5. “Regular Full-time Employee” shall mean one who is regularly scheduled to work the full prescribed hours as specified in Article 6 of this Agreement.
6. A “regular part-time Employee” shall mean an Employee who is employed for an indefinite duration, but whose scheduled hours of work are less than thirty seven and one-half (37 1/2) hours per week.
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   1. A “Temporary Employee” is one who is employed for a specified period of time to replace a regular full-time or a regular 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 normally not more than eighteen (18) months in duration. 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.
8. A “casual Employee” is one who is hired to work occasionally on a call-in basis, or one who is hired in a relief capacity and/or during temporary work load situations which do not exceed three (3) months duration.
9. One (1) year of service for regular part-time, temporary part-time and casual employees shall be defined as one thousand nine hundred and fifty (1,950) regular paid hours.
10. “Steward” means Employee of the Employer designated by the Union to act as a local representative.