Good Samaritan Society Collective Agreement 2020-2024

Article 2: Definitions

1. “Employer” shall mean the Good Samaritan Society (A Lutheran Social Services Organization) at the Good Samaritan Mill Woods Centre, the Southgate Care Centre or Dr. Gerald Zetter Care Centre, and the Good Samaritan Society CHOICE Program, as applicable and includes such persons as may from time to time be appointed or designated to carry out administration duties in respect of the operation and management of the care home or program.
2. “Union” means the Health Sciences Association of Alberta.
3. “Employee” shall mean any employee of the Employer for whom the Union has attained the status of bargaining agent through Certificates 72-96, 384-2001, 6-2002, 87-2006 or 90-2006 issued by the Alberta Labour Relations Board (as amended from time to time), and whose employment is designated as:
   1. “Regular Employee” is one who works on a full-time or part-time basis:
      1. “Full-time Employee” shall mean an Employee who is regularly scheduled to work the hours specified in Article 10 (Hours of Work);
      2. “Part-time Employee” shall mean an Employee who works scheduled shifts specified in the Hours of Work article provided however that such hours worked in any fourteen (14) calendar day period shall be less than those established for full-time employment.
   2. “Casual Employee” shall mean a person who:
      1. works on a call-in basis and is not regularly scheduled; or
      2. is regularly scheduled for a period of ninety (90) calendar days or less for a specific position; or
      3. relieves for an absence the duration of which is ninety (90) calendar days or less.
   3. “Temporary Employee” shall mean an Employee who is hired for a full-time or a part-time position for a fixed term of from ninety (90) days to eighteen (18) months inclusive.
4. “Basic Rate of Pay” shall mean the step in the scale applicable to the Employee as set out in the Wage Schedule, exclusive of all allowances and premium payments.
5. “Shift” shall mean a daily tour of duty exclusive of overtime hours.  The first shift of the day shall be that shift in which the majority of hours fall between midnight and 0800 hours.
6. For the purposes of applying the terms of this Collective Agreement, time worked shall be deemed to have been worked on the day on which the majority of hours of the shift falls.
7. The singular shall mean the plural and vice versa as applicable.
8. “Vacation” means annual vacation with pay.
9. “Job Steward” means an Employee of The Good Samaritan Society who has been appointed by the Union to advocate and represent the interests of fellow Employees at the care home or program.
10. “Emergency” means an unforeseen combination of circumstances or the resulting state that calls for immediate action.