Prairie Emergency Medical Services Inc. Collective Agreement 2020-2025

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LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING #5

BETWEEN

PRAIRIE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC.
(MEDAVIE HEALTH SERVICES WEST, 
NE Alberta Division)
(hereinafter referred to as “the Employer”)

AND

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

RE: HIRING OF FORMER WPD AMBULANCE , DUTCHACK HOLDINGS LTD EMPLOYEES - LLOYDMINSTER
 

The parties agree, without prejudice or precedent to similar and/or identical matters, to the following items as related to the hiring of former WPD Ambulance Employees (Lloydminster). 

  1. Any former WPD Ambulance Employees (Lloydminster) hired who currently have a wage rate greater than the current collective agreement between Prairie Emergency Medical Systems Inc. (PEMS) and the Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA)shall be grandfathered at their current rate of pay until they reach the appropriate HSAA agreement wage rate at which time that new wage rate shall apply.

  2. Former WPD Ambulance Employees (Lloydminster) shall not be required to serve the probationary period as set out in the HSAA collective agreement.

  3. Former WPD Ambulance Employees (Lloydminster) shall not be required to serve a waiting period for the purposes of any benefits as set out in the HSAA collective agreement or Employer benefit plans in regard to the job postings that closed on September 07, 2021.

  4. Former WPD Ambulance Employees (Lloydminster) shall when hired, and if possible, be end tailed at the bottom of the current seniority list as new Employees but shall be identified on such seniority list in their former seniority order. This list order may change dependent on the rules as outlined in the HSAA collective agreement.

  5. Former WPD Ambulance Employees (Lloydminster) employees shall be entitled to annual vacation based on their length of service at their former Employer but selection for such vacation shall be based on their HSAA seniority date.