Rexall Pharmacies ULC (Edmonton) Collective Agreement 2024-2028

Article 29: Promotions, Transfers and Vacancies

1.  
   1. Vacancies within the bargaining unit for full-time and part-time positions, and temporary positions of three (3) months or more, shall be posted not less than eight (8) calendar days in advance of making an appointment.
   2. Where circumstances require the Employer to fill a posted vacancy before the expiry of eight (8) calendar days, the appointment shall be made on a temporary or relief basis only.
   3. Subject to Article 29.05 where vacancies are filled, first consideration shall be given to Employees who are already members of the bargaining unit.
   4. The notice of posting referred to in Article 29.01(a) shall contain the following information:
      1. duties of the position;
      2. qualifications required;
      3. hours of work;
      4. status of position, and expected term if a temporary position;
      5. salary; and
      6. for information purposes only, current site(s).
   5. The Employer shall forward copies of the posting of vacancies of all positions within the bargaining unit as outlined in Article 29.01(a) to the appropriate Union office within seven (7) calendar days of the posting.
2. Applications for newly created positions, transfers, or promotions shall be made, in writing, to the Employer.
3. The appropriate Union office shall be advised of the name of the successful applicant of a posting for a position in the bargaining unit within seven (7) calendar days of the appointment. Where an Employee in the bargaining unit has applied on the posting, the name of the successful applicant shall be communicated in writing to the applicants in the bargaining unit within seven (7) calendar days of the appointment.
4.  
   1. Where a vacancy for a temporary position has been filled by the appointment of a regular full-time or part-time Employee, and where, at the completion of the expected term of the temporary position, the Employer decides that the Employee is no longer required in that position, they shall be reinstated in their former position. If such reinstatement is not possible, the Employee shall be placed in another suitable position. Such reinstatement or placement shall be without loss of seniority and at not less than the same rate of pay to which the Employee would be entitled had they remained in their former position.
      
      The reinstatement or placement of an Employee in accordance with Article 29.04(a) shall not be construed as a violation of the posting provisions of Article 29.01.
   2. Where a vacancy for a temporary position has been filled by the appointment of a casual Employee, and, where, at the completion of the expected term of the temporary position, the Employer decides that the Employee is no longer required in that position, they shall be reinstated to casual status.
   3. During the term of the temporary position, the incumbent Employee shall not be eligible to apply for other temporary positions that commence before the current temporary position ends unless otherwise mutually agreed.  The forgoing shall not apply to Employees occupying temporary positions prior to the date of ratification.
5.  
   1. In making promotions and transfers, experience, performance and qualifications applicable to the position shall be the primary consideration. Where these factors are adjudged by the Employer to be relatively equal, seniority shall be the deciding factor.
   2. If all applicants for a vacancy are casual Employees, experience, performance and qualifications applicable to the position shall be the primary consideration. Where these factors are adjudged by the Employer to be relatively equal, the position shall be awarded to the Employee who has the greatest number of hours worked with the Employer.
6. When an Employee is promoted to a classification to which is assigned a higher salary scale, the salary of such promoted Employee shall be advanced to that step in the new scale which is next higher than their current rate or to the step which is next higher again if such salary increase is less than the Employee’s next normal increment on the former salary scale. In the event that a promoted Employee is at the last increment in the scale for the classification held prior to the promotion, their salary shall be advanced to that step in the scale which is next  higher  than  their  current  rate,  or  if such salary increase  is less than the Employee’s last normal annual increase, they shall be advanced to the step which is next higher again in the scale.
7. An Employee’s anniversary date for the purpose of qualifying for an annual increment shall not be changed as a result of a promotion.
8. When, because of inability to perform the functions of a position or because of ill health or by their request, an Employee is transferred to a classification to which is assigned a lower salary scale, their rate will be adjusted immediately to the step in the lower salary scale that will result in the recognition of service from the date the current period of continuous employment commenced.
9. Promotion shall not be used to fill a temporary vacancy of less than three (3) months. In the event that an Employee is assigned to a classification with a higher salary scale in order to fill a temporary vacancy, the provisions of Article 18 shall apply.