Rexall/Pharma Plus Pharmacies Ltd. (Calgary) Collective Agreement 2024-2028

Article 35: Resignation/Termination

1. An Employee shall make every reasonable effort to provide to the Employer twenty-eight (28) calendar days notice, where possible, and shall, in any case, provide the Employer with fourteen (14) calendar days notice of their desire to terminate their employment.
2. If the required notice of termination is given, an Employee who voluntarily leaves the employ of the Employer shall receive the wages and vacation pay to which they are entitled on the day on which they terminate their employment.
3. Vacation Pay on Termination
   1. If employment is terminated and proper notice given, an Employee shall receive vacation pay in lieu of:
      1. the unused vacation earned during the previous vacation year at their basic rate of pay, together with;
      2. six percent (6%) if eligible for fifteen (15) working days, or eight percent (8%) if eligible for twenty (20) working days, or ten percent (10%) if eligible for twenty-five (25) working days, or twelve percent (12%) if eligible for thirty (30) working days of their earnings at the basic rate of pay from the end of the previous vacation year to the date of termination.
   2. Notwithstanding other provisions of this Collective Agreement, if employment is terminated by an Employee without giving proper notice pursuant to Article 35.01, such Employee shall receive vacation pay at the rate prescribed in the Employment Standards Code concerning vacations with pay provided that this clause may be waived if termination is due to cause which is acceptable to the Employer.
4. An Employee shall be deemed to have terminated their employment when:
   1. they are absent from work without good and proper reason and/or the approval of the Employer; or
   2. they do not return from layoff as required, or upon the expiry of twelve (12) months following layoff during which time the Employee has not been recalled to work.
   3. they fail to return to work on the completion of an authorized leave of absence, unless such failure is due to provable sickness.
5. If the required notice of termination is given, an exit interview with the Employer shall be granted at the Employee’s request prior to termination.