Stettler District Ambulance Association Collective Agreement 2023 - 2026

LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING #1

BETWEEN

STETTLER DISTRICT AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION
(hereinafter called the “Employer”)

AND

HEALTH SCIENCES ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA
(hereinafter called the “Union”)

RE: SEVERANCE
 

1. Severance will be offered as a result of organizational changes that result in the permanent reduction in the number of Employees in the bargaining unit.
2. The Employer will offer the following severance to eligible Employees, as defined in Item 3 of this Letter of Understanding.
   1. A regular Full-time Employee shall be eligible for severance pay in the amount of 80 hours full-time pay at their Basic Rate of Pay for each full year of continuous employment to a maximum of eight hundred (800) hours pay.
   2. A Regular Part-time Employee shall be eligible for severance pay in the amount of eighty (80) hours pay at their Basic Rate of Pay for each full year worked, prorated to their full-time equivalency, to a maximum of eight hundred (800) hours pay.
   3. A Casual Employee shall be paid eighty (80) hours at their hourly rate when their average number of hours over the previous twelve (12) month period is determined. This calculation will then be used to determine the final amount owed as in (b) above.
   4. For purposes of severance, continuous employment will be calculated from the last date of hire recognized with the Employee's current Employer.
3. A Regular Employee who has received layoff notice in accordance with Article 26 and for whom no alternate vacant position is available, shall have the option to select either of:
   1. Layoff with recall rights as specified in Article 26 of the Collective Agreement; or
   2. Severance in accordance with this Letter of Understanding.
4. A Regular Employee who accepts severance pay as described above, shall have terminated their employment, with no further rights to recall.
5. A Regular Employee who receives notice of layoff shall have fourteen (14) calendar days from the date the notice of layoff is issued to advise the Employer, in writing, that the Employee wishes to take the severance offered by the Employer. Any Employee who does not advise the Employer, in writing, of the Employee's decision to accept severance, shall be deemed to have selected layoff in accordance with Article 26 of this collective agreement.