Stettler District Ambulance Association Collective Agreement 2023 - 2026

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Article 11: On-Call Duty

Applicable to core flex only

  1. Employees shall be required to respond to any call-back to duty and, at all times shall remain in fit condition to return to work.

  2. Employees will be compensated for On-Call Duty on regularly scheduled days of work, as per Appendix B for each hour of On-Call duty. 

  3. Unless otherwise agreed between the Employer and the Union, on-call periods shall be scheduled at least twelve (12) weeks in advance excepting in cases of Emergency. Employees whose on-call schedule has been changed with less than fourteen (14) calendar days’ notice shall be paid at the higher on-call rate.

    If, in the course of a posted On-Call Duty roster, the Employer changes an Employee’s on-call period, the Employee shall be paid at two times (2X) the On-Call Rate for all hours in the first period of on-call affected by the change unless fourteen (14) days’ notice of such change has been given. The Employee shall be notified of the change and such change shall be recorded on the On-Call Duty roster.

  4. Subject to Article 9.12, on each occasion that an Employee is recalled to duty after twelve (12) hours of Active Duty during a Tour of Duty have been worked, in addition to the applicable On-Call Rate of pay, the Employee shall receive pay for all Active Duty hours worked during the on-call period pursuant to Articles 9 and 10, or for two hours, whichever is greater. 

    A new Call-Back for compensation purposes shall only apply when the Employee has finished their On-Car duties and has notified dispatch that they are back in service. 

  5. Regular Employees who are not on a scheduled Tour of Duty and who are called back to service shall be compensated:

    1. at the overtime rate of pay for all core and flex hours of the Shift;

    2. at the Premium On-Call Rate (Appendix A) for all On-Call Hours;

    3. at two times (2X) the Basic Rate of Pay for a minimum of two (2) hours for On-Car duty during the On-Call Period.