Stettler District Ambulance Association Collective Agreement 2023 - 2026

Article 12: Promotions, Transfers and Vacancies

1. Vacancies
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      1. The Employer shall post notices of all vacancies for not less than eight (8) calendar days.
      2. The Employer will e-mail each posting to the Employee’s preferred e-mail address within two (2) days of the vacancy being opened.
   2. When circumstances require the Employer to fill a vacancy before the expiration of eight (8) calendar days, the appointment shall be made on a relief basis only.
   3. Subject to Article 12.04, 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 12.01 (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; and
      5. salary.
   5. The Employer shall forward to the Union copies of each posting within the bargaining unit as outlined in Article 12.01 (a) within three (3) calendar days of the posting.
   6. The name of the successful applicant shall be provided to the Union in writing within three (3) calendar days of the appointment.
2. All applications for transfer or promotion shall be made in writing to the Employer
3. Applicants for transfer and/or promotion shall be informed by Notice in Writing of their acceptance within seven (7) calendar days of the date of the appointment.
4. In making promotions or 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.
   1. For transfers within the same classification the Employer shall request and Expression of Interest (EOI) and it will be awarded based on seniority. Trial period shall not apply.
5. All transfers and promotions shall be on a trial basis. The transferred or promoted Employee will be given a trial period to demonstrate their ability to perform the new task to the satisfaction of the Employer, inclusive of overtime, computed as follows:
   
                                           (Regular Annual Hours of Work)
                                                                   4 
   
   Such trial period may be extended by agreement between the Union and the Employer. The Employer shall provide an evaluation of the Employee prior to the completion of the trial period. Should such Employee fail to succeed during the above mentioned trial period, or request to return to their former position or status, the Employer will make a sincere effort to reinstate the Employee in their former position without loss of seniority or, if such reinstatement is not possible, place the Employee in another suitable position without loss of seniority and at a rate of pay equivalent to that of their former position/status.
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 an annual increment shall not be changed as a result of a promotion.
8. Where an Employee transfers from a casual position to a Full-Time position of the same classification, the Employee shall receive an annual increment at the completion of 2190 hours of work since the last increment as a casual Employee, or from the Employee’s start date as a casual Employee if they have not received an increment. For the purpose of further increments, the Employer’s anniversary date shall be set as the date they receive the aforementioned increment.
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   1. When, because of inability to perform the functions of a position, or by the Employee’s request, an Employee is transferred to a lower-rated classification, their rate will be adjusted immediately to that step in the scale. That will result in the recognition of service as provided in Article 28.
   2. When, because of inability to perform the functions of a position due to illness or injury, an Employee accommodated into a classification in the bargaining unit to which is assigned a lower salary scale, they shall move to the pay step of the lower salary scale that is closest to but not higher than their present Basic Rate of Pay.