Stettler District Ambulance Association Collective Agreement 2023 - 2026

Article 24: Resignation/ Termination

1. An Employee shall make every reasonable effort to provide to the Employer twenty-eight (28) calendar days’ notice. This notice period may be waived for reasons that are acceptable to the Employer. Such waiver shall not be unreasonably denied.
2. An Employee who voluntarily leaves the employ of the Employer shall receive the wages and vacation pay to which they are entitled at the regular pay day next following the day on which they terminate their employment or within seven (7) days of terminating their employment, whichever comes first.
3.  
   1. If employment is terminated, 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 twelve (12) working days, or eight percent (8%) if eligible for sixteen (16) working days, or ten percent (10%) if eligible for twenty (20) working days, or twelve percent (12%) if eligible for twenty-four (24) working days, of their earnings at the basic rate of pay from the end of the previous vacation year to the date of termination.
4. An Employee shall be considered to be terminated 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 they have been on layoff for a period of time exceeding half their length of service but, in any event, not to exceed a period of one (1) year on layoff.