Alberta Health Services Collective Agreement 2024-2028

EHS LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING #6

BETWEEN

ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES
(hereinafter referred to as the Employer)

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HEALTH SCIENCES ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA
(hereinafter referred to as the Union)

RE:  MULTI-SITE POSITION IN RAINBOW LAKE AND HIGH LEVEL

The Parties agree that this Letter of Understanding applies to Regular or Temporary EHS Employees who work a regularly scheduled tour in Rainbow Lake.

1. Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Collective Agreement, Rainbow Lake and High Level constitute a multi-Site position for EHS. High Level is the hub for the multi-Site position. It is understood that currently AHS has contracted out the EHS services at High Level, however in the event that AHS again takes over the provision of services in High Level during the term of this Letter of Understanding, High Level will be included in the multi-Site position without impact upon any of the following terms.

2. Employees who work a regularly scheduled tour in Rainbow Lake will receive a premium for that regularly scheduled tour in the amount of one hundred and twenty dollars ($120.00). The provisions for Employee Shift Exchange in Article 10.12 of the Local Conditions Applicable to Emergency Health Services. as contained in the Collective Agreement, shall continue to apply.

3. Employees who work a tour in High Level will not receive a premium for that tour, as premiums are only applicable to tours in Rainbow Lake.

4. These premiums are in recognition of the remoteness of this Site and of the unique nature of this multi-Site position, including the travel to and from the Site. The premiums are not part of regular earnings and are not pensionable earnings.

This Letter of Understanding will expire March 31, 2028, or upon the date of ratification of the next Collective Agreement, whichever is later.