Part of Alberta Health Services Collective Agreement 2020-2024

Alberta Health Services Collective Agreement 2020-2024

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EMS LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING #8

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 ZAMA CITY, RAINBOW LAKE AND HIGH LEVEL

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

  1. Notwithstanding any other provisions in the Collective Agreement, Zama City, Rainbow Lake and High Level constitute a multi-Site position for EMS. High Level is the hub for the multi-Site position. It is understood that currently AHS has contracted out the EMS 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 Trading in Article 10.12 of the Local Conditions Applicable to Emergency Medical Services. as contained in the Collective Agreement, shall continue to apply.
    1. Employees who work a regularly scheduled tour in Zama City will receive a premium for that regularly scheduled tour in the amount of eighty dollars ($80.00). The provisions for Employee Shift Trading in Article 10.12 of the Local Conditions Applicable to Emergency Medical Services, as contained in the Collective Agreement shall continue to apply.
    2. The Employer shall provide a vehicle to Employees for travel into Zama City at the start of a tour and travel out of Zama City at the end of a tour. Only in the event the Employer decides not to provide a vehicle for a tour, the premium set out in paragraph 3(a) for that tour shall be increased to one hundred and twenty dollars ($120.00).
  4. 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 or Zama City.
     
  5. The Employer may reasonably require Employees to bring supplies in or out of Rainbow Lake or Zama City to or from High Level at the start, during or at the end of a tour. 250 

  6. These premiums are in recognition of the remoteness of these Sites and of the unique nature of this multi-Site position, including the travel to and from the Site and the supply needs for the Sites. Therefore, travel to and from the Site at the start and end of the tour and reasonable directions in relation to supplies shall not be considered in regular hours of work and overtime. The premiums are not part of regular earnings and are not pensionable earnings. 

    This Letter of Understanding will expire March 31, 2024, or upon the date of ratification of the next Collective Agreement, whichever is later.

Employers: Alberta Health Services Bethany Nursing Home of Camrose Lamont Health Care Centre Recovery Alberta