Alberta Health Services Collective Agreement 2024-2028

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Local Conditions Applicable to EMS

ARTICLE 20: TRAVEL EXPENSES

Amend Article 20.05 as follows:

“20.05 Duty – Incurred Expenses

When an Employee is required to standby at a location or event or are dispatched on ambulance service involving travel beyond forty (40) kilometres from their Site and for a period of greater than five (5) hours, the Employee shall receive a nineteen dollar ($19.00) meal allowance for the first five (5) hours duration (calculated by daily maximum allowance per Article 20.05 divided by 3) and each subsequent period of five (5) hours duration of such duties to a maximum of fifty seven dollars ($57.00) per day. No receipt required.”

Where an Employee is required to come within the forty (40) kilometer radius as determined by taking the shortest or most appropriate route to an assigned location or event but remain away from their site for a period of five (5) hours or more, they shall be permitted to claim a meal allowance as noted above.