Part of Alberta Health Services Collective Agreement 2020-2024

Alberta Health Services Collective Agreement 2020-2024

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Local Conditions Applicable to EMS

ARTICLE 21: VACATION WITH PAY

Amend Article 21 as follows:

“21.02 Vacation Entitlement

  1. Subject to Article 33.01(e), during each year of continuous service in the employ of the Employer, an Employee shall earn vacation with pay in proportion to the number of months worked during the vacation year, to be taken in the following vacation year, except as provided for in Article 21.05. The rate at which vacation is earned shall be governed by the total length of such employment as follows:

    Years of EmploymentAnnual Hours – 2,190Annual Hours – 2,022.75Annual Hours – 2,088
    1 year144.0 Hours116.25 Hours120.0 Hours
    2 – 9 years192.0 Hours155.0 Hours160.0 Hours
    10 – 19 years240.0 Hours193.75 Hours200.0 Hours
    20+ years240.0 Hours232.5 Hours240.0 Hours

    For Employees previously covered under a former Collective Agreement with a higher vacation entitlement, their vacation entitlement will continue and be grandfathered at their current vacation entitlement level until such time the schedule outlined in Article 21.02 aligns. 

  2. Supplementary Vacation

    The supplementary vacations as set out below are to be banked on the outlined supplementary vacation employment anniversary date and taken at a mutually agreeable time subsequent to the current supplementary vacation employment anniversary date but prior to the next supplementary vacation employment anniversary date:

    1. upon reaching the employment anniversary of twenty-five (25) years of continuous service, Employees shall have earned an additional thirty-eight point seven five (38.75) hours vacation with pay;

    2. upon reaching the employment anniversary of thirty (30) years of continuous service, Employees shall have earned an additional thirty-eight point seven five (38.75) hours vacation with pay;

    3. upon reaching the employment anniversary of thirty-five (35) years of continuous service, Employees shall have earned an additional thirty-eight point seven five (38.75) hours vacation with pay;

    4. upon reaching the employment anniversary of forty (40) years of continuous service, Employees shall have earned an additional thirty-eight point seven five (38.75) hours vacation with pay;

    5. upon reaching the employment anniversary of forty-five (45) years of continuous service, Employees shall have earned an additional thirty-eight point seven five (38.75) hours vacation with pay.

21.05 Time of Vacation

  1. All vacation earned during one (1) vacation year shall be taken during the next vacation year, at a mutually agreeable time, except that an Employee may be permitted to carry forward a portion of vacation entitlement to the next vacation year. Requests to carry-forward vacation shall be made, in writing, and shall be subject to the approval of the Employer. Such carry-forwards shall not exceed forty-eight (48) hours.”

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