Covenant Health Collective Agreement 2020-2024

Article 19: Ambulance Duty And Camp Allowance

Note: Article 19 is not applicable to EMS

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   1. Ambulance Duty
      
      A paramedical technical Employee accompanying a patient being transferred by ambulance and/or aircraft shall be entitled to receive fifty dollars ($50.00) per round trip beyond a radius of thirty-five (35) kilometres from their place of employment in addition to their Basic Rate of Pay, and if applicable, overtime premium on the same basis as if they had been working at the Site. The Employee shall be reimbursed for reasonable and substantiated expenses incurred directly as a result of such duty.

   2. Camp Allowance
      
      For each twenty-four (24) hour period spent in a camp setting, a forty dollar ($40.00) camp allowance shall be paid to participating Employees. In the event that an Employee is incapacitated as a result of an accident sustained in the discharge of their duties while participating in this program, it is understood that the provisions of Article 24 shall apply.