Covenant Health Collective Agreement 2020-2024

LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING #12

BETWEEN

COVENANT HEALTH 
(hereinafter referred to as the Employer)

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

RE: CONSEQUENTIAL VACANCIES

WHEREAS the Parties recognize that posting requirements for individual vacancies in Functional work areas where multiple/repetitive vacancies occur causes delays in efficient transfer of existing Employees, timely commencement of new Employees, and potential loss of interested internal/external candidates;

AND WHEREAS the Parties therefore agree that a consequential vacancy system may have positive effects on the workplace.

Where the Employer or Union wishes to discuss alternative consequential vacancy processes at a local level, such discussions will give consideration to the principles and the process options outlined in the Joint Guidelines on Staffing Initiatives developed by the Joint Committee.

The Joint Committee agrees to review and amend the Joint Guidelines on Staffing Initiatives no later than one hundred and twenty (120) days following ratification of the Collective Agreement.

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