Covenant Health Collective Agreement 2020-2024

LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING #27

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:  RURAL CAPACITY INITIATIVES

Effective the date of ratification, the Employer agrees to implement a Rural Capacity Investment

Fund (“the Fund”). The Fund will allocate $300,000.00 per fiscal year for recruitment and retention incentives and for relocation assistance for the remaining years in the Collective Agreement. The Fund will be used to support initiatives aimed at addressing recruitment and retention challenges experienced by Sites/programs/positions deemed by the Parties to be “difficult to recruit to” primarily in the Covenant Health Rural Sites. This initiative is a joint venture between the Union and the Employer and is to be implemented ninety (90) days from ratification within Joint Committee.

This Letter of Understanding will expire on March 31, 2024.