WCB – Alberta (Millard Health) Collective Agreement 2025-2028

Article 20: Resignation/Termination

1. An Employee shall give to the Employer fourteen (14) days’ notice of their intention to terminate their employment. The Employer may waive the requirement for providing notice in exceptional circumstances.
2. A temporary Employee shall not have the right to grieve the termination of their employment upon the conclusion of their work assignment.
3. An Employee shall be deemed to have terminated their employment when:
   1. they are absent from work without good and proper reason and/or without the approval of the Employer;
   2. they do not return from a leave of absence or vacation as scheduled; or
   3. they do not return from layoff as required by Article 18.05 of this Collective Agreement.
4. An Employee who voluntarily leaves the employ of the Employer shall receive the wages and other monetary entitlements to which they are entitled as soon as the Employer can make the wages and other monetary entitlements available.  In any event, the Employer will not delay the direct deposit of wages to the Employee's financial institution beyond four (4) working days.
5. Where applicable, an Employee who does not successfully complete registration and/or licensing examinations after a maximum of one (1) rewrite shall be considered terminated. 
6. Vacation Pay on Termination
   1. If employment is terminated, and proper notice given, an Employee shall receive vacation pay in lieu of:
      1. the unused vacation earned during the previous vacation year at their basic rate, together with;
      2. eight percent (8%) if eligible for one hundred and forty-four decimal nine six (144.96) hours; or ten percent (10%) if eligible for one hundred and eighty-one decimal two zero (181.20) hours; twelve percent (12%) if eligible for two hundred and seventeen decimal five six (217.56) hours; or fourteen percent (14%) if eligible for two hundred and fifty-three decimal eight zero (253.80) hours of their earnings at the basic rate of pay from the end of the previous vacation year to the date of termination.
7. Vacation taken in excess of what has been earned at the time of termination shall be deducted from final pay.