ARTICLE C – ASSOCIATION COMMITTEES AND REPRESENTATIVES 90 ARTICLE D – SENIORITY LIST 94 ARTICLE E – LEAVE OF ABSENCE – ASSOCIATION BUSINESS 94 ARTICLE F – PAID HOLIDAYS 95 ARTICLE G – EARNED LEAVE – VACATIONS 95 ARTICLE H – MISCELLANEOUS 97 ARTICLE I -- STANDBY …………..98 ARTICLE J – OF WORK AND WORKING CONDITIONS 98 ARTICLE K – PART-TIME SCHEDULING 103 ARTICLE L – EXTENDED TOURS 107 ARTICLE M – PREPAID 109 ARTICLE N – JOB-SHARING 109 ARTICLE – INNOVATIVE SCHEDULES 111 ARTICLE P – WEEKEND SCHEDULES 111 ARTICLE Q – VOLUNTARY & RETIREE BENEFITS 111 ARTICLE R – TEN HOUR TOURS 2 112 ARTICLE S – EXTENDED 2D2N ROTATIONS (FULL-TIME NURSES ONLY) 113 ARTICLE T – VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND CONTROL 114 U – 115 LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING – RE: VARIATIONS TO NORMAL TOURS OF DUTY 117 LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING – RE: COMPOSITE POSITIONS 118 LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING – – 119 APPENDIX A –ONA ………………………….121 REGULAR POSTING REQUIREMENTS
APPENDIX 3 SALARY SCHEDULE Effective April 1, 2014 Registered Nurse Practitioner Charge Nurse / Discharge Planner / Clinical Resource Nurse / Professional Practice Leader Patient Educator/ Mental Health Resource Nurse Graduate Nurse Start 30.59 36.71 31.88 31.51 28.76 1 Year 31.04 37.25 32.35 31.97 29.18 2 31.56 37.87 32.89 32.50 29.67 3 Years 33.11 39.73 34.50 34.10 31.12 4 Years 34.68 41.62 36.14 35.72 32.60 5 Years 36.63 43.96 38.17 37.73 34.43 6 Years 38.59 46.31 40.22 39.75 36.28 7 Years 40.57 48.68 42.28 41.79 38.14 8 Years 43.45 52.14 45.28 44.75 40.84 25 Years 44.22 53.06 46.08 45.55 41.57 Effective April 1, 2015 Registered Nurse Nurse Practitioner Charge Nurse / Discharge Planner / Clinical Resource Nurse / Professional Practice Leader Patient Educator/ Mental Health Resource Graduate Nurse Start 31.02 37.22 32.33 31.95 29.16 1 Year 31.47 37.76 32.79 32.41 29.58 2 Years 32.00 38.40 33.35 32.96 30.08 3 Years 33.57 40.28 34.98 34.58 31.56 4 Years 35.16 42.19 36.64 36.21 33.05 5 Years 37.14 44.57 38.70 38.25 34.91 6 39.13 46.96 40.78 40.30 36.79 7 41.14 49.37 42.87 42.37 38.67 8 Years 44.06 52.87 45.91 45.38 41.41 25 Years 44.84 53.81 46.73 46.19 42.15 NOTE: The differential between the Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner wage rate is (n + 20%). The differential between the Registered Nurse and Charge Nurse, Discharge Planner, and Clinical Resource Nurse wage rates is (n + 4.21%). The differential between the Registered Nurse and Patient Educator, and Mental Health Resource Nurse wage rates is (n + 3%). The differential between the Registered and Graduate Nurse wage rate is (n x 0.94). APPENDIX 4
to consider the request and if there is agreement to proceed, discuss and finalize the implementation issues. ARTICLE P – WEEKEND SCHEDULES P-1 In order to meet the Hospital’s needs for weekend staff and individual Nurses’ preference for working weekends, the parties agree that when a Nurse on a unit submits in writing a desire to work a weekend schedule, the Hospital and the Union will meet to consider the request and if there is agreement to proceed, to discuss the implementation issues which would include but are not limited to; Introduction / Discontinuation; Averaging of Hours; Paid Holiday Bank / Vacation Banks; Scheduling Provisions. ARTICLE Q – VOLUNTARY & RETIREE BENEFITS Q-1 Voluntary Part-time Benefits – Process for Payment The Employer agrees to provide part-time Nurses with the option of voluntary participation in any and all of the group health and welfare benefit programs set out in Article 17. It is understood and agreed that the part-time Nurses who participate will assume the monthly premiums. Any part-time Nurse who wishes to participate will provide payment of the premiums through twelve (12) post-dated cheques submitted by July 1st of each year. It is understood that any transaction be dated the first (1st) of each and every month. The Employer will notify the Union of the benefit costs to part-time Nurses in June of each year, and each time the benefit costs are renegotiated by the Employer. Q-2 Retiree Benefits – Process for Payment Any bargaining unit Nurse who retires and wishes to participate in the benefit plans as outlined in Article 17.01(h) will provide advance payment of the benefits through twelve (12) post-dated cheques submitted by July 1st of each year. It is understood that any transaction would be dated the first (1st) of each and every month. The Employer will notify the Union of the benefit costs to retired Nurses in June of each year, and each time the benefit costs are renegotiated by the Employer.
November 8, 2015 October 22, 2015 October 8, 2015 October 15, 2015 November 9, 2015 – December 6, 2015 November 19, 2015 November 5, 2015 November 12, 2015 December 7, 2015 – January 3, 2016 December 17, 2015 December 3, 2015 December 10, 2015 January 4, 2016 – January 31, 2016 January 14, 2016 December 31, 2015 January 7, 2016 February 1, 2016 – February 28, 2016 February 11, 2016 January 28, 2016 February 4, 2016 February 29, 2016 – March 27, 2016 March 10, 2016 February 25, 2016 March 3, 2016 March 28, 2016 – 24, 2016 April 7, 2016 March 24, 2106 March 31, 2016 April 25, 2016 – May 22, 2016 May 5, 2016 April 21, 2016 April 28, 2016 May 23, 2016 – June 19, 2016 June 2, 2016 May 19, 2016 May 26, 2016 June 20, 2016 – July 17, 2016 June 30, 2016 June 16, 2016 June 23, 2016 July 18, 2016 – August 14, 2016 July 28, 2016 July 14, 2016 July 21, 2016 August 15, 2016 – September 11, 2016 August 25, 2016 August 11, 2016 August 18, 2016 September 12, 2016 – October 9, 2016 September 22, 2016 September 8, 2016 September 15, 2016 October 10, 2016 – November 6, 2016 October 20, 2016 October 6, 2016 October 13, 2016 November 7, 2016 4, 2016 November 17, 2016 November 3, 2016 November 10, 2016 December 5, 2016 – January 1, 2017 December 15, 2016 December 1, 2016 December 8, 2016 January 2, 2017 – January 29, 2017 *Article J-3 (b) – Each new schedule will cover a 4 week period, except Christmas/New Year’s schedule which will cover a 6 week period. Requests for specific days off are to be submitted in writing by the above request due dates. All denied requests will be delivered in writing by the above notification dates. Posting date of Christmas/New Year’s schedule has been moved up one week to allow more time for planning and effective scheduling.