Canadian Labour Reporter

November 12, 2018 6 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS AMBULANCE SERVICES Associated Ambulance and Services (Whitecourt) Athabasca, Barrhead, Boyle, Edson, Hinton, Jasper, Nordegg, Rimbey, Rocky Mountain House, Whitecourt, Alta. (214 ambulance attendants) and the Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) Renewal agreement: Effec- tive April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2020. Ratified on July 24, 2018. Signed on Oct. 1, 2018. Shift premium: $2 per hour when employees act as supervi- sor (employee will be provided with employer-supplied cell- phone). $3 per hour, maximum 20 hours, when majority of hours are between midnight Saturday and 7 a.m. Monday. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 100 hours to start, 120 hours after 3 years, 150 hours after 5 years, 180 hours after 7 years, 200 hours after 10 years. Employees may carry forward maximum 1 tour of vacation per year. All remain- ing vacation hours not used will be paid out in first 2 pay periods following end of fiscal year. Overtime: Double time for all work after regularly scheduled hours. Meal allowance: $10 after 5 hours; $20 after 6 hours; $30 after 10 hours. $30 daily maximum (no receipt required) when employee is at event that takes employee away from site. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for Alberta Health Care Plan. Employer will provide $2,600 per year for taxable spending account to cover medical ex- penses. Unused portions may be carried forward into follow- ing year. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Sick leave: 1 day per month, maximum 12 days (previously 10 hours per month, maximum 120 hours). STD: Employee pays 100% of premiums. LTD: Employee pays 100% of premiums. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Pension: Employees are eli- gible to join group RRSP/DPSP plans. Employer will make contributions of 2% after 6 months of service, 3% after 4 years of service, 4% after 8 years of service. Employees are free to contribute more to plans. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse (common-law or same- sex), parent, child, brother, sis- ter, grandchild, fiancé, steppar- ent, stepchildren, stepbrother, stepsister). 3 days for death of mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent-in-law, brother- in-law, sister-in-law, legal guardian, grandparent, niece, nephew. 1 additional unpaid day for travel more than 200 kilometres; 2 additional unpaid days for travel more than 501 kilometres away. Seniority – recall rights: 24 months. Call-in pay: Paid at double time, minimum 2 hours, or for total hours worked, whichever is greater. Call-in starts at time of dispatch. When employee is dispatched for time in future, call-in starts at time ambulance is en route to call. Employer will pay $0.54 per kilometre for travel time. Probationary period: 6 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 1 year for written warnings; 2 years for suspensions; 5 years for second incident of discipline regarding violence, harassment in workplace. Severance: 2 weeks' pay for each year of employment, maximum 40 weeks' pay, unless employer provides 180 days' notice. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide 4 shirts, 2 pairs of uniform pants, 1 high-visibility jacket, crests or epaulettes as required, safety glasses. Em- ployee will be responsible for maintaining, cleaning uniform clothing. Mileage: $0.54 per kilometre when fleet vehicle is unavailable for employer business. Employ- ee will be reimbursed for rea- sonable, necessary and substan- tiated transportation expenses for one-way trip of greater than 50 kilometres, maximum $100 per occurrence. Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Division supervisor (ACP) Step 1: $38.56 Step 2: $39.47 Step 3: $40.39 Step 4: $41.26 Step 5: $42.66 Step 6: $43.56 Step 7: $44.44 Step 8: $45.33 Step 9: $46.66 Step 10: $48.53 Step 11: $50.48 Step 12: $52.49 Division supervisor (PCP) Step 1: $29.14 Step 2: $30.05 Step 3: $30.94 Step 4: $31.86 Step 5: $33.21 Step 6: $34.52 Step 7: $35.85 Step 8: $37.17 Step 9: $38.65 Step 10: $40.21 Step 11: $41.82 Step 12: $43.48 Advanced-care paramedic Step 1: $34.42 Step 2: $35.24 Step 3: $36.07 Step 4: $36.85 Step 5: $38.09 Step 6: $38.90 Step 7: $39.68 Step 8: $40.47 Step 9: $41.68 Step 10: $43.35 Step 11: $45.08 Step 12: $46.89 Primary-care paramedic Step 1: $26.01 Step 2: $26.82 Step 3: $27.61 Step 4: $28.45 Step 5: $29.65 Step 6: $30.83 Step 7: $32.01 Step 8: $33.19 Step 9: $34.50 Step 10: $35.89 Step 11: $37.32 Step 12: $38.82 EMR Step 1: $20.41 Step 2: $21.19 Step 3: $22.01 Step 4: $22.82 Step 5: $23.62 Casual ACP: $40 Rocky Mountain House salary EMR Step 1: $17 Step 2: $17.65 Step 3: $18.33 Step 4: $19.01 Step 5: $19.67 PCP Step 1: $21.75 Step 2: $22.40 Step 3: $23.08 Step 4: $23.76 Step 5: $24.72 Step 6: $25.70 Step 7: $26.73 Step 8: $27.80 Step 9: $28.91 Step 10: $30.08 Step 11: $31.27 Step 12: $32.53 PCP supervisor Step 1: $24.36 Step 2: $25.09 Step 3: $25.85 Step 4: $26.61 Step 5: $27.68 Step 6: $28.79 Step 7: $29.94 Step 8: $31.13 Step 9: $32.38 Step 10: $33.68 Step 11: $35.02 Step 12: $36.43 ACP Step 1: $29.04 Step 2: $29.62 Step 3: $30.22 Step 4: $30.82 Step 5: $31.75 Step 6: $32.39 Step 7: $33.03 Step 8: $33.69 Step 9: $34.70 Step 10: $36.12 Step 11: $37.53 Step 12: 39.04 ACP supervisor Step 1: $32.53 Step 2: $33.17 Step 3: $33.84 Step 4: $34.52 Step 5: $35.56 Step 6: $36.27 Step 7: $36.99 Step 8: $37.73 Step 9: $38.86 Step 10: $40.45 Step 11: $42.03 Step 12: $43.72 Casual ACP: $29.62

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