Yukon Hospital Corporation

Location: Whitehorse, Yukon Territory

Union: Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada

Affiliation: Independent-national

Number of employees: 220

Bargaining unit: professional employees; dietitians and aides; nurses

A 36‑month renewal agreement effective from February 01, 2014 to January 31, 2017, settled in February 2014 at the conciliation stage. Duration of negotiations - 3 months

Wages

Hours of Work:

37.5 hours per week [unchanged].

Paid Holidays

12 [unchanged].

Paid Vacation

4 weeks earned after 1 year, 5 after 4, 6 after 15, and 7 after 26 [unchanged].

Stand-By

Posted periods of standby can be split by qualified employees with pre-authorization of employer [new addition].

Call-Back

An employee shall be entitled to a minimum of 15 minutes pay at the rate of time and one-half [straight time] for each telephone call handled outside regularly scheduled hours of work.

Overtime Pay

An employee who is called to work overtime shall be allowed one unpaid meal period of 30 minutes during each overtime period of between five and ten hours, and two unpaid meal periods during each overtime period of more than ten but less than 12 hours. If employees are required to be available for work during a meal period or when their meal period is interrupted by the requirement to perform work, they shall be paid at double time for the meal period [new addition].

Yukon Bonus

$2,242 [$2,200] per year.

Allowances

Community Benefits and Allowances [new addition] – A new Human Resources Policy entitled “Community Benefits and Allowances” will be applied to employees headquartered in remote communities outside the Greater City of Whitehorse area in the Yukon Territory. Amongst other things, Policy will address the following benefits and allowances:

i. Recruitment and Retention Bonus;

ii. Remote Living Allowance;

iii. Travel Days.

Vacancies and New Positions

The Employer will not require an employee to provide regular rotational services to the Satellite Hospitals operated by the Yukon Hospital Corporation or to any Territorial Community without the mutual consent of the Employer and the employee [new addition].

Casual employment

Casual employees who are given less than four calendar days advance notice of a cancellation in their scheduled shift will be entitled to four hours’ pay at the straight time rate for each accepted scheduled shift affected by the cancellation within the notice period [new addition].

Where a casual employee agrees to leave work during a shift and return for the next shift to provide needed, coverage, the casual employee will be entitled to payment at the overtime rates for the shift immediately following the shift the employee is requested to leave [new addition].

Bereavement Leave

The period of bereavement leave with pay may be split and taken in the following two periods: a) the first period immediately following the death, and b) the second period within 13 months from the date of death for the purpose of commemorating the deceased in accordance with bona-fide religious beliefs or attending a traditional ceremony [The period of bereavement leave with pay, may be deferred and taken in a single period within 13 months from the date of death].

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Note: This summary reflects the information received at time of ratification.