Memorandum of Agreement Summary for Hamilton Health Sciences Signed April 29,16
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Memorandum of Agreement Summary for Hamilton Health Sciences Signed April 29,16 ARTICLE CHANGE Appendix 3 - Public Health Nurse – Chedoke Site changed to Hamilton General Site Wage Grid Superior 15 (Note) 18.7 – Deleted – Now covered in article 15.08. Conditions A casual part-time nurse (Category “B”) who works on any of the eleven (11) recognized holidays listed in Appendix 5, Article H-1, will receive one and one- half (1 1/2) times her regular straight time hourly rate for all hours worked on such holiday. 11 (Note) 13.05(b) Paternity Leave – Deleted – Well covered in Central Language Article 11.08. Paternity leave of absence without pay will be granted for a period of two (2) weeks. A request for such leave shall be in writing and shall be replied to in writing. Article B - B-1 “Site” means the buildings, employees and activities located at either the Definitions General Hospital (which includes the West End Urgent Care Centre and Ron Joyce Children’s Health Centre) or the Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre, or the McMaster Hospital or the Chedoke Hospital or the St. Peter’s Hospital or the West Lincoln Memorial Hospital. B-3 For purposes of Article 14.10, at the General and Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre, St. Peter’s Hospital and West Lincoln Memorial Hospital sites the evening shift shall be defined as hours worked between 15:00 hours and 23:00 hours, the night shift shall be defined as hours worked between 23:00 hours and 07:00 hours. At the McMaster and Chedoke sites, the evening shift shall be defined as hours worked between 15:30 hours and 23:30 hours, the night shift shall be defined as hours worked between 23:30 and 07:30 hours. These hours are related to when shift premiums are paid. B- 7(b) is available to work at least three (3) paid holidays in addition to the paid holidays included in (a) above, and Housekeeping Article D – D-4 In reference to Article 6.04(a), the union representatives on the Negotiating Representation Committee shall not exceed Ten (10) and shall be inclusive of the and Bargaining Unit President and the Grievance Chair. Committees D-6 In reference to Article 6.05 (b), there shall be two (2) union representatives for each Hospital site Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee. When a regular member is unable to attend, a local site alternate will attend. Article F – Paid F- 4 In reference to Articles 15.04, 15.05 and 15.06, such day shall be taken Holidays within the period of one (1) month prior to or two (2) months after the date of the holiday. Notwithstanding the preceding, a nurse may accumulate up to three (3) such days at any one (1) time and will indicate in writing which day is to be accumulated. It is understood the nurse and the Hospital will attempt to mutually agree upon the scheduling of such a day. If the nurse and the Hospital are unable to agree upon the scheduling of such a day, the day will be scheduled by the Hospital. The following applies to Full-time Nurses at the St. Peter’s site only: Lieu days as provided for in Articles 15.04 (a), (b), and 15.05 shall be given within thirty (30) days of the day on which the holiday is observed. Lieu days will be scheduled where possible with regular days off. Up to three (3) lieu days per year may be scheduled at the request of the employee at mutually agreed times subject to reasonable notice being given and that such scheduling will not: (a) create an overtime payment; (b) be taken on an already designated statutory holiday or during the Christmas, New Year’s season. F-5 Requests for lieu days will receive a decision within fifteen (15) business days of request. F-6 (Article F-6 applies to part-time nurses only) In reference to Article 15.08, a paid holiday shall commence at 24:00 hours on the calendar day prior to the paid holiday and end at 24:00 hours on said paid holiday. Renumbering Article G - Vacations G-3 (g) Once vacation has been approved as per the collective agreement, it may not be converted to lieu time or statutory holidays for payroll purposes, save and except extenuating circumstances. G-5 (a) If following a unit posting its vacation schedule on or before December 1st, a nurse wishes to reschedule vacation to remaining available date(s) as of the posting, the nurse shall make a request in writing to the Hospital to reschedule vacation to said available date(s). It is understood that the Hospital shall not unreasonably deny any request. Any disputes in scheduling requests which cannot be resolved between all parties, shall be decided upon the basis of the nurse who first made the request. Requests will receive a decision within fifteen (15) business days of submission. G-5 (c) An employee can rescind his or her vacation, so long as the vacation has not been posted on the work schedule and an alternate request is provided by the employee and approved by the Manager at the time the nurse rescinds their vacation. G-5 (d) Once schedules are posted, if an employee no longer desires their requested approved vacation, they may make themselves available to pick up tours. Such employees will be called after all Regular Part-time nurses have been offered their commitment provided said tour(s) does not incur a premium. Once the Regular Part-time nurse has committed to shifts above commitment, they cannot be cancelled to allow a nurse to pick up tours. G-5 (e) All other requests for vacation, excluding the Annual Vacation Request process and the process outlined above will receive a decision within fifteen (15) business days of submission. G-7 In order to allow effective planning employees are encouraged to book 100% of their annual vacations through the annual vacation booking process. Employees are required to request at least all but forty-five (45) hours of their annual vacation entitlement during the planning process. By November 1st of each calendar year, at the written request of a nurse, the nurse may carry forward, into the following vacation year, up to forty-five (45) hours of earned vacation. It is understood that surplus vacation in excess of the forty-five (45) hours of carry-over will be scheduled, to be taken by the nurse within the first 3 months of the following vacation year. Such nurse will submit in writing to the clinical manager the surplus vacation request by December 31st. Failure to provide such notice to the clinical manager may result in the surplus vacation being scheduled by the clinical manager in collaboration with the Nurse at a time conducive to the unit schedule and to support the provision of patient care. G-8 (Article G-8 applies to all part-time nurses) at the General, Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre, McMaster, Chedoke and St. Peter’s sites. With reference to Article 16.06, vacation pay shall be paid on the second pay in February of the current year. The Hospital will provide a nurse with an itemized statement of her/his vacation pay. Nurses on maternity and/or parental leave shall, on written request, be granted a deferral in the payment noted above until her/his return to work or such other earlier time which is mutually agreeable. (a) Regular part-time vacation entitlement in time off shall be based on the following: 4%=2 weeks, 6%=3 weeks, 8% = 4 weeks, 10% = 5 weeks, 12% = 6 weeks, 14% = 7 weeks. Appendix A APPENDIX “A” B E T W E E N: HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES (Hereinafter referred to as the “Hospital”) A N D: ONTARIO NURSES’ ASSOCIATION (Hereinafter referred to as the “Union”) Re: Annual Vacation Request Process – ONA Represented Staff – Unit: The following vacation request process is for the YEAR Calendar Year. Vacation requests will be reviewed and granted in accordance with Article G of the ONA Local 70 Collective Agreement. 1. Requests must be received in writing by November 1st, YEAR. The unit vacation schedule will be posted by December 1st, YEAR. 2. Please request your preferences up to your full vacation entitlement for the complete year at this time in order to ensure your requests are considered prior to the posting of the unit vacation schedule. 3. Once the unit vacation schedule is posted on or before December 1st, additional requests of vacation will be considered in order of the requests received. 4. Insert unit definition of a week. 5. We will endeavour to ensure that staff requesting vacation during the prime time schedule (June 15, YEAR – September 15, YEAR) will receive at least 2 weeks of vacation. 6. Vacation Quotas as indicated below: (unit specific quotas – add additional dates as needed). (dd/mm/yyyy) dd/mm/yyyy full-time and regular part-time dd/mm/yyyy - dd/mm/yyyy full-time and regular part-time Please be advised that vacation quotas are subject to change based on patient care requirements. 7. A nurse who works extended tours is encouraged to submit his/her request(s) in writing for additional shifts (pick up shifts), omission shifts (drop days), and H-days by November 1st YEAR. The Hospital will endeavour to honor the nurses preference(s). 8. Vacation requests shall be considered and approved in advance of requests for pick up shifts, drop days, and H-Days, as referenced H-3 (g) and H-5 (i).