ORNGE AIR Fixed Wing Pilots
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COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN AND ORNGE AIR Fixed Wing Pilots Represented By: OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION AFL-CIO & CLC March 1, 2017 to February 28, 2021 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section “A” Purpose of Agreement............................................ 1 Article 1 Preamble/Application.................................................1 Article 2 Purpose of Agreement ...............................................1 Article 3 Recognition................................................................1 Article 4 Employment Related Statutes ...................................1 Article 5 Management Rights...................................................2 Article 6 Maintenance of Standards.........................................3 Article 7 Separability and Savings ...........................................3 Section “B” Union ........................................................................ 3 Article 8 Representatives.........................................................3 Article 9 Information.................................................................4 Article 10 Bulletin Boards.........................................................4 Article 11 Union Memberships .................................................4 Article 12 Payroll Deduction of Dues .......................................5 Article 13 Union Introduction to New Hires ..............................6 Article 14 Leave for Union Business........................................6 Article 15 Seniority...................................................................7 Article 16 Probation Period ......................................................8 Article 17 Layoff and Recall .....................................................9 Section “C” Scheduling & Training ............................................ 10 Article 18 Shift Period ..............................................................10 Article 19 Duty Out Compensation...........................................10 Article 20 Shift Filling ...............................................................11 Article 21 Hours of Work & Overtime .......................................13 Article 22 On-Call Shifts...........................................................14 Article 23 Classification............................................................17 Article 24 Staffing / Job Postings / Vacancies..........................18 Article 25 Training / Failure to Qualify......................................20 Article 26 Supervisory and Management Flying ......................21 Section “D” Leaves ...................................................................... 22 Article 27 Bereavement Leave.................................................22 Article 28 Jury & Witness Duty.................................................22 Article 29 Maternity / Parental Leaves .....................................23 Article 30 Short Term Sick Leave Plan.....................................25 Article 31 Injury While on Duty.................................................26 Article 32 Leaves .....................................................................27 Article 33 Personal Days..........................................................28 Article 34 Vacation ...................................................................28 Article 35 General Holidays .....................................................30 i Section “E” General ..................................................................... 31 Article 36 Equipment List .........................................................31 Article 37 Labour Management Committee .............................33 Article 38 Non-Discrimination...................................................34 Article 39 Discipline..................................................................35 Article 40 Grievance and Arbitration Procedure.......................36 Article 41 Pay Periods..............................................................38 Article 42 Official Texts & Printing............................................39 Article 43 Opening, Moving/Closing of Base or Layoff.............39 Article 44 Travel and Expenses ...............................................40 Article 45 Privacy & Security....................................................41 Article 46 Wages / Allowances / Benefits.................................42 Article 47 Definitions ................................................................43 Article 48 Legal Expenses .......................................................43 Article 49 Temporary Contract Employees...............................44 Article 50 Illegal Strikes and Lockouts .....................................44 Article 51 Duration ...................................................................44 LOU #1 List Of Arbitrators ........................................................... 46 LOU #2 Tuition Reimbursement.................................................. 47 LOU #3 INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK...................................... 49 LOU #4 Maternity & Parental Leaves.......................................... 50 LOU #5 Shift period (Article 18) .................................................. 51 LOU #6 Benefits............................................................................ 53 LOU #7 Wage Scale & Retention Bonus..................................... 54 MOU #1 Shift Filling – Overtime Process................................... 56 APPENDIX “A” Fixed Wing Pilot Wage Scales .......................... 57 APPENDIX “B” Advance Request Waiver .................................. 59 ii ARTICLE 1 PREAMBLE/APPLICATION 1.01 Preamble This agreement is made and entered into by and between Ornge Global Air, hereinafter referred to as the Company, and the Office and Professional Employees International Union, AFL-CIO & CLC (OPEIU), hereinafter referred to as the Union. 1.02 Application The provisions of this agreement apply to the Union Fixed Wing Pilot employees and the Company. ARTICLE 2 PURPOSE OF AGREEMENT 2.01 The general purpose of this agreement is to establish and maintain harmonious relations between the Company and the Union, and the employees covered by this agreement. 2.02 In making this agreement, the parties hereto recognize the Values of Ornge Global Air which are Compassion, Collaboration, and Innovation. 2.03 The parties recognize that compliance with the terms of this Agreement and the development of a spirit of co-operation are essential for mutual benefit and for patient care. 2.04 The Union recognizes the highly competitive nature of the Companyʼs business and that the Company must maintain an efficient cost-effective operation and the Union supports the Company in obtaining these objectives, all of which are consistent with the Collective Agreement. ARTICLE 3 RECOGNITION 3.01 The Company recognizes the Office and Professional Employees International Union, AFL-CIO & CLC (OPEIU) as the exclusive representative of “All employees of Ornge Global Air employed as pilots excluding the Training Captain, the Chief Pilot and those above the rank of Chief Pilot,.” As outlined by the CIRB on the 29th day of January, 2010. ARTICLE 4 EMPLOYMENT RELATED STATUTES 4.01 The parties agree that the provisions of the Canada Labour Code (CLC), the Canadian Human Rights Act, the Personal Information 1 Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) and any other employment related statues are incorporated into the Agreement except where this Agreement provides for a greater benefit in which case the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail. ARTICLE 5 MANAGEMENT RIGHTS 5.01 The Union acknowledges that the rights and prerogatives of management, which the Company had prior to the execution of this agreement, are retained exclusively by the Company, except as limited by this Collective Agreement, including but not limited to: (a) The right to maintain order, discipline and efficiency; (b) The right to make, initiate, alter and enforce reasonable workplace and employee rules, regulations, policies and practices; (c) The right to discipline and discharge employee for just cause; (d) The right to select, hire, train, direct and control the working force and employee; (e) The right to transfer, assign, promote, demote, classify, reclassify, lay-off and suspend employees; (f) The right to introduce new and eliminate or change existing equipment, machines, services or processes; (g) The right to make studies of workloads and institute changes in the work load and job assessments; (h) The right to plan, direct and control operations; (i) The right to determine the location and extent of its operations and their commencement, expansion, curtailment or discontinuance in whole or in part; (j) The right to determine standards, methods and means of service delivery; (k) The right to determine the job content and requirements of any job or classification; (l) The right to determine the number type and qualifications of its employees needed by the Company at any time; (m) The right to determine the number of employees who shall operate on any given job, operation or unit and number of hours and shifts to be worked; (n) The right to maintain or establish standards of quality and quantity to be maintained. 2 ARTICLE 6 MAINTENANCE OF STANDARDS 6.01 All wages and benefits in existence on the date of this Agreement shall be continued, except as amended or modified herein. 6.02 The current practices with respect to existing policies shall not be altered during the term of this Agreement without consultation with the Union.