2019 - 2022 PROVINCIAL COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT between and NURSES’ BARGAINING ASSOCIATION April 1, 2019 – March 31, 2022 1 NBA bargaining booklet3.indd 1 8/29/2019 9:14:37 AM Nurses’ Bargaining Association British Columbia Nurses’ Union 4060 Regent Street, Burnaby, BC V5C 6P5 Phone: 604 433 2268 Fax: 604 433 7945 Toll free Phone: 1 800 663 9991 Toll free Fax: 1 888 284 2222 www.bcnu.org Health Sciences Association of British Columbia 180 East Columbia Street, New Westminster, BC V3L 0G7 Phone: 604 517 0994 Fax: 604 515 8889 Toll free Phone: 1 800 663 2017 Toll free Fax: 1 800 663 6119 www.hsabc.org 300-2889 East 12th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5M 4T5 Phone: 604 736 5909 Fax: 604 736 2715 www.heabc.bc.ca NBA bargaining booklet3.indd 2 8/29/2019 9:14:37 AM Nurses’ Bargaining Association British Columbia Nurses’ Union 4060 Regent Street, Burnaby, BC V5C 6P5 Phone: 604 433 2268 Fax: 604 433 7945 Toll free Phone: 1 800 663 9991 Toll free Fax: 1 888 284 2222 www.bcnu.org Nurses’ Bargaining Association 2019 - 2022 Health Sciences Association of British Columbia 180 East Columbia Street, New Westminster, BC V3L 0G7 British Columbia Nurses’ Union Phone: 604 517 0994 Fax: 604 515 8889 4060 Regent Street, Burnaby, BC V5C 6P5 Toll freePROVINCIAL Phone: 1 800 663 2017 Phone: 604 433 2268 Fax: 604 433 7945 Toll COLLECTIVEfree Fax: 1 800 663 6119 Toll free Phone: 1 800 663 9991 AGREEMENTwww.hsabc.org Toll free Fax: 1 888 284 2222 www.bcnu.org between Health Sciences Association of British Columbia 180 East Columbia Street, New Westminster, BC V3L 0G7 Phone: 604 517 0994 Fax: 604 515 8889 Toll free Phone: 1 800 663 2017 Toll free Fax: 1 800 663 6119 www.hsabc.org 300-2889 East 12th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5M 4T5 and Phone: 604 736 5909 Fax: 604 736 2715 www.heabc.bc.ca NURSES’ BARGAINING ASSOCIATION April 1, 2019 – March 31, 2022 300-2889 East 12th Ave, Vancouver, BC V5M 4T5 Phone: 604 736 5909 Fax: 604 736 2715 www.heabc.bc.ca NBA bargaining booklet3.indd 3 8/29/2019 9:14:38 AM Table of Contents ARTICLE 1 - PREAMBLE AND DEFINITIONS ............................................ 1 1.01 Preamble .................................................................................... 1 1.02 Definitions ................................................................................... 1 ARTICLE 2 - PURPOSE OF AGREEMENT .............................................. 3 ARTICLE 3 - MANAGEMENT RIGHTS ........................................................ 4 3.01 General Rights ........................................................................... 4 3.02 Employer Policies ....................................................................... 4 ARTICLE 4 - UNION RECOGNITION ........................................................... 4 4.01 Union Recognition ...................................................................... 4 4.02 Scope of Agreement ................................................................... 4 ARTICLE 5 - UNION SECURITY .................................................................. 4 5.01 Security ...................................................................................... 4 5.02 Union Deductions ....................................................................... 4 ARTICLE 6 - UNION RIGHTS AND ACTIVITIES ......................................... 5 6.01 Individual Agreement .................................................................. 5 6.02 Contracting Out .......................................................................... 6 6.03 Employer’s Business .................................................................. 6 6.04 Stewards .................................................................................... 6 6.05 Union Representative Visits ....................................................... 7 6.06 Superior Benefits ........................................................................ 8 6.07 Personnel File ............................................................................ 8 6.08 Copies of the Provincial Collective Agreement ........................... 9 6.09 New Employees ......................................................................... 9 6.10 List of New and Terminating Employees .................................... 9 6.11 Bulletin Boards ........................................................................... 9 ARTICLE 7 - STRIKES OR LOCK-OUTS .................................................. 10 ARTICLE 8 - UNION/MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE ................................. 10 8.01 Composition of Committee ....................................................... 10 8.02 Chair ......................................................................................... 10 8.03 Meetings ................................................................................... 10 8.04 Purpose of the Committee ........................................................ 10 8.05 Scope of the Committee ............................................................11 8.06 Stewards ...................................................................................11 i NBA bargaining booklet3.indd 1 8/29/2019 9:14:38 AM ARTICLE 9 - GRIEVANCES ........................................................................11 9.01 Preamble ...................................................................................11 9.02 Grievance Procedure ................................................................11 9.03 Single Employer Policy Dispute ............................................... 13 9.04 Application of Single Employer Arbitration Decisions ............... 13 9.05 Amending Time Limits .............................................................. 14 9.06 Resolution of Employee Dismissal or Suspension Disputes ......14 9.07 Industry Wide Application Dispute ............................................ 14 9.08 Clarification of the Nature of the Dispute .................................. 15 9.09 Deviation from Grievance Procedure ....................................... 15 9.10 Other Processes ....................................................................... 15 9.11 Information Sharing and Referral to Registrar .......................... 16 9.12 Case Review Meeting .............................................................. 16 ARTICLE 10 - ARBITRATION .................................................................... 16 10.01 Reference to the BCHOA ......................................................... 16 10.02 Expedited Arbitration ................................................................ 17 ARTICLE 11 - DEFINITION OF EMPLOYEE STATUS AND BENEFIT ENTITLEMENT ........................................................................................... 19 11.01 Restriction of Employee Status ................................................ 19 11.02 Regular Full-Time Employees .................................................. 19 11.03 Regular Part-Time Employees ................................................. 20 11.04 Casual Employees ................................................................... 21 ARTICLE 12 - ANNIVERSARY DATE AND INCREMENTS ....................... 36 12.01 Definition .................................................................................. 36 12.02 Anniversary Date ...................................................................... 36 12.03 Increments ................................................................................ 36 ARTICLE 13 - SENIORITY ......................................................................... 36 13.01 Definition .................................................................................. 36 13.02 Portability of Seniority ............................................................... 37 13.03 Seniority – Maintained and Accumulated ................................. 37 13.04 Employment in Excluded Positions and Within Other Bargaining Units ....................................................................... 37 13.05 Merged Seniority Lists .............................................................. 38 13.06 Seniority Lists ........................................................................... 38 ARTICLE 14 - PROBATIONARY PERIOD ................................................. 39 ii NBA bargaining booklet3.indd 2 8/29/2019 9:14:38 AM ARTICLE 15 - TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT .................................... 39 15.01 Employee Termination .............................................................. 39 15.02 Waiver of Notice ....................................................................... 40 15.03 Notice – Penalty ....................................................................... 40 15.04 Employer Terminations ............................................................. 40 ARTICLE 16 - EMPLOYEE EVALUATION ................................................. 41 16.01 Evaluations ............................................................................... 41 16.02 Employee Rights ...................................................................... 41 16.03 Records Removed .................................................................... 41 ARTICLE 17 - VACANCY POSTINGS ........................................................ 42 17.01 Postings .................................................................................... 42 17.02 Temporary Appointments .......................................................... 43 17.03 Temporary Positions ................................................................. 45 17.04 Seasonal Part-time Positions ..................................................