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**Appendix "A-2"

NU - Nursing Group
Annual Rates of Pay
(in dollars)

Table Legend

• $) Effective October 1, 2006
• A) Effective October 1, 2007
• B) Effective October 1, 2008
• C) Effective October 1, 2009
• D) Effective October 1, 2010

Subgroup: Nursing Consultants (CON)

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**Appendix "A-3"

NU - Nursing Group
National Rates of Pay for Health Canada NU-CHN
in Remote and Isolated Communities (CWIS Type 1 and 2)
(in dollars)

Table Legend

• $) Effective October 1, 2006
• A) Effective October 1, 2007
• B) Effective October 1, 2008
• C) Effective October 1, 2009
• D) Effective October 1, 2010

**Appendices "A-1", "A-2" and "A-3"

NU - Nursing Group

Pay Notes

Pay Increment for Full Time and Part-Time Employees

1. The pay increment period for employees at levels NU-HOS-1 and NU-CHN-1 is six (6) months. A part-time employee who, on the date of signing of this collective agreement, has worked more than six (6) months since the last increment will receive a salary increment effective on the date of signing. The next statutory increase for part-time employees will be calculated from this date.
2. The pay increment period for employees at the NU-HOS levels 2 to 6 and at the NU-CHN levels 2 to 8 is twelve (12) months. A part-time employee who, on the date of signing of this Collective Agreement, has worked more than twelve (12) months since the last increment will receive a salary increment effective on the date of signing. The next statutory increase for part-time employees will be calculated from this date.
3. The pay increment date for an employee, appointed on or after 19 April 1982 to a position in the bargaining unit upon promotion, demotion or from outside the Public Service, shall be the anniversary date of such appointment. The anniversary date for an employee who was appointed to a position in the bargaining unit prior to the application date above, remains unchanged.

Pay Adjustment Administration

4. All employees being paid at the pending registration, the NU HOS levels 1 to 6, and the NU CHN 1 to 8 scale of rates shall, on the relevant effective dates in Appendix "A", be paid in the A, B, C and D scales of rates shown immediately below the employees former rate of pay.

Health Canada NU-CHN In Remote and Isolated Communities

5. 1. "Remote community (type1)" means a community with no scheduled flights, minimal telephones or radio services and no road access.
   2. "Isolated community (type 2)" means a community with scheduled flights, good telephone services and no year round road access.
   3. The list of remote and isolated communities can be found in Health Canada's Community Workload Increase System (CWIS).
6. The rate of pay on initial appointment to Health Canada at the NU CHN levels 2 to 4 in remote and isolated communities (type 1 and 2) as defined in paragraph 4(a), (b) and (c) will be paid on appointment in the applicable salary scale of the Z range shown in Appendix "A":
   1. with more than one (1) year, but less than three (3) years of recent experience, at the first (1st) step;
   2. with more than three (3) years of recent experience but with less than five (5) years of recent experience, at the second (2nd) step;
   3. with five (5) or more years of recent experience, at the third (3rd) step;
      or
      such higher step as determined by the Employer;
   4. Assessment of recent experience will be at the discretion of management.

Rate of Pay on Initial Appointment

7. The rate of pay on initial appointment for the NU-HOS levels 1 to 3 and NU-CHN levels 1 to 3 will be established as follows:
   1. A nurse, with no experience, or with no recent experience, or with less than one (1) year of recent experience, will be appointed at the first (1st) step of the NU-HOS-1 level or at the first (1st) step of the NU-CHN-1 level.
   2. A nurse, appointed at the NU-HOS-2, NU-CHN-2, NU-HOS-3 or NU-CHN-3 will be paid on appointment in the applicable salary scale of rates:
      1. with more than one (1) year, but less than three (3) years of recent experience, at the first (1st) step;
      2. with more than three (3) years of recent experience but with less than five (5) years of recent experience, at the second (2nd) step;
      3. with five (5) or more years of recent experience, at the third (3rd) step;
         or
         such higher step as determined by the Employer.
   3. Assessment of recent experience will be at the discretion of management.
8. Rate of Pay on Transfer Between Regions
   • Upon transfer, except on temporary duty, the employee's rate of pay is to be adjusted to the corresponding rate in the range determined by years of service and experience, and such adjustments will not affect the employee's pay increment date.
9. Nurse Pending Registration
   1. Appointments - General
      • All appointments of persons eligible for registration as a nurse in a province or territory of Canada without further formal training, but who are not formally registered, shall be made as Nurse Pending Registration on a specified period basis for a period not exceeding twelve (12) months.
   2. Pay on Appointment
      • The rate of pay on appointment as a "specified period" employee of a Nurse Pending Registration is stipulated in Appendix "A".
   3. Appointment on Registration
      • Upon registration as a nurse in a province or territory of Canada, an employee who has been appointed as a Nurse Pending Registration, shall be appointed at the applicable position level for which the employee has qualified (subject to registration). The effective date of such appointment shall be:
        1. retroactive to the date of appointment as a Nurse Pending Registration if no additional formal training or education is required, although the employee may have to successfully complete qualification examinations;
           or
        2. the date of the successful completion of qualification examinations for Registration when additional formal training or education is required.
      In no case will the date of such appointment be later than the date of registration.

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