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Appendix "H"
- In an effort to recognize the role of
Nurse-in-Charge (NIC), the Employer will provide an allowance to Health Canada
NU-CHNs, for the performance of the duties of position of NIC in the Health
Services group.
- The parties agree than NU-CHN who
performs the duties of the NIC position shall be eligible to receive an
allowance in the following amount and subject to the following conditions:
- Commencing
the first (1st) day of the month following the month during which
this agreement is signed NU-CHN employees who perform the duties of the NIC
position shall be eligible to receive an allowance to be paid biweekly;
- the
employee shall receive the daily amount shown below for each calendar day for
which the employee is paid pursuant to Appendix "A" of the collective
agreement. This daily amount is equivalent to the annual amount set out below
for each position and level divided by two hundred and sixty decimal eight eight
(260.88);
Terminable Allowance
|
Annual Amount |
Daily Amount |
Nurse-in-Charge |
$6,000 |
$23.00 |
- The
Terminable Allowance specified above does not form part of an employee's
salary.
- The
Allowance shall not be paid to or in respect of a person who ceased to be a
member of the bargaining unit prior to the date of signing of this Agreement.
- A part-time Nurse-in-Charge employee
shall be paid the daily amount shown above divided by seven decimal five (7.5),
for each hour paid at his hourly rate of pay pursuant to clause 39.03.
- An employee shall not be entitled to the
Allowance for periods he is on leave without pay or under suspension.
- As long as he meets the provisions of all
relevant appendixes, an employee may receive:
- this
allowance and that of Appendix "E" - Recruitment Allowance and/or
Appendix "G" - Expanded Role Allowance;
or
- this
allowance and that of Appendix "F" - Retention Allowance and/or
Appendix "G" - Expanded Role Allowance.
- The parties agree that disputes arising
from the application of this Memorandum of Understanding may be subject to
consultation.
Appendix "I"
Preamble
In an effort to resolve recruitment and retention problems,
the Employer will reimburse the cost of two (2) trips to Health Canada NU-CHNs
in nursing stations situated in remote and isolated First Nations communities
for the performance of NU-CHN duties in the Health Services group subject to
the conditions outlined in the Application section below.
Application
- This
memorandum only applies to employees and not to their dependants (as defined in
the Isolated Post Directive).
- This
memorandum does not apply to relief nurses, to part-time nurses or to a person
who ceased to be a member of the bargaining unit prior to the date of signing
of this Agreement.
- NU-CHNs
who meet the entitlement provisions stipulated in clause 4 will be granted two
trips for each twelve (12) month period of continuous employment in a remote or
isolated community.
- Entitlement:
- To qualify for a trip, the employee must
have received ten (10) days of pay per calendar month for seven (7)
consecutive calendar months within the period described in clause 3.
- For the purpose of clause 3, time away on
the mandatory clinical skills training course will not be considered as an
interruption of the twelve (12) month continuous employment period in a remote
or isolated community.
- For the purpose of paragraph 4(a), time
away on the mandatory clinical skills training course will not be counted
toward the consecutive seven (7) month period requirement but will not be
considered as an interruption of the said period.
- Reimbursement
- The amount of expenses reimbursed shall be
the lesser of:
- the actual
transportation and travelling expenses incurred in travelling, by any mode(s)
of transportation, from the headquarters to any other location and return,
or
- the return
economy class air fare between the headquarters and the point of departure,
ground transportation to and from the airport at the headquarters and the point
of departure, and the travelling expenses for any necessary stopovers, due to
the airline schedules, between the headquarters and the point of departure.
- For the purpose of implementing
subparagraph 5(a)(ii), "point of departure" means Vancouver,
Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City,
Moncton, Halifax or St. John's, whichever of these places is the nearest to the
headquarters of an employee by the most practical route and means of
transportation.
- Definitions
- "Remote community (type 1)" means
a community with no scheduled flights, minimal telephone or radio services and
no road access (« communauté éloignée »).
- "Isolated community (type 2)"
means a community with scheduled flights, good telephone services and no year
round road access (« communauté isolée »).
- The list of remote and isolated communities
can be found in Health Canada's Community Workload Increase System (CWIS).
- The
parties agree that disputes arising from the application of this Memorandum of
Understanding may be subject to consultation.
Appendix "J"
- In an
effort to resolve retention and recruitment problems, the Employer will provide
an Allowance to Masters and Doctoral level registered psychologists (PS) for
the performance of PS duties in the Health Services group with the exclusion of
the personnel psychologists in the Personnel Psychology Centre (PPC) or in any
other portion of the Public Service Commission (PSC), or in Social Development
Canada (SDC).
- The
parties agree that PS employees who perform the duties of positions identified
above shall be eligible to receive a "Terminable Allowance" in the
following amounts and subject to the following conditions:
**
- Commencing on the first (1st)
day of the month following the month during which this agreement is signed and
ending on 30 September 2011, PS employees who perform the duties of the
positions identified above shall be eligible to receive an allowance to be paid
biweekly;
- the employee
shall be paid the daily amount shown below for each calendar day for which the
employee is paid pursuant to Appendix "A" of the collective
agreement. This daily amount is equivalent to the annual amount set out below
for each position and level divided by two hundred and sixty decimal eight eight
(260.88);
Terminable Allowance - Doctoral Level Registered Psychologists
Annual Amount |
Daily Amount |
$12,000 |
$46.00 |
Terminable Allowance - Masters Level Registered Psychologists
Region |
Annual Amount |
Daily Amount |
Pacific Region |
$6,000 |
$23.00 |
Prairies Region |
$6,000 |
$23.00 |
Ontario Region |
$6,000 |
$23.00 |
Quebec Region |
$2,000 |
$7.67 |
Atlantic Region |
$4,000 |
$15.33 |
- The
Terminable Allowance specified above does not form part of an employee's
salary.
- The Allowance shall not be paid to or in
respect of a person who ceased to be a member of the bargaining unit prior to
the date of signing of this Agreement.
- Subject to (f) below, the amount of the
Terminable Allowance payable is that amount specified in 2(b) for the level
prescribed in the certificate of appointment of the employee's substantive
position.
- When a PS employee is required by the
Employer to perform the duties of a higher classification level in accordance
with clause 45.09, the Terminable Allowance payable shall be proportionate to
the time at each level.
- A
part-time PS employee shall be paid the daily amount shown above divided by
seven decimal five (7.5), for each hour paid at his hourly rate of pay pursuant
to clause 39.03.
- An
employee shall not be entitled to the Allowance for periods he is on leave
without pay or under suspension.
- An
employee may not receive this allowance and the allowance in Appendix "M"
during the same period.
- The
parties agree that disputes arising from the application of this Memorandum of
Understanding may be subject to consultation.
Appendix
"K"
- In an
effort to resolve retention and recruitment problems, the Employer will provide
in addition to the allowance provided in Appendix "C", an allowance
to MD employees who perform the duties of positions at the MD-MOF-1 through MD-MOF-4
in Correctional Service Canada (CSC) for the performance of MD duties in the
Health Services Group.
- The
parties agree that MD employees who perform the duties of positions identified
above shall be eligible to receive a "Terminable Allowance" in the
following amounts and subject to the following conditions:
**
- Commencing the first (1st) day
of the month following the month during which this agreement is signed and
ending 30 September 2011, MD employees who perform the duties of the positions
identified above shall be eligible to receive an allowance to be paid biweekly;
- the employee shall be paid the daily amount
shown below for each calendar day for which the employee is paid pursuant to
Appendix "A" of the collective agreement. This daily amount is
equivalent to the annual amount set out below for each position and level
divided by two hundred and sixty decimal eight eight (260.88);
Terminable Allowance
|
Annual Amount |
Daily Amount |
MD-MOF-1 |
$8,500 |
$32.58 |
MD-MOF-2 |
$10,000 |
$38.33 |
MD-MOF-3 |
$10,500 |
$40.25 |
MD-MOF-4 |
$11,000 |
$42.16 |
- The
Terminable Allowance specified above does not form part of an employee's salary.
- The Allowance shall not be paid to or in
respect of a person who ceased to be a member of the bargaining unit prior to
the date of signing of this Agreement.
- Subject to (f) below, the amount of the
Terminable Allowance payable is that amount specified in 2(b) for the level
prescribed in the certificate of appointment of the employee's substantive
position.
- When an MD employee is required by the
Employer to perform the duties of a higher classification level in accordance
with clause 45.09, the Terminable Allowance payable shall be proportionate to
the time at each level.
- A
part-time MD employee shall be paid the daily amount shown above divided by
seven decimal five (7.5), for each hour paid at his hourly rate of pay pursuant
to clause 39.03.
- An
employee shall not be entitled to the Allowance for periods he is on leave
without pay or under suspension.
- An
employee may receive both this allowance and that of Appendix "C", as
long as he meets the provisions of both appendixes.
- The
parties agree that disputes arising from the application of this Memorandum of
Understanding may be subject to consultation.
Appendix
"L"
- In an
effort to resolve retention and recruitment problems, the Employer will provide
an allowance to NU employees who perform the duties of positions at the NU-HOS-1
through NU-HOS-6 in Correctional Service Canada (CSC) for the performance of NU
duties in the Health Services Group.
- The
parties agree that NU employees who perform the duties of positions identified
above shall be eligible to receive a "Terminable Allowance" in the
following amounts and subject to the following conditions:
**
- Commencing the first (1st) day
of the month following the month during which this Agreement is signed and
ending 30 September 2011, NU employees who perform the duties of the positions
identified above shall be eligible to receive an allowance to be paid biweekly;
-
- the employee
shall receive the daily amount shown below for each calendar day for which the
employee is paid pursuant to Appendix "A" of the collective
agreement. This daily amount is equivalent to the annual amount set out below
for each position and level divided by two hundred and sixty decimal eight eight
(260.88);
- employees
working a shift the length of which is different than the length of a standard
shift:
- entitlement:
the employee working a shift the length of which is different than the length
of a standard shift shall receive the daily amount shown below divided by seven
decimal five (7.5) for each hour of his shift for which he is paid pursuant to
Appendix "A" of the collective agreement;
- method of
payment: for employees working a shift the length of which is different than
the length of a standard shift, the allowance will be paid based on the average
number of hours per week over a complete shift cycle.
Terminable Allowance
|
Annual Amount |
Daily Amount |
NU-HOS-1 through NU-HOS-6 |
$4,500 |
$17.25 |
- The Terminable Allowance specified above
does not form part of an employee's salary.
- The Allowance shall not be paid to or in
respect of a person who ceased to be a member of the bargaining unit prior to
the date of signing of this Agreement.
- Subject to (f)
below, the amount of the Terminable Allowance payable is that amount specified
in 2(b) for the level prescribed in the certificate of appointment of the
employee's substantive position.
- When an NU employee is required by the
Employer to perform the duties of a higher classification level in accordance
with clause 45.09, the Terminable Allowance payable shall be proportionate to
the time at each level.
- A
part-time NU employee shall be paid the daily amount shown above divided by
seven decimal five (7.5), for each hour paid at his hourly rate of pay pursuant
to clause 39.03.
- An
employee shall not be entitled to the Allowance for periods he is on leave
without pay or under suspension.
- The
parties agree that disputes arising from the application of this Memorandum of Understanding
may be subject to consultation.
Appendix "M"
- In an
effort to resolve retention and recruitment problems, the Employer will provide
an Allowance to personnel psychologists (PS) in the Personnel Psychology Centre
(PPC) or in any other portion of the Public Service Commission (PSC), or in
Social Development Canada (SDC) for the performance of PS duties in the Health
Services group.
- The
parties agree that PS employees who perform the duties of positions identified
above shall be eligible to receive a "Terminable Allowance" in the
following amounts and subject to the following conditions:
**
- Commencing on the first (1st)
day of the month following the month during which this Agreement is signed and
ending on 30 September 2011, PS employees who perform the duties of the
positions identified above shall be eligible to receive an allowance to be paid
biweekly;
- The employee shall be paid the daily amount
shown below for each calendar day for which the employee is paid pursuant to
Appendix "A" of the collective agreement. This daily amount is
equivalent to the annual amount set out below for each position and level
divided by two hundred and sixty decimal eight eight (260.88);
Terminable Allowance
|
Annual Amount |
Daily Amount |
PS-2 - up to one (1) year of service: |
$2,000 |
$7.67 |
PS-2 - after one (1) year of service: |
$3,750 |
$14.37 |
PS-3 - up to one (1) year of service: |
$2,000 |
$7.67 |
PS-3 - after one (1) year of service: |
$7,500 |
$28.75 |
PS-4 |
$7,500 |
$28.75 |
PS-5 |
$7,500 |
$28.75 |
- The
Terminable Allowance specified above does not form part of an employee's
salary.
- The
Allowance shall not be paid to or in respect of a person who ceased to be a
member of the bargaining unit prior to the date of signing of this Agreement.
- Subject
to (f) below, the amount of the Terminable Allowance payable is that amount
specified in 2(b) for the level prescribed in the certificate of appointment of
the employee's substantive position.
- When
a PS employee is required by the Employer to perform the duties of a higher
classification level in accordance with clause 45.09, the Terminable Allowance
payable shall be proportionate to the time at each level.
- A part-time PS employee shall
be paid the daily amount shown above divided by seven decimal five (7.5), for
each hour paid at his hourly rate of pay pursuant to clause 39.03.
- An employee shall not be
entitled to the Allowance for periods he is on leave without pay or under
suspension.
- An employee may not receive
this allowance and the allowance in Appendix "J" during the same
period.
- The
parties agree that disputes arising from the application of this Memorandum of
Understanding may be subject to consultation.
**Appendix
"N"
Health Canada shall endeavour to finalize the implementation
of the Second on Standby policy for the remaining remote and isolated
communities.