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COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTBetween:The Nova Scotia Nurses’ Union- and South Shore District Health AuthorityorSouth West Nova District Health AuthorityorAnnapolis Valley District Health AuthorityorColchester East Hants Health AuthorityorCumberland Health AuthorityorPictou County Health AuthorityorGuysborough Antigonish Strait Health AuthorityorCape Breton District Health AuthorityorCapital District Health AuthorityorIzaak Walton Killam Health CentreEFFECTIVE: NOVEMBER 1, 2012EXPIRY: OCTOBER 31, 2014DATE OF SIGNING: JANUARY 14, 2014
TABLE OF CONTENTSNOTE:Where a provision is annotated by bolded font within this document, itindicates a change in language.PAGEARTICLEARTICLE 1: PREAMBLE . 11.001.01. 1. 1ARTICLE 2: RECOGNITION . 12.00. 12.01. 2ARTICLE 3: MANAGEMENT RIGHTS . 23.003.013.02. 2Contracting Out . 2Assistive Personnel. 2ARTICLE 4: DEFINITIONS . .124.134.144.154.16Bargaining Unit Grievance and Labour Management Committee . 2Casual Nurse . 2Employer. 3Fiscal Year . 3Full-Time Nurse . 3Graduate Practising License . 4Holiday . 4Immediate Family . 4Licensed Practical Nurse . 4Local Union . 4LTD Program . 4Nurse . 4Nurse Practitioner . 4Part-Time Nurse. 5Permanent Resource Nurse . 5(a) Permanent Transfer . 5(b) Nurse Practitioner Permanent Transfer . 5(a) Position. 5(b) Nurse Practitioner Position . 5i
obationary Period . 5(e) Nurse Practitioner Probationary Period . 6Promotion . 6Registered Nurse . 6Regular Nurse . 6Service . 6Spouse. 7Temporary License and Transitional License . 7Temporary Position . 7Temporary Reassignment. 9Union . 9Weekend. 9(a) Work Location . 9(b) Nurse Practitioner Work Location . 10ARTICLE 5: UNION REPRESENTATION . 105.00Union Representatives. 105.01Collective Agreement Administration . 105.02Assistance of NSNU Representative . 105.03Notice of Participants . 105.04Provincial Negotiating Committee . 115.05Reproduction of the Collective Agreement. 115.06Paid Union Leave. 115.07 - 5.09 Unpaid Union Leave . 125.10Leave of Absence for the Full-Time President . 135.11Acquaint Newly Hired Nurses . 145.12Union Orientation . 145.13Bulletin Boards . 145.14Mutual Agreements . 14ARTICLE 6: UNION DUES AND UNION SECURITY . 146.00Membership . 146.01 - 6.04 Union Dues Deductions . 146.05Licensing Body Dues Deduction . 15ARTICLE 7: HOURS OF WORK, OVERTIME, STAND-BY, CALL BACK . 157.007.017.027.037.047.057.06Hours of Work . 15Maximum Hours of Work . 16. 16Shift Starting and Stopping Times. 16Guaranteed Work. 17Meal and Rest Breaks. 17Shift Rotations . 17ii
Smoothing . 18(a) Changed Rotations . 18(b) Changed Rotations . 18(c) Termination of Employment . 19(d) Part-Time Smoothing . 19Consecutive Shifts . 19Posted Schedules . 20Changed Schedules. 20Rotating Shifts. 21Minimum Hours Between Shifts . 21Days Off . 21Weekends Off . 22Nursing Coverage . 22Overtime Provisions . 22Overtime Payout . 22Meal Allowance . 23Casual Nurse Availability . 23Part-Time Availability . 23“Prior to Posting” - Extra Shifts . 24“After Posting” - Relief Shifts . 25Cancelled Shifts . 25Stand-By Provisions . 25Voluntary Stand-By . 26Call Back while on Stand-By . 27Rest Interval After Call Back . 28Telephone Consult . 28Communication Devices . 28Semi-Annual Time Change . 28Nurse Practitioner Hours of Work . 29ARTICLE 8: SALARIES, INCREMENTS, PREMIUMS. 308.00 A.8.00 B.8.00 C.8.018.028.038.048.058.068.078.088.09Recognition of Previous Experience. 30Nurse Practitioner - Recognition of Previous Experience . 31Recruitment and Retention Incentive for LPNs (where applicable) . 31Movement on Increment Scale -Regular Nurses . 31Anniversary Date - Regular Nurses: T . 31Movement on the Increment Scale - Casual Nurses . 32Anniversary Date - Casual Nurse: . 32Casual Nurses appointed to Regular Positions . 32Casual Nurses Appointed to Temporary Positions. 33Pay Day . 33Pay Practices . 33Educational Premiums . 33Pay in Lieu of Benefits . 33Relief In A Management Classification . 33iii
lity Pay. 34Shift Premium . 34Weekend Premium . 34Patient Care Charge Pay . 34Preceptor Pool . 34Permanent Resource Nurse . 35New Classification. 36Retroactivity . 37Registered Mail Letter . 37Nurse Identity . 37ARTICLE 9: LEAVE OF ABSENCES . 379.009.019.029.039.049.059.069.079.089.09Leave Without Pay . 37Working During Leave of Absence. 38Return From Leave of Absence . 38Leave for Storm Or Hazardous Conditions . 38Bereavement Leave . 39Compassionate Care Leave . 40Court Leave . 42Public Office Leave . 42Deferred Salary Leave . 43Education Leave . 43ARTICLE 10: VACATIONS & HOLIDAYS . 4410.00 Annual Vacation Accumulation . 4410.01 Annual Vacation Pay . 4410.02 Vacation Pay Advance . 4410.03 Advance of Paid Vacation . 4410.04 Annual Vacation Cut off Date. 4510.05 Annual Vacation Scheduling . 4510.06 Annual Vacation Posting . 4610.07 Nurse Practitioner Vacation Scheduling. 4610.08 - 10.09 Sick Leave Substitution for Annual Vacation . 4710.10 Annual Vacation Cancellation . 4710.11 - 10.12 Holidays . 4810.13 Christmas Eve . 4810.14 Entitlement to Paid Holiday Leave Credits . 4810.15 - 10.16 Scheduling Paid Holiday Leave Credits . 4910.17 Holidays - Christmas/New Years . 4910.18 Holiday Premium Pay . 4910.19 Nurse Practitioner Holiday Premium Pay . 5010.20 . 5010.21 Holiday and Sick Leave Pay . 50iv
ARTICLE 11: SENIORITY, DISPLACEMENT, LAYOFF AND RECALL . 50A.11.0011.0111.0211.0311.0411.05Seniority . 50(a) Regular Seniority . 50(b) Casual Seniority . 50(c) Casual Nurse in a Temporary Position appointed to a Regular Position . 51(d) Same Date Seniority . 51Seniority Bypass . 51Seniority Conversion . 51(d) Conversion of Casual Seniority to Regular Seniority . 52Seniority Lists . 52Loss of Seniority And Employment . 53Loss of Seniority . 54B.Displacement . 5411.06 - 11.07 . 5411.08Prior to Displacement . 55. 55C.Displacement and Layoff Procedure . 5611.09. 5611.10 . 57(Option 1.) . 57(Option 2.) . 57(Option 3.) . 57(Option 4.) . 57(Option 5.) . 58(Option 6.) . 58(Option 7.) . 59Nurse Practitioner Procedure . 59Non-Voluntary Lay Off . 5911.11. 5911.12 Where The Employer Determines: . 5911.13 Where Nurse Determines Applicable: . 6011.14 Notice of Potential Lay Off . 6011.15 Absent from Work . 6011.16 Choosing An Option. 6011.17 Notice of Lay Off . 6111.18 New Employees . 6111.19 - 11.22 Working During Layoff . 62D.Recall . 6211.23 - 11.31 . 62 - 63v
ARTICLE 12: VACANCIES AND PROMOTIONS . 6412.00 Determining Vacancies . 6412.01 - 12.09 Job Posting . 64 - 6512.10 Notification of Successful Applicant . 6512.11 Filling Vacancies . 6512.12 Placement in a New Position . 6612.13 Trial Period . 6612.14 Nurse Practitioner Trial Period . 66(a) Internal Successful Candidate . 66(b) External Successful Candidate. 6712.15 - 12.17 Multi Unit Positions . 68ARTICLE 13: PREGNANCY, PARENTAL and ADOPTION LEAVE . 0913.1013.1113.1213.13Pregnancy/Birth Leave. 68Pregnancy Leave Notice . 68Pregnancy Leave - Employer Requirement . 69Pregnancy Sick Leave . 69Pregnancy/Birth Allowance . 69Parental and Adoption Leave . 70Parental and Adoption Leave Allowance . 71Pregnancy/Birth and Parental and Adoption Leave Deferral. 72Return to Work . 73Service and Seniority Continuation . 73Group Benefit Plan Continuation . 73Special Leave - Birth . 73Special Leave - Adopted Child . 74Bridging of Service . 74ARTICLE 14: GRIEVANCE AND ARBITRATION PROCEDURE . 7414.00 Grievance . 7414.01. 7414.02 Step 1 - Informal Step . 7514.03 Step 2 . 7514.04 - 14.05 Step 3 . 7514.06 Termination of Employment . 7514.07 Policy or Group Grievance . 7514.08 Employer Grievance . 7614.09 - 14.10 Arbitration - Single Arbitrator . 7614.11 Arbitration – Termination. 7614.12 Arbitration – Board . 7614.13 Date for Arbitration Hearing . 7714.14 Arbitration Decision Expedited . 77vi
14.1514.1614.1714.1814.1914.2014.21Pre Hearing Disclosure . 77Arbitration Award Final and Binding . 77Arbitration Fees . 77Time Limits . 77Time Limit - Extension . 77Expedited Arbitration. 77Consolidated Grievance Arbitration . 78ARTICLE 15: STAFF DEVELOPMENT . 7915.00 Letter of Appointment . 7915.01 - 15.03 Position Descriptions . 7915.04 Orientation . 7915.05 Required Education . 7915.06 Voluntary Continuous Learning . 8015.07 Technological Change . 80ARTICLE 16: HEALTH AND SAFETY . 8016.0016.0116.0216.0316.0416.0516.06. 80Participation in Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee . 81Injury on Duty - WCB . 81Sick Leave While Waiting for Workers’ Compensation Benefits . 82WCB and Return to Work . 82Casual Nurses . 82Nurse Safety and Security Measures. 82ARTICLE 17: WORKLOAD . 83ARTICLE 18: PROHIBITION OF DISCRIMINATION . 84ARTICLE 19: RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE . 8419.00. 8419.01. 8419.02. 8519.03. 8519.04 - 19.05 NSHEPP Pension Plan . 8519.06 Work After Retirement . 8519.07 Nurse Retention Bon
COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT Between: The Nova Scotia Nurses' Union - and - South Shore District Health Authority or South West Nova District Health Authority
