Common use of ARTICLE TERM Clause in Contracts

ARTICLE TERM. This Agreement shall be effective from October I, O and shall continue in effect until September and shall continue automaticallythereafter during annual periods of one (I) year each unless either party notifies the other in writing within ninety (90) days prior to the expiration date that it desires to amend or terminate this Agreement. In the event of such notification being given as to amendment of the Agreement, negotiations between the parties shall begin within fifteen (15) days following such notification. If, pursuant to such negotiations, an agreement on the renewal or amendment of this Agreement is not reached prior to the current expiration date, this Agreement shall automatically be extended until consummation of a new Agreement or completion of the proceeding prescribed under The Labour Relations Act, of the Province of Ontario, and The Hospital Labour DisputesArbitration Act, as amended, whichever should first occur. Present parking privileges to be maintained. INWITNESS WHEREOF THE PARTIES THIS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT ON THIS DAY OF On Behalf of the Union On behalf of the Employer The Employer will recognize recent related experience on the basis of one annual increment for each one ) year of service up to the maximum of the grid. Part-time service shall be recognized on the basis of eighteen hundred (1800) hours paid in previous employment equals one year of service. It shall be the responsibility of a newly hired employee to provide reasonable proof of recent and related experience in order to be considered for a salary increment, and if she fails to do so she shall not be entitled to recognition. (for the Nursing Homes listed in Appendix “A” of the Terms of Reference signed by the parties) This Pay Equity Agreement applies to all the employees represented by the Union employed by the Employer. The parties agree that the classifications in the collective agreements constitutefemale job classes and the current differentials betweenjob classifications in the bargaining unit shall be maintained, except as it may be modified in collective bargaining. The parties agree that the payment in which exceeded the employers minimum obligation by carries forward and captures the obligations up to and including the expiry dates of the prior collective agreements. The adjustments in the Memorandum of Settlement dated December resolve all current outstanding issue of Pay Equity and the obligations under the Proxy Pay Equity plan for and to the expiry of the agreements negotiatedon December The parties further agree that the following additional pay equity adjustments resolve the remaining pay equity obligations and will be paid on the following dates: Any new classifications that may be created in the bargaining unit shall be deemed to achieve pay equity through the application of the “new classification” clauses of the Collective Agreements. The parties agree that there was no requirementfor a pay equity adjustment at times other than those as identified in the Memorandum of Settlement The parties agree that this agreement satisfies any and all requirements of the Pay Equity Act and following the final pay equity adjustment in the complete will have been paid and Pay Equity will have been achieved. DATED this 2nd day of December,-2004 On Behalf of the Union On behalf of the Employer SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL I CANADA WHEREAS the Ontario Labour Relations Board did on the of July, certify the Union as the bargaining agent for certain employees of the Employer, and whereas the parties hereto have agreed to enter into a Collective Agreement upon the terms hereinafter set forth.

ARTICLE TERM. This Agreement shall be effective from October I, O May and shall continue in effect until September and shall continue automaticallythereafter automatically thereafter during annual periods of one (I1) year each unless either party notifies the other in writing within ninety (90) days prior to the expiration date that it desires to amend or terminate this Agreement. In the event of such notification being given as to the amendment of the Agreement, negotiations between the parties shall begin within fifteen (15) days following such notification. If, pursuant to such negotiations, negotiations an agreement on the renewal or amendment of this Agreement is not reached prior to the current expiration date, this Agreement shall be automatically be extended until consummation of a new Agreement agreement or completion of the proceeding proceedings prescribed under The Labour Relations Act, of the The Province of Ontario, Ontario and The the Hospital Labour DisputesArbitration Disputes Arbitration Act, as amended, whichever should first occur. Present parking privileges DATED at Hamilton as of the of UNION LOCAL IC XXXXX NURSING HOME SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL Note: Premium for Personal Support Worker Certificate or Activity Aide Certificate to be maintainedfifteen (15) cents per hour. INWITNESS WHEREOF THE PARTIES THIS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT ON THIS DAY OF On Behalf A Pay Equity adjustment of per hour has been incorporated in the Union On behalf of the Employer above hourly rates. The Employer will recognize recent related experience on the basis of one (1) annual increment for each one (1) year of service up to the maximum of the grid. Part-time service shall be recognized on the basis of eighteen hundred (1800) hours paid in previous employment equals one year of service. It shall be the responsibility of a newly hired employee to provide reasonable proof of recent and related experience in order to be considered for a salary increment, and if she fails to do so she shall not be entitled to recognition. PAY AGREEMENT (for the Nursing Homes listed in Appendix “"A” " of the Terms of Reference signed by the parties) This Pay Equity Agreement applies to all the employees represented by the Union employed by the Employer. The parties agree that the classifications in the collective agreements constitutefemale constitute female job classes and the current differentials betweenjob between job classifications in the bargaining unit shall be maintained, except as it may be modified in collective bargaining. The parties agree that the payment in which exceeded the employers minimum obligation by carries forward and captures the obligations up to and including the expiry dates of the prior collective agreements. The adjustments in the Memorandum of Settlement dated December resolve all current outstanding issue of Pay Equity and the obligations under the Proxy Pay Equity plan for and to the expiry of the agreements negotiatedon negotiated on December The parties further agree that the following additional pay equity adjustments resolve the remaining pay equity obligations and will be paid on the following dates: Any new classifications that may be created in the bargaining unit shall be deemed to achieve pay equity through the application of the “new classification” clauses of the Collective Agreements. The parties agree that there was no requirementfor requirement for a pay equity adjustment at times other than those as identified in the Memorandum of Settlement The parties agree that this agreement satisfies any and all requirements of the Pay Equity Act and following the final pay equity adjustment in the complete will have been paid and Pay Equity will have been achieved. DATED this 2nd day of December,-2004 On Behalf INCORPO N The Employer and the Union agree that all provisions of the Collective Agreement to which this addendum is attached, shall be incorporated into the addendum and be applicable to part-time employees as hereinafter defined, unless such provisions are specifically excluded in their application to part-time employees. The Employer and the Union On behalf agree that the following Articles of the Employer SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL I CANADA WHEREAS the Ontario Labour Relations Board did on the of July, certify the Union as the bargaining agent for certain employees of the Employer, and whereas the parties hereto have agreed to enter into a Collective Agreement upon the terms hereinafter set forthshall apply to part-time employees: Same as full-time Agreement.

ARTICLE TERM. This Agreement shall be effective from October I, O and shall continue in effect until September April and shall continue automaticallythereafter automatically thereafter during annual periods of one (I) year each Iy)ear each, unless either party notifies the other in writing within ninety (90) days prior to the expiration date that it desires to amend or terminate this Agreement. In the event of such notification being given as to amendment of the Agreement, negotiations between the parties shall begin within fifteen (15I5) days following such notification. If, pursuant to such negotiations, an agreement on the renewal or amendment of this Agreement is not reached prior to the current expiration date, this Agreement shall automatically be extended until consummation of a new Agreement or completion of the proceeding proceedings prescribed under The the Labour Relations Act, of the Province of Ontario, as amended, and The the Hospital Labour DisputesArbitration Disputes Arbitration Act, as amended, whichever should first occur. Present parking privileges to be maintained. INWITNESS WHEREOF THE PARTIES THIS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT ON THIS DAY OF On Behalf fifteen (15) days of receipt of the Union On behalf signed Agreement. The Agreement will be printed and distributed by whomever is responsible within a further thirty (30) days. DATED this day of LOCAL May May May May May May A Pay Equity adjustment of per hour has been incorporated in the Employer above hourly rates. The Personal Support Worker education accreditation is recognized as equivalent to the Health Care Aide Course. Employees who work as Activity Aides and who hold a Health Care Aide Certificate or Recreation Certificate shall receive the Personal Support Worker rate. Classifications shown on the wage grid are for continuity only. Not all classifications shall be filled. Recosnition of Previous Experience The Employer will recognize recent related experience on the basis of one (1) annual increment for each one (1) year of service up to the maximum of the grid. Part-time service shall be recognized on the basis of eighteen hundred (1800) hours paid in previous employment equals one (1) year of service. It shall be the responsibility of a newly hired employee to provide reasonable proof of recent and related experience in order to be considered for a salary increment, and if she fails to do so she shall not be entitled to recognition. Note: The Parties agree to abide by the Letter of Understanding RE: Environmental Services dated October (for the Nursing Homes listed in Appendix “"A” " of the Terms of Reference signed by the parties) This Pay Equity Agreement applies to all the employees represented by the Union employed by the Employer. The parties agree that the classifications in the collective agreements constitutefemale constitute female job classes and the current differentials betweenjob between job classifications in the bargaining unit shall be maintained, except as it may be modified in collective bargaining. The parties agree that the payment in which exceeded the employers minimum obligation by carries forward and captures the obligations up to and including the expiry dates of the prior collective agreements. The adjustments in the Memorandum of Settlement dated December resolve all current outstanding issue of Pay Equity and the obligations under the Proxy Pay Equity plan for and to the expiry of the agreements negotiatedon negotiated on December The parties further agree that the following additional pay equity adjustments resolve the remaining pay equity obligations and will be paid on the following foliowing dates: Agreement renewal date in cents per hour Agreement renewal date in cents per hour Any new classifications that may be created in the bargaining unit shall be deemed to achieve pay equity through the application of the “"new classification” " clauses of the Collective Agreements. The parties agree that there was no requirementfor requirement for a pay equity adjustment at times other than those as identified in the Memorandum of Settlement settlement The parties agree that this agreement satisfies any and all requirements of the Pay Equity Act and following the final pay equity adjustment in the complete will have been paid and Pay Equity will have been achieved. ON BEHALF OF THE UNION DATED this 2nd day of December,-2004 On Behalf of the Union On behalf of the Employer SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL I CANADA WHEREAS the Ontario Labour Relations Board did on the of July, certify the Union as the bargaining agent for certain employees of the Employer, and whereas the parties hereto have agreed to enter into a Collective Agreement upon the terms hereinafter set forth.this

ARTICLE TERM. This Agreement shall be effective from October I, O and shall continue in effect until September and shall continue automaticallythereafter automatically thereafter during annual periods of one (I1) year each each, unless either party notifies the other in writing writing, within ninety (90) days prior to the expiration date date, that it desires to amend or terminate this Agreement. In the event of such notification being given as to amendment of the Agreement, negotiations between the parties shall begin within fifteen (15) days following such notification. If, pursuant to such negotiations, an agreement on the renewal or amendment of this Agreement is not reached prior to the current expiration date, this Agreement shall automatically be extended until consummation of a new Agreement Agreement, or completion of the proceeding proceedings prescribed under The the Ontario Labour Relations Act, of and the Province of Ontario, and The Hospital Labour DisputesArbitration Disputes Arbitration Act, as amended, whichever should first occur. Present parking privileges OF THE UNION Classification Step -May-09 -May-I Dietary, Laundry Housekeeping Aides Probation Start Year Year Attendant Act. Aide Probation Start Year Year Act. Aide Probation Start Year Year Cook Probation Start Year Year Probation Start Year Year Wage Progression: In accordance with Article Health Care Aide: Health Care Aide classification for Health Care Aide Certificate or equivalent presently being recognized by the Employer. The Personal Support Worker education accreditation is recognized as equivalent to be maintainedthe Health Care Aide Course. INWITNESS WHEREOF THE PARTIES THIS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT ON THIS DAY OF On Behalf of the Union On behalf of the Employer Activity Aide Certified: Activity Aide certified classification for Activity Aides with Health Care Aide Certificate or Recreation Certificate. The Employer will recognize recent related experience on the basis of one annual increment for each one ) year of service up to the maximum of the grid. Part-time service shall be recognized on the basis of eighteen hundred (1800) hours paid in previous employment equals one year of service. It shall be the responsibility of a newly hired employee to provide reasonable proof of recent and related experience in order to be considered for a salary increment, and if she fails to do so she shall not be entitled to recognition. (for the Nursing Homes listed in Appendix “A” of the Terms of Reference signed by the parties) This Pay Equity Agreement applies The Employer agrees to all the employees represented by the Union employed by the Employer. The parties agree use its best efforts to ensure that the classifications in the collective agreements constitutefemale job classes and the current differentials betweenjob classifications in the agency staff will not work full shifts as replacements due to illness, etc., while bargaining unit shall be maintainedemployees remain on half shifts, except as it may be modified provided such employees inform the Employer in collective bargainingadvance of their availability. The parties agree that the payment in which exceeded the employers minimum obligation by carries forward and captures the obligations up to and including the expiry dates of the prior collective agreementsspecial consideration. The adjustments in the Memorandum of Settlement dated December resolve all current outstanding issue of Pay Equity and the obligations under the Proxy Pay Equity plan for and to the expiry of the agreements negotiatedon December The parties further agree that the following additional pay equity adjustments resolve the remaining pay equity obligations and will be paid on the following dates: Any new classifications that may be created in the bargaining unit shall be deemed to achieve pay equity through the application of the “new classification” clauses of the Collective Agreements. The parties agree that there was no requirementfor a pay equity adjustment at times other than those as identified in the Memorandum of Settlement The parties agree that this agreement satisfies any and all requirements of the Pay Equity Act and following the final pay equity adjustment in the complete will have been paid and Pay Equity will have been achieved. F OF THE UNION DATED this 2nd day of December,-2004 On Behalf of the Union On behalf of the Employer LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL I CANADA WHEREAS the Ontario Labour Relations Board did on the UNION, LOCAL ICANADA Union Committee will study time schedule to determine if it is practical to schedule staff to be off every other weekend. Union Committee will study time schedule to determine if staff can be scheduled to work ten days in a pay period without any lay-off or reduction in hours of July, certify the Union as the bargaining agent for certain employees of the Employerwork. Management will endeavour to schedule staff to be off every other weekend, and whereas to work ten days in a pay period if and when the parties hereto have agreed Ministry of Health funds additional staffing subject to enter into a Collective Agreement upon the terms hereinafter set forthEmployers' deployment needs for professional staffing.