Assault Care and Treatment Program – ACT Workers. The parties agree that all terms and conditions of work of the above-noted program will comply with the Collective Agreement, except as modified below: The parties agree that the following specific conditions apply:
(a) Standby in the ACT Program will be self-scheduling by the nurse based on their availability.
(b) Nurses will receive standby pay in the amount equivalent to the current ONA Collective Agreement.
(c) When a nurse is called back from standby, such nurse will receive time and one-half their current ONA rate of pay or forty-five dollars ($45.00) per hour, whichever is greater, with a minimum guarantee of four (4) hours pay.
(d) Time spent performing telephone consultation will be paid at the rate of forty- five dollars ($45.00) per hour with a minimum guarantee of two (2) hours pay. This amount will be paid in addition to the standby rate.
(e) When a nurse is receiving orientation or education, she or he will be paid at the current ONA regular rate of pay or thirty dollars ($30.00) per hour, whichever is greater.
(f) The hours worked by a nurse in the ACT Program will be invisible for the purposes of determining premium pay for any other position the nurse may hold in the ONA bargaining unit.
(g) During the next round of local bargaining, Appendix 4 will be amended to include the ACT worker employment conditions.
(h) These conditions will remain in effect until the Collective Agreement provisions meet and exceed the ACT worker reimbursement rates. The parties further agree that a nurse may not be incumbent to two (2) or more ONA positions, with the exception of the ACT Program.
