Human Resource Plans, Retirement and Separation Allowances. (a) Local Human Resource Plans will apply to Health Services Restructuring Commission directives and integrations, provided that in the case of integrations, this Article will apply only to a hospital which is also bound by this collective agreement as well as the Local Human Resources Plan. In other circumstances, the balance of this Article will apply.
(b) Before issuing notice of long-term layoff pursuant to Article 10.08(e)(ii), and following notice pursuant to Article 10.08(e)(i), the Hospital will make offers of retirement allowance in accordance with the following conditions:
i) The Hospital will first make offers in order of seniority on the unit(s) and within the classification where layoffs would otherwise occur.
ii) The Hospital will make offers to nurses eligible for retirement under the Hospital pension plan (including regular part-time, if applicable, whether or not they participate in the hospital pension plan).
iii) The number of retirements the Hospital approves will not exceed the number of nurses who would otherwise be laid off. A nurse who elects a retirement option shall receive, following completion of the last day of work, a retirement allowance of one
(1) week’s salary for each year of service, to a maximum ceiling of thirty-five (35) weeks’ salary.
iv) If a nurse(s) on the unit referred to in paragraph (i) does not accept the offer, the Hospital will then extend the offer, in order of seniority, to eligible nurses in the same classification in the unit where a nurse who has been notified of a long-term lay-off elects to displace in accordance with Article 10.09 (b) ii) (D)
Human Resource Plans, Retirement and Separation Allowances a) Local Human Resource Plans will apply to Health Services Restructuring Commission directives. In other circumstances, the balance of this Article will apply.
b) Before issuing notice of long term layoff pursuant to Article 10.09(C)(ii), and following notice pursuant to Article 10.09 (C)(i), the Employer will make offers of early retirement allowance in accordance with the following conditions:
i. The Employer will first make offers in order of seniority on the unit(s) where layoffs would otherwise occur.
ii. The Employer will make offers to employees eligible for early retirement under the Employer pension plan (including regular part- time, if applicable, whether or not they participate in the Employer pension plan).
iii. If no employees on the unit affected accept the offer, the Employer will then extend the offer to other employees in the bargaining unit in order of seniority.
iv. The number of early retirements the Employer approves will not exceed the number of employees who would otherwise be laid off. An employee who elects an early retirement option shall receive, following completion of the last day of work, a retirement allowance of one (1) weeks’ salary for each year of service, to a maximum ceiling of thirty-five (35) weeks’ salary.
c) Where an employee has received individual notice of long term layoff under Article 10.09 such employee may resign and receive a separation allowance as follows:
i. Where an employee resigns effective within thirty (30) days after receiving individual notice of long term layoff, she or he shall be entitled to a separation allowance of two (2) weeks’ salary for each year of continuous service to a maximum of sixteen (16) weeks’ pay, and, on production of receipts from an approved educational program, within twelve (12) months of resignation will be reimbursed for tuition fees up to a maximum of three thousand ($3,000.00) dollars.
ii. Where an employee resigns effective later than thirty (30) days after receiving individual notice of long term layoff, he or she shall be entitled to a separation allowance of four (4) weeks salary, and, on production of receipts from an approved educational program, within twelve (12) months of resignation will be reimbursed for tuition fees up to a maximum of one thousand two hundred and fifty ($1,250.00) dollars.
Human Resource Plans, Retirement and Separation Allowances. (a) Before issuing notice of long-term layoff pursuant to Article 12.08 (e) (ii), and following notice pursuant to Article 12.08 (e) (i), the Hospital will make offers of retirement allowance in accordance with the following conditions:
i) The Hospital will first make offers in order of seniority within the classification where layoffs would otherwise occur.
ii) The Hospital will make offers to employees eligible for retirement under the Hospital pension plan (including regular part-time, if applicable, whether or not they participate in the hospital pension plan).
iii) The number of retirements the Hospital approves will not exceed the number of employees who would otherwise be laid off. An employee who elects a retirement option shall receive, following completion of the last day of work, a retirement allowance of one (1) week’s salary for each year of service, to a maximum ceiling of thirty-five (35) weeks’ salary. For a regular part-time employee, the retirement allowance will be based on the employee’s normal weekly hours. The normal weekly hours shall be calculated by using the same time period used for calculation of the Employment Insurance benefit.
(b) Where an employee has received individual notice of long-term layoff under Article 12.08 such employee may resign and receive a separation allowance as follows:
i) Where an employee resigns effective within thirty (30) days after receiving individual notice of long-term layoff, they shall be entitled to a separation allowance of two (2) weeks’ salary for each year of continuous service to a maximum of sixteen
