Recognition of Past Experience. (a) All presently employed employees shall be properly placed on the salary grid in accordance with their service at the Home and credit for past related clinical experience that any employee may have received prior or being employed at St. Joseph’s villa and prior to the implementation of the Collective Agreement.
(b) All employees shall receive recognition for recent related clinical experience as follows: One annual service increment for every one year of experience up to the maximum on the salary grid.
Recognition of Past Experience. (a) When an employee has produced proof or evidence of relevant previous experience, the employee’s salary shall be determined by applying the following rules governing the recognition of related experience, provided that the relevancy of the related experience shall be determined at the sole discretion of the Employer.
(i) The salary of an individual with a minimum of two (2) years recently related experience will be advanced one (1) increment in the salary scale.
(ii) The salary of an individual with a minimum of three (3) years recently related experience will be advanced two (2) increments in the salary scale.
(iii) The salary of an individual with a minimum of four (4) years recently related experience will be advanced three (3) increments in the salary scale. Except as provided otherwise herein, this Article will only be applicable from the date of the signing of this Agreement onward for new employees.
(b) Employees who are promoted within the bargaining unit may, at the completion of their trial period, apply for recognition of past experience under this Article 31.02.
(c) Anniversary Date means the first day of the pay period following the employee’s date of hire. On a year to year basis following the setting of the original anniversary date, the employee shall be advanced on the increment scale within the employee’s classification as listed in Appendix “A” except where the employee is absent without pay for reasons other than Pregnancy and Parental Leaves as set out in Article 24.05 and 24.07. The anniversary date shall be altered in direct relationship to the length of the unpaid absence in excess of one (1) month. The annual increment becomes payable to the employee on the next regular pay date after the adjustment.
Recognition of Past Experience. The Employer will recognize recent related RN 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 fifteen hundred (1500) hours paid in previous employment equals one (1) year of service. The Home will notify new employees of this provision in the written offer of employment. It shall be the responsibility of a newly hired employee to make a claim of recent and related experience within the probationary period in order to be considered for a salary increment. If she fails to make a claim in the specified time period or fails to provide reasonable proof of recent related experience, she shall not be entitled to recognition.
Recognition of Past Experience. Claim for recent related clinical experience, if any, shall be made in writing by the nurse at the time of hiring on the application for employment form or otherwise. The nurse shall co-operate with the Home by providing verification of previous experience so that her or his recent related clinical experience may be determined and evaluated during her or his probationary period. Having established the recent related clinical experience, the Home will credit a new nurse with one (1) annual service increment for every year of experience. This provision shall apply to all current nurses at date of ratification, but with no retroactive effect.
(a) Payment in Lieu of Benefits A part-time nurse shall receive in lieu of all fringe benefits (being those benefits to a nurse, paid in whole or part by the Home, as part of direct compensation or otherwise, save and except salary, shift premium, vacation pay, standby pay, call-back pay, reporting pay, responsibility allowance, jury or witness duty, and bereavement pay) an amount equal to thirteen percent (13%) of his/her regular straight time hourly rate for all straight time hours paid.
(b) The part-time nurse's hourly rate (or straight time hourly rate) does not include the additional thirteen percent (13%) which is paid in lieu of fringe benefits and accordingly the thirteen percent (13%) add-on payment in lieu of fringe benefits will not be included for the purpose of computing any premium or overtime payments.
(c) Part-time nurse who voluntarily join the Home's pension plan shall receive nine percent (9%) in lieu of all fringe benefits as listed in 17.05 (a).
Recognition of Past Experience. Full-time and part-time employees hired during the term of this Agreement shall be compensated at a wage level in accordance with the following plan unless otherwise agreed to by the Employer and employee involved:
a. Employees with two (2) or more years of continuous recent experience shall be employed at not less than Step 1.
b. Employees with four (4) or more years of continuous recent experience shall be employed at not less than Step 2.
c. Employees with six (6) or more years of continuous recent experience shall be employed at not less than Step 3.
d. The Employer shall be the sole judge of the relevancy of past work experience.
Recognition of Past Experience. The Deputy Superintendent of Human Resources may place a new Employee on a step other than "0" if in their opinion their past experience(s) warrants it. But in no case, shall a new Employee start at the top step.
Recognition of Past Experience. Claim for recent related clinical experience, if any, shall be made in writing by the nurse at the time of hiring on the application for employment form or otherwise. The nurse shall co-operate with the Home by providing verification of previous experience so that her or his recent related clinical experience may be determined and evaluated during her or his probationary period. Having established the recent related clinical experience, the Home will credit a new nurse with one (1) annual service increment for every year of experience. This provision shall apply to all current nurses at date of ratification, but with no retroactive effect.
Recognition of Past Experience. Employees hired during the term of this Agreement shall be compensated at a wage level in accordance with the following understanding:
a. One year’s past experience, at least the first year level.
b. Two to three years’ past experience, at least the second year level.
c. Four years’ past experience, at least the third year level.
d. Five to six years’ past experience, at least the fourth year level.
e. Seven to eight years’ past experience, at least the fifth year level.
f. Nine of more years’ past experience, at least the sixth year level.
Recognition of Past Experience. Full-time and part-time employees hired during the term of this Agreement shall be compensated at a wage level in accordance with the following plan unless otherwise agreed to by the Employer and employee involved:
a. Employees with two (2) or more years of continuous recent experience shall be employed at not less than Step 1.
b. Employees with four (4) or more years of continuous recent experience shall be employed at not less than Step 2.
c. Employees with six (6) or more years of continuous recent experience shall be employed at not less than Step 3.
d. Effective November 1, 2018, employees will receive year for year credit for continuous recent experience. The Employer shall be the sole judge of the relevancy of past work experience.
Recognition of Past Experience. Full-time and part-time employees hired shall be compensated at a wage level in accordance with the following plan unless otherwise agreed to by the Employer and employee involved:
a. Employees with two (2) or more years of recent experience shall be employed at not less than Step PS3 (2 yr).
b. Employees with four (4) or more years of recent experience shall be employed at not less than Step PS5 (4 yr).
c. Employees with six (6) or more years of recent experience shall be employed at not less than Step PS7 (6 yr).
d. Employees with eight (8) or more years of recent experience shall be employed at not less than Step PS9 (8 yr). For purposes of this Section, recent experience shall be defined as a continuity of experience without a break in service of such a nature as to reduce the level of professional skills and expertise in the opinion of the Employer. The parties agree that the Employer may pay for prior experience based solely upon its own determination and discretion.
