– SCOPE & DEFINITIONS 2.01 The Employer recognizes the Ontario Nurses’ Association as the sole bargaining agent for all registered and graduate employees employed in a nursing capacity by Finlandia Hoivakoti Nursing Home (Finlandia Nursing Home Limited) in the City of Sudbury, Ontario, save and except Assistant Director of Care and persons above the rank of Assistant Director of Care. (a) A full-time employee shall mean an employee covered by this Agreement who is committed to and regularly works the full work period of thirty- seven and a half (37.5) hours per week, exclusive of overtime. (b) A regular part-time employee is one who is committed to and regularly works less than the full prescribed bi-weekly hours of work. (c) A casual part-time employee means an employee who is called to work on a call in basis, but who does not work a regular schedule, or does so only for a specified period. Such employee has the option of refusing work when it is made available to her, however, it is also understood that a casual part-time employee cannot unreasonably or consistently refuse to work shifts. 2.03 Whenever the feminine pronoun is used in this agreement, it includes the masculine pronoun and non-binary, where the context so requires and vice- versa. Where the singular is used, it may also be deemed to mean the plural and vice-versa.
General Conditions; Definitions 1.01. The General Conditions (as defined in the Appendix to this Agreement) constitute an integral part of this Agreement. 1.02. Unless the context requires otherwise, the capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings ascribed to them in the General Conditions or in the Appendix to this Agreement.