As you know there were made to section 11.06 of the Collective Bargaining Unit, which came into effect once the CBA was ratified in the spring, which now reads as follows:
If a Relief Employee, does not work a minimum of two (2) direct support shifts for four (4) consecutive pay periods, provided shifts were offered during that period. Relief employees can request via their immediate supervisor to train/orient at alternate programs which may be approved based on operational needs.
We recognized that there were some reporting gaps in our process to be able to accurately determine which relief staff had responded to accepting a shift, but were not given the shift as someone else had responded quicker. As such we temporarily put our termination process on hold for relief staff who were not able to fulfill the minimum shift requirement. We have now worked out our reporting and tracking process and as such we will begin to terminate relief employees who are not able to work 2 shifts within the period of August 30 – October 25th. Attached is the payroll schedule with an example which illustrates how this system works.
If you have any questions, please contact your supervisor directly or human resources.
Thanks everyone!
Tricia Vogel
HR Manager
