CUPE Health Care Workers' Council of Unions

ARTICLE 5 - DEFINITIONS

5.01 Permanent Employee: shall mean any Employee in the bargaining unit who has successfully completed a probationary period in accordance with Article 22.01 - Probation.

5.02 Full-Time Employee: shall mean an Employee in the bargaining unit who is scheduled to work the normal hours of work as defined in Article 26 - Hours of Work as per their Letter of Appointment.

5.03 Part-Time Employee: shall mean an Employee in the bargaining unit who works less than the normal hours as defined in Article 26 - Hours of Work as per their Letter of Appointment within the bargaining unit.

A part time Employee may agree to be a relief Employee for the purpose of working hours additional to those stipulated in the Letter of Appointment to a maximum of the normal hours of work of a full time Employee.

5.04 Relief Employee: shall mean an Employee in the bargaining unit who works on a call-in basis or works assigned relief shifts as per Article 26.04 - Assignment of Relief Work.

5.05 Temporary Position: shall mean a position in the bargaining unit on a temporary basis which shall exist for a stated period of time and which shall cease to exist at the end of such time unless extension is agreed upon in writing between the Employer and the Local of the Union.

5.06 Employer: shall mean an Affiliate or District Health Board as identified in Appendix I.

5.07 Bargaining Unit: shall mean one multi-employer(s) unit for each geographic health district comprised of Employees covered under the scope of this agreement.

5.08 CUPE and Union: shall mean the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

5.09 Geographic Health District: shall mean the geographic boundaries of each Health District.

5.10 Local of the Union: shall mean a Local of the Union chartered by the Canadian Union of Public Employees for the bargaining unit.

5.11 SAHO: shall mean the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations.

5.12 The Parties: shall mean SAHO and CUPE.

5.13 Transfer: shall mean the movement of an Employee from one position to another with the same pay grade.

5.14 Promotion: shall mean the movement of an Employee to a higher pay grade.

5.15 Demotion: shall mean the movement of an Employee to a lower pay grade.

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CUPE Health Care Workers' Council of Unions
3725E Eastgate Drive
Regina, Sask
S4X 1A5

Phone: 1-306-546-2185
Fax: 306-781-8177
Email: Gordon Campbell, President