Edmonton (39 pharmacists, technicians, assistants) and the Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA)
Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2016, to June 30, 2019. Ratified on May 23, 2017. Signed on Aug. 30, 2017.
Wage adjustments:
Effective April 1, 2017: 1.85%
Effective April 1, 2018: 2%
Shift premium: $2.75 per hour for all hours worked between 4 p.m. and midnight. $2.25 per hour for weekend shift.
Paid holidays: 11 days, plus additional floater day.
Vacations with pay: 15 days to start, 20 days after 2 years, 25 days after 10 years, 30 days after 20 years. 5 additional days after 25 years. 5 additional days after 30 years. 5 additional days after 35 years.
Overtime: Double time for all work after 8 hours per day or on scheduled day of rest.
Medical benefits: $750 per year for professional development and health-care account.
Pension: Employer pays 3%, employee pays 3% into Rexall Pharmacy Group Pension Plan for Eligible Hourly Employees.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, fiancé, grandparent, grandchild, stepparent, stepchildren, stepbrother, stepsister). 3 days for death in extended family (mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, legal guardian). 2 additional days for travel in excess of 320 kilometres one-way. Time off with pay to attend funeral of another relative or friend.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months.
Call-in pay: Pay for all hours worked during on-call period or for 3 hours, whichever is longer, at overtime rate of 2-times basic rate of pay. $0.38 per kilometre from employee’s residence and return.
Probationary period: 1,040 hours.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years.
Severance: 2 weeks’ pay per year of service, maximum 40 weeks’ pay.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3.8% increase):
Pharmacist 1
Step 1: $47.29 rising 2 steps to $49.12
Step 2: $48.47 rising 2 steps to $50.36
Step 3: $49.65 rising 2 steps to $51.58
Step 4: $50.83 rising 2 steps to $52.81
Step 5: $52.02 rising 2 steps to $54.04
Step 6: $53.20 rising 2 steps to $55.26
Step 7: $54.38 rising 2 steps to $56.50
Step 8: $55.56 rising 2 steps to $57.72
Step 9: $56.99 rising 2 steps to $59.20
Pharmacy technician 1
Step 1: $28.20 rising 2 steps to $29.29
Step 2: $29.12 rising 2 steps to $30.25
Step 3: $30.06 rising 2 steps to $31.23
Step 4: $31 .17 rising 2 steps to $32.39
Step 5: $32.14 rising 2 steps to $33.38
Step 6: $33.17 rising 2 steps to $34.46
Step 7: $34.25 rising 2 steps to $35.58
Step 8: $35.35 rising 2 steps to $36.72
Pharmacy assistant
Step 1: $16.89 rising 2 steps to $17.54
Step 2: $17.50 rising 2 steps to $18.18
Step 3: $18.13 rising 2 steps to $18.84
Step 4: $18.75 rising 2 steps to $19.48
Step 5: $19.38 rising 2 steps to $20.13
Step 6: $20.27 rising 2 steps to $21.05
Step 7: $21 .39 rising 2 steps to $22.23
Step 8: $22.52 rising 2 steps to $23.40
Editor’s notes: Transit costs: Employee who uses public transportation but is prevented from doing so by being required to remain on duty past time when normal public transportation is available will be reimbursed for cost of reasonable, necessary and substantiated transportation expense to place of residence. On-call pay: $3 per hour on regularly scheduled days of work; $4.25 per hour on days off and named holidays.
Wage adjustments:
Effective April 1, 2017: 1.85%
Effective April 1, 2018: 2%
Shift premium: $2.75 per hour for all hours worked between 4 p.m. and midnight. $2.25 per hour for weekend shift.
Paid holidays: 11 days, plus additional floater day.
Vacations with pay: 15 days to start, 20 days after 2 years, 25 days after 10 years, 30 days after 20 years. 5 additional days after 25 years. 5 additional days after 30 years. 5 additional days after 35 years.
Overtime: Double time for all work after 8 hours per day or on scheduled day of rest.
Medical benefits: $750 per year for professional development and health-care account.
Pension: Employer pays 3%, employee pays 3% into Rexall Pharmacy Group Pension Plan for Eligible Hourly Employees.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, fiancé, grandparent, grandchild, stepparent, stepchildren, stepbrother, stepsister). 3 days for death in extended family (mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, legal guardian). 2 additional days for travel in excess of 320 kilometres one-way. Time off with pay to attend funeral of another relative or friend.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months.
Call-in pay: Pay for all hours worked during on-call period or for 3 hours, whichever is longer, at overtime rate of 2-times basic rate of pay. $0.38 per kilometre from employee’s residence and return.
Probationary period: 1,040 hours.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years.
Severance: 2 weeks’ pay per year of service, maximum 40 weeks’ pay.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3.8% increase):
Pharmacist 1
Step 1: $47.29 rising 2 steps to $49.12
Step 2: $48.47 rising 2 steps to $50.36
Step 3: $49.65 rising 2 steps to $51.58
Step 4: $50.83 rising 2 steps to $52.81
Step 5: $52.02 rising 2 steps to $54.04
Step 6: $53.20 rising 2 steps to $55.26
Step 7: $54.38 rising 2 steps to $56.50
Step 8: $55.56 rising 2 steps to $57.72
Step 9: $56.99 rising 2 steps to $59.20
Pharmacy technician 1
Step 1: $28.20 rising 2 steps to $29.29
Step 2: $29.12 rising 2 steps to $30.25
Step 3: $30.06 rising 2 steps to $31.23
Step 4: $31 .17 rising 2 steps to $32.39
Step 5: $32.14 rising 2 steps to $33.38
Step 6: $33.17 rising 2 steps to $34.46
Step 7: $34.25 rising 2 steps to $35.58
Step 8: $35.35 rising 2 steps to $36.72
Pharmacy assistant
Step 1: $16.89 rising 2 steps to $17.54
Step 2: $17.50 rising 2 steps to $18.18
Step 3: $18.13 rising 2 steps to $18.84
Step 4: $18.75 rising 2 steps to $19.48
Step 5: $19.38 rising 2 steps to $20.13
Step 6: $20.27 rising 2 steps to $21.05
Step 7: $21 .39 rising 2 steps to $22.23
Step 8: $22.52 rising 2 steps to $23.40
Editor’s notes: Transit costs: Employee who uses public transportation but is prevented from doing so by being required to remain on duty past time when normal public transportation is available will be reimbursed for cost of reasonable, necessary and substantiated transportation expense to place of residence. On-call pay: $3 per hour on regularly scheduled days of work; $4.25 per hour on days off and named holidays.
