ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION OF AGREEMENT
In this Agreement:
1.01 "AVP(HRS)", means the Associate
Vice-President, Human Resource Services, of the University of Alberta or his/her designee
(the parties recognize that the Associate Vice-President is the representative of the
Board of Governors).
1.02 "Base pay" means the basic rate
negotiated by the parties as outlined in Appendices A, B and C.
1.03 "Board" means the Board of Governors
of the University of Alberta.
1.04 "Call-back" means an unexpected
requirement to return to work, including:
(a) work on a regular work day:
1) which does not adjoin the end of his/her regular shift; or
2) which does or does not adjoin the beginning of his/her regular shift;
(b) work on his/her regular day of rest or on a previously mutually agreed-to lieu day,
where s/he has not been notified of such requirement before the end of his/her last
regular shift; or
(c) work on a paid holiday.
It is understood, however, that, where an employee is required to work overtime as
defined in Clause 1.18 and where s/he, of his/her own volition, chooses to perform such
work at another time, such work shall be considered as overtime and not as call-back.
1.05 "Continuous operation" means a unit of
a department which operates seven (7) days a week and twenty-four (24) hours a day.
1.06 "Demotion" means a move from one
position to another position with a lower maximum base pay.
1.07 "Department" means a teaching
department, a faculty office, an administrative office or a service unit under the
administrative authority of the Board.
1.08 "Department Head" means a dean,
director, chair or head of a teaching or non-teaching department so designated by the
Board, or other administrative authority, or his/her designee.
1.09 "Dismissal" means the discharge of an
employee from employment (i.e., his/her position).
1.10 "Double time" means two (2) times the
hourly pay.
1.11 "Established position" means a
position which is budgeted, has a Full Time Equivalent (FTE) value and is expected to
continue without a definite end date.
1.12 "Fiscal year" means the period April 1
to March 31.
1.13 "Increment" means the difference
between one rate of base pay and the next higher rate of base pay
in the salary schedules set out in Appendices A and B.
1.14 "Layoff" means a discontinuance of
work as a result of:
(a) the abolishment of an established position;
(b) a temporary stoppage of work in an established position; or
(c) a permanent or temporary stoppage of work in a non-established position occupied by
a temporary employee who has worked in excess of twelve (12) months.
1.15 "Lieu day" means a day off with pay in
place of a paid holiday or a previously mutually agreed-to lieu day on which the employee
is required to work.
1.16 "NASA" means the University of Alberta
Non-Academic Staff Association.
1.17 "Non-established position" means a
position which is not budgeted, or which does not have a Full Time Equivalent (FTE) value,
or which ceases to exist after a definite term.
1.18 "Overtime" means work required to be
performed by an employee outside of his/her regular shift, including:
(a) work on a regular work day which adjoins the end of his/her regular shift; or
(b) work on his/her regular day of rest or on a previously mutually agreed-to lieu day,
where s/he has been notified of such requirement before the end of his/her last regular
shift.
1.19 The "parties" for purposes of Article
38, are the Board and NASA.
1.20 "Pay" means the basic rate negotiated
by the parties as outlined in Appendices A, B and C plus, where applicable, the additional
payments of language premium, teaching premium, responsibility premium, as well as any
agreed-to retroactivity.
1.21 "Position" means either an established
position or a non-established position, unless otherwise specified.
1.22 "Promotion" means a move from one
position to another position with a higher maximum base pay and with an
increase in current base pay.
1.23 "Recall" means to return an employee
on layoff status to an established position.
1.24 "Seniority" means length of service in
the bargaining unit.
1.25 "Service" means cumulative employment
of an employee.
1.26 "Stand-by" means being required,
during a specified period of time when the employee is not at work, to be available to
return to work.
1.27 "Straight time" means the hourly pay.
1.28 "Supervisor" means any person whose
job function requires him/her to organize, direct, and control the work of others, so
designated by the Board.
1.29 "Time and one-half" means one and
one-half (1½) times the hourly pay.
1.30 "Transfer" means a move from one
position to another position with the same maximum base pay.
1.31 "University" means the University of Alberta |