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Content: In-Service Education Agreement: Facility and Community Agreements 2001-2003 Date: October 2001 _______________________________ For a printable poster, please click here Spotlight-Inservice.pdf In-service education Get paid for both course time and home study time. For any compulsory educational in-service, your Employer is required to pay for all of your course time as well as a reasonable amount of home study time at the applicable rate of pay. Nurses have been paid up to 20 hours or more of home study time as well as the actual course time. Under the Collective Agreement the Employer must provide annual compulsory in-services on: CPR, Anaphylaxis, Fire, evacuation and disaster procedures, and proper lifting and the prevention of back injuries. Employers may also require other compulsory courses and study time may also be payable. In addition, you must have the opportunity to attend at least 23 hours of in-service education provided by your Employer each year. Article 35.01(c) Facility & Community Collective Agreement* *Other UNA Agreements often have different provisions. Check your Agreement or with your Local for details.