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Content: Mobility Provisions
Agreement: PHAA Provincial Agreement 2003-2006
Date: August 2004
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Mobility provisions
New Agreement protects nurses from being shuffled around
The new Provincial Agreement has added a new Article 44 on Mobility that
regulates the movement of nurses in the new Region-wide bargaining units.
The great majority of nurses will continue to have a regular position at a
single site. The mobility provisions protect nurses from being arbitrarily
moved from site to site. |Article 44 does defi ne three types of position:
1) “at” a site (regular) for the vast majority of nurses,
2) “at or out of” – the nurse works at more than one location on
an unscheduled basis (such as home care nurses who work in many
locations) and
3) “Multi-site site” – nurses are regularly scheduled to work “at or out
of” more than one site.
No nurse can be forced to move to a new site
If the Employer converts a position into an “at or out of” or “multi-site”
job, the nurse cannot be forced to move, but can take a layoff or in most
cases displace into another position.
If you are told you are being moved temporarily or otherwise to a different
site or unit, contact your Local or your Labour Relations Officer.
— Article 44 in the 2003-2006 PHAA provincial Collective Agreement.
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