Voluntary Exit
November 30, 2009 is the deadline to submit an Expression of Interest
The open period for submitting an Expression of Interest for the Voluntary Exit plan runs ONLY until November 30. Submitting an Expression of Interest does NOT bind an employee to accept an exit.
Nurses interested can get the Expression of Interest forms from their Employer.
Remember, UNA suggests that ONLY employees who were planning to leave anyway would benefit from the Voluntary Exit program.
UNA also points out that the Voluntary Exit application forms contain an error and suggest that the money for a voluntary exit is "inclusive" of all other payments from the Employer. This is NOT the case, in fact, it is exclusive of other payments which nurses should still receive for all unused vacation, or overtime still owed to them.
You can see the The Voluntary Exit Letter of Understanding Here.
AHS Memo Voluntary Exit Plan Clarifications
Alberta Health Services has issued a memo to clarify, at UNA's request, a number of questions that come up around the Exit Plan. See the PDF here.
AHS Guidelines on the Voluntary Exit Program PDF here...
AHS Questions and Answers on the Voluntary Exit Program PDF here...
"Voluntary exit" ratified by UNA members
Nurses voted in favour of the "voluntary exit" agreement with Alberta Health Services in a province-wide ratification vote held on Monday, November 9th.
"Although it was approved by a majority of members who voted, it wasn't a huge turnout," said UNA President Heather Smith. "We recommended acceptance of the exit agreement because it could mean money to a few nurses, but it's not a good deal for any but those nurses who were leaving anyway."
UNA ratification votes have to be approved by a majority of members and by a majority of Locals. In Monday's vote, seventy-seven per cent of the members voting and eighty per cent of the Locals voted in favour.
"We still believe Alberta Health Services is wrong when they claim we have an oversupply of nurses," Heather Smith says. "It's wrong to encourage staff to leave and diminish the number of nurses we have, particularly in light of the public health and safety issues we have now with H1N1.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
UNA reaches tentative agreement on “Voluntary Exit”
United Nurses of Alberta Transitional Negotiating Committee today announced it had reached a tenative agreement on Alberta Health Services “Voluntary Exit Program”.
If approved by the members, the Voluntary Exit Program will provide one-and-a-half weeks per full year of continuous service to a maximum of 52 weeks.
The Committee is recommending members vote in favour of ratification. The Committee does say however that the Program would have very limited value except for Employees already intending to retire or leave.
Union members province-wide will vote on whether to ratify this Letter of Understanding on Monday, November 9, 2009.
Copy of the Letter of Understanding Here.
Friday October 16, 2009
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