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Table of contents

Part I - ARTICLES

Article 1 - Definition of terms

Article 2 - Purpose

Article 3 - Recognition

Article 4 - Management rights

Article 5 - Employee file

Article 6 - Discrimination, Psychological harassment and violence

Article 7 - Union system

Article 8 - Checkoff of union dues

Article 9 - Remuneration

Article 10 - Leave for union activities

Article 11 - Grievance Procedure

Article 13 - Seniority and lists

Article 14 - Layoff and procedures

Article 15 - Job security

Article 16 - Moving expenses

Article 17 - Post-graduate training

Article 18 - Classification on the salary scales

Article 19 - Overtime

Article 20 - On-call duty

Article 21 - Statutory holidays

Article 22 - Floating days off in psychiatry

Article 23 - Annual vacation leave

Article 24 - Parental rights

Article 25 - Parental rights

Article 26 - Leave without pay and part-time leave without pay

Article 27 - Leave with deferred pay plan

Article 28 - Liability insurance

Article 29 - Professional relations and work overload

Article 30 - Insurance plans

Article 31 - Budgets for the development of humans resources and professional practice

Article 32 - Meals

Article 33 - Travel allowance

Article 34 - Preventive / protective measures

Article 35 - Prior experience

Article 36 - Procedure for modifying the list of job titles, job descriptions and salary rates and scales

Article 37 - Premiums

Article 38 - Provisions regarding part-time employees and employees who do not hold positions

Article 39 - Vested benefits or privileges

Article 40 - Contracting-out

Article 41 - Pension plan

Article 42 - Permanent negotiating mechanism

Article 43 - Technological change

Article 44 - Regional disparities

Article 45 - Joint local inter-union committee on the organization of work

Article 46 - Voluntary displacement

Article 47 - Duration and retroactive application of the national provisions of the collective agreement

Article - Grievance arbitration

Part III - LETTERS OF AGREEMENT

Letter of agreement no1 - Regarding the committee on the impact of the transformation of the health and social services system

Letter of agreement no2 - Regarding the creation of a provincial inter-union committee to follow up on prevention and participation mechanisms set out in the act to modernize the occupational health and safety regime

Letter of agreement no3 - Regarding the development of human resources

Letter or agreement no4 - Regarding the remuneration of employees with the job title of lawyer

Letter or agreement no5 - Regarding the creation of a provincial committee on workload

Letter or agreement no6 - Regarding retired employees who are rehired

Letter or agreement no7 - Regarding transformation and reorganization plans

Letter or agreement no8 - Regarding recognition of additional education within the framework of the master’s program in social work at Université Laval

Letter or agreement no9 - Regarding the list of medical arbitrators provided in article 30 of the collective agreement

Letter or agreement no10 - Regarding the centre hospitalier et Centre de Réadaptation Antoine-Labelle

Letter or agreement no11 - Regarding certain employees working for the Centre de Réadaptation Le Claire Fontaine

Letter or agreement no12 - Regarding job postings for some job titles to which extended work hours may apply

Letter or agreement no13 - Regarding the team leader premium

Letter or agreement no14 - Regarding the creation of a working committee on the funding of the employee-funded portion of the RREGOP

Letter or agreement no15 - Regarding family-work-study balance

Letter or agreement no16 - Regarding work-time arrangements

Letter or agreement no17 - Regarding employees working with clients who have severe behaviour disorders

Letter or agreement no18 - Regarding the creation of a provincial committee on professional issues for some job titles in the technician and professional job class

Letter or agreement no19 - Regarding employees with the job title of psychologist

Letter or agreement no20 - Regarding union leave for provincial committees

Letter or agreement no21 - Regarding the creation of a working committee on parental rights

Letter or agreement no22 - Regarding the creation of a provincial inter-union committee on the integration of employees from indigenous communities

Letter or agreement no23 - Regarding the creation of a provincial working committee to update the national provisions of the collective agreement following the creation of Santé Québec and the adoption of bill 15, an act to make the health and social services system more effective

Letter or agreement no24 - Regarding support for employees working in the youth centre mission

Letter or agreement no25 - Regarding the creation of a working committee for employees with the job title of lawyer in the health and social services system

Letter or agreement no26 - Regarding the creation of a provincial working committee on employees working in certain regions facing acute problems of workforce availability

Letter or agreement no27 - Regarding local pilot projects to support employees’ overall health

Letter or agreement no28 - Regarding certain employees from the CSDI Mauricie/Centre-du-Québec

Letter or agreement no29 - Special provisions applicable to the following institution

Letter or agreement no30 - Regarding the plan for family-work-study balance leave with salary averaging

Letter or agreement no31 - Binding the syndicat des employés du CH Sainte-Thérèse de Shawinigan and the Centre hospitalier du Centre-de-la-Mauricie

Letter or agreement no32 - Regarding team-managed schedules

Letter or agreement no33 - Regarding certain rules for recognizing attendance at work

Letter or agreement no34 - Regarding dues paid to a professional order

Letter or agreement no35 - On updating lists of institutions and facilities covered by article 22, appendix 6 and appendix 8 of the collective agreement

Letter or agreement no36 - Regarding special conditions for certain job titles involving work in mental health

Part V - ACT RESPECTING LABOUR STANDARDS (excerpts)

Act respecting labour standards (excerpts)

Part VI - INDEX

Index