Article 18 - Classification on the salary scales
18.01
On April 1 of each year, employees are classified on the salary scale that comes into force on this date at the echelon that corresponds horizontally to the one they were in on the previous March 31.
18.02
The salary scales for the various classes of employees are the ones set out in the List of job titles, job descriptions and salary rates and scales in the health and social services system. To be entitled to these scales, new employees hired in a health and social services institution must have the minimum qualifications for their job title. However, the salary scales provided apply to all persons who were in fact classified in one or another of the said job titles on the date on which the collective agreement comes into force. Salary scales for professional job titles in the List of job titles cannot be applied to employees whose academic training is college-level training.
18.03
Employees are classified on the salary scale described in the List of job titles on the basis of their previous experience as established in Article 35 and post-graduate training, if applicable.
18.04
The duration of time spent at an echelon is usually six (6) months of professional experience for echelons 1 to 8, and one (1) year of professional experience for echelons 9 to 18.
18.05
Echelon advancement is granted upon satisfactory job performance.
18.06
Accelerated advancement of an echelon is granted to employees whose performance is deemed exceptional by the Employer, on the date of their echelon advancement.
18.07
If possible given the number of echelons on the salary scale, employees advance to the next higher echelon each time that they complete one (1) year of experience in their job title. However, as of April 2, 2019, the duration of time that an employee with ranking 19 or higher remains in an echelon is: six (6) months of experience in echelons 1 to 8, and one (1) year of experience in echelons 9 to 18.
18.08
For purposes of advancement through the salary scale, part-time employees and employees who do not hold positions are credited with the days worked in a given job title since January 1, 1989 in other institutions in the health and social services system. Employees can ask each Employer for written attestation of the number of days worked, once each calendar year. Under no circumstances, however, does the application of this clause allow a part-time employee or an employee who does not hold a position to advance more than one echelon in a twelve (12) month period.
18.09
For the purposes of sub-sections A and B, the year or fraction of a year of experience acquired and days of work accumulated in 1983 are not credited when it comes to setting the date of an employee’s echelon advancement.
18.10
For the purposes of sub-sections A and B, part-time employees and employees who do not hold a position complete one (1) year of experience when they accumulate the equivalent of 225 days of work if they are entitled to 20 days of annual leave; 224 days of work if they are entitled to 21 days of annual leave; 223 days of work if they are entitled to 22 days of annual leave; 222 days of work if they are entitled to 23 days of annual leave; 221 days of work if they are entitled to 24 days of annual leave; and 220 days of work if they are entitled to 25 days of annual leave. For purposes of advancement on the salary scale, days of union leave taken by a part-time employee are deemed to be days worked, with the exception of union leave stipulated in clause 10.18.
18.11
Employees working for the institution on the date this collective agreement comes into force and those hired subsequently are classified on the basis of their duties and qualifications in one (1) of the job titles listed in the List of job titles, in accordance with the duties, responsibilities, characteristics and required qualifications given for it. The Employer has sixty (60) days from the date on which this agreement comes into force to inform employees and the Union of their job title and place on the salary scale. This must be done in accordance with the rules set out in Article 35 on prior experience as well as with post-graduate training, if applicable.
18.12
Employees working for the institution on the date on which this collective agreement comes into force who were classified in one of the job titles listed in the List of job titles are deemed to have the required qualifications for the job title.
18.13
Employees hired before the date on which this collective agreement comes into force are integrated into the salary scale for their job title at the echelon corresponding to their echelon on the salary scale in force at the end of the previous collective agreement.
18.14
Employees hired after the date on which this collective agreement comes into force are integrated into the salary scale at the echelon corresponding to their years of professional experience, taking into account, if applicable, the provisions of Article 17 (Post-graduate training); all must be in accordance with the rules for echelon advancement. Employees without professional experience are integrated at the first echelon, subject to the provisions of Article 17 (Post-graduate training).
18.15
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, employees now working for the Employer and those hired subsequently cannot be credited with professional experience acquired in 1983 for purposes of integration into their salary scale.
18.16
Any additional fraction of a year credited to employees at the time of integration is counted towards setting the date of their advancement to the next higher echelon.