Appendix 3 - sSpecial conditions applying to certain employees affected by the conversion of hours of work into positions with job titles

ARTICLE 1 SCOPE

The provisions of this Appendix apply to employees holding the following job titles:

- educator (2691);

- human relations officer (1553);

- job titles of employees working in laboratory activity centres;

- job titles of employees working in electrophysiology activity centres;

- job titles of employees working in medical imaging activity centres (radiology, nuclear medicine and radiation oncology);

- psychoeducator (1652);

- psychologist (1546);

- social worker (1550);

- special education technician (2686).

These provisions also apply to employees working with clients in the youth centre mission.¹

These provisions do not apply to job titles with no more than twenty (20) full-time equivalents (FTEs) in a bargaining unit.

Employees who meet one of the following criteria may choose to be excluded from the process of converting hours of work into positions with job titles:

- they are studying full-time at a recognized educational institution, in the same discipline as the one mentioned in the employee’s job description, or in a related discipline;

- they hold a position in which the only days of work scheduled are Saturday and Sunday;

- they hold a position in another institution in the health and social services sector;

- they work as a teacher in a recognized educational institution;

- they are at least fifty-five (55) years old.

By local arrangement, the parties may agree to add other criteria allowing employees to choose to be excluded from the provisions of this Appendix, and may determine the rules applicable to employees covered by such exclusion criteria.

¹ The youth centre mission includes the Director of Youth Protection (DPJ), but does not include the following services: Contentieux [legal affairs], Recherches d’antécédents et retrouvailles [research into family antecedents and reunion], Médiation familiale [family mediation], and Réseau d’enseignement universitaire [university teaching institutions].

ARTICLE 2 PART-TIME EMPLOYEE

2.01

The following paragraph replaces clause 1.03 of the collective agreement:

A “part-time employee” is any employee who works fewer hours than the number stipulated for their job title. However, a part-time employee holds a position that involves at least twelve (12) shifts per twenty-eight (28) days. A part-time employee who occasionally works the full number of hours stipulated for their job title continues to have part-time status.