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AUPE News & Updates
Member Updates
Friday, Oct. 10, 2003
Mental health clinic employees’ severance pay arbitration to
take place Nov. 28
EDMONTON — An arbitration hearing on an important dispute concerning
severance pay for mental health clinic employees between AUPE and the
nine provincial health regions has been scheduled for Friday, Nov. 28,
2003.
When the Alberta Legislature passed Bill 27 in March, one provision
of the health region labour relations restructuring law allowed the
new health region employers to ignore severance contained in employees’
collective agreements with the Alberta Mental Health Board.
Bill 27 transferred virtually all employees of the Mental Health Board
to the nine Alberta health regions.
AUPE argues the legislation does not pertain to former employees of
Alberta Mental Health Board community clinics.
Severance was negotiated by AUPE as a guarantee to these previous provincial
government employees that they would be protected in the event their
jobs were transferred to other employers.
The hearing will commence at 9 a.m., Nov. 28, in Edmonton.
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