COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS - OPSEU

facility; or
(c) the employee is assigned to a work location or work locations at least forty (40) kilometres by road from his or her
existing headquarters, and it is anticipated that the employee will continue to work in the area of the new work location
or work locations for at least two (2) years.
11.5 Where a ministry exercises its right to change the headquarters of an employee otherwise than by mutual agreement with
the employee, the following procedure will apply:
(a) The ministry shall first give notice to the employee of its intent, and shall consult with the employee to determine the
employee’s interests and the employee’s preferences as to the new headquarters location.
(b) The ministry shall determine the new headquarters location in a way which is equitable to both the employee and the
ministry.
(c) The employee shall be given three (3) months’ notice of the change in designation of the headquarters.
11.6 Where it is necessary to identify which one or more of a group of employees is to be assigned to a new headquarters, the
employees to be reassigned shall be identified by considering the qualifications, availability, and current location (home,
closest facility and work location). Where qualifications, availability and location are relatively equal, length of continuous
service shall be used to identify the employee to be reassigned.
11.7 Employees who relocate their residences because of a change in headquarters, other than a temporary or seasonal
change, in accordance with this article, shall be deemed to have been relocated for the purposes of the Employer’s policy
on relocation expenses.
ARTICLE 12 - ISOLATION PAY
12.1 An employee who is stationed at a work location which receives a total of eight (8) or more points under the factors
outlined in Articles 12.3.1 and 12.3.2 shall be paid an isolation allowance in accordance with the following scale:
8 points $ 3.45 per week
9 - 12 points $ 5.18 per week
13 - 16 points $ 6.90 per week
17 - 20 points $ 8.63 per week
21 - 24 points $10.35 per week
25 - 28 points $12.08 per week
29 - 32 points $13.80 per week
33 - 36 points $15.53 per week
37 - 40 points $17.25 per week
41 - 44 points $18.98 per week
45 - 48 points $20.70 per week.
12.2 For purposes of this article, “work location” is defined as the address of the working place at which the employee is
normally stationed or, in certain special cases, another location designated as headquarters by the ministry.
12.3 This article shall not apply to employees whose work locations are south of the following boundary lines: Border of the
State of Minnesota and Ontario easterly along the northern shores of Lake Superior and Lake Huron (inclusive of such
islands as Manitoulin) to the French River; French River to Lake Nipissing; Lake Nipissing easterly to Highway 17;
Highway 17 to Mattawa.
12.3.1 Population of the largest centre of population within eighty (80) kilometres of the employee’s work location:
Population Points Assigned
1 - 249 14
250 - 499 12
500 - 999 10
1000 - 1999 8
Population Points Assigned
2000 - 2999 6
3000 - 3999 4
4000 - 4999 2
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