Health Benefits and Vacations

You are provided with a variety of Health Benefits and Vacation Schedules according to your employee group. All employees have access to the Employee & Family Assistance Plan.

Health Benefits

You can obtain information on your Health Benefits in a number of ways. You can access information by:

Accessing the Health Benefits section of this Human Resources web page.
Reviewing your Collective Agreement or Out of Scope Terms and Conditions of Employment as follows:
- ATA
- ECSSA
- AUPE
- Out of Scope
Calling Benefits Facilitator at 441-6052 or Alberta Health Care can be accessed by calling 427-1432 or visiting their web site at: www.health.gov.ab.ca/.

Vacations

Your Vacation schedule is dependent not only your employees group but the length of your work and also on your full time equivalent. The following will show you the vacation schedule for your group.

ECSSA

Length of Continuous Service	Weeks Available
	12 Month Employees	10 Month Employees
Start to 7 years	15 days	12.5 days*
After 7 years to 15 years	20 days	16.67 days*
After 15 years to 24 years	25 days	20.5 days*
After 24 Years	30 days	25 days*
Part Time Employment	Pro rated from above	Pro rated from above

* Please review your Collective Agreement for clarification on wages paid for vacations beyond 12.5 days.

AUPE

Length of Continuous Service	Weeks Available
	12 Month Employees	10 Month Employees
Start to 7 years	15 days	12.5 days
After 7 years to 15 years	20 days	16.67 days
After 15 years to 24 years	25 days	20.8 days
After 24 Years	30 days	25 days
Part Time Employment	Pro rated from above	Pro rated from above

Out of Scope

Length of Continuous Service	Weeks Available
	12 Month Employees	10 Month Employees
Start to 7 years	15 days	12.5 days
After 7 years to 15 years	20 days	16.67 days
After 15 years to 24 years	25 days	20.5 days
After 24 Years	30 days	25 days
Part Time Employment	Pro rated from above	Pro rated from above

Employees in twelve-month positions may take their vacations in conjunction with departmental needs. Ten month employees are required to take their vacations at times when school is not in session such as Christmas, March Break and other non school/non statutory holidays.

ATA

Vacations for Teachers are determined through a combination of Collective Bargaining and the School Act.

Employee and Family Assistance Plan

Your Employee and Family Assistance Plan is in place to help you and you family during emotionally troubling times. Following a consultation with the EFAP provider, you can be directed to a professional from issues you are trying to deal with in areas such as:

on the job problems which have a way of interfering with home life
marital problems
alcohol or drug abuse issues
problems with your children
personal emotion issues such as depression or suicidal feelings

If you find that life's pressures are impacting your work and/or home life, please either see the EFAP web page for more details or call them at 488-4960.