St. Eustatius Health Care Foundation, St. Eustatius Auxiliary Home Foundation

Section 3 B - Chapter 4
Job, salary, payment and allowances

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B - 4.1. Payment of the Salary

The Employee must have received his Salary no later than on the 25th of each calendar month with regard to his employment in the respective month.

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B - 4.2. Grade increases

1. If warranted by the assessment, the Employee will be awarded a grade increase within the functional scale once per Calendar Year. The grade increase will be awarded for the first time after the Employee has been employed for at least 1 year.

2. Granting grades referred to in paragraph 1 is linked to a system of personnel assessment adopted by the Employer. The Employer may decide not to award a grade increase within the functional salary scale in any year if the Employer believes that the application of this system gives cause not to apply such grade increase.

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B - 4.3. Year-end bonus

1. Employees who, as of December 15 of the current year, has been in full-time employment with the Employer for a full Calendar Year, shall be paid a gross end-of-year bonus . The payable gratuity shall be USD 1,750

2. Part-Time Workers receive a year-end bonus in proportion to the hours worked.

3. The Employer will endeavor to make the payment no later than by the 10th of the month.

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B - 4.4. Overtime

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B - 4.4.1. Provisions of overtime and exempt Employees.

1. If the Overtime is performed incidentally during a period of fifteen minutes or less preceding or following the work time established by schedule, this period shall not be eligible for compensation.

2. Minutes are rounded up to the half-hour mark for the determination of the duration of Overtime.

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B - 4.4.2. Payment regulation for Employee with full day job

1. For Overtime worked, the Employee, who holds a position in job group 45 or below, will receive an Overtime bonus per hour, in addition to his regular Hourly Wage, in accordance with Article 4.13 in section 2.

2. For Overtime performed by an Employee holding a position in job group 50 up to and including the maximum wage limit in accordance with labor law, Overtime will be paid in time taking into account the overtime pay according to Art.4.13 in Section 2.

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B - 4.4.3. Payment regulation for Part-Time Workers

Part-Time Workers shall only be entitled to Overtime pay in accordance with Article 4.13 in Section 2, equal to the conditions applicable to a full-time Employee under the 2000 BES Labor Law.

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B - 4.4.4. Maximum number of Overtime hours

The number of hours of Overtime may not exceed 20 hours on average per week, to be measured quarterly.

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B - 4.5. Irregular shifts

1. Irregular shifts includes work performed by a Part-Time Worker at the hours specified in 4.15 Section 2 above the number of hours agreed upon in his employment contract, to the extent they do not exceed 40 hours.

2. In case an Employee who is not a Schedule Worker is asked to work a schedule shift in a department with schedule shifts, e.g., in case of staff shortage, the irregularity-allowance regulation shall apply to the aforementioned Employee for hours worked in the schedule shift.

3. The allowance mentioned in art. 4.15 section 2, shall in no case be less than $8 per schedule shift.

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B - 4.6. On-call shift

The provisions regarding on-call shift described in Art. 4.16 Section 2, applies to Employees scaled at FG 45 or below.

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B - 4.6.1. Free weekends

1. In each period of 28 consecutive days, the Employee may be assigned to be on on-call shift for up to 14 days, provided that the Employee will be free from said duties for at least 1 weekend in said 28 days.

2. If required for the continuity of care provision, the Employer may deviate from the above. The Employer shall then attempt to come to a reasonable and fair compensation arrangement with said Employees.

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B - 4.6.2. Payment for work during on-call shift

1. Part-Time Workers who perform work during on-call shifts shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of Overtime (Article 4.13 Section 2).

2. In case the Employee is called during on-call shift and responds to the call, the calculation of the compensation will be based on a period of at least half an hour.

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B - 4.6.3. Minimum rest time after a call

If, during on-call shifts, work is performed for more than 2 hours during the hours between 00:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m., or a call is answered more than twice, the Employee will not be deployed for any shift for the next night, unless he can have had at least 8 hours of rest following the last period in which he effectively performed work during the aforementioned hours. If the first subsequent shift starts within 12 hours after the last call, the Employee may, in the cases mentioned here, leave as soon as the shift permits.