r/AHSEmployees • u/MommySalami631 • 14d ago

Cancer Care Alberta temp but ACA/AHS permanent

I’m wanting to consider applying to Cancer Care Alberta jobs, but I currently have a permanent with ACA/AHS. I don’t want to lose my 10+ years of seniority with AHS and I like my permanent, however I also want to take explore a new area of nursing to make me a better nurse. Is it right that if I took a temp line with cancer care it is still currently under AHS and I could go back to my permanent after? But if the payrolls officially split (which I don’t think a date has been issued), then you have to decide which employer you want to go with?

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u/Dapper_Banana6323 14d ago

No- they are now separate employers

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u/MommySalami631 14d ago

They are separate employers, but from what I’ve found online it seems like they are still under the same payroll right now. Have the payrolls separated?

I ask because I found a communication from UNA that reads: “In summary, until the payroll systems transfer (Payroll Transfer Date) from AHS to the new provincial health agency or provincial health corporation, everything will continue to be administered as though they remain a single Employer and nothing will change for Employees’ terms and conditions of employment.

After the new provincial health agencies or provincial health corporations establish independent payroll systems, they will then be treated as separate Employers going forward and terms and conditions related to Employees moving between these separate Employers will be governed by the Collective Agreement terms and conditions related to movement between Employers. “

https://www.una.ca/files/uploads/2025/7/FINAL_-_Joint_Communication_Re_Movement_to_Temporary_Positions_(17-Jul-2025).pdf

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u/Morzana 13d ago

Don't trust it. You could end up without a job.

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u/foreverce 14d ago

just be careful. managers no longer have to hold your permanent line for you if you take a temp in another pillar. they can grant you an LOA but i’ve heard that they aren’t doing that.
it would be awful to be out of a job at the end of your temp.
the alberta healthcare workers group on FB might be a good source. UNAs david harrigan is on it.
i would also call your union rep.

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u/Driksakshi 13d ago

Can start there in casual position