Members of the Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) will vote next week on a tentative agreement that emerged after a third-party mediator recommended new terms.

The new tentative deal that the union is recommending to its members includes a number of terms that had already been agreed to by both sides in the contract dispute: a 12 per cent general wage increase across four years, improved benefits, a workload appeal process and market wage adjustments.

Newly-agreed to terms in the latest tentative deal include personal leave being based on the employee's scheduled length of shift, and extending professional fee reimbursement to temporary employees.

In September, HSAA members voted to reject a tentative deal with Alberta Health Services. The union did not call a strike vote at

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