Ottawa (230 gallery employees, administrative staff, students) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
Renewal agreement: Effective July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2019. Signed on Aug. 22, 2017.
Wage adjustments:
Effective July 1, 2017: 1.25%
Effective July 1, 2018: 1.25%
Shift premium: $1.50 per hour for all hours worked, including overtime hours, between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. $1.25 per hour for all regularly scheduled hours at straight-time rates worked on Saturday and Sunday. $800 per year when employee occupies a position — identified by gallery as bilingual — and employee meets language requirements, as confirmed by examination
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 9.375 hours per month to start, 12.5 hours per month after 5 years, 15.625 hours per month after 16 years, 18.75 hours per month after 28 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after regular hours. Double time after 6 hours of overtime.
Meal allowance: $12 after 3 hours of overtime. $12 after subsequent 4 hours of overtime.
Medical benefits: Public Service Health Care Plan.
Dental: Public Service Dental Care Plan.
Sick leave: 9.375 hours per month.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, foster-parent, brother, sister, spouse, child, child of spouse, stepchild, ward of employee, child adopted through Aboriginal practices, grandparent, grandchild, father-in-law, mother-in-law, any relative residing in employee’s household). 1 day for death of son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law.
Call-in pay: Greater of minimum 4 hours’ pay at overtime rate of pay for each call back, maximum 8 hours’ pay per 8-hour period or compensation at overtime rate for time worked, provided that period worked is not contiguous to employee’s normal hours of work.
Probationary period: 6 months effectively worked.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years.
Severance: On first layoff, 2 weeks’ pay; 3 weeks’ pay after 10 years of service; 4 weeks’ pay after 20 years of service, plus 1 week's pay for each additional year of service. One second layoff, 2 weeks’ pay per year of service.
Safety shoes: $200 every 2 years for CSA-approved protective footwear with steel toe and shank.
Sample rates of pay (current, after 1.25% increase):
Band 1
Minimum: $42,881 rising 1 step to $43,417
Maximum: $50,430 rising 1 step to $51,060
Band 2
Minimum: $45,905 rising 1 step to $46,479
Maximum: $53,984 rising 1 step to $54,659
Band 3
Minimum: $49,143 rising 1 step to $49,757
Maximum: $57,791 rising 1 step to $58,514
Band 4
Minimum: $52,606 rising 1 step to $53,264
Maximum: $61,865 rising 1 step to $62,638
Band 5
Minimum: $56,314 rising 1 step to $57,018
Maximum: $66,229 rising 1 step to $67,056
Band 6
Minimum: $60,285 rising 1 step to $61,039
Maximum: $70,897 rising 1 step to $71,783
Band 7
Minimum: $64,536 rising 1 step to $65,342
Maximum: $75,894 rising 1 step to $76,843
Band 8
Minimum: $69,085 rising 1 step to $69,948
Maximum: $81,243 rising 1 step to $82,259
Band 9
Minimum: $73,955 rising 1 step to $74,879
Maximum: $86,971 rising 1 step to $88,058
Band 10
Minimum: $79, 170 rising 1 step to $80,160
Maximum: $93, 102 rising 1 step to $94,266
Editor’s notes: Marriage leave: After 1 year of employment, employee will be granted 5 days’ leave with pay to get married or to declare spousal union. Maximum 10 days during employee’s career at gallery for leave. Travel time: Employee who travels on government business and is away from home for 40 nights will be given 1 day off with pay. Employee will be credited with 1 additional day off for each additional 20 nights that employee is away from home, maximum 80 additional nights. Standby pay: Payment of one half hour for each 4-hour period on standby. When working, employee will be paid greater of applicable overtime rate for time worked or minimum of 4 hours’ pay at hourly rate of pay. Minimum will apply only first time employee is required to report for work during period of standby of 8 hours. Parking: Gallery will continue current practice of permitting employees to use gallery parking spaces at no cost to employees.
Wage adjustments:
Effective July 1, 2017: 1.25%
Effective July 1, 2018: 1.25%
Shift premium: $1.50 per hour for all hours worked, including overtime hours, between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. $1.25 per hour for all regularly scheduled hours at straight-time rates worked on Saturday and Sunday. $800 per year when employee occupies a position — identified by gallery as bilingual — and employee meets language requirements, as confirmed by examination
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 9.375 hours per month to start, 12.5 hours per month after 5 years, 15.625 hours per month after 16 years, 18.75 hours per month after 28 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after regular hours. Double time after 6 hours of overtime.
Meal allowance: $12 after 3 hours of overtime. $12 after subsequent 4 hours of overtime.
Medical benefits: Public Service Health Care Plan.
Dental: Public Service Dental Care Plan.
Sick leave: 9.375 hours per month.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, foster-parent, brother, sister, spouse, child, child of spouse, stepchild, ward of employee, child adopted through Aboriginal practices, grandparent, grandchild, father-in-law, mother-in-law, any relative residing in employee’s household). 1 day for death of son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law.
Call-in pay: Greater of minimum 4 hours’ pay at overtime rate of pay for each call back, maximum 8 hours’ pay per 8-hour period or compensation at overtime rate for time worked, provided that period worked is not contiguous to employee’s normal hours of work.
Probationary period: 6 months effectively worked.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years.
Severance: On first layoff, 2 weeks’ pay; 3 weeks’ pay after 10 years of service; 4 weeks’ pay after 20 years of service, plus 1 week's pay for each additional year of service. One second layoff, 2 weeks’ pay per year of service.
Safety shoes: $200 every 2 years for CSA-approved protective footwear with steel toe and shank.
Sample rates of pay (current, after 1.25% increase):
Band 1
Minimum: $42,881 rising 1 step to $43,417
Maximum: $50,430 rising 1 step to $51,060
Band 2
Minimum: $45,905 rising 1 step to $46,479
Maximum: $53,984 rising 1 step to $54,659
Band 3
Minimum: $49,143 rising 1 step to $49,757
Maximum: $57,791 rising 1 step to $58,514
Band 4
Minimum: $52,606 rising 1 step to $53,264
Maximum: $61,865 rising 1 step to $62,638
Band 5
Minimum: $56,314 rising 1 step to $57,018
Maximum: $66,229 rising 1 step to $67,056
Band 6
Minimum: $60,285 rising 1 step to $61,039
Maximum: $70,897 rising 1 step to $71,783
Band 7
Minimum: $64,536 rising 1 step to $65,342
Maximum: $75,894 rising 1 step to $76,843
Band 8
Minimum: $69,085 rising 1 step to $69,948
Maximum: $81,243 rising 1 step to $82,259
Band 9
Minimum: $73,955 rising 1 step to $74,879
Maximum: $86,971 rising 1 step to $88,058
Band 10
Minimum: $79, 170 rising 1 step to $80,160
Maximum: $93, 102 rising 1 step to $94,266
Editor’s notes: Marriage leave: After 1 year of employment, employee will be granted 5 days’ leave with pay to get married or to declare spousal union. Maximum 10 days during employee’s career at gallery for leave. Travel time: Employee who travels on government business and is away from home for 40 nights will be given 1 day off with pay. Employee will be credited with 1 additional day off for each additional 20 nights that employee is away from home, maximum 80 additional nights. Standby pay: Payment of one half hour for each 4-hour period on standby. When working, employee will be paid greater of applicable overtime rate for time worked or minimum of 4 hours’ pay at hourly rate of pay. Minimum will apply only first time employee is required to report for work during period of standby of 8 hours. Parking: Gallery will continue current practice of permitting employees to use gallery parking spaces at no cost to employees.
