Kitimat, B.C. (120 inside, outside employees) and Unifor, Local 2300
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2018, to Dec. 31, 2020. Signed on March 12, 2018.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 3%
Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 2.5%
Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 2.5%
Shift premium: $1.35 per hour for all hours when 50% or more of leisure-services employee’s regular assigned hours fall between 4 p.m. and 6 a.m. $2.55 for all straight-time hours worked on Sunday. $1 per hour for all hours worked for employees designated as first-aid attendants and holding required first-aid certificate. $1.25 per hour for employees doing sanitary sewer cleaning, repairs of sanitary sewer, sewer and water inspection (including hydrant maintenance), waste-plant work, potable water repairs and dig-ups, hydrovac excavating, work at cemetery or mausoleum interment which exposes employee to noxious substances, clean-up of abnormal amounts of bodily substances, contact with sewer material.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 1 1/4 days per month, maximum 15 days to start, 15 days after 1 year, 20 days after 6 years, 25 days after 13 years, 30 days after 20 years, 35 days after 26 years, 36 days after 30 years. Employees with 15 days may hold 5 days into following year, employees with 20 days may hold 10 days into following year.
Overtime: Time and one-half for first 2 hours, double time thereafter. Time and one-half for first 2 hours on Saturday or scheduled day off, double time thereafter and on Sundays and second day of rest. May be banked, maximum 160 hours at any one time.
Meal allowance: $22 when employee works more than 2 hours before or after shift; when employee works more than 6 hours beyond shift; when employee is on call-in or scheduled day off (after 4 hours and 9 hours).
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for B.C. Government Medical Plan and Pacific Blue Cross Extended Health Benefit Plan at 90% coverage.
Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums for 100% coverage for plan A expenses; 70% coverage for plan B expenses; 65% coverage for plan C expenses with maximum orthodontic coverage of $5,000.
Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums for $550 (previously $500) per family member every 2 years for eyeglass, contact lens coverage; $110 (previously $100) per family member every 2 years for eye examinations.
Paramedical: Employer pays 100% of premiums for $900 per year (previously $800 per year) for chiropractic, naturopathic; $2,000 per year for speech therapist; $1,000 per year for psychologist; $900 per year (previously $800 per year) for acupuncture treatments; $600 per year for podiatrist; $1,000 per year (previously $800 per year) for physiotherapist, massage therapist.
Sick leave: 24 hours for outside employees, 21 hours for inside employees.
LTD: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums for 70% of wages (previously 60%), maximum $6,000 per month.
Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $125,000.
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (spouse, same-sex spouse, common-law spouse, fiancé(e), children, stepchildren, legal ward, grandchildren, parents, stepparents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, parents and stepparents of employee’s spouse (including same-sex, common-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law)). 2 additional days for travel, when required. One-half day to attend funeral as pallbearer. Leave in excess of 2 per year will be without pay.
Seniority – recall rights: 6 months; 12 months after 2 years of service; 15 months after 5 years of service; 18 months after 10 years of service.
Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours’ pay at double time.
Probationary period: 6 months for regular employees; 1,200 hours for part-time, temporary, casual employees.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months.
Severance: 1 week’s current pay for each year of service with less than 3 years’ service. 3 weeks’ current pay for first year; one-half month’s current pay after 2 years of service with 3 or more years of service. Maximum 6 months’ current pay for all severance.
Safety shoes: $225 per year for proper safety boots. May be carried over into following year, maximum $450.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide proper clothing to accommodate employees affected by inclement weather and sub-zero conditions.
Tool allowance: $500 per year for personal tools required of mechanics.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 5% increase):
Leisure services department
Summer program leader: $15.40 rising 3 steps to $16.18
Summer program coordinator: $17.05 rising 3 steps to $17.92
Summer program supervisor: $18.69 rising 3 steps to $19.64
Inside positions
Junior clerk/recreation admissions clerk
Start step 1: $26.45 rising 3 steps to $27.79
6 months step 2: $27.81 rising 3 steps to $29.22
12 months step 3: $28.54 rising 3 steps to $29.98
18 months step 4: $29.38 rising 3 steps to $30.86
24 months step 5: $29.78 rising 3 steps to $31.28
Accounting clerk/documents and records clerk/clerk typist/dispatch clerk
Start step 1: $27.58 rising 3 steps to $28.98
6 months step 2: $29.04 rising 3 steps to $30.51
12 months step 3: $29.73 rising 3 steps to $31.23
18 months step 4: $30.52 rising 3 steps to $32.06
24 months step 5: $31.22 rising 3 steps to $32.80
Accounts payable clerk/purchasing clerk/recreation services clerk/youth worker/RCMP transcription clerk
Start step 1: $28.74 rising 3 steps to $30.20
6 months step 2: $30.36 rising 3 steps to $31.90
12 months step 3: $31.17 rising 3 steps to $32.75
18 months step 4: $31.95 rising 3 steps to $33.57
24 months step 5: $32.81 rising 3 steps to $34.47
Accounting information systems clerk/assistant purchasing agent/clerk public works yard/engineering assistant/receptionist - district office/information systems assistant, planning assistant
Start step 1: $31.25 rising 3 steps to $32.83
6 months step 2: $33.20 rising 3 steps to $34.88
12 months step 3: $34.15 rising 3 steps to $35.88
18 months step 4: $35.13 rising 3 steps to $36.91
24 months step 5: $36.08 rising 3 steps to $37.90
GIS tech/recreation programs coordinator
Start step 1: $37.08 rising 3 steps to $38.96
6 months step 2: $39.85 rising 3 steps to $41.87
12 months step 3: $41.19 rising 3 steps to $43.28
18 months step 4: $42.58 rising 3 steps to $44.73
24 months step 5: $43.96 rising 3 steps to $46.19
Building inspector 1/senior accountant
Start step 1: $40.50 rising 3 steps to $42.55
6 months step 2: $43.76 rising 3 steps to $45.97
12 months step 3: $45.41 rising 3 steps to $47.71
18 months step 4: $47.02 rising 3 steps to $49.41
24 months step 5: $48.64 rising 3 steps to $51.11
Rink, gym and pool marshals/concessionaires: $14.88 rising 2 steps to $15.63
Special aquatic helper: $21.43 rising 2 steps to $22.52
Equipment operator 2/labourer 2 (starting)/recreation attendant 1 Tamitik/recreation attendant 1 Riverlodge: $32.81 rising 2 steps to $34.47
Blower chute operator/labourer 3 (5 years)/lifeguard/instructor 1/park attendant/stores person 1: $33.46 rising 2 steps to $35.16
Equipment operator 3 (light equipment)/recreation attendant 2 Tamitik/refuse truck driver/collector: $35 rising 2 steps to $36.78
Recreation attendant 3/stores person 2/trades helper: $35.78 rising 2 steps to $37.59
Heavy-equipment operator/lifeguard/instructor 2/mechanic 1: $36.69 rising 2 steps to $38.55
Utilities operator: $37.50 rising 2 steps to $39.40
Crew leader: $38.96 rising 2 steps to $40.93
Aquatic coordinator/building and utilities maintenance person/carpenter/electrician/gardener/mechanic 2: $40.78 rising 2 steps to $42.85
Arenas coordinator/plant maintenance and repair person: $41.67 rising 2 steps to $43.78
Building and utilities maintenance person (T.Q.)/carpenter (T.Q.)/electrician (T.Q.)/gardener (T.Q.)/mechanic 2 (T.Q.): $42.64 rising 2 steps to $44.80
Chief mechanic/foreman water/sewer/roads foreman: $45.58 rising 2 steps to $47.89
Editor’s notes: Health and wellness: 50% off all public drop-in sessions (open gym, weight room, public skate, public swim), economy tickets, memberships and all fitness programs offered by Kitimat leisure services department. Hearing aids: Maximum $1,750 per ear over 2-year period.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 3%
Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 2.5%
Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 2.5%
Shift premium: $1.35 per hour for all hours when 50% or more of leisure-services employee’s regular assigned hours fall between 4 p.m. and 6 a.m. $2.55 for all straight-time hours worked on Sunday. $1 per hour for all hours worked for employees designated as first-aid attendants and holding required first-aid certificate. $1.25 per hour for employees doing sanitary sewer cleaning, repairs of sanitary sewer, sewer and water inspection (including hydrant maintenance), waste-plant work, potable water repairs and dig-ups, hydrovac excavating, work at cemetery or mausoleum interment which exposes employee to noxious substances, clean-up of abnormal amounts of bodily substances, contact with sewer material.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 1 1/4 days per month, maximum 15 days to start, 15 days after 1 year, 20 days after 6 years, 25 days after 13 years, 30 days after 20 years, 35 days after 26 years, 36 days after 30 years. Employees with 15 days may hold 5 days into following year, employees with 20 days may hold 10 days into following year.
Overtime: Time and one-half for first 2 hours, double time thereafter. Time and one-half for first 2 hours on Saturday or scheduled day off, double time thereafter and on Sundays and second day of rest. May be banked, maximum 160 hours at any one time.
Meal allowance: $22 when employee works more than 2 hours before or after shift; when employee works more than 6 hours beyond shift; when employee is on call-in or scheduled day off (after 4 hours and 9 hours).
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for B.C. Government Medical Plan and Pacific Blue Cross Extended Health Benefit Plan at 90% coverage.
Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums for 100% coverage for plan A expenses; 70% coverage for plan B expenses; 65% coverage for plan C expenses with maximum orthodontic coverage of $5,000.
Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums for $550 (previously $500) per family member every 2 years for eyeglass, contact lens coverage; $110 (previously $100) per family member every 2 years for eye examinations.
Paramedical: Employer pays 100% of premiums for $900 per year (previously $800 per year) for chiropractic, naturopathic; $2,000 per year for speech therapist; $1,000 per year for psychologist; $900 per year (previously $800 per year) for acupuncture treatments; $600 per year for podiatrist; $1,000 per year (previously $800 per year) for physiotherapist, massage therapist.
Sick leave: 24 hours for outside employees, 21 hours for inside employees.
LTD: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums for 70% of wages (previously 60%), maximum $6,000 per month.
Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $125,000.
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (spouse, same-sex spouse, common-law spouse, fiancé(e), children, stepchildren, legal ward, grandchildren, parents, stepparents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, parents and stepparents of employee’s spouse (including same-sex, common-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law)). 2 additional days for travel, when required. One-half day to attend funeral as pallbearer. Leave in excess of 2 per year will be without pay.
Seniority – recall rights: 6 months; 12 months after 2 years of service; 15 months after 5 years of service; 18 months after 10 years of service.
Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours’ pay at double time.
Probationary period: 6 months for regular employees; 1,200 hours for part-time, temporary, casual employees.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months.
Severance: 1 week’s current pay for each year of service with less than 3 years’ service. 3 weeks’ current pay for first year; one-half month’s current pay after 2 years of service with 3 or more years of service. Maximum 6 months’ current pay for all severance.
Safety shoes: $225 per year for proper safety boots. May be carried over into following year, maximum $450.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide proper clothing to accommodate employees affected by inclement weather and sub-zero conditions.
Tool allowance: $500 per year for personal tools required of mechanics.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 5% increase):
Leisure services department
Summer program leader: $15.40 rising 3 steps to $16.18
Summer program coordinator: $17.05 rising 3 steps to $17.92
Summer program supervisor: $18.69 rising 3 steps to $19.64
Inside positions
Junior clerk/recreation admissions clerk
Start step 1: $26.45 rising 3 steps to $27.79
6 months step 2: $27.81 rising 3 steps to $29.22
12 months step 3: $28.54 rising 3 steps to $29.98
18 months step 4: $29.38 rising 3 steps to $30.86
24 months step 5: $29.78 rising 3 steps to $31.28
Accounting clerk/documents and records clerk/clerk typist/dispatch clerk
Start step 1: $27.58 rising 3 steps to $28.98
6 months step 2: $29.04 rising 3 steps to $30.51
12 months step 3: $29.73 rising 3 steps to $31.23
18 months step 4: $30.52 rising 3 steps to $32.06
24 months step 5: $31.22 rising 3 steps to $32.80
Accounts payable clerk/purchasing clerk/recreation services clerk/youth worker/RCMP transcription clerk
Start step 1: $28.74 rising 3 steps to $30.20
6 months step 2: $30.36 rising 3 steps to $31.90
12 months step 3: $31.17 rising 3 steps to $32.75
18 months step 4: $31.95 rising 3 steps to $33.57
24 months step 5: $32.81 rising 3 steps to $34.47
Accounting information systems clerk/assistant purchasing agent/clerk public works yard/engineering assistant/receptionist - district office/information systems assistant, planning assistant
Start step 1: $31.25 rising 3 steps to $32.83
6 months step 2: $33.20 rising 3 steps to $34.88
12 months step 3: $34.15 rising 3 steps to $35.88
18 months step 4: $35.13 rising 3 steps to $36.91
24 months step 5: $36.08 rising 3 steps to $37.90
GIS tech/recreation programs coordinator
Start step 1: $37.08 rising 3 steps to $38.96
6 months step 2: $39.85 rising 3 steps to $41.87
12 months step 3: $41.19 rising 3 steps to $43.28
18 months step 4: $42.58 rising 3 steps to $44.73
24 months step 5: $43.96 rising 3 steps to $46.19
Building inspector 1/senior accountant
Start step 1: $40.50 rising 3 steps to $42.55
6 months step 2: $43.76 rising 3 steps to $45.97
12 months step 3: $45.41 rising 3 steps to $47.71
18 months step 4: $47.02 rising 3 steps to $49.41
24 months step 5: $48.64 rising 3 steps to $51.11
Rink, gym and pool marshals/concessionaires: $14.88 rising 2 steps to $15.63
Special aquatic helper: $21.43 rising 2 steps to $22.52
Equipment operator 2/labourer 2 (starting)/recreation attendant 1 Tamitik/recreation attendant 1 Riverlodge: $32.81 rising 2 steps to $34.47
Blower chute operator/labourer 3 (5 years)/lifeguard/instructor 1/park attendant/stores person 1: $33.46 rising 2 steps to $35.16
Equipment operator 3 (light equipment)/recreation attendant 2 Tamitik/refuse truck driver/collector: $35 rising 2 steps to $36.78
Recreation attendant 3/stores person 2/trades helper: $35.78 rising 2 steps to $37.59
Heavy-equipment operator/lifeguard/instructor 2/mechanic 1: $36.69 rising 2 steps to $38.55
Utilities operator: $37.50 rising 2 steps to $39.40
Crew leader: $38.96 rising 2 steps to $40.93
Aquatic coordinator/building and utilities maintenance person/carpenter/electrician/gardener/mechanic 2: $40.78 rising 2 steps to $42.85
Arenas coordinator/plant maintenance and repair person: $41.67 rising 2 steps to $43.78
Building and utilities maintenance person (T.Q.)/carpenter (T.Q.)/electrician (T.Q.)/gardener (T.Q.)/mechanic 2 (T.Q.): $42.64 rising 2 steps to $44.80
Chief mechanic/foreman water/sewer/roads foreman: $45.58 rising 2 steps to $47.89
Editor’s notes: Health and wellness: 50% off all public drop-in sessions (open gym, weight room, public skate, public swim), economy tickets, memberships and all fitness programs offered by Kitimat leisure services department. Hearing aids: Maximum $1,750 per ear over 2-year period.
