Clipper Vacations

Victoria, B.C. (10 customer service employees) and Unifor Local 114

Renewal agreement: Effective Nov. 1, 2013, to Oct. 31, 2016.

Wage adjustments:
Effective Nov. 1, 2014: 1.7%
Effective Nov. 1, 2015: 1.7%

Shift premium: $2 per hour for lead hands.

Paid holidays: 11 days. Time and one-half for all work on a named holiday.

Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 4 years, 4 weeks after 9 years, 5 weeks after 18 years, 6 weeks after 25 years.

Meal allowance: $10 for breakfast, $11 for lunch, $18 for dinner when an employee must travel outside of Victoria.

Medical benefits: $3.95 per hour paid by employer toward the cost of the B.C. Medical Services Plan and Health and Welfare Plan.

Sick leave: 40-hour sick leave credit provided after 1 year of service.

Pension: Up to 4% of salary will be matched by employer.

Bereavement leave: 5 days for the death of an immediate family member, including spouse, common-law spouse, same-sex spouse, child, foster child, step-child, grandchild, parent, foster parent, brother or sister. 3 days for extended family, including grandparent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law. 1 additional day if out-of-town travel is required (defined as outside the mainland and north of Nanaimo).

Seniority – recall rights: 15 months.

Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours’ pay.

Probationary period: 135 days.

Discipline: Sunset clause is 15 months given that no further discipline has occurred.

Severance: 2 weeks’ pay per year of service, given employee has been employed for at least 2 years.

Uniforms/clothing: 3 shirts, 4 pairs of pants, 1 lightweight jacket, 1 heavyweight jacket.

Sample rates of pay, current:
Reservation agent: $17.27 per hour, rising after 3 years to $23.33
Dock hand: $15.89, rising after 3 years to $22.66

Editor’s notes: Family responsibility leave: 5 days of unpaid leave per year to meet responsibilities of health, care or education of child in employee’s care, care or health of any other member of the employee’s immediate family, spouse, or same-sex spouse. Compassionate care leave: Up to 8 weeks for a family member with a serious risk of death.

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