Hamilton, Ont. (140 librarians, drivers, technicians, clerical staff) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 932
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2020. Signed on Jan. 30, 2017.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 2%
Paid holidays: 11 days, plus 1 floater holiday.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 70 hours in 2-week period. May be taken as time off in lieu, no later than 3 months from date it was earned. Double time for work related to bookmobile driver’s regular schedule.
Meal allowance: $7 when employee is required to work overtime on particular day which was not prescheduled and which would result in employee working more than 9 consecutive hours per day. $8 for bookmobile employees assigned to work on vehicle and who are entitled to meal break.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of Liberty Health Dental Plan #9.
Vision: $375 (previously $300) every 24 months (includes prescriptive lenses, frames, eye examination by optometrist).
Paramedical: Maximum $300 per person per year (previously $200 per person per year) for chiropractic. Maximum $1,000 per year for physiotherapy.
LTD: Employer pay 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums for 66 2/3% of normal monthly earnings, maximum $3,500 for long-term illnesses, sicknesses (excluding work-related) that are in excess of 26 weeks.
Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 2-times salary.
Pension: Employer, employee will make contributions to Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse, child, stepchild, parent, stepparent). 3 days for death of ward, guardian, foster-parent, parent-in-law, sister, stepsister, brother, stepbrother, niece, nephew, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law. 2 days for attendance at funeral, cremation, memorial, burial that takes place at later date. 2 additional days when funeral, burial, cremation, memorial service happens outside of Ontario.
Seniority - recall rights: 24 months.
Probationary period: 90 working days.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months, 18 months for regular part-time and call-in employees.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 2% increase):
Mail-service support clerk
Step 1: $20.56 rising 1 step to $20.97
Step 2: $21.77 rising 1 step to $22.21
Step 3: $22.98 rising 1 step to $23.44
Step 4: $24.19 rising 1 step to $24.67
Driver, handyman/custodian - branches/cleaner, custodian - central/departmental clerk/clerical support - blocks/daytime cleaner/clerical, ship, custodian/shipping, del, circ clerk
Step 1: $21.46 rising 1 step to $21.89
Step 2: $22.72 rising 1 step to $23.18
Step 3: $23.98 rising 1 step to $24.46
Step 4: $25.25 rising 1 step to $25.75
Circulation clerk/serials clerk/info clerk - bookmobile/info clerk - community/info clerk - neighbourhood/info clerk/collections ILLO and clerical
Step 1: $24.72 rising 1 step to $25.22
Step 2: $26.18 rising 1 step to $26.70
Step 3: $27.63 rising 1 step to $28.19
Step 4: $29.09 rising 1 step to $29.67
Bookmobile driver, clerk/librarian assistant/digital technology tech/financial assistant/archives technician/digitization clerk/library technician - clerical/library technician, children’s/library technician, neighbhd/library technician - tech serv/library technician, chld - brnch/public service programmer
Step 1: $28.19 rising 1 step to $28.75
Step 2: $29.85 rising 1 step to $30.44
Step 3: $31.51 rising 1 step to $32.14
Step 4: $33.16 rising 1 step to $33.83
Bookmobile driver, clerk/volunteer coordinator/librarian assistant - neighbhd/archives technician/disability info serv and prog asst/planning, development officer/digital technology assistant/communications officer/librarian assistant - central/librarian assistant - branches/web graphic assistant/acquisitions and serials specialist
Step 1: $31.86 rising 1 step to $32.49
Step 2: $33.73 rising 1 step to $34.40
Step 3: $35.60 rising 1 step to $36.32
Step 4: $37.48 rising 1 step to $38.23
ELS tech - hardware, software/ELS integrated lib serv analyst/ELS analyst, developer/ESL supervisor - LINC/facilities maintenance tech, elect/senior communications officer
Step 1: $32.66 rising 1 step to $33.31
Step 2: $34.58 rising 1 step to $35.27
Step 3: $36.50 rising 1 step to $37.23
Step 4: $38.42 rising 1 step to $39.19
Archivist/ELS network application analyst/cataloguing librarian/extension services librarian/collection librarian/community librarian/community youth librarian/senior planning and development officer
Step 1: $35.11 rising 1 step to $35.81
Step 2: $37.17 rising 1 step to $37.92
Step 3: $39.24 rising 1 step to $40.02
Step 4: $41.30 rising 1 step to $42.13
Editor’s notes: Citizenship leave: Employee is entitled to up to 4 hours off, without loss of pay, to complete citizenship application (interview, swearing-in ceremony). Hearing aids: $300 every 36 months.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 2%
Paid holidays: 11 days, plus 1 floater holiday.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 70 hours in 2-week period. May be taken as time off in lieu, no later than 3 months from date it was earned. Double time for work related to bookmobile driver’s regular schedule.
Meal allowance: $7 when employee is required to work overtime on particular day which was not prescheduled and which would result in employee working more than 9 consecutive hours per day. $8 for bookmobile employees assigned to work on vehicle and who are entitled to meal break.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of Liberty Health Dental Plan #9.
Vision: $375 (previously $300) every 24 months (includes prescriptive lenses, frames, eye examination by optometrist).
Paramedical: Maximum $300 per person per year (previously $200 per person per year) for chiropractic. Maximum $1,000 per year for physiotherapy.
LTD: Employer pay 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums for 66 2/3% of normal monthly earnings, maximum $3,500 for long-term illnesses, sicknesses (excluding work-related) that are in excess of 26 weeks.
Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 2-times salary.
Pension: Employer, employee will make contributions to Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse, child, stepchild, parent, stepparent). 3 days for death of ward, guardian, foster-parent, parent-in-law, sister, stepsister, brother, stepbrother, niece, nephew, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law. 2 days for attendance at funeral, cremation, memorial, burial that takes place at later date. 2 additional days when funeral, burial, cremation, memorial service happens outside of Ontario.
Seniority - recall rights: 24 months.
Probationary period: 90 working days.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months, 18 months for regular part-time and call-in employees.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 2% increase):
Mail-service support clerk
Step 1: $20.56 rising 1 step to $20.97
Step 2: $21.77 rising 1 step to $22.21
Step 3: $22.98 rising 1 step to $23.44
Step 4: $24.19 rising 1 step to $24.67
Driver, handyman/custodian - branches/cleaner, custodian - central/departmental clerk/clerical support - blocks/daytime cleaner/clerical, ship, custodian/shipping, del, circ clerk
Step 1: $21.46 rising 1 step to $21.89
Step 2: $22.72 rising 1 step to $23.18
Step 3: $23.98 rising 1 step to $24.46
Step 4: $25.25 rising 1 step to $25.75
Circulation clerk/serials clerk/info clerk - bookmobile/info clerk - community/info clerk - neighbourhood/info clerk/collections ILLO and clerical
Step 1: $24.72 rising 1 step to $25.22
Step 2: $26.18 rising 1 step to $26.70
Step 3: $27.63 rising 1 step to $28.19
Step 4: $29.09 rising 1 step to $29.67
Bookmobile driver, clerk/librarian assistant/digital technology tech/financial assistant/archives technician/digitization clerk/library technician - clerical/library technician, children’s/library technician, neighbhd/library technician - tech serv/library technician, chld - brnch/public service programmer
Step 1: $28.19 rising 1 step to $28.75
Step 2: $29.85 rising 1 step to $30.44
Step 3: $31.51 rising 1 step to $32.14
Step 4: $33.16 rising 1 step to $33.83
Bookmobile driver, clerk/volunteer coordinator/librarian assistant - neighbhd/archives technician/disability info serv and prog asst/planning, development officer/digital technology assistant/communications officer/librarian assistant - central/librarian assistant - branches/web graphic assistant/acquisitions and serials specialist
Step 1: $31.86 rising 1 step to $32.49
Step 2: $33.73 rising 1 step to $34.40
Step 3: $35.60 rising 1 step to $36.32
Step 4: $37.48 rising 1 step to $38.23
ELS tech - hardware, software/ELS integrated lib serv analyst/ELS analyst, developer/ESL supervisor - LINC/facilities maintenance tech, elect/senior communications officer
Step 1: $32.66 rising 1 step to $33.31
Step 2: $34.58 rising 1 step to $35.27
Step 3: $36.50 rising 1 step to $37.23
Step 4: $38.42 rising 1 step to $39.19
Archivist/ELS network application analyst/cataloguing librarian/extension services librarian/collection librarian/community librarian/community youth librarian/senior planning and development officer
Step 1: $35.11 rising 1 step to $35.81
Step 2: $37.17 rising 1 step to $37.92
Step 3: $39.24 rising 1 step to $40.02
Step 4: $41.30 rising 1 step to $42.13
Editor’s notes: Citizenship leave: Employee is entitled to up to 4 hours off, without loss of pay, to complete citizenship application (interview, swearing-in ceremony). Hearing aids: $300 every 36 months.
