Multiprovince (1,380 administrative, communications, clerical, IT, engineering, financial, technical, library employees) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
Renewal agreement: Effective March 26, 2018, to Aug. 31, 2020. Signed on Feb. 2, 2018.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Oct. 31, 2018: 1.75%
Effective Oct. 31, 2019: 1.8%
Shift premium: $1.15 per hour for all hours worked, including overtime hours, between 6 p.m. and midnight. $1.40 per hour for all hours worked, including overtime hours, between midnight and 6 a.m. $1.40 per hour for work on Saturday, Sunday.
Paid holidays: 10 days, plus first Monday in August.
Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 7 years, 5 weeks after 14 years, 6 weeks after 21 years, 7 weeks after 28 years. For employees hired after May 12, 2014: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 18 years, 6 weeks after 28 years. Unused time may be carried over into following year.
Overtime: Time and one-half for first 2 hours of overtime, double time thereafter. Double time or 3 hours of pay minimum, whichever is greater, for all work on day of rest. May be converted to compensatory leave and carried over into following fiscal year if not used, but will be paid out if not used in that year.
Meal allowance: $6.25 for work more than 2 hours overtime in excess of daily schedule or shift; additional one-half hour paid lunch (at time and one-half) break after 3 hours of overtime.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 95% of premiums, employee pays 5% of premiums. Employer pays 80% of prescription drug expenses, employee pays 5%. Employer pays 70% per cent of provincial medical premium, employee pays 30%.
Dental: Employer pays 95% of premiums, employee pays 5% of premiums. $1,000 maximum per year per person for basic. $2,000 maximum per year per person for major. $2,000 lifetime maximum per child for orthodontic.
Vision: Maximum $300 for each 4-year period. Lifetime maximum $300 for visual correction by laser.
Sick leave: 7 days.
Bereavement leave: 4 days for death in immediate family (father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, foster-parent, brother, sister, spouse, common-law spouse resident with employee, child, child of common-law spouse, stepchild, ward of employee, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparents, grandparents of employee’s spouse, grandchildren, any relative residing in employee’s household). 1 day for death of son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law.
Seniority – recall rights: Equivalent to length of seniority after 6 months of service; 2 years after 2 years of service; 4 years after 4 years of service.
Call-in pay: 3 hours’ pay at applicable overtime rate or compensation at applicable overtime rate (if period of overtime worked is not contiguous to scheduled hours), whichever is greater.
Probationary period: 6 months.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 1 year or 2 years.
Sample rates of annual pay (current, after 5.1% increase):
For employees hired before May 12, 2014 (classification)
A1
Max: $45,546 rising 3 steps to $47,885
Min: $35,037 rising 3 steps to $36,836
Step 1: $36,203 rising 3 steps to $38,062
Step 2: $37,409 rising 3 steps to $39,329
Step 3: $38,655 rising 3 steps to $40,641
Step 4: $39,946 rising 3 steps to $41,998
Step 5: $41,277 rising 3 steps to $43,396
Step 6: $42,652 rising 3 steps to $44,843
Step 7: $44,075 rising 3 steps to $46,338
Step 8: $45,546 rising 3 steps to $47,885
A2
Max: $50,926 rising 3 steps to $53,542
Min: $38,948 rising 3 steps to $40,948
Step 1: $40,272 rising 3 steps to $42,340
Step 2: $41,647 rising 3 steps to $43,786
Step 3: $43,066 rising 3 steps to $45,278
Step 4: $44,535 rising 3 steps to $46,822
Step 5: $46,052 rising 3 steps to $48,417
Step 6: $47,622 rising 3 steps to $50,067
Step 7: $49,245 rising 3 steps to $51,774
Step 8: $50,926 rising 3 steps to $53,542
A3
Max: $56,041 rising 3 steps to $58,919
Min: $42,858 rising 3 steps to $45,059
Step 1: $44,323 rising 3 steps to $46,599
Step 2: $45,831 rising 3 steps to $48,184
Step 3: $47,393 rising 3 steps to $49,827
Step 4: $49,009 rising 3 steps to $51,526
Step 5: $50,677 rising 3 steps to $53,279
Step 6: $52,407 rising 3 steps to $55,098
Step 7: $54,191 rising 3 steps to $56,974
Step 8: $56,041 rising 3 steps to $58,919
For employees hired after May 12, 2014 (classification)
T1
Max: $84,342 rising 3 steps to $88,673
Min: $52,083 rising 3 steps to $54,757
Step 1: $54,655 rising 3 steps to $57,462
Step 2: $57,355 rising 3 steps to $60,300
Step 3: $60,186 rising 3 steps to $63,277
Step 4: $63,159 rising 3 steps to $66,402
Step 5: $66,278 rising 3 steps to $69,681
Step 6: $69,552 rising 3 steps to $73,123
Step 7: $72,987 rising 3 steps to $76,735
Step 8: $76,591 rising 3 steps to $80,524
Step 9: $80,374 rising 3 steps to $84,502
Step 10: $84,342 rising 3 steps to $88,673
T2
Max: $94,498 rising 3 steps to $99,351
Min: $57,860 rising 3 steps to $60,832
Step 1: $60,769 rising 3 steps to $63,890
Step 2: $63,824 rising 3 steps to $67,101
Step 3: $67,034 rising 3 steps to $70,477
Step 4: $70,403 rising 3 steps to $74,019
Step 5: $73,944 rising 3 steps to $77,741
Step 6: $77,661 rising 3 steps to $81,649
Step 7: $81,565 rising 3 steps to $85,753
Step 8: $85,666 rising 3 steps to $90,066
Step 9: $89,974 rising 3 steps to $94,595
Step 10: $94,498 rising 3 steps to $99,351
T3
Max: $107,816 rising 3 steps to $113,352
Min: $64,912 rising 3 steps to $68,246
Step 1: $68,291 rising 3 steps to $71,798
Step 2: $71,846 rising 3 steps to $75,536
Step 3: $75,585 rising 3 steps to $79,467
Step 4: $79,519 rising 3 steps to $83,602
Step 5: $83,657 rising 3 steps to $87,953
Step 6: $88,012 rising 3 steps to $92,531
Step 7: $92,592 rising 3 steps to $97,347
Step 8: $97,412 rising 3 steps to $102,414
Step 9: $102,483 rising 3 steps to $107,745
Step 10: $107,816 rising 3 steps to $113,352
Editor’s notes: Lifting restriction: No employee will be required to lift, by hand, any object heavier than 22.7 kilograms. Permanent transfer: When employee is transferred permanently from 1 working place to another, employee will be entitled to $300 lump-sum compensation if distance between residence and new working place has increased by 3 kilometres. Standby: 1 hour’s pay at straight time, minimum $20, for each 8-hour period on standby. Hearing benefits: $750 for each 60-month period.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Oct. 31, 2018: 1.75%
Effective Oct. 31, 2019: 1.8%
Shift premium: $1.15 per hour for all hours worked, including overtime hours, between 6 p.m. and midnight. $1.40 per hour for all hours worked, including overtime hours, between midnight and 6 a.m. $1.40 per hour for work on Saturday, Sunday.
Paid holidays: 10 days, plus first Monday in August.
Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 7 years, 5 weeks after 14 years, 6 weeks after 21 years, 7 weeks after 28 years. For employees hired after May 12, 2014: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 18 years, 6 weeks after 28 years. Unused time may be carried over into following year.
Overtime: Time and one-half for first 2 hours of overtime, double time thereafter. Double time or 3 hours of pay minimum, whichever is greater, for all work on day of rest. May be converted to compensatory leave and carried over into following fiscal year if not used, but will be paid out if not used in that year.
Meal allowance: $6.25 for work more than 2 hours overtime in excess of daily schedule or shift; additional one-half hour paid lunch (at time and one-half) break after 3 hours of overtime.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 95% of premiums, employee pays 5% of premiums. Employer pays 80% of prescription drug expenses, employee pays 5%. Employer pays 70% per cent of provincial medical premium, employee pays 30%.
Dental: Employer pays 95% of premiums, employee pays 5% of premiums. $1,000 maximum per year per person for basic. $2,000 maximum per year per person for major. $2,000 lifetime maximum per child for orthodontic.
Vision: Maximum $300 for each 4-year period. Lifetime maximum $300 for visual correction by laser.
Sick leave: 7 days.
Bereavement leave: 4 days for death in immediate family (father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, foster-parent, brother, sister, spouse, common-law spouse resident with employee, child, child of common-law spouse, stepchild, ward of employee, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparents, grandparents of employee’s spouse, grandchildren, any relative residing in employee’s household). 1 day for death of son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law.
Seniority – recall rights: Equivalent to length of seniority after 6 months of service; 2 years after 2 years of service; 4 years after 4 years of service.
Call-in pay: 3 hours’ pay at applicable overtime rate or compensation at applicable overtime rate (if period of overtime worked is not contiguous to scheduled hours), whichever is greater.
Probationary period: 6 months.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 1 year or 2 years.
Sample rates of annual pay (current, after 5.1% increase):
For employees hired before May 12, 2014 (classification)
A1
Max: $45,546 rising 3 steps to $47,885
Min: $35,037 rising 3 steps to $36,836
Step 1: $36,203 rising 3 steps to $38,062
Step 2: $37,409 rising 3 steps to $39,329
Step 3: $38,655 rising 3 steps to $40,641
Step 4: $39,946 rising 3 steps to $41,998
Step 5: $41,277 rising 3 steps to $43,396
Step 6: $42,652 rising 3 steps to $44,843
Step 7: $44,075 rising 3 steps to $46,338
Step 8: $45,546 rising 3 steps to $47,885
A2
Max: $50,926 rising 3 steps to $53,542
Min: $38,948 rising 3 steps to $40,948
Step 1: $40,272 rising 3 steps to $42,340
Step 2: $41,647 rising 3 steps to $43,786
Step 3: $43,066 rising 3 steps to $45,278
Step 4: $44,535 rising 3 steps to $46,822
Step 5: $46,052 rising 3 steps to $48,417
Step 6: $47,622 rising 3 steps to $50,067
Step 7: $49,245 rising 3 steps to $51,774
Step 8: $50,926 rising 3 steps to $53,542
A3
Max: $56,041 rising 3 steps to $58,919
Min: $42,858 rising 3 steps to $45,059
Step 1: $44,323 rising 3 steps to $46,599
Step 2: $45,831 rising 3 steps to $48,184
Step 3: $47,393 rising 3 steps to $49,827
Step 4: $49,009 rising 3 steps to $51,526
Step 5: $50,677 rising 3 steps to $53,279
Step 6: $52,407 rising 3 steps to $55,098
Step 7: $54,191 rising 3 steps to $56,974
Step 8: $56,041 rising 3 steps to $58,919
For employees hired after May 12, 2014 (classification)
T1
Max: $84,342 rising 3 steps to $88,673
Min: $52,083 rising 3 steps to $54,757
Step 1: $54,655 rising 3 steps to $57,462
Step 2: $57,355 rising 3 steps to $60,300
Step 3: $60,186 rising 3 steps to $63,277
Step 4: $63,159 rising 3 steps to $66,402
Step 5: $66,278 rising 3 steps to $69,681
Step 6: $69,552 rising 3 steps to $73,123
Step 7: $72,987 rising 3 steps to $76,735
Step 8: $76,591 rising 3 steps to $80,524
Step 9: $80,374 rising 3 steps to $84,502
Step 10: $84,342 rising 3 steps to $88,673
T2
Max: $94,498 rising 3 steps to $99,351
Min: $57,860 rising 3 steps to $60,832
Step 1: $60,769 rising 3 steps to $63,890
Step 2: $63,824 rising 3 steps to $67,101
Step 3: $67,034 rising 3 steps to $70,477
Step 4: $70,403 rising 3 steps to $74,019
Step 5: $73,944 rising 3 steps to $77,741
Step 6: $77,661 rising 3 steps to $81,649
Step 7: $81,565 rising 3 steps to $85,753
Step 8: $85,666 rising 3 steps to $90,066
Step 9: $89,974 rising 3 steps to $94,595
Step 10: $94,498 rising 3 steps to $99,351
T3
Max: $107,816 rising 3 steps to $113,352
Min: $64,912 rising 3 steps to $68,246
Step 1: $68,291 rising 3 steps to $71,798
Step 2: $71,846 rising 3 steps to $75,536
Step 3: $75,585 rising 3 steps to $79,467
Step 4: $79,519 rising 3 steps to $83,602
Step 5: $83,657 rising 3 steps to $87,953
Step 6: $88,012 rising 3 steps to $92,531
Step 7: $92,592 rising 3 steps to $97,347
Step 8: $97,412 rising 3 steps to $102,414
Step 9: $102,483 rising 3 steps to $107,745
Step 10: $107,816 rising 3 steps to $113,352
Editor’s notes: Lifting restriction: No employee will be required to lift, by hand, any object heavier than 22.7 kilograms. Permanent transfer: When employee is transferred permanently from 1 working place to another, employee will be entitled to $300 lump-sum compensation if distance between residence and new working place has increased by 3 kilometres. Standby: 1 hour’s pay at straight time, minimum $20, for each 8-hour period on standby. Hearing benefits: $750 for each 60-month period.
