Canadian Labour Reporter

7 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS CULTURAL INDUSTRIES Hamilton Public Library Board 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 em- ployee is required to work over- time on particular day which was not prescheduled and which would result in employee working more than 9 consecu- tive hours per day. $8 for book- mobile 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 Lib- erty 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, par- ent, stepparent). 3 days for death of ward, guardian, fos- ter-parent, parent-in-law, sister, stepsister, brother, stepbrother, niece, nephew, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, sister- in-law, brother-in-law, daugh- ter-in-law, son-in-law. 2 days for attendance at funeral, crema- tion, memorial, burial that takes place at later date. 2 additional days when funeral, burial, cre- mation, memorial service hap- pens outside of Ontario. Seniority - recall rights: 24 months. Probationary period: 90 work- ing days. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months, 18 months for regular part-time and call-in employ- ees. 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/day- time cleaner/clerical, ship, cus- todian/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/col- lections 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/librar- ian assistant/digital technol- ogy tech/financial assistant/ archives technician/digitiza- tion clerk/library technician - clerical/library technician, children's/library technician, neighbhd/library technician - tech serv/library technician, chld - brnch/public service pro- grammer 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/vol- unteer coordinator/librarian assistant - neighbhd/archives technician/disability info serv and prog asst/planning, devel- opment officer/digital technol- ogy assistant/communications officer/librarian assistant - cen- tral/librarian assistant - branch- es/web graphic assistant/acqui- sitions 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 applica- tion analyst/cataloguing librari- an/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 citizen- ship application (interview, swearing-in ceremony). Hearing aids: $300 every 36 months. Meal allowance: $8 for bookmobile employees assigned to work on vehicle and who are entitled to meal break.

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