Canadian Labour Reporter

February 4, 2019 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2019 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS 6 Fund: Employer will provide for costs of travel, accommodation and other related expenses incurred for attendance at learned or professional conferences, symposiums or for other authorized university travel and for payment of the membership dues of professional or learned societies, for academic journals and books, and for professional development. Effective July 1, 2017: $1,600 for faculty\librarian\AAS-LS\AAS (Effective July 1, 2019: $1,650); Effective July 1, 2017: $1,100 for sessional lecturers (Effective July 1, 2019: $1,125). Per diem: $13 for breakfast; $22 for lunch; $35 for dinner; $17 for incidentals; $87 total. HEALTH CARE Health PEI Provincewide, Prince Edward Island (1,400 health-care workers) and the Prince Edward Island Union of Public Sector Employees (UPSE) Renewal agreement: Effect- ive April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2020. Signed on March 5, 2018. Shift premium: $2.75 per hour for evening, night shifts (any shift commencing between 5 a.m. and 11 a.m. will be considered day shift). $1.75 per hour ($1.50 per hour) for all hours worked between midnight Friday and midnight Sunday. Effective April 1, 2019: $2 per hour. Paid holidays: 11 days, plus 1 floating holiday. Vacations with pay: 9.375 hours for each 162.5 hours worked to start; 9.375 hours for each 162.5 hours worked or 15 days after 1 year; 12.5 hours for each 162.5 hours worked or 20 days after 5 years; 15.625 hours for each 162.5 hours worked or 25 days after 15 years; 18.75 hours for each 162.5 hours worked or 30 days after 25 years. Additional 75 hours of vacation may be carried over to following year. Overtime: Time and one-half for work after regular daily hours or regular weekly hours, double time after 7.5 hours of overtime. Medical benefits: Employer pays 50% of premiums, em- ployee pays 50% of premiums for voluntary participation in plans. Dental: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums for voluntary participation in plans. Sick leave: 11.25 hours for each 162.5 paid hours, maximum accumulation of 215 days. AD&D: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums for participation in plans as condition of employ- ment. Life insurance: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums for par- ticipation in plans as condition of employment. Pension: Employer will pre- serve existing pension plans. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, ward of employee including child of common-law spouse, parent (including natural parent, guardian, foster-parent, person standing in loco parentis). 3 days for death of brother, sister, grandparent, great grandparent, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, any relative residing with employee. 1 day for death of aunt, uncle, nephew, niece. One-half day to act as pallbearer, flower-bearer, reader at funeral. Seniority – recall rights: 18 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay at time and one-half, double time after 7.5 hours. Minimum 2 hours' pay at double time on Christmas Day. Probationary period: 600 hours worked. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months. Severance: 75 hours pay for each 1,950 hours worked, max- imum 975 hours. Safety shoes: $125 per year (previously $90 per year) for CSA-approved footwear Uniforms/clothing: $100 per year for patient/resident-care workers, licensed practical nurses, home-support work- ers. $100 per year (previously $75 per year) in lieu of provid- ing uniforms. Mileage: $0.44 per kilometre (previously $0.459 per kilo- metre) for first 8,000 kilometres per fiscal year; $0.41 (previously $0.434) for all kilometres great- er than 8,000 and up to 16,000 per fiscal year; $0.38 (previously $0.402) for all kilometres great- er than 16,000 kilometres per fiscal year. Short-trip allowance: $6.25 per day. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3.5% increase): Level 8 Addiction worker/resident-care worker/patient-care worker Step 5: $20.54 rising 4 steps to $21.28 Step 6: $21.32 rising 4 steps to $22.07 Level 10A LPN Step 5: $24.72 rising 4 steps to $25.60 Step 6: $25.77 rising 4 steps to $26.69 Level 12 Development worker/food- service manager/housekeeping supervisor/OT/activity worker/ social-service worker/orthope- dic technologist Step 5: $25.72 rising 4 steps to $26.63 Step 6: $26.83 rising 4 steps to $27.78 Level 14 Chef/food-service manager/ social-service worker/supervis- ing homemaker Step 5: $29.27 rising 4 steps to $30.30 Step 6: $30.47 rising 4 steps to $31.54 Level 14A Dental hygienist Step 5: $30.96 rising 4 steps to $ 32.06 Step 6: $32.18 rising 4 steps to $33.32 Level 16 Hospital librarian/professional officer/program officer/regula- tory inspector/social service worker/supervising home- maker Step 5: $32.64 rising 4 steps to $33.80 Step 6: $33.98 rising 4 steps to $35.19 Level 17 Professional officer/program officer/social-service worker/ pastoral-care clinician Step 5: $34.39 rising 4 steps to $35.60 Step 6: $35.84 rising 4 steps to $37.11 Level 18A Pharmacist Step 5: $54.56 rising 4 steps to $56.50 Step 6: $56.07 rising 4 steps to $58.05 Level 19A Speech language pathologist Step 5: $43.79 rising 4 steps to $45.34 Step 6: $45.60 rising 4 steps to $47.23 Level 20B Psychologist Step 5: $55.88 rising 4 steps to $57.86 Step 6: $58.06 rising 4 steps to $60.12 Level 21 Professional officer/health in- formation coordinator Step 5: $42.51 rising 4 steps to $44.02 Step 6: $44.27 rising 4 steps to $45.84 Editor's notes: Meal allowances: $8 for breakfast; $10 for lunch; $16 for dinner for in-province; $10 for breakfast; $15 for lunch; $25 for dinner for out-of-province. Standby: $2.75 per hour for each hour on standby duty. Long- service leave credit: On 25th anniversary of employment and every 5-year anniversary thereafter, employee will be given 1 day paid leave in recognition of long-standing service.

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