Canadian Labour Reporter

February 11, 2019 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2019 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS hand tools. $0.75 per hour for employees working in ditches 8 feet or greater in depth, or working on super structure or below deck of Johnson Street or Point Ellis Bridges. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 1/12 of 15 days per month to start, 15 days after 1 year, 18 days after 4 years, 23 days after 8 years, 28 days after 16 years, 30 days after 25 years, 33 days after 30 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week for outside employees; 7 hours per day or 35 hours per week for in- side employees. Double time af- ter 3 hours of overtime. Double time for all work after midnight any day and on Sunday. Double time for all work on sixth and seventh days, 5 consecutive days of work. May be taken as time off in lieu. Medical benefits: Employer pays 80% of premiums, em- ployee pays 20% of premiums. Employer pays 80% of pre- miums, employee pays 20% of premiums for B.C. Medical Services Plan. Dental: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. 100% coverage for basic services. 50% cover- age for prosthetic appliances, crown and bridge procedures. 50% coverage for orthodontics, $2,500 lifetime maximum. Vision: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. $400 every 2 years for 1 pair of eyeglasses or laser eye surgery. $100 (pre- viously $75) every 2 years for eye examinations for employee, dependants. Sick leave: 1 day per month of service to start; 12 days after 1 year; 18 days after 5 years; 24 days after 15 years. Max- imum accrual 130 days. Life insurance: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums for coverage of 3 times (previously 2 times) annual salary. Pension: All employees will participate in Municipal Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of family member (spouse, common-law spouse, parents, children, stepchil- dren, stepparents, brother, sister, in-laws, grandparents, grandchildren, foster-parents, foster-children, same-sex spouse, relative living at same residence as employee). 2 additional days for travel time. One-half day to attend funeral or act as pallbearer. Seniority – recall rights: 12 consecutive months. Call-in pay: 3 hours of pay at rate or time worked plus travel at overtime rate, whichever is greater. Probationary period: 6 con- secutive months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months. Safety shoes: Employer will use chit system and contribute $100 per year for footwear required by WorkSafeBC. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will supply through laundry service or direct issue appro- priate coveralls or smocks on as-needed basis. All outside employees will be issued 1 pair of leather gloves or 2 pairs of rubber gloves. Tool allowance: $0.35 per hour to mechanics who are required by employer to provide own hand tools as condition of em- ployment. Employer will also provide $10,000 tool insurance, with $500 deductible. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 6% increase): Pay grade Outside positions 2 Flagger/labourer, general/re- fuse collector: $25.55 rising 3 steps to $27.11 6 Automotive serviceperson/ curb extruder operator/lead- hand, refuse collection/ senior parks maintenance worker: $27.67 rising 3 steps to $29.36 11 Asphalt plant operator/lead- hand arborist/lead-hand, parks equipment serviceperson/lead- hand, cemetery operations/ senior lead-hand, concrete/ senior lead-hand, roads/senior lead-hand, milling/senior lead- hand, support services/senior lead-hand, underground/senior lead-hand, waterworks/utility arborist: $34.44 rising 3 steps to $36.55 14 Assistant supervisor, water and underground utilities, con- struction/assistant supervisor, water and underground utili- ties, maintenance/lead-hand, mechanical/lead-hand, welding and fabrication/works tech- nologist: $39.91 rising 3 steps to $42.35 Inside positions 1 Elections assistant: $25.05 rising 3 steps to $26.58 7 Clerk, conference centre sales/ clerk, finance/clerk typist, fire prevention/clerk, administra- tive support and claims/client services representative, VCC/ customer service ambassador/ facility operations coordinator, conference centre/secretary, engineering/administration: $28.47 rising 3 steps to $30.21 10 Accounting clerk/ administrative and protocol assistant/administrative assis- tant, planning/legal assistant/ office coordinator, engineering/ office coordinator, finance/ office coordinator, parks/secre- tary, city council: $32.77 rising 3 steps to $34.78 14 Arts, culture and events liaison/ building inspector 1/engage- ment coordinator/financial analyst, accounting services/ financial analyst, budgets/ financial analyst, utility billing coordinator/food systems co- ordinator/technologist, trans- portation design/technologist, underground design/senior bylaw officer/senior planning technician/sewer and storm water quality technologist/ survey coordinator/technical support analyst/transportation technologist/utilities planning technologist: $39.91 rising 3 steps to $42.35 18 Asset management specialist/ chief building inspector/climate and environment sustainability specialist/customer service advisor/engagement advisor/ information technology sup- port supervisor/infrastructure administrator/real property officer/supervisor, land de- velopment/strategic planning and communications advisor: $48.56 rising 3 steps to $51.53 101 Door attendant/usher: $13.70 rising 3 steps to $14.54 103 Bartender/day-camp leader/ parking ambassador: $17.39 ris- ing 3 steps to $18.45 Editor's notes: Standby: 3 hours at regular rate for Monday to Friday standby. 5 hours at regular rate and second employee assigned to checking street barricades will be paid 3 hours at regular rate for 24-hour period commencing at 8 a.m. on Saturday or Sunday. Service pay: $0.10 per day for each 5 years of service. After first 5 years of service, $0.10 per day; after 5 further years of service, additional $0.10 per day and like increase for each additional 5 years of service. Hearing aids: Maximum $3,000 (previously $2,000) every 5 years. Service pay: $0.10 per day for each 5 years of service. After 5 further years of service, additional $0.10 per day for each additional 5 years of service.

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