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COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS worked; applicable overtime rate for each subsequent hour or portion thereof worked. May be taken as time off in lieu. Probationary period: 487.5 hours of work (may be ex- tended, maximum 300) hours of work and will not be renew- able. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months for suspensions or disciplinary action, including letters of reprimand or any ad- verse reports. Severance: 75 hours' pay for each 1,950 hours of service, maximum 975 hours. Mileage: Employee who oper- ates own motor vehicle in per- formance of duties is eligible to claim reimbursement at P.E.I. government rate per kilometre. Employee who uses own ve- hicle for short trips may elect, on per-year basis, whether to claim minimum daily allow- ance of $6.25 or short-trip travel rate in accordance with Treasury Board policy. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 6.4% in- crease): Administrative/clerical rates Group 1 Clerk 1 Step 5: $19.89 rising 6 steps to $21.17 Step 6: $20.73 rising 6 steps to $22.06 Group 2 Clerk 2 Step 5: $20.17 rising 6 steps to $20.37 Step 6: $21 rising 6 steps to $21.21 Communications technician Step 5: $20.62 rising 6 steps to $21.46 Step 6: $21.48 rising 6 steps to $22.35 Group 3 (W8) Clerk 3/communications technician/secretary 1/stores keeper 1 Step 5: $21.06 rising 6 steps to $22.42 Step 6: $21.86 rising 6 steps to $23.26 Group 4 (W9) Admitting officer 1/clerk 4/ communications technician 3/ inventory technician/medical secretary 1/printing technician 1/secretary 2/stores keeper 2 Step 5: $22.12 rising 6 steps to $23.55 Step 6: $23.06 rising 6 steps to $24.54 Group 5 (W10) Clerk 5/housekeeper 1/medi- cal secretary 2/procurement technician/secretary 3 Step 4: $22.43 rising 6 steps to $23.86 Step 5: $23.41 rising 6 steps to $24.91 Step 6: $24.39 rising 6 steps to $25.95 Group 6A (W11) HIM professional 2 Step 4: $24.32 rising 6 steps to $25.68 Step 5: $25.37 rising 6 steps to $26.80 Step 6: $26.44 rising 6 steps to $27.92 Group 7 (W12) Child-life worker/clerk 7/ housekeeper 2/secretary 5 Step 3: $24.18 rising 6 steps to $25.73 Step 4: $25.32 rising 6 steps to $26.94 Step 5: $26.37 rising 6 steps to $28.06 Step 6: $27.50 rising 6 steps to $29.28 Group 10 (W15) Administrative officer 3/ad- mitting, telecommunications supervisor/health records supervisor/information sup- port coordinator/regional food service supervisor Step 1: $26.48 rising 6 steps to $28.17 Step 2: $27.79 rising 6 steps to $29.57 Step 3: $29.14 rising 6 steps to $31.01 Step 4: $30.46 rising 6 steps to $32.40 Step 5: $31.78 rising 6 steps to $33.82 Step 6: $33.13 rising 6 steps to $35.26 Group 13A (W18) Manager cancer registry Step 1: $31.53 rising 6 steps to $33.56 Step 2: $33.14 rising 6 steps to $35.27 Step 3: $34.72 rising 6 steps to $36.96 Step 4: $36.28 rising 6 steps to $38.61 Step 5: $37.85 rising 6 steps to $40.29 Step 6: $39.43 rising 6 steps to $41.95 Professional/technical rates Group 5 Cytology assistant/ECG tech- nician/medical lab assistant Step 4: $22.27 rising 6 steps to $23.70 Step 5: $23.21 rising 6 steps to $24.69 Step 6: $24.20 rising 6 steps to $25.75 Group 11 Combined technician 2/medi- cal laboratory technologist 1/ medical radiation technolo- gist 1 Step 1: $27.36 rising 6 steps to $29.12 Step 2: $28.51 rising 6 steps to $30.35 Step 3: $29.70 rising 6 steps to $31.61 Step 4: $30.95 rising 6 steps to $32.94 Step 5: $32.22 rising 6 steps to $34.30 Step 6: $33.59 rising 6 steps to $35.74 Editor's notes: Travel allowance: Employee who is laid-off will receive temporary travel allowance if employee has to trav- el more than 10 kilometres further to get to work, as result of either exercising employee's bumping rights or successfully applying for vacancy in same geographic area. Payable for 1 year from date of commencement or until employee changes residence, whichever occurs first. Travel meals: $10 for breakfast; $15 for lunch; $25 for dinner, for employee who is out of province on employer business; $8 for breakfast; $10 for lunch; $16 for dinner, for employee who is in province on employ- er business. When employee is required to travel outside Canada, meal allowances may be claimed in U.S. funds. On-call: Pay at kilometre rate set by Treasury Board, maximum of $20 per call; or $6 per call, maximum travel claim of 3 calls per 24- hour period. Employee may choose to be reimbursed for actual transportation costs (taxi), maximum $20 per call. Standby pay: $3 for each hour (previously $2.75 for each hour) or portion thereof on stand-by or remain on call. Blood-donor leave: Employee may be given maximum 3.75 hours of leave with pay to attend blood-donor clinic. Long-standing service: On 25th anniversary of permanent employment and every 5-year anniversary thereafter, employee will be granted 1 day of paid leave in recognition of service. Education fund: Employer will contribute $200,000 per year (previously $185,000 per year) into education fund. Retirement allowance: 37.5 hours of pay for each 1,950 hours of service since Oct. 1, 1959, for employee with 10 years of service who retires. OFFICE FURNITURE Tayco Panelink Toronto (175 manufacturing employees) and the Labourers' International Union of North America (LiUNA), Local 183 Renewal agreement: Effective July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2022. Ratified in August 2019. Signed on Aug. 27, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective July 1, 2019: 2.5% Effective July 1, 2020: 2.5% Effective July 1, 2021: 2.5% Shift premium: $1 per hour for afternoon and night shift. $2 per hour for installers acting as site leads. Paid holidays: 10 days, plus 1 float day (may be taken as single day or as 2 half-days). Vacations with pay: 10 days after 1 year, 15 days after 5 years, 16 days after 6 years, 17 days after 7 years, 18 days after 8 years, 19 days after 9 years, 20 May 25, 2020 May 25, 2020 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2020 4