Canadian Labour Reporter

Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 116.25 hours or 3 weeks to start, 155 hours or 4 weeks after 5 years, 193.75 hours or 5 weeks after 20 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 7.5 hours per day or 75 hours per 2-week pe- riod. Time and one-half for all work on assigned day off or for all hours exceeding 6 consecu- tive days without day off. May be taken as time off in lieu but must be taken by Dec. 31 or will be paid out. Medical benefits: Employer pays 65% of premiums, em- ployee pays 35% of premiums (previously employer pays 60% of premiums, employee pays 40% of premiums). Des- jardins group benefit plan, or equivalent, which provides 80% direct-payment provision for physician or dentist prescribed medications. Dental: Employer pays 65% of premiums, employee pays 35% of premiums (previously em- ployer pays 60% of premiums, employee pays 40% of premi- ums). Desjardins group benefit plan, or equivalent, which pro- vides for reimbursement of 80% of eligible basic services, 50% of eligible extensive services (maximum $1,500 per year), 50% of eligible orthodontic services (lifetime maximum $1,500). Vision: Employer pays 65% of premiums, employee pays 35% of premiums (previously em- ployer pays 60% of premiums, employee pays 40% of premi- ums). $250 per insured person every 24 months (previously $200 per insured person every 24 months). Paramedical: Employer pays 65% of premiums, employee pays 35% of premiums (previ- ously employer pays 60% of premiums, employee pays 40% of premiums). Effective Sept. 1, 2020: $300 for each discipline per insured person per year, maximum $50 per visit. Sick leave: 1.25 days per month (168 hours) of service and will be accumulative maximum 80 days. LTD: Employer pays 60% of premiums, employee pays 40% of premiums. 66.67% of month- ly earnings, maximum $2,000, maximum benefit period of 5 years. Pension: Employer may contribute 2%, employer will match, maximum 2%, of em- ployee's contributions into group retirement plan, after 6 months of service or 1007.5 hours worked, whichever is greater. After 5 years of ser- vice, employer may contribute 2.5%, employer will match, maximum 2.5%, of employee's contributions; after 10 years of service, employer may contrib- ute 3%, employer will match, maximum 3%, of employee's contributions. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family of spouse (including common- law spouse) or employee (wife, husband, same-gender partner, child, stepchild, mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, grand- father, grandmother, grand- child, brother, stepbrother, sister, stepsister, guardian. Employee may also be granted maximum 1 leave of absence without pay, after death of im- mediate family member. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months after layoffs. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours of pay at straight-time rates or actual hours worked at double time regular rate of pay, which- ever is greater. Probationary period: 520 hours or 6 months, whichever is shorter. May be extended, maximum 3 months worked. Discipline: Sunset clause is 15 months. Mileage: $0.44 per kilometre when employee uses personal vehicle in performance of du- ties. Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Health-care aide (HCA)/recre- ation aide (RTA)/rehabilitation assistant (PTA) Step 0 start: $18.65 Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 2.5% increase): Health-care aide (HCA)/recre- ation aide (RTA)/rehabilitation assistant (PTA) Step 1 (520): $18.96 rising 2 steps to $19.44 Step 2 (2,535): $19.63 rising 2 steps to $20.12 Step 3 (4,550): $20.28 rising 2 steps to $20.79 Step 4 (6,565): $20.87 rising 2 steps to $21.39 Step 5 (8,580): $21.56 rising 2 steps to $22.10 Step 6 (10,595): $22.04 rising 2 steps to $22.59 Step 7 (12,610): $22.70 rising 2 steps to $23.27 Step 8 (14,625): $23.38 rising 2 steps to $24.11 (Within 90 days of ratification, employer will make payment to address retroactivity, at 1.5% on all hours worked between Oct. 27, 2019 and first pay period after ratification, to all current employees as of ratification.) FIRE FIGHTING e Corporation of the City of Barrie Barrie, Ont. (170 firefighters) and the Barrie Professional Fire Fighters Association (IAFF), Local 1753 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive Jan. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2023. Ratified in February 2019. Signed on March 7, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 1% Effective July 1, 2019: 1% Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 1% Effective July 1, 2020: 1% Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 1% Effective July 1, 2021: 1% Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 1% Effective July 1, 2022: 0.75% Effective Jan. 1, 2023: 1% Effective July 1, 2023: 0.75% Shift premium: 3 hours' pay for employees in communications branch who change scheduled hours on 24 hours' notice or less to cover staff shortage upon re- quest of manager. Paid holidays: 13 including 1 floater day. When Christmas Day and New Year's Day fall on Sunday or Monday, floater day is removed. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks af- ter 1 year, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 17 years, 6 weeks after 25 years. Upon resignation or retirement employee will be en- titled to vacation with full pay or to be paid in cash, amount equal to number of days' vacation employee normally would have been entitled to, up to termina- tion date of that year. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours required to work beyond normal shift or work week. Can be banked as time off in lieu of pay. Minimum of 4 hours' overtime pay if recalled to work. Minimum 3 hours' pay to attend meetings during off-duty time. Employees on 24- hour shift can work maximum of 36 consecutive hours and have 24 hours off before return- ing. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. $550 every 2 years (previously $500 every 2 years). Effective Jan. 1, 2022: $600 every 2 years. If employee's glasses are lost or damaged while in perfor- mance of duties, employer will pay for replacement, maximum $550 (previously $500). Effec- tive Jan. 1, 2022: $600. Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Paramedical: Employer pays 100% of premiums. $825 (previ- ously $750) for massage therapy, chiropractic coverage. Effec- tive Jan. 1, 2022: $900. $500 for coverage of osteopathic, naturo- pathic, foot care by chiropodist/ < from pg. 1 Service badges: Service badges for every 5 years of full-time service. 3 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2020 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS

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