Canadian Labour Reporter

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Editor's notes: Standby: $300 per week for employees who are on standby on scheduled basis; $30 per day for employees on standby on weekdays (Monday to Friday); $50 per day for employees on standby Saturdays, Sundays, paid holidays. Personal days: Employee will receive, after probation ends, 2 personal days on each of Jan. 1 and July 1. Must be used within year given and may not be carried over into following half year. Unused personal days will not be paid out. GOVERNMENT e Corporation of the City of Niagara Falls Niagara Falls, Ont. (320 public administration employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 133 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2022. Rati- fied in July 2019. Signed on Oct. 2, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 1.8% Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 1.8% Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 1.8% Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 1.8% Shift premium: $0.75 per hour for all hours worked on shifts other than normal day shift. $0.50 per hour on top of overtime rate for working on paid holidays. Paid holidays: 12 days to start, 13 after completing probationary period. Vacations with pay: 1 day for each month maximum 10 to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 2 years (previously after 3 years), 4 weeks after 8 years (previously after 10 years), 5 weeks after 15 years (previously after 16 years), 6 weeks after 24 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for first 5 hours worked in excess of scheduled daily or weekly hours; first 5 hours on Saturday if not scheduled to work Saturday; first 5 hours worked on first and third days of scheduled days off and statutory holidays. Double time for any hours worked beyond 5 hours of overtime on work day, Saturday, or first and third days of scheduled days off; double time for all hours worked on Sunday if not scheduled to work, and sec- ond and fourth days of scheduled days off. Can be banked as time off up maximum 70 or 80 hours per year, whichever corresponds to employee's normal weekly hours. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Sick leave: 0.25 day for each com- plete calendar week worked for seasonal/casual employees. STD: Employer pays 100% of pre- miums for maximum 17 weeks. LTD: 75% gross monthly earnings up to age 65. Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums. AD&D, Life insurance: Employ- er pays 100% of premiums. Pension: Ontario Municipal Em- ployees Retirement System. Bereavement leave: 5 paid days for death of spouse, child, stepchild, parent, stepparent. 3 paid days for death of sibling, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, parent- in-law, foster-parent, foster-child, legal guardian. 1 paid day for death of sibling-in-law, child-in-law, aunt, uncle, great-grandparent. Call-in pay: Minimum of 4 hours' pay for emergency call-in after having left work, if able to report within 45 minutes if living within city boundaries or within 60 minutes if living outside city boundaries. 2 hours' pay per day (3 hours on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays) for being on call. Probationary period: 90 work- ing days for salary classifications T1 to 3; 120 working days for sal- ary classifications 4 and above. Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months. Uniforms/clothing: Employer supplies required work clothing and equipment. High visibility clothing: Operational employees working outdoors receive 5 tops and 4 pair of pants per year; en- vironment staff receive 5 tops, 2 pair of pants and 2 coveralls per year; fleet staff receive 3 tops and 4 coveralls per year; seasonal staff receive 5 tops and 3 pair of pants per year; casual staff receive 5 tops and 2 pair of pants per year; forestry staff receive 2 cut pants, 2 work pants and 5 tops per year plus 1 lineman's jacket every 2 years. Uniform for enforcement staff, 5 collared tops for building inspection staff. Mileage: $0.54 per kilometre (previously $0.52 per kilometre) when requested and authorized to use personal vehicles for em- ployer business. $35 per month plus $0.329 per kilometre when use of personal care is condition of employment. Sample rates of pay (current, after 3.6% increase): Lifeguard: $16.29 rising in 2 steps to $16.88 Head lifeguard, instructors: $17.31 rising in 2 steps to $17.94 Labourer, janitor: $23.64 rising in 2 steps to $24.71 Cemeteries attendant/arena at- tendant/snow plow helper/fleet and equipment service person: $24.46 rising in 2 steps to $25.35 General clerk/customer service clerk/CSR/truck driver 1/sewer equipment helper/city courier/ planning services clerk: $25.03 rising in 2 steps to $25.94 Pipelayer wastewater/munici- pal service centre clerk/finance clerk/assistant sewer lateral maintainer: $25.68 rising in 2 steps to $26.61 Cement finisher/environmental services maintainer/recreation and culture clerk/accounts pay- able clerk/accounts receivable clerk, tractor/trackless operator: $26.28 rising in 2 steps to $27.23 Truck driver 2/assistant store- keeper/assistant plow operator/ haul-all operator/gardener: $26.97 rising in 2 steps to $27.95 Loader operator, truck driver 2/ tax clerk/water clerk/backhoe operator/fire prevention clerk: $27.52 rising in 2 steps to $28.52 Visitor services assistant/sweeper operator/trades helper/cemeter- ies clerk/dispatcher time auditor/ parking services clerk/cashier/ arena operations attendant/fleet services clerk/transportation ser- vices clerk: $28.08 rising in 2 steps to $29.10 Tree climber/grader operator/ truck driver 2 (A license re- quired)/arena operator B/envi- ronmental services record clerk/ road patroller: $28.76 rising in 2 steps to $29.81 Building services clerk/collections officer/underground service oper- ator/tax statistics clerk/1-person plow operator/senior billing of- ficer/water meter repairer: $29.31 rising in 2 steps to $30.38 Accounting clerk/equipment op- erator 2, equipment maintainer/ carpenter/facilities office coor- dinator: $30.02 rising in 2 steps to $31.11 Municipal enforcement clerk/ first appearance coordinator/ transportation field technician: $30.59 rising in 2 steps to $31.70 Small-engine technician/permit application technician/vital sta- tistics and licensing clerk/lead- hand, construction: $31.19 rising in 2 steps to $32.32 Capital cost clerk/lead-hand, tree climber/facilities/payroll coor- dinator/maintenance welder/tax collections and appeals officer: $31.80 rising in 2 steps to $32.95 Transportation systems special- ist: $32.43 rising in 2 steps to $33.60 Vehicle inspection mechanic: $33.02 rising in 2 steps to $34.21 Lead-hand, cemetery services/ lottery license coordinator, lead- hand, environmental services: $33.66 rising in 2 steps to $34.89 Garage mechanic/infrastructure technician/assistant planner: $34.29 rising in 2 steps to $35.54 Plan examiner: $34.90 rising in 2 steps to $36.17 Mileage: $0.54 per kilometre (previously $0.52 per kilometre). 5 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2020 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER

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