Canadian Labour Reporter

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS $96,223 Step 6: $95,801 rising 2 steps to $98,697 AR-4 Step 1: $93,038 rising 2 steps to $95,851 Step 2: $96,317 rising 2 steps to $99,228 Step 3: $99,594 rising 2 steps to $102,604 Step 4: $102,869 rising 2 steps to $105,978 Step 5: $105,576 rising 2 steps to $108,767 Step 6: $108,281 rising 2 steps to $111,554 AR-5 Step 1: $104,457 rising 2 steps to $107,614 Step 2: $108,166 rising 2 steps to $111,435 Step 3: $111,874 rising 2 steps to $115,255 Step 4: $115,580 rising 2 steps to $119,074 Step 5: $118,621 rising 2 steps to $122,206 Step 6: $121,659 rising 2 steps to $125,336 AR-6 Step 1: $115,893 rising 2 steps to $119,395 Step 2: $119,726 rising 2 steps to $123,345 Step 3: $123,564 rising 2 steps to $127,298 Step 4: $127,402 rising 2 steps to $131,253 Step 5: $130,766 rising 2 steps to $134,718 Step 6: $134,127 rising 2 steps to $138,181 AR-7 Step 1: $125,042 rising 2 steps to $128,822 Step 2: $129,191 rising 2 steps to $133,096 Step 3: $133,361 rising 2 steps to $137,391 Step 4: $137,530 rising 2 steps to $141,687 Step 5: $144,465 rising 2 steps to $148,831 Step 6: $151,401 rising 2 steps to $155,977 Editor's notes: Overtime transportation: When employee is working overtime and is required to report to work before public transportation services have commenced or to remain at work or to return to work after normal transportation services have been suspended, use of taxi or payment of kilometric rate will be authorized from employee's residence to workplace and re- turn if necessary. Standby: One-half hour for each 4-hour period for which employee has been designated as being on standby duty. May be taken as compensatory leave. Travel status leave: Employee will be given 7.5 hours off with pay when employee travels outside headquarters area on government business and is away from permanent residence for 20 nights; 7.5 hours off for each subsequent 20 nights away, maximum 37.5 hours per year. HEALTH CARE Waterloo Wellington Local Health Integration Network Waterloo, Ont. (313 health-care workers) and the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) Renewal agreement: Effec- tive April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2022. Ratified in May 2019. Signed on Aug. 19, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2019: 1.5% Effective April 1, 2020: 1.5% Effective April 1, 2021: 1.5% Shift premium: $1.80 per hour for all evening shifts (4:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.) and night shifts (11:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m.). $1.80 per hour for hours worked on weekends. $0.60 per hour when employer as- signs employee to mentor/ preceptor role. Paid holidays: 12 days includ- ing 2 floating holidays. Vacations with pay: 1.25 days per month to start, 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 2 years, 5 weeks after 14 years, 6 weeks after 21 years, 1 ad- ditional day for each year of service after 23 years up to maximum of one additional week. Overtime: Time and one-half for hours worked beyond 70 every two weeks and all hours worked on statutory holidays. For part-time employees, time and one-half for hours worked in excess of regularly sched- uled shift. Meal allowance: $10 if em- ployee works 3 or more con- tinuous hours, continuous with regular work day. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for ex- tended health care plan. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums for preventative dental plan. 50% coverage for orthodontic services lifetime maximum $1,500 per person. 50% coverage for major restor- ative treatment lifetime maxi- mum $3,000. Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums. $350 once every 2 years (previously $250 once every 2 years). Employee may utilize benefit inclusive of eye exams, laser surgery. Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums for 70% of wages for weeks 18 through 30. Sick leave: 100% of salary for first 2 days and 70% to end of second week of absence. STD: Top-up of EI benefits to 70% of wages for weeks 3 through 17. LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for 70% of wages. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for 2 times annual earnings. Pension: Healthcare of On- tario Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 5 con- secutive days with pay (with 1 of days including funeral or equivalent) for death of employee's spouse, parent, child, stepchild. 3 consecu- tive calendar days with pay for death of parent-in-law, sibling, sibling-in-law, child-in-law, legal guardian, grandparent, grandchild. 1 day with pay to attend funeral or equivalent service for aunt, uncle, niece, nephew. Additional leave with or without pay may be given where it is necessary because of distance. Seniority — recall rights: 24 months for layoffs or for rea- sons other than layoff, unless expressly provided for other- wise elsewhere in agreement; 1 year for employee who is transferred to position outside of bargaining unit; 20 months for backfilling pregnancy/ parental leave; 4 months when casual employee does not make themselves available for work unless on approved leave of absence or non-availability is related to disability. Call-in pay: Time and one- half for call-in after leaving work at end of shift, minimum 4 hours' at regular rate of pay. Time and one-half for work on telephone call outside hours of work. Probationary period: 825 hours for full-time employ- ees; lesser of 825 hours or 8 months for part-time employ- ees. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months for letter of repri- mand, suspension, other sanc- tion, counselling letter (leaves of absence longer than 30 days will not count towards time periods). Severance: In accordance Professional development: Payment for courses — 50% upon successful completion of course and 50% 1 year later. 5 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2021

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