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February 15, 2021

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COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Third: 80% Fourth: 90% Refrigeration mechanic First: 50% Second: 60% Third: 75% Fourth: 85% Painter First: 55% Second: 75% Third: 85% Apprentice cook First: 75% Second: 85% Third: 93% Editor's notes: Standby pay: $3.50 per hour (previously $3 per hour) while on standby. Long-service increase: 4% above current salary for employee who has completed 10 years of current continued service or with combined recognized past service with employer (bridged service) and current service equals 10 years of service. CREDIT UNION Vancouver City Saving Credit Union (Vancity) Vancouver (50 credit union employees) and the British Columbia Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU), Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2023. Signed on Nov. 28, 2020. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 2.25% Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2023: 2% Shift premium: $3 per hour for time worked between 8 p.m. and 1 a.m. on night shift. $1 per hour for time worked between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 4 years, 5 weeks after 10 years. Employ- ees will receive additional 1 bonus week of vacation leave in year in which 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, 35th, 40th, 45th anniversary of service falls. Overtime: Time and one-half for first 2 hours worked after 7-hour shifts; double time thereafter. Time and one-half for first 2 hours worked after on scheduled day off; double time thereafter. Double time for all work on Sunday. May be taken as time off in lieu but accumulated time off must be scheduled prior to end of each calendar year or it will be paid out. Meal allowance: Employee who works overtime beyond regular shift will normally be provided with meal by employ- er but if meal is not provided, employee will be reimbursed for receipted meal expense maximum $12 and employee will be allowed 1-hour paid meal period in which to eat meal at straight-time hourly rate, provided overtime is greater than 2 hours of work. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for B. C. Medical Services Plan. Sick leave: 1 day for each 154 hours worked as care days, with no limit on accrual. After depletion of care days, salary will be covered at 75% of wages maximum 26 weeks from date of disability. Pension: Regular employees will have option of participat- ing in DB pension plan or group RRSP. Bereavement leave: 3 days, plus 2 days travel time if neces- sary, for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law, same-sex spouses, mother, father, son, daughter, fos- ter children, stepchildren, sister, brother, aunt, uncle, mother-in-law, father-in-law, stepparents, foster-parents, grandparents, grandchildren, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law). 1 half-day may also be requested to attend funeral of family member or friend. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months for layoffs. When employee transfers to perma- nent excluded role, employee forgoes right to seniority but if excluded employee returns to bargaining unit role, employee will be credited with seniority they had accrued up to time they left bargaining unit. Call-in pay: Minimum of 3 hours of pay at applicable overtime premium or for ac- tual time worked, whichever is greater. Probationary period: 910 hours actually worked. Period may only be extended once per employee, maximum 910 ad- ditional hours worked. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months for any document, report, incident, notation re- garding disciplinary action. Severance: 1 week of pay after 3 months of service; 2 weeks or pay after 1 year of service. Additional 2 weeks of pay per year, maximum 16 weeks, for each completed year of service thereafter. Mileage: Mileage at rate es- tablished by Canada Revenue Agency's automobile allow- ance rate for employees who use own vehicles on employer business. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 6.1% in- crease): Member service administra- tor/branch administrator 1: $19.23 rising 3 steps to $20.40 2 (+ 910 hrs): $20.33 rising 3 steps to $21.57 3 (+ 910 hrs): $21.49 rising 3 steps to $22.81 4 (+ 1,820 hrs): $22.73 rising 3 steps to $24.11 5 (+ 1,820 hrs): $24.10 rising 3 steps to $25.57 Administrator credit services 1/analyst cardholder quality assurance 2/cardholder care agent/clerk payment systems/ credit services specialist/fi- nancial service representative/ member service representa- tive/officer payment systems/ card services support agent/ member experience specialist/ online care representative 1: $21.93 rising 3 steps to $23.28 2 (+ 910 hrs): $23.19 rising 3 steps to $24.60 3 (+ 910 hrs): $24.53 rising 3 steps to $26.03 4 (+ 1,820 hrs): $25.94 rising 3 steps to $27.53 5 (+ 1,820 hrs): $27.42 rising 3 steps to $29.10 Agent MSC campaigns 1/ cardholder care (sr)/credit recovery specialist/credit ser- vices specialist (sr)/financial service coordinator/member service advisor 1/member service representative (sr)/ officer centralized admin/fi- nancial service representative (sr)/loss prevention specialist/ concierge/ community branch coordinator/online care repre- sentative (sr) 1: $24.91 rising 3 steps to $26.44 2 (+ 910 hrs): $26.35 rising 3 steps to $27.97 3 (+ 910 hrs): $27.85 rising 3 steps to $29.56 4 (+ 1,820 hrs): $29.45 rising 3 steps to $31.25 5 (+ 1,820 hrs): $31.15 rising 3 steps to $33.06 Agent MSC campaigns (sr)/ac- count manager 1/member ser- vice advisor 2/officer payment systems (sr)/quality analyst (sr)/workforce analyst (sr) 1: $27.69 rising 3 steps to $29.38 2 (+ 910 hrs): $29.27 rising 3 steps to $31.07 3 (+ 910 hrs): $30.96 rising 3 steps to $32.85 Sick leave: 1 day for each 154 hours worked as care days, with no limit on accrual. 5 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media Canada (HR) Ltd. business 2021

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