Canadian Labour Reporter

11 p.m. on Friday to 7 a.m. Monday: $2.75 per hour for all hours worked on day shift; $3 per hour for all hours worked on evening. Effective July 1, 2021: $3.20 per hour for all hours worked on night shift. $2 per hour for all hours worked between 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. $2.50 per hour for all hours worked between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Paid holidays: 9 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 5 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 13 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 18 years. 3 weeks or 6% after 1 year, 4 weeks or 8% after 6 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 16 years for employees who were hired prior to April 1, 2016. Overtime: 1.5 times basic rate for all hours greater than 7.5 hours per day or 75 hours biweekly for HCAs. 1.5 times basic rate for all hours greater than 7.75 hours per day or 77.5 hours biweekly for LPNs. 1.5 times basic rate for all hours worked after 5 consecutive days worked. Medical benefits: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. 85% coverage, maximum $2,000. Vision: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. $250 every 24 months. Paramedical: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. 75% coverage. Maximum $750 all practitioners combined for chiropractor, massage, naturopath, osteo- path, physiotherapy, podiatrist, psychologist, speech therapist. Sick leave: All employees will earn 2% premium in lieu of sick leave. Employee's paid leave bank can be carried over from year to year maximum of $3,000 (previously $2,500). Any balance above $3,000 would be paid to employee in December. Life insurance: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. $20,000 coverage. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse (including common- law spouse, same-sex partner), child, mother, father, mother- in-law, father-in-law, grandfa- ther, grandmother, grandchild, brother, sister). 2 additional calendar days if travel out of province is necessary to attend funeral. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months or maximum 24 months for absence due to illness; 18 month for employee who has accepted temporary position out of scope. Probationary period: 450 hours or 4 months, which- ever is shorter. Period may be extended, maximum 450 hours worked. Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months for records of disci- plinary action. If employee has been absent for 60 consecu- tive days or more, employee will have period extended by corresponding amount of time. Under no circumstances will record of disciplinary action as result of resident mistreatment be removed from employee file. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 1.5% increase): Hours LPN Start: $25.25 rising 1 step to $25.68 1,950: $25.63 rising 1 step to $26.06 5,850: $26.91 rising 1 step to $27.37 9,750: $28.26 rising 1 step to $28.74 HCA Start: $19.10 rising 1 step to $19.43 1,950: $19.35 rising 1 step to $19.67 5,850: $20.03 rising 1 step to $20.37 9,750: $20.73 rising 1 step to $21.08 Editor's notes: Float holidays: Employees who have completed probation will be entitled to earn float holidays: employee earns 7.5-hour float holiday for every 500 hours worked. Float holidays will be capped at 2 per year. Hours earned towards floats do not carry over from 1 calendar year to next. Hearing aids: $500 lifetime. Orthotics: $400 every 3 calendar years. GOVERNMENT Corporation of e City of Brantford Brantford, Ont. (179 municipal employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 181, City Hall Unit Renewal agreement: Effective March 31, 2019 to April 1, 2023. Ratified in December 2020. Signed on March 18, 2020. Wage adjustments: Effective March 31, 2019: 1.8% Effective March 29, 2020: 1.7% Effective April 4, 2021: 1.8% Effective April 3, 2022: 2% Shift premium: $1.25 per hour for all full-time employees performing shift work outside standard opera- tional hours (previously $0.90 per hour). $2 per hour for traffic department employees when designated to fill in for supervisor. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 1 day per month of service, maximum 10 days to start, 3 weeks after 1 year (previously 2 weeks after 1 year and 3 weeks after 4 years), 4 weeks after 9 years (previously 10 years), 5 weeks after 16 years, 6 weeks after 26 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for authorized work performed in excess of employee's stan- dard work week or on paid holiday. Double time for authorized work performed on Sunday, Christmas Day, New Year's Day. Meal allowance: $12 (previ- ously $10) for any employee who is required and autho- rized to work minimum of 2 hours overtime provided that not more than 1 hour has elapsed between regular stop- ping time and return to work. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for Ontario Health Insurance Plan. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums for dental care plan. Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums for plan providing $300 every 24 months and eye exams up to $75 every 24 months. Paramedical: Employer pays 100% of premiums for extended health plan. Sick leave: 1.5 days for each calendar month of service. If employee reaches 5 absences in single year, accumulation drops to 1 day for any months in which such absences occur. Up to 3 days each year can be used for doctor or dentist appointments and up to 5 days each year can be used for illness of spouse, child, or parent. Maximum accumula- tion of 170 days. LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for long-term < from pg. 1 Float holidays: Employee earns 7.5- hour float holiday for every 500 hours worked (capped at 2 per year). 3 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media Canada (HR) Ltd. business 2021

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