Canadian Labour Reporter

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS $39.67 25 Start rate: $37.29 rising 2 steps to $38.04 Job rate: $40.35 rising 2 steps to $41.16 26 Start rate: $38.01 rising 2 steps to $38.77 Job rate: $41.08 rising 2 steps to $41.90 27 Start rate: $38.74 rising 2 steps to $39.51 Job rate: $41.79 rising 2 steps to $42.63 29 Start rate: $40.21 rising 2 steps to $41.01 Job rate: $43.25 rising 2 steps to $44.12 30 Start rate: $40.92 rising 2 steps to $41.74 Job rate: $43.97 rising 2 steps to $44.85 31 Start rate: $41.64 rising 2 steps to $42.47 Job rate: $44.69 rising 2 steps to $45.58 32 Start rate: $42.36 rising 2 steps to $43.21 Job rate: $45.40 rising 2 steps to $46.31 Editor's notes: After-hours inspections: Minimum 1 hour at double time for work performed for each Saturday, Sunday, general holiday when facility operator conducts inspection of city facility or building. Standby pay: $270 to employee who remains on call for 7 consecutive days. Where employee is on standby for less than 7 consecutive days, $2.11 per hour for each hour designated as standby. Employee will be paid additional $60 for each holiday that may occur during weekly stand- by period or $2.50 for each hour of standby on actual holiday. Tax assessor driving costs: During winter months (Dec. 1 to March 1), tax assessor — who uses personal vehicle on city business and vehicle is frequently stopped, parked and started or left idling — will be paid additional allowance of $2 per day. HEALTH CARE CarePartners Provincewide, Ontario (247 healthcare workers) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 1 Canada Renewal agreement: Effec- tive April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2022. Ratified in February 2020. Signed on Feb. 1, 2021. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2021: 1% Shift premium: $0.12 per hour to all employees who work be- tween 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Paid holidays: 9 days. Vacations with pay: 1 day for each full month of service up to 10 days per year to start, 2 weeks after 1 years, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 17 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 82 in biweekly pay period. No overtime will be paid to employee who works in excess of regularly scheduled work hours in biweekly period as result of approved exchange of hours for reasons of personal convenience. Medical benefits: Employer pays up to $75 per month for each eligible employee towards cost of core benefits (remaining portion of premiums paid by employees). Bereavement leave: 3 paid days for death of employee's current spouse including com- mon-law spouse, parent, sib- ling, child, current child-in-law, current sibling-in-law, current parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, guardian, steppar- ent. 1 day may be reserved to attend delayed funeral or inter- ment. Seniority – recall rights: Lesser of employee's length of seniority or 24 months after layoff; 36 months for absence due to illness or disability (ex- cept absences for which WSIB payments are received) and there is no reasonable likeli- hood employee will return to work within near future. Probationary period: 6 calen- dar months. May be extended upon mutual agreement of union and employer. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months for all records of coun- selling and disciplinary action. Uniforms/clothing: $90 per year reimbursement for em- ployees who have successfully completed probationary period and who work, on average, more than 24 hours per week. $50 per week for employees who work less than 24 hours per week. Mileage: $0.38 per kilometre (previously $0.37 per kilome- tre) as travel allowance. Time spent travelling between cli- ents will be considered hours worked and will be compen- sated at rate of 1 minute at in- direct straight-time hourly rate for every 3 kilometres travelled. Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Home support worker level 1: $16.66 Home support worker level 2: $17.07 Personal support worker level 3: $17.17 Personal support worker level 6: $18.08 Personal support worker level 9: $19.32 Home support worker hired after date of ratification (1,500 to 3,000 hours): $14.25 Home support worker hired after date of ratification (6,001+ hours): $15 Household support/attendant/ attendant and homemakers – training: $14.25 Home support training/atten- dant and homemakers orienta- tion: Minimum wage Editor's notes: Continuity of caregiver: Employer is required to adhere to continuity of caregiver standards when employee has provided service to client over 5 visits within last 3-month period. Maximum travel time: Scheduling will allow for max- imum travel time with intent to relieve community support workers in areas from excessive travel time. Maximum travel time varies between 25 minutes and 60 minutes, depending on region. WHMIS/first-aid training: Employer will pay each employee who is required to complete and who submits completed challenge test for WHMIS training 30 minutes' pay at applicable training rate. Employer will pay each employee who is required to complete and who submits completed chal- lenge test for first-aid training 30 minutes' pay at applicable training rate. Alternate assignments: Employer will calculate number of alternate assignments rebooked and will once annually provide lump sum of $2 per alternate assignment re- booked to each affected employee. Alternate assignments: $2 per alternate assignment rebooked to each affected employee. July 12, 2021 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media Canada (HR) Ltd. business 2021

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