Suffield, Alta. (110 administrative services employees) and Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2016, to March 31, 2020. Signed on Sept. 14, 2016.
Shift premium: Double time for hours worked between 6 p.m. and midnight on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 10 days or 4% to start, 15 days or 6% after 2 years, 20 days or 8% after 8 years, 22 days or 8.8% after 16 years, 25 days or 10% after 19 years, 27 days or 10.8% after 27 years, 30 days or 12% after 28 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked after regularly scheduled time. Double time for all overtime after 8 hours.
Meal allowance: $10.50 if no meal is provided for those working more than 3 hours of overtime.
Sick leave: 17 weeks for full-time employees. 2 days per year for part-time employees.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law spouse, brother, sister, mother, father, stepparents, foster-parents, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son, daughter, grandparents, grandson, granddaughter, any relative residing in the employee’s home). 1 day for death of distant relatives (brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son in-law, daughter-in-law, aunt, uncle, spouse’s grandparents).
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours’ pay.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years.
Severance: 2 weeks’ pay for first year of service, 1 week pay for each subsequent year of service.
Safety shoes: $150 per year, may be carried over, maximum $300 (previously $125 per year).
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide parkas for workers in the warehouse, gas bar, receiving area, freezers.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase):
Band
1
Start: $11.97 rising 3 steps to $12.06
3 months: $12.26 rising 3 steps to $12.45
12 months: $12.50 rising 3 steps to $12.82
24 months: $12.83 rising 3 steps to $13.38
36 months: $13.54 rising 3 steps to $14.64
2
Start: $12.34 rising 3 steps to $12.43
3 months: $12.61 rising 3 steps to $12.80
12 months: $12.85 rising 3 steps to $13.17
24 months: $13.23 rising 3 steps to $13.80
36 months: $13.95 rising 3 steps to $15.08
3
Start: $12.62 rising 3 steps to $12.72
3 months: $12.95 rising 3 steps to $13.15
12 months: $13.24 rising 3 steps to $13.57
24 months: $13.54 rising 3 steps to $14.13
36 months: $14.33 rising 3 steps to $15.49
4
Start: $13.43 rising 3 steps to $13.53
3 months: $13.71 rising 3 steps to $13.92
12 months: $13.98 rising 3 steps to $14.33
24 months: $14.41 rising 3 steps to $15.03
36 months: $15.19 rising 3 steps to $16.43
5
Start: $14.56 rising 3 steps to $14.67
3 months: $14.90 rising 3 steps to $15.12
12 months: $15.18 rising 3 steps to $15.57
24 months: $15.66 rising 3 steps to $16.33
36 months: $16.50 rising 3 steps to $17.84
6
Start: $16.21 rising 3 steps to $16.33
3 months: $16.55 rising 3 steps to $16.80
12 months: $16.78 rising 3 steps to $17.20
24 months: $17.28 rising 3 steps to $18.02
36 months: $18.18 rising 3 steps to $19.65
7
Start: $17.68 rising 3 steps to $17.81
3 months: $18.46 rising 3 steps to $18.74
12 months: $19.19 rising 3 steps to $19.68
24 months: $20.50 rising 3 steps to $21.39
36 months: $22.35 rising 3 steps to $24.16
8
Start: $20.27 rising 3 steps to $20.42
3 months: $20.75 rising 3 steps to $21.06
12 months: $21.12 rising 3 steps to $21.65
24 months: $21.81 rising 3 steps to $22.74
36 months: $22.93 rising 3 steps to $24.79
9
Start: $22.28 rising 3 steps to $22.44
3 months: $22.56 rising 3 steps to $22.90
12 months: $22.75 rising 3 steps to $23.32
24 months: $23.15 rising 3 steps to $24.15
36 months: $24.06 rising 3 steps to $26.01
10
Start: $23.65 rising 3 steps to $23.82
3 months: $24.21 rising 3 steps to $24.57
12 months: $24.65 rising 3 steps to $25.28
24 months: $25.40 rising 3 steps to $26.49
36 months: $26.70 rising 3 steps to $28.86
Editor’s notes: Wash-up time: Where the employer determines there is a clear-cut need, wash-up time, maximum 10 minutes will be permitted immediately before the end of a work day. Commuting allowance: For those living 16 kilometres outside the CFB Suffield Administration area, $0.17 per kilometre will be paid, maximum 68 kilometres.
Shift premium: Double time for hours worked between 6 p.m. and midnight on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 10 days or 4% to start, 15 days or 6% after 2 years, 20 days or 8% after 8 years, 22 days or 8.8% after 16 years, 25 days or 10% after 19 years, 27 days or 10.8% after 27 years, 30 days or 12% after 28 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked after regularly scheduled time. Double time for all overtime after 8 hours.
Meal allowance: $10.50 if no meal is provided for those working more than 3 hours of overtime.
Sick leave: 17 weeks for full-time employees. 2 days per year for part-time employees.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law spouse, brother, sister, mother, father, stepparents, foster-parents, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son, daughter, grandparents, grandson, granddaughter, any relative residing in the employee’s home). 1 day for death of distant relatives (brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son in-law, daughter-in-law, aunt, uncle, spouse’s grandparents).
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours’ pay.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years.
Severance: 2 weeks’ pay for first year of service, 1 week pay for each subsequent year of service.
Safety shoes: $150 per year, may be carried over, maximum $300 (previously $125 per year).
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide parkas for workers in the warehouse, gas bar, receiving area, freezers.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase):
Band
1
Start: $11.97 rising 3 steps to $12.06
3 months: $12.26 rising 3 steps to $12.45
12 months: $12.50 rising 3 steps to $12.82
24 months: $12.83 rising 3 steps to $13.38
36 months: $13.54 rising 3 steps to $14.64
2
Start: $12.34 rising 3 steps to $12.43
3 months: $12.61 rising 3 steps to $12.80
12 months: $12.85 rising 3 steps to $13.17
24 months: $13.23 rising 3 steps to $13.80
36 months: $13.95 rising 3 steps to $15.08
3
Start: $12.62 rising 3 steps to $12.72
3 months: $12.95 rising 3 steps to $13.15
12 months: $13.24 rising 3 steps to $13.57
24 months: $13.54 rising 3 steps to $14.13
36 months: $14.33 rising 3 steps to $15.49
4
Start: $13.43 rising 3 steps to $13.53
3 months: $13.71 rising 3 steps to $13.92
12 months: $13.98 rising 3 steps to $14.33
24 months: $14.41 rising 3 steps to $15.03
36 months: $15.19 rising 3 steps to $16.43
5
Start: $14.56 rising 3 steps to $14.67
3 months: $14.90 rising 3 steps to $15.12
12 months: $15.18 rising 3 steps to $15.57
24 months: $15.66 rising 3 steps to $16.33
36 months: $16.50 rising 3 steps to $17.84
6
Start: $16.21 rising 3 steps to $16.33
3 months: $16.55 rising 3 steps to $16.80
12 months: $16.78 rising 3 steps to $17.20
24 months: $17.28 rising 3 steps to $18.02
36 months: $18.18 rising 3 steps to $19.65
7
Start: $17.68 rising 3 steps to $17.81
3 months: $18.46 rising 3 steps to $18.74
12 months: $19.19 rising 3 steps to $19.68
24 months: $20.50 rising 3 steps to $21.39
36 months: $22.35 rising 3 steps to $24.16
8
Start: $20.27 rising 3 steps to $20.42
3 months: $20.75 rising 3 steps to $21.06
12 months: $21.12 rising 3 steps to $21.65
24 months: $21.81 rising 3 steps to $22.74
36 months: $22.93 rising 3 steps to $24.79
9
Start: $22.28 rising 3 steps to $22.44
3 months: $22.56 rising 3 steps to $22.90
12 months: $22.75 rising 3 steps to $23.32
24 months: $23.15 rising 3 steps to $24.15
36 months: $24.06 rising 3 steps to $26.01
10
Start: $23.65 rising 3 steps to $23.82
3 months: $24.21 rising 3 steps to $24.57
12 months: $24.65 rising 3 steps to $25.28
24 months: $25.40 rising 3 steps to $26.49
36 months: $26.70 rising 3 steps to $28.86
Editor’s notes: Wash-up time: Where the employer determines there is a clear-cut need, wash-up time, maximum 10 minutes will be permitted immediately before the end of a work day. Commuting allowance: For those living 16 kilometres outside the CFB Suffield Administration area, $0.17 per kilometre will be paid, maximum 68 kilometres.
