Cranbrook, B.C. (150 inside, outside workers) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 2090
Renewal agreement: Effective March 1, 2017, to Feb. 28, 2021. Signed on March 21, 2018.
Wage adjustments:
Effective March 1, 2017: 2%
Effective March 1, 2018: 2%
Effective March 1, 2019: 2.2%
Effective March 1, 2020: 2.3%
Shift premium: $1 per hour for employee on any shift other than regular day shift. $1 per hour for working Saturdays, Sundays. $1.50 per hour for repairing and cleaning sanitary sewers or manholes and lagoon screener, repairing water leaks in winter, spray-painting indoors, directly handling asphalt materials in liquid or mulch form while constructing and repairing asphalt surfacing, including operation of hand-operated rollers/plate compactors, handling concrete or cement, grinding and cutting asphalt/concrete, directly handling chlorine and/or pesticides or other noxious chemicals (not including fueling of vehicles), removal of dead carcasses, mixing of brine (calcium chloride). $2 per hour, 2-hour minimum, for any lifeguard/instructor who is qualified to instruct aqua-fit class and instructs class. $1 per hour for work between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 10 days after 1 year, 15 days after 2 years, 16 days after 4 years, 17 days after 5 years, 18 days after 7 years, 19 days after 9 years, 20 days after 10 years, 21 days after 12 years, 22 days after 14 years, 23 days after 15 years, 24 days after 16 years, 25 days after 18 years, 26 days after 20 years, 27 days after 21 years, 28 days after 24 years, 29 days after 27 years, 30 days after 30 years. On fifth year of service, employees will receive additional lump-sum of 4 days’ vacation leave. On 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, 35th, 40th and 45th year of service, employees will receive additional lump-sum of 5 days’ vacation leave.
Overtime: For schedule B employees: Time and one-half for first 3 hours after 8 hours per day, double time thereafter. Time and one-half for first 8 hours on Saturday, double time thereafter. Double time for all work on Sunday. For schedule A employees: Time and one-half for first 3 hours after 7 hours per day, double time thereafter. Time and one-half for first 7 hours on Saturday, double time thereafter. Double time for all work on Sunday. May be banked, maximum 20 days per year.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for Medical Services Plan of British Columbia, single, couple or family coverage.
Dental: 90% reimbursement for diagnostic/preventative, restorative, periodontics; maximum $5,000 per year for denture, bridge, crown, endodontic. 50% reimbursement for orthodontic, lifetime maximum $3,500.
Vision: 80% reimbursement, maximum $500 every 24 months (previously $400 every 24 months).
Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 75% of gross earnings, weekly maximum benefit of $1,300.
Sick leave: 10 days.
LTD: Employee pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 67% of employee’s annual salary, monthly maximum of $5,000, based on a 2-year own occupation definition of disability.
AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $100,000.
Life insurance: Coverage of $100,000.
Pension: Employee will be covered by superannuation or pension plan under the Pension (Municipal) Act.
Bereavement leave: 1 week for death in immediate family (parents, spouse, common-law spouse, common-law children, common-law parents-in-law, brother, sister, child, stepchild, grandparent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandparent-in-law, grandchild).
Seniority – recall rights: 18 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours’ pay or time and one-half, whichever is greater.
Probationary period: 680 hours for outside employees, 595 hours for inside employees.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months.
Severance: 2 weeks’ pay after 1 year of service, additional week of pay for each year of service, maximum 8 weeks’ pay, after 3 years of service.
Safety shoes: $300 per year for safety footwear. Aquatic workers are excluded from benefit. $200 per year when footwear has been damaged to point of not being suitable for work for employees who have protective footwear exposed to corrosive materials which include (but not limited to): calcium chloride, salt-mix, asphalt and concrete. $120 per year for employees who instruct aqua-fit class for pool-deck safety footwear; $70 per year for employees who do not instruct aqua-fit class.
Uniforms/clothing: Employees assigned to jobs where ordinary clothing is not adequate will be provided with goggles, slickers, high-rubber boots, waders, plastic gloves, hard hats and liners. Employer will provide swimsuit, rash guard, shorts, pair of goggles, swim cap for aquatic centre employees.
Tool allowance: $400 per year to each mechanic, mechanic/welder.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase):
Inside workers
Receptionist
Start: $23.83 rising 4 steps to $25.42
6 months: $24.47 rising 4 steps to $26.77
12 months: $25.10 rising 4 steps to $28.10
18 months: $25.73
24 months: $26.35
Cashier-pool/public works clerk/receptionist-clerk
Start: $24.76 rising 4 steps to $26.40
6 months: $25.43 rising 4 steps to $27.93
12 months: $26.19 rising 4 steps to $29.38
18 months: $26.87
24 months: $27.55
Cashier/clerk-cashier/engineering secretary/RCMP data-processing clerk/recreation worker/finance secretary/CPIC operator-clerk
Start: $25.70 rising 4 steps to $27.40
6 months: $26.38 rising 4 steps to $28.89
12 months: $27.09 rising 4 steps to $30.39
18 months: $27.82
24 months: $28.50
Public works accounting clerk (purchasing)/community-services development clerk/human-resources clerk/accounts payable-payroll-cashier/facility assistant/office and programming assistant
Start: $27.33 rising 4 steps to $29.15
6 months: $28.06 rising 4 steps to $30.63
12 months: $28.72 rising 4 steps to $32.16
18 months: $29.466
24 months: $30.16
Office manager/RCMP administration clerk
Start: $28.97 rising 4 steps to $30.90
6 months: $29.64 rising 4 steps to $32.39
12 months: $30.37 rising 4 steps to $33.91
18 months: $31.06
24 months: $31.79
Assistant building inspector/court-liaison clerk
Start: $32.20 rising 4 steps to $34.35
6 months: $32.97 rising 4 steps to $35.90
12 months: $33.66 rising 4 steps to $37.39
18 months: $34.35
24 months: $35.06
Building inspector/planning supervisor
Start: $42.21 rising 4 steps to $45.01
6 months: $42.98 rising 4 steps to $46.66
12 months: $43.75 rising 4 steps to $48.31
18 months: $44.53
24 months: $45.30
Outside workers
Jail supervisor/janitor/labourer/lawn mower (parks)/mechanic’s helper/utility icemaker: $27.16 rising 3 steps to $28.97
Parking meter attendant/utilityman 1: $27.62 rising 3 steps to $29.46
Arena icemaker/facility technician/irrigation utilityman 1/sidewalk sweeper operator - self-propelled/sidewalk-sweeper operator (summer)/truck driver/truck driver (single axle)/truckdriver (with air)/labourer: $27.98 rising 3 steps to $29.84
Operator 1/sidewalk-sweeper operator and plow operator (winter)/tandem-truck driver/truck driver - snow plow: $28.35 rising 3 steps to $30.23
Gardener/irrigation utilityman 2/pipefitter/truck driver - garbage (1-man packer): $28.72 rising 3 steps to $30.63
Bobcat/bylaw-services officer/flusher operator/irrigation utilityman 3/python paver/relief-utilities operator/snow-blower operator/sweeper operator/utilities operator: $29.75 rising 3 steps to $31.73
Carpenter 2/heavy-duty/auto mechanic (dual)/heavy-duty/welder (dual): $34.29 rising 3 steps to $36.57
Aquatics supervisor: $29.76 rising 3 steps to $31.74
Lifeguard/instructor 3: $26.17 rising 3 steps to $27.91
Lifeguard/instructor 2: $25.32 rising 3 steps to $27.00
Lifeguard/instructor 1: $24.66 rising 3 steps to $26.30
Relief lifeguard/instructor: $18.89 rising 3 steps to $20.15
Editor’s notes: Exhumation: For exhumation of body or human remains at cemetery, triple regular rate to employee for digging out and opening old grave and removing remains. Duty is voluntary and any employee may refuse duty. Employees may take premium time as lieu time. Transportation: Employer will provide free transportation for employees from place of assembly to and from place of work.
Wage adjustments:
Effective March 1, 2017: 2%
Effective March 1, 2018: 2%
Effective March 1, 2019: 2.2%
Effective March 1, 2020: 2.3%
Shift premium: $1 per hour for employee on any shift other than regular day shift. $1 per hour for working Saturdays, Sundays. $1.50 per hour for repairing and cleaning sanitary sewers or manholes and lagoon screener, repairing water leaks in winter, spray-painting indoors, directly handling asphalt materials in liquid or mulch form while constructing and repairing asphalt surfacing, including operation of hand-operated rollers/plate compactors, handling concrete or cement, grinding and cutting asphalt/concrete, directly handling chlorine and/or pesticides or other noxious chemicals (not including fueling of vehicles), removal of dead carcasses, mixing of brine (calcium chloride). $2 per hour, 2-hour minimum, for any lifeguard/instructor who is qualified to instruct aqua-fit class and instructs class. $1 per hour for work between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 10 days after 1 year, 15 days after 2 years, 16 days after 4 years, 17 days after 5 years, 18 days after 7 years, 19 days after 9 years, 20 days after 10 years, 21 days after 12 years, 22 days after 14 years, 23 days after 15 years, 24 days after 16 years, 25 days after 18 years, 26 days after 20 years, 27 days after 21 years, 28 days after 24 years, 29 days after 27 years, 30 days after 30 years. On fifth year of service, employees will receive additional lump-sum of 4 days’ vacation leave. On 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, 35th, 40th and 45th year of service, employees will receive additional lump-sum of 5 days’ vacation leave.
Overtime: For schedule B employees: Time and one-half for first 3 hours after 8 hours per day, double time thereafter. Time and one-half for first 8 hours on Saturday, double time thereafter. Double time for all work on Sunday. For schedule A employees: Time and one-half for first 3 hours after 7 hours per day, double time thereafter. Time and one-half for first 7 hours on Saturday, double time thereafter. Double time for all work on Sunday. May be banked, maximum 20 days per year.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for Medical Services Plan of British Columbia, single, couple or family coverage.
Dental: 90% reimbursement for diagnostic/preventative, restorative, periodontics; maximum $5,000 per year for denture, bridge, crown, endodontic. 50% reimbursement for orthodontic, lifetime maximum $3,500.
Vision: 80% reimbursement, maximum $500 every 24 months (previously $400 every 24 months).
Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 75% of gross earnings, weekly maximum benefit of $1,300.
Sick leave: 10 days.
LTD: Employee pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 67% of employee’s annual salary, monthly maximum of $5,000, based on a 2-year own occupation definition of disability.
AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $100,000.
Life insurance: Coverage of $100,000.
Pension: Employee will be covered by superannuation or pension plan under the Pension (Municipal) Act.
Bereavement leave: 1 week for death in immediate family (parents, spouse, common-law spouse, common-law children, common-law parents-in-law, brother, sister, child, stepchild, grandparent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandparent-in-law, grandchild).
Seniority – recall rights: 18 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours’ pay or time and one-half, whichever is greater.
Probationary period: 680 hours for outside employees, 595 hours for inside employees.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months.
Severance: 2 weeks’ pay after 1 year of service, additional week of pay for each year of service, maximum 8 weeks’ pay, after 3 years of service.
Safety shoes: $300 per year for safety footwear. Aquatic workers are excluded from benefit. $200 per year when footwear has been damaged to point of not being suitable for work for employees who have protective footwear exposed to corrosive materials which include (but not limited to): calcium chloride, salt-mix, asphalt and concrete. $120 per year for employees who instruct aqua-fit class for pool-deck safety footwear; $70 per year for employees who do not instruct aqua-fit class.
Uniforms/clothing: Employees assigned to jobs where ordinary clothing is not adequate will be provided with goggles, slickers, high-rubber boots, waders, plastic gloves, hard hats and liners. Employer will provide swimsuit, rash guard, shorts, pair of goggles, swim cap for aquatic centre employees.
Tool allowance: $400 per year to each mechanic, mechanic/welder.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase):
Inside workers
Receptionist
Start: $23.83 rising 4 steps to $25.42
6 months: $24.47 rising 4 steps to $26.77
12 months: $25.10 rising 4 steps to $28.10
18 months: $25.73
24 months: $26.35
Cashier-pool/public works clerk/receptionist-clerk
Start: $24.76 rising 4 steps to $26.40
6 months: $25.43 rising 4 steps to $27.93
12 months: $26.19 rising 4 steps to $29.38
18 months: $26.87
24 months: $27.55
Cashier/clerk-cashier/engineering secretary/RCMP data-processing clerk/recreation worker/finance secretary/CPIC operator-clerk
Start: $25.70 rising 4 steps to $27.40
6 months: $26.38 rising 4 steps to $28.89
12 months: $27.09 rising 4 steps to $30.39
18 months: $27.82
24 months: $28.50
Public works accounting clerk (purchasing)/community-services development clerk/human-resources clerk/accounts payable-payroll-cashier/facility assistant/office and programming assistant
Start: $27.33 rising 4 steps to $29.15
6 months: $28.06 rising 4 steps to $30.63
12 months: $28.72 rising 4 steps to $32.16
18 months: $29.466
24 months: $30.16
Office manager/RCMP administration clerk
Start: $28.97 rising 4 steps to $30.90
6 months: $29.64 rising 4 steps to $32.39
12 months: $30.37 rising 4 steps to $33.91
18 months: $31.06
24 months: $31.79
Assistant building inspector/court-liaison clerk
Start: $32.20 rising 4 steps to $34.35
6 months: $32.97 rising 4 steps to $35.90
12 months: $33.66 rising 4 steps to $37.39
18 months: $34.35
24 months: $35.06
Building inspector/planning supervisor
Start: $42.21 rising 4 steps to $45.01
6 months: $42.98 rising 4 steps to $46.66
12 months: $43.75 rising 4 steps to $48.31
18 months: $44.53
24 months: $45.30
Outside workers
Jail supervisor/janitor/labourer/lawn mower (parks)/mechanic’s helper/utility icemaker: $27.16 rising 3 steps to $28.97
Parking meter attendant/utilityman 1: $27.62 rising 3 steps to $29.46
Arena icemaker/facility technician/irrigation utilityman 1/sidewalk sweeper operator - self-propelled/sidewalk-sweeper operator (summer)/truck driver/truck driver (single axle)/truckdriver (with air)/labourer: $27.98 rising 3 steps to $29.84
Operator 1/sidewalk-sweeper operator and plow operator (winter)/tandem-truck driver/truck driver - snow plow: $28.35 rising 3 steps to $30.23
Gardener/irrigation utilityman 2/pipefitter/truck driver - garbage (1-man packer): $28.72 rising 3 steps to $30.63
Bobcat/bylaw-services officer/flusher operator/irrigation utilityman 3/python paver/relief-utilities operator/snow-blower operator/sweeper operator/utilities operator: $29.75 rising 3 steps to $31.73
Carpenter 2/heavy-duty/auto mechanic (dual)/heavy-duty/welder (dual): $34.29 rising 3 steps to $36.57
Aquatics supervisor: $29.76 rising 3 steps to $31.74
Lifeguard/instructor 3: $26.17 rising 3 steps to $27.91
Lifeguard/instructor 2: $25.32 rising 3 steps to $27.00
Lifeguard/instructor 1: $24.66 rising 3 steps to $26.30
Relief lifeguard/instructor: $18.89 rising 3 steps to $20.15
Editor’s notes: Exhumation: For exhumation of body or human remains at cemetery, triple regular rate to employee for digging out and opening old grave and removing remains. Duty is voluntary and any employee may refuse duty. Employees may take premium time as lieu time. Transportation: Employer will provide free transportation for employees from place of assembly to and from place of work.
