Brantford, Ont. (192 healthcare workers) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 1 Canada
Renewal agreement: Effective Nov. 16, 2019 to Nov. 15, 2023. Ratified in October 2020. Signed on Sept. 22, 2020.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Nov. 16, 2019: 1.1%
Effective Nov. 16, 2020: 1.1%
Effective Nov. 16, 2021: 1.1%
Shift premium: $0.45 per hour for all hours worked in shift where majority of scheduled hours fall between 3 p.m. and 7 a.m. $2.10 per full evening or night shift for part-time employees who regularly rotate through shift schedule. $0.50 per hour for each hour worked between 11 p.m. Friday and 11 p.m. Sunday. Employee who is regularly scheduled to work night shift in home will receive 1.25 day’s pay per quarter (full-time) in lieu of not being able to leave for lunch break. 0.625 day’s pay per quarter for part-time employee. $1 per hour or $7.50 per shift for employee who is in charge of centre, when there are no supervisory staff present.
Paid holidays: 13 days including 1 float day for full-time employee’s birthday or first Monday in April for part-time employee. Employer will provide for scheduling off of full-time employees for 3 consecutive days at either Christmas or New Year’s and will make every effort to provide 4 consecutive days, except for employees who work Monday to Friday or are not normally scheduled to work on paid holiday.
Vacations with pay: 1 day for each completed month of service up to 9 days to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 15 years, 6 weeks after 25 years. Seating technologists, kinesiologists, occupational therapists, social workers receive 4 weeks after 1 year.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 7.5 in any 1 day or 75 hours in bi-weekly period. Not applicable to full-time staff working in regularly scheduled night positions, exchange of shifts, requested overtime by employee for convenience or change to daylight saving time and vice versa.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums for extended health care plan.
Dental: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums for dental plan.
Vision: Employer pays 100% premiums for coverage of $200 plus eye examination every 24 months.
Sick leave: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums for Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Plan (HOODIP).
Life insurance: Employer pays 100% premiums for Hospitals of Ontario Group Life Insurance Plan (HOOGLIP).
Pension: All full-time employees are enrolled in Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP).
Bereavement leave: 4 paid days for death of spouse, child, stepchild, parent, sibling, child-in-law, parent-in-law, sibling-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, guardian, stepparent, stepgrandparent, foster child. 1 paid day for death of great-grandparent, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew. 1 extra day without pay will be allowed when funeral is more than 480 kilometres from location of employer.
Seniority – recall rights: 24 months for layoffs or when employee is absent due to illness or disability.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours at time and one-half if called in outside of regular scheduled hours after leaving work, except if call-in overlaps into regular shift.
Probationary period: Full-time employees: 90 days worked; may be extended for further 90 days. Part-time employees: 675 hours worked, may be extended further 675 hours.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months for letters of reprimand or suspension.
Safety shoes: $100 per year for full-time employees and $75 per year for part-time employees for appropriate footwear as reasonably determined by employer. Maintenance and seating techs receive $125 per year for safety shoes.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer supplies and launders uniforms or provides uniform allowance of $60 per year.
Mileage: $0.45 per kilometre when employee is authorized to use personal vehicle while on employer business.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 1.1% increase):
Housekeeper (start): $19.83 rising in 1 step to $20.04
Housekeeper (3,900 hours): $20.28 rising in 2 step to $20.49
Cook (start): $21.63 rising in 1 step to $21.84
Cook (3,900 hours): $22.10 rising in 1 step to $22.31
Direct-support professional (start): $20.83 rising in 1 step to $21.43
Direct-support professional (3,900 hours): $21.37 rising in 1 step to $21.97
Direct-support professional 2 (start): $22.27 rising in 1 step to $22.87
Direct-support professional 2 (3,900 hours): $22.94 rising in 1 step to $23.54
Direct-support professional night asleep (start): $15.28 rising in 1 step to $15.88
Direct-support professional night asleep (3,900 hours): $15.67 rising in 1 step to $16.27
RPN (start): $25.25 rising in 1 step to $25.46
RPN (3,900 hours): $25.71 rising in 1 step to $25.92
Maintenance 1 (start): $23.24 rising in 1 step to $23.45
Maintenance 1 (7,800 hours): $24.53 rising in 1 step to $24.74
Maintenance 2 (start): $24.43 rising in 1 step to $24.64
Maintenance 2 (7,800 hours): $25.94 rising in $26.15
Seating technician 1 (start): $21.34 rising in 1 step to $21.55
Seating technician 1 (3,900 hours): $21.97 rising in 1 step to $22.18
Seating technician 2 (start): $25.95 rising in 1 step to $26.16
Seating technician 2 (1,950 hours): $26.39 rising in 1 step to $26.60
Kinesiologist (start): $24.59 rising in 1 step to $24.80
Kinesiologist (3,900 hours): $25.94 rising in 1 step to $26.15
Employer will pay 1-time lump-sum payment of $600 — less required deductions — for each full-time non-DSP bargaining unit member who is employed on Nov. 16, 2022
Editor’s notes: Sick-leave certificate: If employer requires certificate in accordance with past practice or collective agreement and doctor charges employee for certificate outside OHIP, employer will pay for certificate. Training stipend: Each full-time employee on active payroll as of June 30, 2017, will receive training stipend of $200.
