Buffalo Trail Public Schools

Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 1, 2019 to Aug. 31, 2022. Ratified on April 9, 2020. Signed on June 24, 2020.

Paid holidays: 12 days.

Vacations with pay: 1.25 days per month to start, 15 days after 1 year, 20 days after 9 years, 25 days after 12 years, 30 days after 19 years. No vacation credits will be carried over from 1 vacation year to next vacation year, unless mutually agreed in advance by employer and employee.

Overtime: Time and one-half for work after 7 or 8 hours per day or 35 or 40 hours per week; double time after 2 hours of overtime. May be taken as time off in lieu. Any surplus overtime not taken by April 30 will be paid out.

Medical benefits: Employer pays 98% of premiums, employee pays 2% of premiums (previously employer pays 95% of premiums, employee pays 5% of premiums). Effective Sept. 1, 2021: $Employer pays 100% of premiums.

Dental: Employer pays 98% of premiums, employee pays 2% of premiums (previously employer pays 95% of premiums, employee pays 5% of premiums). Effective Sept. 1, 2021: $Employer pays 100% of premiums.

Vision: Employer pays 98% of premiums, employee pays 2% of premiums (previously employer pays 95% of premiums, employee pays 5% of premiums). Effective Sept. 1, 2021: $Employer pays 100% of premiums.

Sick leave: 2 days for each month, maximum 24 days per year. Any unused portion will be accumulated, maximum 120 days. Employee may use up to 5 work days to attend to serious illness of spouse, common-law partner, child, parent, guardian, parent-in-law, grandparent, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother, sister, grandchild, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent of spouse, close family who live in employee’s household (defined as life-threatening medical condition).

AD&D: Employer pays 98% of premiums, employee pays 2% of premiums (previously employer pays 95% of premiums, employee pays 5% of premiums). Effective Sept. 1, 2021: Employer pays 100% of premiums.

Life insurance: Employer pays 98% of premiums, employee pays 2% of premiums (previously employer pays 95% of premiums, employee pays 5% of premiums). Effective Sept. 1, 2021: Employer pays 100% of premiums.

Pension: All eligible employees will be enrolled in Local Authorities Pension Plan.

Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of parent, spouse, common-law partner, child, mother, father-in-law. 3 days for death of brother, sister, sister, brother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent, grandparent-in-law, grandchild, guardian, fiancé, any other person who has been residing in employee’s household. Maximum 3 days, with pay, for travel purposes when attendance at funeral requires employee to travel outside of province. One-half day off per school year to attend memorial or funeral service within school division. For funerals and memorial services outside school division, leave may be extended to 1 full day.

Seniority – recall rights: 12 months for layoffs

Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours, at overtime rates. Employee will be paid from time leaving home to report for duty, until time arriving back at home, provided employee proceeds directly from work to home.

Probationary period: 6 months from date of hire (probation period may be extended maximum 9 months).

Safety shoes: $150 every 2 years when employer requires employee to wear safety footwear, with no carry forward of any amount from 1 year to next year.

Sample rates of hourly pay (current):

School employees (10-month employees)

Educational assistant

Untrained

Casual: $16.54

Start: $16.54

1 year: $18.36

2 year: $19.16

Trained

Start: $17.78

1 year: $19.79

2 year: $20.60

Learning commons facilitator

Untrained

Casual: $16.54

Start: $16.54

1 year: $18.36

2 year: $19.16

Trained

Start: $17.78

1 year: $19.79

2 year: $20.60

Administrative assistant

Untrained

Casual: $16.88

Start: $16.88

1 year: $17.35

2 year: $19.06

Trained

Start: $18.57

1 year: $19.88

2 year: $22.45

Van driver

Untrained

Casual: $18.05

Start: $18.05

1 year: $18.46

2 year: $18.88

Central services (12-month employees)

Administrative assistant

Untrained

Casual: $18.30

Start: $18.30

1 year: $19.11

2 year: $20.79

Trained

Start: $19.98

1 year: $21.58

2 year: $22.45

Accounting clerk

Untrained

Start: $21.92

1 year: $23.16

2 year: $23.96

Trained

Start: $23.11

1 year: $23.46

2 year: $24.87

Senior accounting clerk

Trained

Start: $24.86

1 year: $25.72

2 year: $26.63

Transportation assistant

Untrained

Start: $23.12

1 year: $23.46

2 year: $24.86

Facilities assistant

Untrained

Start: $23.12

1 year: $23.46

2 year: $24.86

Maintenance (12-month employees)

Maintenance 1

Start: $22.57

1 year: $24.96

2 year: $25.34

Maintenance 2

Start: $28.36

1 year: $31.61

2 year: $32.01

Maintenance assistant

Casual: $18.05

Start: $18.05

Custodian

Casual: $18.05

Start: $18.05

1 year: $19.37

2 year: $21.02

Technology (12-month employees)

Systems analyst 1

Start: $21.90

1 year: $24.95

2 year: $26.04

Systems analyst 2

Start: $26.04

1 year: $29.40

2 year: $32.81

Systems analyst 3

Start: $32.81

1 year: $36.17

2 year: $39.13

Systems analyst 4

Start: $39.13

1 year: $42.49

2 year: $43.36