Ottawa (220 museum employees) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada
Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2016. Signed on June 30, 2015.
Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2015: 1.5%
Calculated by CLR.
Shift premium: $2 per hour for employees working between 4 p.m. and 8 a.m. $2 per hour for time worked on Saturday or Sunday.
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 6% of hours worked at straight-time rate to start, 8% after 5 years, 10% after 15 years and 12% after 25 years. Unused vacation leave will be carried over into the following vacation year. Carryover beyond 1 year will be by mutual consent.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond 7 1/2 hours per day and double time for all hours worked in excess of 12 hours per day. Time and one-half for the first 7 1/2 hours worked on the first day of rest and double time for all hours worked thereafter. Double time for all hours worked on the second and subsequent days of rest.
Meal allowance: $10 after 3 hours of overtime. Additional $10 when overtime extends 4 hours or more.
Sick leave: Up to 10 days. Unused sick leave credits will be carried over into the following
year.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for employee’s spouse, father, mother, father-in-law, motherin- law, stepfather, stepmother, foster parent, brother, sister, child, stepchild, ward of the employee, grandparent, spouse’s grandparent, son-inlaw, daughter-in-law, brotherin- law, sister-in-law, grandchild, spouse’s grandchild or relative living permanently with the employee. Up to 3 additional days for travel.
Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours at applicable overtime rate.
Probationary period: 6 months. 1 year for permanent employees in positions with signing authority.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years.
Severance: 2 weeks’ pay to start, 3 weeks’ pay for employees with 10 or more years of continuous employment, 4 weeks’ pay for employees with 20 or more years of continuous employment, 1 additional week’s pay for each additional complete year of continuous employment.
Safety shoes: $150 every 2
years.
Sample rates of pay (current,
after 1.5% increase):
Level 1: $17.80 per hour rising
in 5 steps to $21.66
Level 2: $19.95 rising in 5 steps
to $24.27
Level 3: $21.94 rising in 5 steps
to $26.69
Level 4: $24.13 rising in 5 steps
to $29.36
Level 5: $26.55 rising in 5 steps
to $32.29
Level 6: $28.66 rising in 5 steps
to $24.88
Level 7: $30.96 rising in 5 steps
to $37.66
Level 8: $33.44 rising in 5 steps
to $40.69
Level 9: $36.12 rising in 5 steps
to $43.93
Level 10: $38.28 rising in 5 steps to $46.57
AS-05: $42.16
CS-02: $38.69
FI-01: $$33.39 rising in 4 steps
to $38.79
GT-06: $44.52
IS-03: $36.74
Editor’s notes: Collective agreement: The employer will print off 300 copies of the collective agreement. The
employer will supply each employee with a copy of the collective agreement within 1 month of receipt from the
printer. Maternity leave: 18 unpaid weeks. Parental leave: 37 unpaid weeks. Compassionate care leave: Up to 8
unpaid weeks. Wash-up time: 10 minutes before the lunch hour and before the end of the working day. Standby pay:
$18 for each 8 consecutive hours on standby. Pyramiding: Payments provided under overtime, call-back pay, standby
provisions and holiday pay will not be pyramided.
