CarePartners

Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2022. Ratified in February 2020. Signed on Feb. 1, 2021.

Wage adjustments:

Effective April 1, 2021: 1%

Shift premium: $0.12 per hour to all employees who work between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.

Paid holidays: 9 days.

Vacations with pay: 1 day for each full month of service up to 10 days per year to start, 2 weeks after 1 years, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 17 years.

Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 82 in biweekly pay period. No overtime will be paid to employee who works in excess of regularly scheduled work hours in biweekly period as result of approved exchange of hours for reasons of personal convenience.

Medical benefits: Employer pays up to $75 per month for each eligible employee towards cost of core benefits (remaining portion of premiums paid by employees).

Bereavement leave: 3 paid days for death of employee’s current spouse including common-law spouse, parent, sibling, child, current child-in-law, current sibling-in-law, current parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, guardian, stepparent. 1 day may be reserved to attend delayed funeral or interment.

Seniority – recall rights: Lesser of employee’s length of seniority or 24 months after layoff; 36 months for absence due to illness or disability (except absences for which WSIB payments are received) and there is no reasonable likelihood employee will return to work within near future.

Probationary period: 6 calendar months. May be extended upon mutual agreement of union and employer.

Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months for all records of counselling and disciplinary action.

Uniforms/clothing: $90 per year reimbursement for employees who have successfully completed probationary period and who work, on average, more than 24 hours per week. $50 per week for employees who work less than 24 hours per week.

Mileage: $0.38 per kilometre (previously $0.37 per kilometre) as travel allowance. Time spent travelling between clients will be considered hours worked and will be compensated at rate of 1 minute at indirect straight-time hourly rate for every 3 kilometres travelled.

Sample rates of hourly pay (current):

Home support worker level 1: $16.66

Home support worker level 2: $17.07

Personal support worker level 3: $17.17

Personal support worker level 6: $18.08

Personal support worker level 9: $19.32

Home support worker hired after date of ratification (1,500 to 3,000 hours): $14.25

Home support worker hired after date of ratification (6,001+ hours): $15

Household support/attendant/attendant and homemakers – training: $14.25

Home support training/attendant and homemakers orientation: Minimum wage

Editor’s notes: Continuity of caregiver: Employer is required to adhere to continuity of caregiver standards when employee has provided service to client over 5 visits within last 3-month period. Maximum travel time: Scheduling will allow for maximum travel time with intent to relieve community support workers in areas from excessive travel time. Maximum travel time varies between 25 minutes and 60 minutes, depending on region. WHMIS/first-aid training: Employer will pay each employee who is required to complete and who submits completed challenge test for WHMIS training 30 minutes’ pay at applicable training rate. Employer will pay each employee who is required to complete and who submits completed challenge test for first-aid training 30 minutes’ pay at applicable training rate. Alternate assignments: Employer will calculate number of alternate assignments rebooked and will once annually provide lump sum of $2 per alternate assignment rebooked to each affected employee.