Chatham, Ont. (448 health care and support employees) and the Southwestern Ontario Health Care and Service Workers, CLAC Local 303
Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2022. Ratified in October 2020. Signed on April 1, 2019.
Wage adjustments:
Effective April 1, 2019: 1%
Effective April 1, 2020: 1%
Effective April 1, 2021: 1%
Shift premium: $1.25 per hour for employees regularly performing shifts commencing on or after noon and ending after 5 p.m. $1.30 per hour for each hour worked between midnight Friday and midnight Sunday. Time and one-half for all hours worked on next shift when shift is cancelled with less than 24 hours of notice (12 hours of notice for part-time employees).
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 5/6 of 1 day per each completed month of service to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 2 years, 4 weeks after 5 years, 5 weeks after 12 years, 6 weeks after 21 years, 7 weeks after 28 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work performed in excess of 7.5 hours per day, 37.5 hours per week, on scheduled day off (if not at employee’s request), in excess of 7 consecutive days, on third and subsequent consecutive scheduled shifts, on third and consecutive scheduled weekend, on statutory holidays, and in excess of 11.25 hours on 1 shift in unit/department/classification where extended tours are present. Double time for authorized overtime on paid holiday.
Meal allowance: $6 if employee is held over and required to work more than 2 hours beyond standard workday.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% of premiums for extended health care plan, employee pays 25% of premiums. Employer pays 100% of premiums for semiprivate coverage.
Dental: Employer pays 75% of premiums for plan at current ODA schedule of fees, employee pays 25% of premiums. $2,250 per lifetime for orthodontic coverage.
Vision: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums for plan providing $300, plus 1 eye exam, every 2 years.
Paramedical: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums for coverage of $325 per speciality, per calendar year.
Sick leave: Paid sick leave until first 15 hours of absence for fourth and subsequent periods of absence in same fiscal year.
LTD: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums under Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Program (HOODIP).
Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums of premiums.
Pension: Enrolment in pension plan is condition of employment.
Bereavement leave: 4 consecutive paid days for death of spouse, child, parent. 3 consecutive paid days for death of sibling, stepchild, parent-in-law, sibling-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, spouse’s grandparent, spouse’s grandchild. 1 paid day for funeral of stepsibling, niece, nephew, legal guardian of employee, aunt, uncle. 1 day can be used within 6 months if burial or memorial service occurs later. Employer may extend such leave without pay at its discretion.
Seniority – recall rights: Greater of 6 months or employee’s seniority for employees with less than 2 years of seniority; 30 months for employees with more than 2 years of seniority. 45 days for posting out of bargaining unit (18 months for temporary transfers).
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours’ pay at time and one-half for employees on standby who are called back to work. Double time for hours worked in excess to hours of normal shift.
Probationary period: 2 months for full-time employees; 450 hours within any 12-month period for part-time employees.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months.
Severance: Greater of 2 weeks’ pay per year of service up to 26 weeks’ pay for full-time employee laid off for 26 weeks in any 52-week period.
Safety shoes: $100 per calendar year for purchase of CSA-approved safety footwear.
Uniforms/clothing: $9-per -month allowance for employees required to wear uniform. Maintenance staff will have uniforms supplied and laundered.
Sample current rates of hourly pay (level 1/level 3):
RPN/RPN clinical support: $29.43/$30.23
Trades (plumber/electrician/carpenter/air condition/ref. mechanic/industrial millwright/second-class stationary engineer)/maintenance general and building operator holding designated trade certificate: $28.89/$29.76
Non-registered MDR technician/unit aide/non-registered OR support assistant (no CSAO course): $22.93/$23.51
Material handler/dialysis assistant: $23.10/$23.66
Assistant cook/laundry general/linen porter: $22.72/$23.43
Dietary aide/housekeeper/lab aide/physio aide: $22.56/$23.08
Maintenance general/painter: $25.18/$26.41
Building operator (no trade certificate): $28.14/$29
Rehab assist-physio/occupational therapist assistant: $26.58/$27.40
MDR tech/OR support assistant: $24.10/$24.61
Porter: $22.74/$23.51
Ward clerk: $24.20/$24.85
Staffing unit clerks: $24/$24.64
Cook: $23.93/$25.22
Certified EMG tech: $31.85/$36.68
Non-certified EMG tech: $22.81/$26.30
Personal support worker: $23.59/$24.14
ED liaison: $16.78
Dietary technician: $22.82/$23.36
Editor’s notes: Extended tours: Will be introduced into any unit when majority (greater than 50%) of employees on that unit vote for it by secret ballot and employer agrees to implement it. May be discontinued by same methods. Standby: $3.20 per hour standby rate. Early retirement allowance: Before issuing notice of long-term layoff, offers of early retirement allowance in order of seniority to employee eligible for early retirement under HOOPP, equal to 1 week’s salary for each year of service up to 35 weeks’ salary. Compression stockings: 1 pair every 6 months, maximum $75 per pair. Education fund: Employer agrees to pay $3,000 per year to union’s education fund.
