City of Medicine Hat

Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2022. Signed on Nov. 16, 2020.

Shift premium: 10% for employee who is temporarily assigned portion of duties and responsibilities of position outside bargaining unit while continuing to remain in bargaining-unit position for up to 6 weeks. $1.25 for every hour worked for employees who work full shift where 50% or more of shift falls between 4 p.m. and 8 a.m.

Paid holidays: 11 days. Permanent employees who are employed on March 31 of each year will be entitled to 1 floater holiday in lieu of Easter Monday

Vacations with pay: 3 weeks or 0.0577 hours for each hour worked to start, 4 weeks or 0.0769 hours for each hour worked after 6 years, 5 weeks or 0.0962 hours for each hour worked after 13 years, 6 weeks or 0.1154 hours for each hour worked after 2 years.

Overtime: Double time for work after 36.25 or 40 hours per week. Time may be banked at time and one-half. Employee will only have maximum equivalent of 80 hours in overtime bank at any 1 time. Once overtime is banked, it will only be taken as time off in lieu of overtime and will not be paid out.

Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums.

Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Coverage for basic, periodontic, extensive, orthodontic benefits.

Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums.

Sick leave: 0.0692 hours for each regular hour paid, maximum 200 days.

LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Coverage after 365 days of disability at 70% of employee’s first $3,000 of monthly salary, plus additional 50% of employee’s monthly salary greater than $3,000, maximum $4,500 per month.

AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Coverage of 2 times annual salary, maximum $250,000.

Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Coverage of 2 times annual salary, maximum $250,000.

Pension: All permanent employees will be enrolled into Local Authority Pension Plan.

Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild. 3 days for death of fiancée, stepchild, ward, stepparent, grandparent, step-grandparent, brother, stepbrother, sister, stepsister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent-in-law. Additional 2 days with pay if employee is required to travel greater than 500 kilometres 1-way from residence in order to attend funeral of immediate family member. 1 working day off without pay to attend funeral to act as pallbearer.

Seniority – recall rights: 1 year after layoff.

Call-in pay: Paid at double time for all hours worked, minimum payment of 2 hours.

Probationary period: 1,000 regular hours paid (any extension of probationary period will not exceed 500 regular hours paid).

Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months for any written disciplinary notation or warning.

Safety shoes: $150 per year; may be carried over to following year maximum $300. $50 per year for employees working directly with asphalt or tack oil used in road construction or maintenance.

Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide employees with personal protective safety equipment necessary to carry out assigned tasks in safe and healthy manner. Protective clothing such as rubber boots, rain suits, gloves, mitts, will be supplied to employees, when required. Employer will have coveralls for use for specific areas of work, where such protective clothing is deemed necessary. Employer will provide and maintain 2 pair of coveralls per year to following: permanent facility operators; maintenance, utility workers, equipment operators, gas field labourers, gas field operators, gas technicians, gas utility workers, gas engineering technologists, gas customer service foreman and gas plant services foreman; employees working on equipment. Water distribution, wastewater collection employees will be provided with 5 pairs of summer coveralls and laundry service for same. Permanent employees in water distribution and wastewater collection will be provided with 1 fitted winter jacket, 1 fitted pair of winter salopettes and laundry service for same, if necessary. Senior services kitchen staff will be supplied with hair nets and 5 wash-and-wear tops and aprons each.

Tool allowance: $37.50 per month for appropriate shop tools for permanent mechanics, heavy duty mechanics. $8.33 per month for appropriate shop tools for permanent fleet services service workers.

Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 2% increase):

1

Start rate: $19.93 rising 2 steps to $20.33

Job rate: $22.98 rising 2 steps to $23.44

2

Start rate: $20.64 rising 2 steps to $21.05

Job rate: $23.69 rising 2 steps to $24.16

3

Start rate: $21.39 rising 2 steps to $21.82

Job rate: $24.44 rising 2 steps to $24.93

4

Start rate: $22.09 rising 2 steps to $22.53

Job rate: $25.15 rising 2 steps to $25.65

5

Start rate: $22.83 rising 2 steps to $23.29

Job rate: $25.89 rising 2 steps to $26.41

6

Start rate: $23.54 rising 2 steps to $24.01

Job rate: $26.59 rising 2 steps to $27.12

7

Start rate: $24.29 rising 2 steps to $24.78

Job rate: $27.33 rising 2 steps to $27.88

8

Start rate: $24.98 rising 2 steps to $25.48

Job rate: $28.04 rising 2 steps to $28.60

10

Start rate: $26.44 rising 2 steps to $26.97

Job rate: $29.49 rising 2 steps to $30.08

11

Start rate: $27.17 rising 2 steps to $27.71

Job rate: $30.22 rising 2 steps to $30.82

12

Start rate: $27.89 rising 2 steps to $28.45

Job rate: $30.93 rising 2 steps to $31.55

13

Start rate: $28.61 rising 2 steps to $29.18

Job rate: $31.65 rising 2 steps to $32.28

15

Start rate: $30.07 rising 2 steps to $30.67

Job rate: $33.11 rising 2 steps to $33.77

16

Start rate: $30.78 rising 2 steps to $31.40

Job rate: $33.84 rising 2 steps to $34.52

17

Start rate: $31.52 rising 2 steps to $32.15

Job rate: $34.57 rising 2 steps to $35.26

18

Start rate: $32.22 rising 2 steps to $32.86

Job rate: $35.28 rising 2 steps to $35.99

20

Start rate: $33.68 rising 2 steps to $34.35

Job rate: $36.73 rising 2 steps to $37.46

21

Start rate: $34.42 rising 2 steps to $35.11

Job rate: $37.45 rising 2 steps to $38.20

22

Start rate: $35.14 rising 2 steps to $35.84

Job rate: $38.17 rising 2 steps to $38.93

23

Start rate: $35.86 rising 2 steps to $36.58

Job rate: $38.89 rising 2 steps to $39.67

25

Start rate: $37.29 rising 2 steps to $38.04

Job rate: $40.35 rising 2 steps to $41.16

26

Start rate: $38.01 rising 2 steps to $38.77

Job rate: $41.08 rising 2 steps to $41.90

27

Start rate: $38.74 rising 2 steps to $39.51

Job rate: $41.79 rising 2 steps to $42.63

29

Start rate: $40.21 rising 2 steps to $41.01

Job rate: $43.25 rising 2 steps to $44.12

30

Start rate: $40.92 rising 2 steps to $41.74

Job rate: $43.97 rising 2 steps to $44.85

31

Start rate: $41.64 rising 2 steps to $42.47

Job rate: $44.69 rising 2 steps to $45.58

32

Start rate: $42.36 rising 2 steps to $43.21

Job rate: $45.40 rising 2 steps to $46.31

Editor’s notes: After-hours inspections: Minimum 1 hour at double time for work performed for each Saturday, Sunday, general holiday when facility operator conducts inspection of city facility or building. Standby pay: $270 to employee who remains on call for 7 consecutive days. Where employee is on standby for less than 7 consecutive days, $2.11 per hour for each hour designated as standby. Employee will be paid additional $60 for each holiday that may occur during weekly standby period or $2.50 for each hour of standby on actual holiday. Tax assessor driving costs: During winter months (Dec. 1 to March 1), tax assessor — who uses personal vehicle on city business and vehicle is frequently stopped, parked and started or left idling — will be paid additional allowance of $2 per day.