City of Penticton

Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2023. Signed on Dec. 6, 2019.

Shift premium: $0.50 per hour for any shift that commences or ends between 6 p.m. in 1 day and 5 a.m. on following day. $0.35 per hour for actual hours worked by employee performing dirty work. $0.50 per hour for hours worked for employee who has been appointed to act as level 2 first-aid attendant. Attendant will also receive $500 bonus upon successful completion of required first aid course plus additional $750 bonus after serving full 3-year term as attendant, immediately following completion of required course. $183 per month for building, plumbing officials required to have trades certificate, as set out in job description. $0.40 per hour for positions in trades schedule B. $1.70 per hour for instrumentation/electrical technicians.

Paid holidays: 12 days.

Vacations with pay: 1.5 days per month, maximum 15 days, to start, 105 hours after 1 year, 140 hours after 8 years, 175 hours after 17 years, 210 hours after 21 years for employees working 35 hours per week. 1.5 days per month, maximum 15 days, to start, 112.5 hours after 1 year, 150 hours after 8 years, 187.5 hours after 17 years, 225 hours after 21 years for employees working 37.5 hours per week. 1.5 days per month, maximum 15 days, to start, 120 hours after 1 year, 160 hours after 8 years, 200 hours after 17 years, 240 hours after 21 years for employees working 40 hours per week.

Overtime: Time and one-half for work outside scheduled hours constituting employee’s normal workday or normal workweek; double time after 2 hours of overtime. Double time for work on employee’s days of rest. May be taken as time off in lieu but unused banked time will be paid out once yearly.

Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for medical services plan and extended health plan. Eligible employees will be entitled to wellness payment, paid to employee on bi-weekly basis.

Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Basic dental services: 100% of approved schedule of fees; prosthetics, crowns, bridges: 60% of approved schedule of fees with annual maximum of $750, lifetime maximum of $4,000; orthodontics: 50% of approved schedule of fees, maximum lifetime limit of $2,000.

Sick leave: 0.5 days per month, maximum 10 days accrual.

AD&D: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums.

Life insurance: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums.

Pension: Public Sector Pension Plans Act applies to employer and employees.

Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (child, stepchild, parents, brother, sister, grandparents, grandchild, stepparent, foster-child, foster-parent, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, fiancée, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law). 2 additional days for death of spouse, parent, child, step-child. One-half day to attend funeral as pallbearer,

Seniority – recall rights: 1 year for layoffs; 36 months for employees who are absent from work because of sickness or accident.

Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours of work or 2 hours of pay at double-time rate.

Probationary period: 3 months. Period will be extended for any absence of employee longer than 5 days and may be extended by mutual agreement between parties. Relief employees will be placed on relief staff seniority list when they have worked 1,500 hours in preceding 24 months.

Severance: 1 week’s pay for each year of seniority, maximum 10 weeks, for employees who are displaced by contracting out of job.

Safety shoes: $150 every 24 months for reimbursement for employee (with greater than 1 year of service) and who is required to wear approved footwear.

Sample rates of hourly pay (current):

35 hours per week positions

Museum preparator

Step 1: $22.09

Switchboard operator RCMP

Step 2: $23.33

Step 3: $24.55

Accounting clerk 1/clerk steno 1 RCMP/clerk typist/administration/receptionist/summer tax clerk/switchboard operator/receptionist

Step 1: $22.84

Step 2: $24.11

Step 3: $25.38

Clerk steno traffic RCMP/data clerk/museum assistant/receptionist/cashier

Step 1: $23.56

Step 2: $24.87

Step 3: $26.17

Cashier clerk/secretary

Step 1: $24.66

Step 2: $26.03

Step 3: $27.41

City yards clerk/development services clerk/electric utility clerk/procurement clerk/court liaison RCMP 1/CPIC coordinator RCMP/exhibit control custodian RCMP/occurrence/information officer RCMP/records admin clerk RCMP/watch clerk RCMP/rod person

Step 1: $25.76

Step 2: $27.18

Step 3: $28.62

Accounting clerk 2/building and licence clerk 1/bylaw intake administrator 2/collections clerk/recreation clerk/utilities clerk

Step 1: $26.99

Step 2: $28.49

Step 3: $29.99

Coordinator aquatic programs/computer operator/design clerk/plan checking assistant/recreation coordinator/tax clerk/utility clerk technician

Step 1: $28.33

Step 2: $29.91

Step 3: $31.48

Accounting clerk 3/electronic file disclosure and admin coordinator RCMP/plan checker/assistant inspector/inventory associate/reader/records specialist RCMP/survey technician 1

Step 1: $29.73

Step 2: $31.39

Step 3: $33.04

Accounting clerk 4/accounting clerk payables/assistant land administrator/planning clerk

Step 1: $30.84

Step 2: $32.56

Step 3: $34.27

Client support technician/survey technician 3

Step 1: $31.96

Step 2: $33.73

Step 3: $35.52

Building official 2/development technologist/GIS analyst/licensing and property use inspector 2/network systems analyst/planner specialist/plumbing official cross connection coordinator 1

Step 1: $36.41

Step 2: $38.43

Step 3: $40.45

Co-op students

Up to third term

Pay grade 5 to 8: 70% of step 1

Pay grade 9 and 10: 65% of step 1

Pay grade 11 to 15: 60% of step 1

Third and subsequent terms

Pay grade 5 to 8: 75% of step 1

Pay grade 9 and 10: 70% of step 1

Pay grade 11 to 15: 65% of step 1

Editor’s notes: Standby (on call): 2 hours of pay for each normal work day on which employee was on call and also worked regular 8-hour shift; 3 hours of pay for each day of rest or statutory holiday on which employee was on call. Double time for employee who carries out nightly snow checks. Job-related liability protection: Employee, coming within scope of CUPE, Local No. 608, will be granted services of city solicitor, without charge, to represent employee, who as result of any matter arising out of or in course of normal work duties or assignments, is personally involved in legal or court action.