Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. | (430 social services, technical employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 1880-01
Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2023. Signed on April 29, 2021.
Shift premium: $0.30 per hour for all hours worked between 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. $0.35 per hour for all hours worked between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. $0.40 per hour for all hours worked on Sundays. Employees who work split shifts will receive $0.20 per hour.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% to start, 3 weeks or 6% after 1 year, 4 weeks or 8% after 8 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 15 years, 6 weeks or 12% after 27 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for work beyond 8 hours in 1 day, 40 hours in 1 week. Employees who are not denoted with asterisk in collective agreement may choose to take authorized time worked as compensatory time but must be taken within 4 weeks of time worked, failing which hours will be paid out.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums. $300 every 24 months per family member.
Sick leave: 1 day per month. Unused sick leave will be accumulated each fiscal year for future use, maximum 90 days. Employees will be permitted to use up to 5 days of accumulated sick leave each year, to attend medical appointments with doctors or dentists or care for ill family member who cannot care for themselves.
STD: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Coverage of 66 2/3% of weekly earnings, maximum 17 weeks.
LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Coverage of 66 2/3% of weekly earnings, maximum $2,500 per month.
Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Coverage of 2 times salary.
Pension: Multi-Sector Pension Plan. Employee contributes 5% into plan, employers contributes 5.5% into plan.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death parent, spouse (common-law, same-sex), child. 3 days for death of sister, brother, grandparents, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, spouse’s grandparents, brother-in-law, sister-in-law. 1 day for death of aunt, uncle, niece, nephew. 1 half-day leave of absence, without pay, to attend funeral as pallbearer or mourner.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months after layoff.
Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours at any overtime rate.
Probationary period: First 12 months of employment.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months for records of discipline, except for infractions in performance standard B; 12 months for medication errors.
Safety shoes: $200 per year, on final pay in December, after probation.
Uniforms/clothing: $75 once a year towards to purchase bathing suit for staff who regularly go swimming in municipal pool with people supported by employer.
Mileage: $0.46 for each kilometre travelled on employer business.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current):
In-direct support worker: $22.53
Support worker 1: $22.73
Handyperson: $23.63
Transportation officer: $23.63
Skills instructor: $23.87
Community support worker: $23.87
Community support worker: $23.87
Assistant print instr.: $23.87
Assistant outlet instr.: $23.87
Support worker 3: $23.87
Sr. transportation officer: $24
Information technician 1: $24.68
GLM instructor: $25.15
Vocational : $25.15
M and A : $25.15
Cafeteria : $25.15
Catering : $25.15
Support worker 3: $25.15
Accounting technician: $25.70
Print instructor: $27.18
Information technician 2: $27.50
Desktop technician: $27.50
Employment advisor: $28.26
Support worker 4: $28.26
Sr. accounting technician: $29.32
Information coordinator: $30.31
Social worker: $33.58
Behaviour therapist: $33.58
Purchasing and finance: $28.26
Specialized services: $25.15
