Kamloops/Barriere/Chase/Clearwater, B.C. (64 clerks, receptionists, financial services administrators, greeters, administrators, financial services reps, advisors, account managers, technicians) and the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU), Component 17, Local 1705
Renewal agreement: Effective March 1, 2018 to Feb. 28, 2021. Signed on March 1, 2018.
Wage adjustments:
Effective March 1, 2018: 2%
Effective March 1, 2019: 1.75%
Effective March 1, 2020: 1.75%
Shift premium: $2 per hour for each hour spent providing instruction or evaluation to other employees.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 3 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 5 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 10 years, 6 weeks or 12% after 20 years. Employees will be given cash bonus equivalent to 1 week’s pay, plus additional 1-week vacation bonus, during 15th year of service and each 5-year multiple thereafter. Additional 20% vacation time will be given if employee elects to take vacation period beginning at first week of October to second week of December or during second week of January to last week of April. Employee may carry maximum days’ leave per year, maximum accumulation of 5 days.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all time worked in excess of standard day shift for first 2 hours, double time thereafter. Double time for all work on Sunday.
Meal allowance: Employee who works more than 2 hours of overtime beyond regular shift will be given option of suitable, wholesome hot meal supplied by employer or payment of one-third of daily meal allowance ($16 for breakfast; $20 for lunch; $32 for dinner).
Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums.
Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Coverage of 75% for part A (basic preventative); 75% for part B (major restorative); 50% for part C (orthodontics).
STD: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Pension: B.C. Credit Union Employees’ Pension Plan.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (employee’s spouse, parent, parent’s spouse, legal ward of employee, child, stepchild, foster-child, child’s spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent (including in-laws), grandchildren, spouse’s grandchildren, sister-in-law, brother-in-law).
Seniority – recall rights: 6 months to start; 1 year after 1 year of service; 18 months after 5 years of service.
Call-in pay: Minimum of 3 hours of pay or pay for actual time worked, whichever is greater.
Probationary period: 90 calendar days; 180 calendar days for FSR 2, account manager 1, account manager 2, account manager 3. After probation, employees will have trial period of 60 days worked (122 days worked for FSR 2, account manager 1, account manager 2, account manager 3).
Severance: 1 week for each year of service, maximum 26 weeks.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 5.6% increase):
Group 1
Training/file clerk: $18.79 rising 3 steps to $19.85
Group 2
Teller: $22.38 rising 3 steps to $23.64
Group 3
Inventory clerk/receptionist: $23.37 rising 3 steps to $24.68
Group 4
Financial services administrator/member information officer (greeter)/central operations administrator: $24.13 rising 3 steps to $25.48
Group 5
Financial services rep 1/member services advisor: $25.18 rising 3 steps to $26.59
Group 6
Financial services rep 2: $28.58 rising 3 steps to $30.18
Group 7
Account manager 1/systems support technician: $29.85 rising 3 steps to $31.52
Group 8
Account manager 2: $31.67 rising 3 steps to $33.45
Group 9
Account manager 3: $33.87 rising 3 steps to $35.77
Signing bonus: $250 paid directly to RRSP of choice
Editor’s notes: Travel meals: When employee travels to other than normal work location and travel requires employee to leave prior to 7 a.m., employee will be entitled to breakfast allowance. When travel keeps employee away from home past 6:30 p.m., employee will be entitled to dinner allowance ($16 for breakfast; $32 for dinner). Retirement bonus, pre-retirement leave: Employee who retires between 55 and 65 (with 10 years of service) will receive special paid leave for 5 weeks or special payment equivalent to 5 weeks of gross salary (employee may elect to have amount deposited directly into RRSP account).
