Medicine Hat, Alta. (35 library support employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 46
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2023. Ratified on Nov. 2, 2020. Signed on Dec. 4, 2020.
Wage adjustments:
Effective January 2021: 2%
Effective January 2022: 1.5%
Effective January 2023: 0%
Shift premium: $5 per hour for all hours worked (excluding overtime hours) between 9:30 pm and 8 am.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 3 weeks per year or 0.0577 hours of entitlement for each hour paid to start, 4 weeks per year or 0.0769 hours of entitlement for each hour paid after 4 years, 5 weeks per year or 0.0962 hours of entitlement for each hour paid after 13 years, 6 weeks per year or 0.115 hours of entitlement for each hour paid after 6 years.
Overtime: Double time for work after 8 hours per day or 75 hours over 2-week period.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Sick leave: 22 days per year (0.0846 hours for every regular hour paid). unused portion will be accumulative maximum 250 days.
STD: Coverage of 70% of pay from 31st day of illness or injury or day that sick leave is exhausted, whichever day is latest. Payment will continue to 365th day of illness or injury.
LTD: Employee pays 100% of premiums.
Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Pension: All permanent, probationary employees whose regular shift schedule is minimum of 40 hours bi-weekly will be enrolled into Local Authorities Pension Plan.
Bereavement leave: 3 days (to be taken within 14 calendar days of death or longer if mutually agreeable) for death in immediate family (current spouse (spouse will also include any common-law relationship), brother, fiancé(e), child, sister, grandchild, parent, grandparent, parent of spouse, brother of spouse, sister of spouse, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, relative who is member of employee’s household, grandparent of spouse, ward, (parent, grandparent, brother, sister, child, grandchild will also include step-relationships)). Leave will be extended by 2 additional days if travel greater than 300 kilometres 1-way from employee’s residence is necessary to attend funeral. 1 working day off, without pay, to attend funeral to act as pallbearer.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months after layoffs.
Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours of pay or for all hours worked, whichever is greater, at double time.
Probationary period: 975 regularly paid hours or 6 months (not including leaves of absence), whichever comes first. Employer may extend probationary period, should circumstances warrant it, up to additional 6 months, not including leaves of absence
Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months for all documentation related to disciplinary action.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 1.5% increase):
Page: $15.30 rising 2 steps to $15.53
LA 1: $21.56 rising 2 steps to $21.89
LA2: $22.29 rising 2 steps to $22.62
LA3: $23.02 rising 2 steps to $23.37
LA4: $23.74 rising 2 steps to $24.09
LA5: $24.45 rising 2 steps to $24.82
LA6: $25.15 rising 2 steps to $25.53
LA7: $25.87 rising 2 steps to $26.26
LA8: $26.60 rising 2 steps to $27
LA9: $27.31 rising 2 steps to $27.71
LA 10: $28.03 rising 2 steps to $28.45
LA 11: $28.74 rising 2 steps to $29.17
LA12: $29.48 rising 2 steps to $29.92
LA 13: $30.15 rising 2 steps to $30.60
LA14: $30.89 rising 2 steps to $31.35
Technical service coordinator: $33.86 rising 2 steps to $34.37
Editor’s notes: Continuous service pay: $50 per year after 5 years of service; $65 per year after 10 years of service; $130 per year after 15 years of service; $260 per year after 20 years of service; $520 per year after 25 years of service.
