Misericordia Community Hospital and Villa Caritas

Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2021. Ratified on July 10, 2019. Signed on Aug. 21, 2019.

Shift premium: $1.25 per hour for employee temporarily assuming responsibilities of lead hand. $2.75 per hour for employees working shift where majority of hours fall between 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. $5 per hour for employees working shift where majority of hours fall between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. $3.25 per hour for employees working 64-hour period that begins 3 p.m. on Friday. $0.65 per hour for employee who acts as preceptor for students in post-secondary, including unit clerk, laboratory assistant, medical device reprocessing technician or medical transcriptionist education or training program.

Paid holidays: 11 days.

Vacations with pay: 15 days or 116.25 hours to start, 20 days or 155 hours after 3 years, 25 days or 193.75 hours after 10 years, 30 days or 232.5 hours after 20 years. Additional 38.75 hours of supplementary vacation after 25, 30, 35, 40, 45 years.

Overtime: Double time for all work after 7 3/4 or 8 hours per day. May be taken as time off in lieu. Effective April 1, 2020: maximum 38 3/4 hours in bank. Unused time will be paid out by March 31 of each year.

Meal allowance: $5 plus one-half hour lunch break for employees who work more than 2 hours of overtime following regular shift. Additional $5 and one-half hour lunch break after each subsequent 4 hours of overtime.

Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employees pays 25% of premiums. Alberta Blue Cross Supplementary Health Benefits Plan. Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan. Employer will provide $850 per year (previously $750 per year) for health spending account.

Dental: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employees pays 25% of premiums. 80% reimbursement of basic services. 50% reimbursement of extensive services, orthodontic services. Maximum $3,000 per year for extensive services, orthodontic services.

Paramedical: Coverage of $50 per visit, $1,000 per year for massage, psychologist, podiatrist. Coverage of $35 per visit, $700 per year for naturopath, acupuncture.

Sick leave: 1 1/2 working days for each month of employment, maximum 930 hours.

STD: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employees pays 25% of premiums. Coverage of 66 2/3% of basic weekly earnings.

LTD: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employees pays 25% of premiums. Coverage of 66 2/3% of basic monthly earnings.

AD&D: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employees pays 25% of premiums.

Life insurance: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employees pays 25% of premiums.

Pension: Employer will contribute to Local Authorities Pension Plan.

Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse (including common-law spouse), son-in-law, child, daughter-in-law, parent, mother-in-law, brother, father-in-law, sister, brother-in-law, legal guardian, sister-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, fiancé, stepsister, stepbrother, stepparent, stepchild. 3 days for death of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, foster-parents (if not considered true parents). 2 additional days for travel more than 322 kilometres 1-way. 1 day for death of another relative or close friend.

Seniority – recall rights: 24 months.

Call-in pay: Paid at overtime rate or 4 hours at basic rate of pay, whichever is greater.

Probationary period: 503.75 hours worked.

Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months.

Severance: 2 weeks’ salary for each full year of employment, maximum 40 weeks (service in excess of 6 months will be considered as full year).

Uniforms/clothing: Employer will furnish, maintain (launder, alter and repair) without charge any uniforms which employer requires employee to wear.

Sample rates of hourly pay (current):

Clerk 1

Step 1: $19.07

Step 2: $19.83

Step 3: $20.65

Step 4: $21.46

Step 5: $22.32

Step 6: $23.20

Clerk 2

Step 1: $20.42

Step 2: $21.22

Step 3: $22.07

Step 4: $22.94

Step 5: $23.86

Step 6: $24.81

Clerk 3/switchboard receptionist/typist 2

Step 1: $22.55

Step 2: $23.44

Step 3: $24.39

Step 4: $25.36

Step 5: $26.36

Step 6: $27.42

Clerk 4/secretary 1

Step 1: $24.99

Step 2: $25.99

Step 3: $27.02

Step 4: $28.10

Step 5: $29.21

Step 6: $30.38

Clerk 5/secretary 2/medical secretary/medical transcriptionist

Step 1: $27.28

Step 2: $28.37

Step 3: $29.50

Step 4: $30.67

Step 5: $31.90

Step 6: $33.17

Clerk 6/accounting clerk/secretary 3/coordinator/senior medical typist

Step 1: $29.70

Step 2: $30.87

Step 3: $32.11

Step 4: $33.42

Step 5: $34.75

Step 6: $36.15

Food services group

Food service attendant 1/food services cashier

Step 1: $17.60

Step 2: $19.20

Food services attendant 2/cook’s assistant/food services ambassador

Step 1: $19.24

Step 2: $21.02

Cook 1

Step 1: $22.56

Step 2: $24.82

Baker

Step 1: $25.56

Step 2: $28.49

Butcher

Step 1: $25.56

Step 2: $28.49

Linen and cleaning group

Housekeeping attendant 1

Step 1: $17.60

Step 2: $19.20

Linen service attendant

Step 1: $18.35

Step 2: $20.27

Housekeeping attendant 2

Step 1: $19.24

Step 2: $21.02

Laundry worker 2/sewing operator

Step 1: $20.32

Step 2: $22.16

Medical and technical support

Therapy aide/imaging attendant

Step 1: $20.24

Step 2: $20.83

Step 3: $21.42

Step 4: $22

Step 5: $22.58

Therapy assistant

Step 1: $23.57

Step 2: $24.58

Step 3: $25.56

Step 4: $26.57

Step 5: $27.58

Step 6: $28.53

Surgical processor

Step 1: $22.54

Step 2: $23.33

Step 3: $24.05

Step 4: $24.87

Step 5: $25.70

Surgical processor, developmental

Step 1: $21.42

Pharmacy assistant

Step 1: $21.62

Step 2: $22.42

Step 3: $23.23

Step 4: $24.02

Step 5: $24.83

Laboratory assistant 1

Step 1: $22.70

Step 2: $23.61

Step 3: $24.55

Step 4: $25.53

Step 5: $26.54

Step 6: $27.24

Maintenance and trades group

Maintenance worker 1

Step 1: $22.87

Step 2: $24.89

Fourth-class power engineer

Step 1: $33.38

Step 2: $36.16

Community peace officers

CPO 2

Step 1: $26.66

Step 2: $27.70

Step 3: $28.75

Step 4: $29.86

Step 5: $31.11

Step 6: $32.52

CPO 1

Step 1: $32.04

Step 2: $33.09

Step 3: $34.25

Step 4: $35.44

Step 5: $36.69

Apprentices

Year 1: 60% of journeyman job rate

Year 2: 70% of journeyman job rate

Year 3: 80% of journeyman job rate

Year 4: 90% of journeyman job rate

Editor’s notes: On-call: $3 per hour on regularly scheduled days of work; $4.25 per hour on scheduled days off and named holidays. Hearing aids: $500 every 2 years.