Okanagan Regional Library

Kelowna, B.C. (190 librarian, drivers, technicians, administrative employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 1123

Click here to view the original collective agreement.
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2018, to Dec. 31, 2020. Signed on April 4, 2018.
Wage adjustments: 
Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 2%
Shift premium: $1.25 per hour for all hours worked after 6 p.m. Monday to Friday and on Saturday, Sunday. 
Paid holidays: 12 days. 
Vacations with pay: 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 7 years, 5 weeks after 13 years, 6 weeks after 20 years. 
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 7 hours per day, double time after 8 hours per day or for all hours worked on Sunday. Time and one-half for all work after 35 hours per week, double time for all work after 40 hours per week. May be taken as time off in lieu with 3 months of date work was performed. For van drivers: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Double time after 9 hours per day or 45 hours per week. 
Medical benefits: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. 
Dental: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. 80% for basic dental services. 60% for prosthetics, crowns, bridges. $3,000 lifetime limit for orthodontics.
Vision: $550 every 24 months.
Sick leave: 1 1/2 days per month of service, maximum 150 days. 
Life insurance: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums for coverage of 2-times annual salary, minimum $10,000.
Pension: Great West Life Pension Plan. 
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse/partner which includes traditional, same-sex and common-law; child which includes adopted and foster; parents, parent-in-laws, guardians, siblings, grandchildren, grandparents). 3 days for death of close friend, brother-in-law, sister-in-law. 1 day to attend funeral as pallbearer. 1 day for death of close relative other than those defined. Unpaid extension of leave, maximum 2 weeks total leave, may be given. 
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months.
Call-in pay: 2 hours minimum pay at time and one-half or double time.
Probationary period: 3 months for full-time employees, 6 months for part-time, page employees, 910 hours for auxiliary employees. 
Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months.
Severance: 2 weeks’ pay after 6 months of service; 1 week per year of service, maximum 8 weeks’, after 3 years of service. 
Safety shoes: $100 per year for steel-toed boots for van drivers. 
Mileage: Remuneration at same rate as Okanagan Regional Library Board members. 
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4% increase):
Page 
Start: $15.50 rising 2 steps to $16.13 
Job: $15.50 rising 2 steps to $16.13 
Inter-library loans clerk - 1
Start: $19.33 rising 2 steps to $20.11 
Job: $20.28 rising 2 steps to $21.10
Acquisitions data entry clerk 1
Start: $20.15 rising 2 steps to $20.96 
Job: $21.11 rising 2 steps to $21.96
Processing clerk
Start: $20.93 rising 2 steps to $21.78 
Job: $21.97 rising 2 steps to $22.86
Office assistant 1
Start: $20.93 rising 2 steps to $21.78
Job: $21.97 rising 2 steps to $22.86
Circulation assistant
Start: $20.93 rising 2 steps to $21.78
Job: $21.97 rising 2 steps to $22.86
Allocation clerk
Start: $21.73 rising 2 steps to $22.60
Job: $22.81 rising 2 steps to $23.74
Acquisitions clerk 1
Start: $21.73 rising 2 steps to $22.60
Job: $22.81 rising 2 steps to $23.74
Assistant community librarian
Start: $22.52 rising 2 steps to $23.43
Job: $23.64 rising 2 steps to $24.59
YS assistant - system
Start: $22.52 rising 2 steps to $23.43
Job: $23.64 rising 2 steps to $24.59
Cataloguer
Start: $22.52 rising 2 steps to $23.43
Job: $23.64 rising 2 steps to $24.59
Accounts clerk 1
Start: $22.52 rising 2 steps to $23.43
Job: $23.64 rising 2 steps to $24.59
Admin asst. - public services
Start: $23.32 rising 2 steps to $24.27 
Job: $24.48 rising 2 steps to $25.47
Van driver 2
Start: $23.32 rising 2 steps to $24.27 
Job: $24.48 rising 2 steps to $25.47
Technical assistant
Start: $23.32 rising 2 steps to $24.27 
Job: $24.48 rising 2 steps to $25.47
Acquisitions clerk 2
Start: $23.32 rising 2 steps to $24.27 
Job: $24.48 rising 2 steps to $25.47
YS assistant branch
Start: $23.32 rising 2 steps to $25.47 
Job: $24.48 rising 2 steps to $25.47
Reference assistant
Start: $24.12 rising 2 steps to $25.09 
Job: $25.34 rising 2 steps to $26.37
Assistant supervisor
Start: $24.12 rising 2 steps to $25.09 
Job: $25.34 rising 2 steps to $26.37
Library technician 
Start: $24.90 rising 2 steps to $25.91 
Job: $26.18 rising 2 steps to $27.23
Payroll administrator
Start: $24.90 rising 2 steps to $25.91 
Job: $26.18 rising 2 steps to $27.23
Graphic technician
Start: $24.90 rising 2 steps to $25.91 
Job: $26.18 rising 2 steps to $27.23
Circulation supervisor
Start: $24.90 rising 2 steps to $25.91 
Job: $26.18 rising 2 steps to $27.23
Systems analyst
Start: $24.90 rising 2 steps to $25.91 
Job: $26.18 rising 2 steps to $27.23
Community librarian 1
Start: $24.90 rising 2 steps to $25.91 
Job: $26.18 rising 2 steps to $27.23
Branch-services supervisor
Start: $25.68 rising 2 steps to $26.71 
Job: $27.05 rising 2 steps to $28.14
Network administrator
Start: $25.68 rising 2 steps to $26.71 
Job: $27.05 rising 2 steps to $28.14
Systems administrator
Start: $25.68 rising 2 steps to $26.71 
Job: $27.05 rising 2 steps to $28.14
Integrated library-systems tech
Start: $25.68 rising 2 steps to $26.71 
Job: $27.05 rising 2 steps to $28.14
System-circulation coordinator
Start: $26.54 rising 2 steps to $27.61 
Job: $27.93 rising 2 steps to $29.06
Community librarian 2
Start: $26.54 rising 2 steps to $27.61 
Job: $27.93 rising 2 steps to $29.06

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