Kelowna, B.C. | (190 library employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 1123
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2023. Signed on Feb. 2, 2021.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2023: 2%
Shift premium: $1.25 per hour for all hours worked after 6 p.m. Monday to Friday; for all regularly scheduled hours on Saturdays, Sundays.
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 first hour worked after 7 hours of work; double time after 8 hours of work in 1 day. Double time for work on Sunday. Time and one-half for work after 35 hours in 1 week; double time after 40 hours in 1 week. May be taken as time off in lieu but time must be taken within 3 months of date on which overtime work was performed.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums.
Dental: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. 80% coverage for basic dental; 60% coverage for prosthetics, crowns and bridges. $3,000 lifetime limit for orthodontics.
Vision: $550 every 24 months.
Sick leave: 1 half-day for each month of service; may be accumulated, maximum 150 days.
AD&D: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums for coverage of 2 times annual salary.
Life insurance: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums for coverage of 2 times annual salary.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse, partner (includes traditional, same-sex, common-law), child (includes adopted, 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. Unpaid extension, maximum 2 calendar weeks of total leave may be given.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months after layoffs.
Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours of pay at time and one-half or double time.
Probationary period: 3 months for full-time; 6 months for part-time.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months for letters of expectations.
Severance: 2 weeks’ pay after 6 months of service; 1 week per year of service, maximum 8 weeks’ pay, after 3 years of service.
Safety shoes: Maximum $100 per year for van drivers for steel-toed boots.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current):
Interlibrary loans clerk 1: $20.92
Acquisitions data entry clerk: $21.81
Processing clerk: $22.66
Office assistant 1: $22.66
Circulation assistant: $22.66
Allocation clerk: $23.51
Acquisitions clerk 1: $23.51
Assistant community librarian: $24.38
YS assistant system: $24.38
Cataloguer: $24.38
Accounts clerk 1: $24.38
Admin asst public services: $25.25
Van driver 2: $25.25
Office assistant 2: $25.25
Technical assistant: $25.25
Acquisitions clerk 2: $25.25
YS assistant branch: $25.25
Reference assistant: $26.10
Assistant supervisor: $26.10
Library technician: $26.96
Payroll administrator: $26.96
Graphic technician: $26.96
Circulation supervisor: $26.96
Systems analyst: $26.96
Community librarian 1: $26.96
Branch services supervisor: $27.79
Network administrator: $27.79
Systems administrator: $27.79
Integrated library systems tech: $27.79
System circulation coordinator: $28.73
Community librarian 2: $28.73
System materials handling coordinator: $28.73
