Grimsby, Ont. (216 health care workers) and the Niagara Health Care and Service Workers Union, CLAC Local 302
Renewal agreement: Effective Aug. 20, 2019 to Aug. 19, 2022. Ratified in September 2020. Signed on Aug. 20, 2019.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Aug. 20, 2019: 1%
Effective Aug. 20, 2020: 1%
Effective Aug. 20, 2021: 1%
Shift premium: $0.30 per hour for shift in which majority of hours fall between 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. $0.40 per hour for shift in which majority of hours fall between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. $0.35 per hour for all hours worked on Saturdays and Sundays.
Paid holidays: 12 days including 3 float days. Employees must work either Christmas Day/Boxing Day or New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day.
Vacations with pay: Employees: 2 weeks prorated to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 4 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 15 years, 6 weeks after 24 years, 7 weeks after 28 years. RNs and RPNs: 3 weeks prorated to start, 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 4 years, 5 weeks after 10 years, 6 weeks after 24 years, 7 weeks after 24 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work performed in excess of 7.5 hours in 1 day, 75 hours in 1 pay period, within 15 hours of previous shift work unless voluntarily accepted, or 7 consecutive days.
Meal allowance: Meal provided for double shift or $10 if second shift is night shift.
Medical benefits: Employer pay 100% of premiums for extended health plan.
Dental: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums for dental plan.
Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums. $300 total for glasses (or elective contact lenses or laser procedures) and eye exams every 24 months per person (every 12 months for dependants younger than 18.)
Sick leave: 7.5 days per month, maximum 75 hours per year. Cannot be carried forward.
LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 1 times salary.
Pension: Employer, employee each contribute 4% of employee wages to joint RRSP.
Bereavement leave: 5 paid days for death of spouse, child, stepchild. 3 paid days for death of parent, parent-in-law, sibling, sibling-in-law, legal guardian, grandparent, grandparent-in-law, grandchild, child-in-law. 2 days if employee is not able to attend funeral. 1 paid day to attend funeral of aunt, uncle, niece, nephew.
Seniority – recall rights: 24 months for layoffs or due to workplace injury and there is no reasonable likelihood employee will return to work within near future; 45 days for casual employees.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours’ pay at applicable regular or overtime rate.
Probationary period: 600 hours or 8 months of employment, whichever comes first.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months.
Severance: 9 weeks’ notice after 9 years of service, 10 weeks’ notice after 10 years of service, 11 weeks’ notice after 11 years of service, 12 weeks’ notice after 12 years.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer provides employees in dietary department with aprons free of charge. $130 per year for all full-time employees.
Mileage: $0.42 per kilometre for authorized use of personal vehicle on behalf of employer or to attend training or events away from facility when attendance is required by employer.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 1% increase):
Dietary/housekeeping/laundry (start): $19.34 rising 1 step to $19.53
Dietary/housekeeping/laundry (6 years): $20.80 rising 1 step to $21.01
Cook 1 (start): $21.15 rising 1 step to $21.36
Cook 1 (6 years): $22.70 rising 1 step to $22.93
HCA/PSW pool/TR/St. nurse/supportive housing (start): $20.03 rising 1 step to $20.23
HCA/PSW pool/TR/St. nurse, supportive housing (6 years): $21.65 rising 1 step to $21.87
RPN (start): $24.93 rising 1 step to $25.18
RPN (6 years): $26.71 rising 1 step to $26.98
Maintenance (start): $20.31 rising 1 step to $20.51
Maintenance (6 years): $21.87 rising 1 step to $22.09
Assistant chaplain (start): $25.13 rising 1 step to $25.38
Assistant chaplain (6 years): $27.75 rising 1 step to $28.03
Student: $13.41 rising 1 step to $13.54
RN (start): $30.55 rising 1 step to $30.86
RN (4 years): $34.81 rising 1 step to $35.16
RN (8 years): $43.31 rising 1 step to $43.74
Editor’s notes: Weekends: Full-time employees will be scheduled off at least 2 weekends in 4-week period. Employer will also endeavour to schedule part-time employees off for 2 weekends out of every 4, maximum of 3 weekends in row unless volunteered. Responsibility premiums: $1 for each hour worked when assigned to carry out responsibilities of salaried employee outside bargaining unit for more than one-half of shift. $1.13 per hour for in-charge RN when no supervisor on duty and RPN assigned RN duties. $0.50 per hour for food-service working performing cook duties and employees assigned team leader in supportive housing duties. $1 per hour to employees orienting newly-hired employee.
