Whitehorse (15 program assistants, support workers) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)
Renewal agreement: Effective Feb. 28, 2018 to March 31, 2021. Signed on Jan. 15, 2019.
Wage adjustments:
Effective 2018/2019: $0.50 per hour plus 1.5%
Effective 2019/2020: $0.50 per hour plus 1.5%
Effective 2020/2021: 1.5%
Paid holidays: 12 days, plus Aboriginal Day.
Vacations with pay: 15 days or 120 hours to start, 20 days or 160 hours after 10 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked after 160hours over 4 consecutive work weeks. May be placed in renewable overtime bank, maximum 16 straight-time hours (hours will be credited at rate at which it was earned). Any unused banked time off in-lieu will be paid out to employee on last pay day in March of each year.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. After 90 days of service, all employees will participate in employer’s community services benefits trust plan, which includes life insurance, AD&D, weekly indemnity, LTD.
Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Paramedical: $1,000 per year for massages. $750 per year for chiropractic services. $750 per year for psychologist/social-worker services.
Weekly indemnity: Employee pays 100% of premiums.
LTD: Employee pays 100% of premiums.
AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Pension: After 1 year of service, employer will make RRSP contribution of $1,200 per year; employee may match contribution, maximum $2,400 per year. Employer will match employee contribution, maximum $2,400 per year.
Bereavement leave: 4 days for death in immediate family (mother, father, sister, brother, stepfather, stepmother, stepsibling, foster-parent), grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, spouse, son, daughter, stepchild, ward of employee, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, any relative residing in employee’s household).
Seniority – recall rights: 12months.
Call-in pay: Greater of pay at applicable overtime rate for time worked, plus in addition to any overtime compensation, 2hours of pay at straight time or pay equivalent to 4 hours of pay at straight-time rate.
Probationary period: 450straight-time hours worked or 6 months, whichever comes first.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 18months.
Severance: 1 week after 6months of service; 3 weeks after 1 year; 4 weeks after 3 years; 5 weeks after 4 years; 6 weeks after 5 years.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide all protective clothing and equipment.
Sample rates of pay (current, after 10% increase):
Program assistant
Level 1: $23.60 rising 5 steps to $25.97
Level 2: $24.31 rising 5 steps to $26.72
Level 3: $25.03 rising 5 steps to $27.48
Support worker
Level 1: $21.37 rising 5 steps to $23.62
Level 2: $22.03 rising 5 steps to $24.31
Level 3: $22.67 rising 5 steps to $25
Editor’s notes: Personal days: Each employee will receive credit of 10 days of personal leave per year. Employee may bank unused personal leave, maximum 20 days accumulated from year to year. Days beyond 20-day maximum not used at end of fiscal year will be forfeited. Pay for travel: When employee travels at request of employer, employee will be paid for actual travelling time (including airport check-in and check-out) as though employee was working, maximum 8 hours, at straight-time pay for day (inclusive of any straight-time hours paid to employee for hours worked on that day). Employer will provide employee with $50 per-diem allowance for meals and other incidental expenses. First aid: Employer will pay for safety first-aid courses to all employees required by employer to hold first-aid certificate, including annual refresher courses required to maintain valid certificate, at employer’s expense. Employees taking first-aid training will be granted leave without loss of pay for duration of courses. Yukon bonus: Employees will receive $2,242 Yukon bonus on first anniversary of employment and on each anniversary date thereafter.
