Kingston, Ont. (990 municipal employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 109
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2023. Ratified in February 2021. Signed on May 27, 2021.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 0.75%
Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 1.25%
Effective Jan. 1, 2023: 1.5%
Shift premium: $1.30 per hour for all hours worked on Saturday and Sunday, and all hours worked Monday to Friday before 6 a.m. or after 6 p.m. $1.40 per hour for employees who in performance of duties are requested by employer to use language other than English.
Paid holidays: 12 days for full-time employees (Remembrance Day only when it falls on regularly scheduled working day); 9 days for part-time employees.
Vacations with pay: 1 working day for each month of employment up to 10 days to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 7 years, 5 weeks after 16 years, 6 weeks after 25 years, 1 additional day per each year after 25 to maximum of 5 additional days.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all time worked beyond employee’s regular scheduled hours that is not part of shift. Double time for overtime hours on Sunday. Double time in lieu of day off with pay for time worked on paid holiday that is part of normal scheduled work week. Time and one-half for hours worked when called into work on paid holiday.
Meal allowance: $12 for employees who work at least 2 hours before or beyond normal daily shift.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for extended health care plan and supplementary semi-private accommodation coverage for employees, spouses and all eligible dependants.
Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums for plan equivalent to Blue Cross #9, up to $3,000 per person per calendar year, with full reimbursement for dental procedures and 50/50 cost share for orthodontics up to $2,000 lifetime maximum ($2,500 as of Jan. 1, 2022; $3,000 on Jan. 1, 2023).
Vision: Health-care plan includes coverage of $375 every 24 months (increasing to $400 on Jan. 1, 2022), $125 every 24 months towards eye examination; $1,000 lifetime limit for elective laser correction surgery.
Paramedical: Health-care plan includes up to $550 per year for licensed paramedical treatment (increasing to $600 per year on Jan. 1, 2022).
Sick leave: 7 days per calendar year.
STD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for plan beginning on third day of absence and up to 17 weeks. Number of weeks at full pay increases with each year of service up to all 17 with 10 years of service, with remaining weeks at 66 2/3% of salary.
LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 75% of employee’s salary up to $4,000 monthly on first day after STD benefits lapse for first 2 years of disability, for employees not able to perform their own occupations. After 2 years, disability must mean employee cannot perform any occupation.
Life insurance: Employer pays full cost of coverage of 2 times annual salary for employee, $10,000 for spouse, $5,000 for child. If employee dies while in employ of employer, benefits will continue for spouse and eligible dependants for 20 months. If employee dies, estate or beneficiary will be provided with cheque for $15,000 within 48 hours of request, which will be repaid on receipt of life insurance benefit
Pension: OMERS will be provided to employees in accordance with OMERS Act and Regulations.
Bereavement leave: 5 paid days for death of spouse (including same-sex), parent, stepparent, child, stepchild, sibling, step-sibling. 3 paid days for death of grandparent, grandchild, parent-in-law, sibling-in-law, child-in-law. 1 paid day for death of grandparent-in-law. Up to 2 days can be saved to attend actual interment or memorial service. Up to 1 paid day to attend funeral as pallbearer for fellow employees or former employees.
Seniority – recall rights: 18 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours at appropriate overtime rate. $1.50 per hour for each hour employee is on standby.
Probationary period: 4 months for full-time employees. 560 to 640 hours or 9 months, whichever comes first, for part-time employees.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months for letter of discipline; 24 months for disciplinary suspension.
Safety shoes: $185 per year towards cost of safety boots for each full-time employee requiring them and $100 per year for each part-time employee requiring them under Occupational Health and Safety Act or by employer. $185 per year towards cost of CSA safety footwear for Rideaucrest home employees. Effective Jan. 1, 2022: $80 to Rideaucrest employees for employer-approved shoes and $110 to bus operators for non-skid black or brown shoes.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide special clothing such as rubber boots, rubber suits, safety hats, rain suits and hats, gloves, lined gloves in winter, or such other clothing — in opinion of head of department concerned — for employees working on jobs that justify provision of clothing. Certain employees who require safety T-shirts due to visibility sensitive work received safety T-shirts, orange spring jacket, orange winter parka or bomber jacket, orange bib overalls, orange coveralls or orange hoodie. Certain employees who work mostly outside and janitor and print shop employees, receive $250 per year clothing allowance. Garage employees receive 5 coveralls each week provided previous week’s issue is returned. Rideaucrest employees receive $180 per year for hospital-type clothing. Bus operators receive pants or shorts, shirts, spring/fall jacket, winter coats, long-sleeved sweater or vest.
Tool allowance: $750 per year to mechanics for updating tools and tool chests. $300 per year to apprentice mechanics.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current start/after 36 months, after 2.75% increase):
Utility person: $21.84/$26.87 rising 2 steps to $22.44/$27.62
Scale clerk groundskeeper/labourer: $23.14/$27.84 rising 2 steps to $23.78/$28.61
Driver labourer job costing clerk/skill labourer (cement mason)/skilled labourer/marina operator: $23.87/$29.39 rising 2 steps to $24.53/$30.21
Arena operator/skilled labourer (building maintenance/playground inspection): $24.91/$30.58 rising 2 steps to $25.60/$31.42
Recycling hazardous waste spec/building perform controls tech: $26.30/$32.37 rising 2 steps to $27.03/$33.26
Stormwater technologist: $26.63/$34.05 rising 2 steps to $27.36/$35
Parking lot attendant: $20.75/$24.15 rising 2 steps to $21.33/$24.82
Clerk messenger printer/custodian (city hall): $21.59/$25.01 rising 2 steps to $22.19/$25.70
Receptionist (Rideaucrest): $21.71/$26.28 rising 2 steps to $22.31/$27.01
Custodian (POH)/clerk (planning and development)/records clerk/fitness attendant: $22.86/$27.12 rising 2 steps to $23.50/$27.87
Vital statistics clerk/parts inventory control clerk/inventory clerk (fire): $22.98 28.17 rising 2 steps to $23.62/$28.95
Custodian (Artillery Park)/clerk secretary/parking equipment technician/transportation secretary/customer experience agent: $23.87/$29.39 rising 2 steps to $24.53/$30.21
Airport office administrator/accounts payable clerk/deputy city clerk/records clerk bylaw and agreement/cashier/animal general by-law enforcement officer/court clerk cashier/recreation clerk energy management assistant: $24.91/$30.58 rising 2 steps to $25.60/$31.42
Licensing lottery agent/case aide (social services/traffic analyst/waste services coordinator/housing and social services clerk/offset printer operator/enforcement agent/GIS technician/registry assistant/drop-in program coordinator/museum assistant/finance clerk (rec and leisure): $25.26/$30.91 rising 2 steps to $25.96/$31.77
Facility bookings and events coordinator/child care caseworker/committee clerk/lottery licensing officer/technical procurement clerk/capital projects technician/civic collection technician/parking technologist/licensing and enforcement agent/purchasing agent: $26.30/$32.37 rising 2 steps to $27.03/$33.26
Development technologist/property standards officer/program coordinator/public education and promotion coordinator/environmental technologist/technical accounting clerk/aquatics and wellness program coordinator: $26.63/$34.05 rising 2 steps to $27.36/$35
Case manager/community case manager/curator/corporate buyer/research assistant/community programs caseworker: $28.60/$35.65 rising 2 steps to $29.39/$36.64
Employment services coordinator/capital projects coordinator/building services enforcement coordinator: $33.60/$38.99 rising 2 steps to $34.53/$40.07
Building and plumbing inspector: $34.94/$41.12 rising 2 steps to $36.85/$43.87
Senior infrastructure designer/traffic coordinator: $33.65/$41.96 rising 2 steps to $33.57/$41.80
Senior building official: $38.62/$45.98 rising 2 steps to $41.02/$48.84
Heritage planner: $36.53/$43.91 rising 2 steps to $37.54/$45.13
Senior planner: $43.13/$50.56 rising 2 steps to $44.33/$51.96
Bus operator: $24.91/$30.58 rising 2 steps to $25.60/$31.42
Transit operations coordinator: $26.30/$32.37 rising 2 steps to $27.03/$33.26
Editor’s notes: Religious holidays: Employees who are members of recognized non-Christian religion are entitled up to 3 days of unpaid leave per calendar year to observe spiritual or holy days of that religion, subject to operational needs.
