Niagara Falls, Ont. (320 public administration employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 133
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2022. Ratified in July 2019. Signed on Oct. 2, 2019.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 1.8%
Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 1.8%
Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 1.8%
Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 1.8%
Shift premium: $0.75 per hour for all hours worked on shifts other than normal day shift. $0.50 per hour on top of overtime rate for working on paid holidays.
Paid holidays: 12 days to start, 13 after completing probationary period.
Vacations with pay: 1 day for each month maximum 10 to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 2 years (previously after 3 years), 4 weeks after 8 years (previously after 10 years), 5 weeks after 15 years (previously after 16 years), 6 weeks after 24 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for first 5 hours worked in excess of scheduled daily or weekly hours; first 5 hours on Saturday if not scheduled to work Saturday; first 5 hours worked on first and third days of scheduled days off and statutory holidays. Double time for any hours worked beyond 5 hours of overtime on work day, Saturday, or first and third days of scheduled days off; double time for all hours worked on Sunday if not scheduled to work, and second and fourth days of scheduled days off. Can be banked as time off up maximum 70 or 80 hours per year, whichever corresponds to employee’s normal weekly hours.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Sick leave: 0.25 day for each complete calendar week worked for seasonal/casual employees.
STD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for maximum 17 weeks.
LTD: 75% gross monthly earnings up to age 65. Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums.
AD&D, Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Pension: Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System.
Bereavement leave: 5 paid days for death of spouse, child, stepchild, parent, stepparent. 3 paid days for death of sibling, parent-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, parent-in-law, foster-parent, foster-child, legal guardian. 1 paid day for death of sibling-in-law, child-in-law, aunt, uncle, great-grandparent.
Call-in pay: Minimum of 4 hours’ pay for emergency call-in after having left work, if able to report within 45 minutes if living within city boundaries or within 60 minutes if living outside city boundaries. 2 hours’ pay per day (3 hours on Saturdays, Sundays, holidays) for being on call.
Probationary period: 90 working days for salary classifications T1 to 3; 120 working days for salary classifications 4 and above.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer supplies required work clothing and equipment. High visibility clothing: Operational employees working outdoors receive 5 tops and 4 pair of pants per year; environment staff receive 5 tops, 2 pair of pants and 2 coveralls per year; fleet staff receive 3 tops and 4 coveralls per year; seasonal staff receive 5 tops and 3 pair of pants per year; casual staff receive 5 tops and 2 pair of pants per year; forestry staff receive 2 cut pants, 2 work pants and 5 tops per year plus 1 lineman’s jacket every 2 years. Uniform for enforcement staff, 5 collared tops for building inspection staff.
Mileage: $0.54 per kilometre (previously $0.52 per kilometre) when requested and authorized to use personal vehicles for employer business. $35 per month plus $0.329 per kilometre when use of personal care is condition of employment.
Sample rates of pay (current, after 3.6% increase):
Lifeguard: $16.29 rising in 2 steps to $16.88
Head lifeguard, instructors: $17.31 rising in 2 steps to $17.94
Labourer, janitor: $23.64 rising in 2 steps to $24.71
Cemeteries attendant/arena attendant/snow plow helper/fleet and equipment service person: $24.46 rising in 2 steps to $25.35
General clerk/customer service clerk/CSR/truck driver 1/sewer equipment helper/city courier/planning services clerk: $25.03 rising in 2 steps to $25.94
Pipelayer wastewater/municipal service centre clerk/finance clerk/assistant sewer lateral maintainer: $25.68 rising in 2 steps to $26.61
Cement finisher/environmental services maintainer/recreation and culture clerk/accounts payable clerk/accounts receivable clerk, tractor/trackless operator: $26.28 rising in 2 steps to $27.23
Truck driver 2/assistant storekeeper/assistant plow operator/haul-all operator/gardener: $26.97 rising in 2 steps to $27.95
Loader operator, truck driver 2/tax clerk/water clerk/backhoe operator/fire prevention clerk: $27.52 rising in 2 steps to $28.52
Visitor services assistant/sweeper operator/trades helper/cemeteries clerk/dispatcher time auditor/parking services clerk/cashier/arena operations attendant/fleet services clerk/transportation services clerk: $28.08 rising in 2 steps to $29.10
Tree climber/grader operator/truck driver 2 (A license required)/arena operator B/environmental services record clerk/road patroller: $28.76 rising in 2 steps to $29.81
Building services clerk/collections officer/underground service operator/tax statistics clerk/1-person plow operator/senior billing officer/water meter repairer: $29.31 rising in 2 steps to $30.38
Accounting clerk/equipment operator 2, equipment maintainer/carpenter/facilities office coordinator: $30.02 rising in 2 steps to $31.11
Municipal enforcement clerk/first appearance coordinator/transportation field technician: $30.59 rising in 2 steps to $31.70
Small-engine technician/permit application technician/vital statistics and licensing clerk/lead-hand, construction: $31.19 rising in 2 steps to $32.32
Capital cost clerk/lead-hand, tree climber/facilities/payroll coordinator/maintenance welder/tax collections and appeals officer: $31.80 rising in 2 steps to $32.95
Transportation systems specialist: $32.43 rising in 2 steps to $33.60
Vehicle inspection mechanic: $33.02 rising in 2 steps to $34.21
Lead-hand, cemetery services/lottery license coordinator, lead-hand, environmental services: $33.66 rising in 2 steps to $34.89
Garage mechanic/infrastructure technician/assistant planner: $34.29 rising in 2 steps to $35.54
Plan examiner: $34.90 rising in 2 steps to $36.17
Lead-hand, garage/party chief: $35.50 rising in 2 steps to $36.79
Planner 1/traffic technologist/municipal enforcement officer: $36.72 rising in 2 steps to $38.05
MW inspector/plumber/development technologist/design technologist: $37.36 rising in 2 steps to $38.71
Infrastructure/asset and environmental technologist/building inspector: $37.93 rising in 2 steps to $39.30
Senior zoning administrator: $38.56 rising in 2 steps to $39.96
Senior building inspector: $40.41 rising in 2 steps to $41.88
Senior plan examiner/planner 2: $41.01 rising in 2 steps to $42.50
Editor’s notes: Medical exam: Employer will reimburse maximum $100 for mandatory medical exam required by Ontario’s Ministry of Transportation for AZ or DZ license renewal. Exhumation allowance: Employee directly engaged in employer-authorization exhumation of bodies at cemetery will be paid time and one-half.
