Armstrong/Peachland/Arrow Lakes, B.C. | (34 credit union employees) and MoveUp (Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union, Local 378)
Renewal agreement: Effective Dec. 1, 2019 to Nov. 30, 2023. Signed on Aug. 31, 2021.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Dec. 1, 2019: 2%
Effective Dec. 1, 2020: 2.25%
Effective Dec. 1, 2021: 2.50%
Effective Dec. 1, 2022: 2.75%
Paid holidays: 12 days. Employee will be entitled to 1 additional floating paid holiday in each year of service.
Vacations with pay: 1.25 days per month, maximum 15 days to start, 15 days after 1 year, 20 days after 5 years, 25 days after 10 years, 30 days after 16 years. Employees who have completed 20, 25, 30 years’ service will receive 1-time only supplemental vacation of 5 days with pay
Overtime: Time and one-half for work after 36.5 hours for first 2 hours; double time thereafter. Double time for on employee’s scheduled day off; for time worked on Sunday; for time worked on holiday. Employees may take time off in lieu of pay.
Meal allowance: 1 half-hour paid meal period to eat meal, paid at employee’s overtime hourly rate of pay, provided overtime is greater than 2 hours of work.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. 75% for basic; 50% for crowns/bridges/dentures. 65% for orthodontics, maximum lifetime amount of $3,000 for all eligible employees and dependents.
Vision: $600 every 24 months (once every 12 months for children, 18 and younger).
Paramedical: Maximum $500 for each paramedical practitioner.
Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Pension: After 200 days’ worked, employer will contribute to RRSP, separately set up. Employer will contribute 10% (previously 9%) (8.5% for part-time employees (previously 8.25%)) of employees’ gross earnings to RRSP; employee may contribute 5% but contributions are optional.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (fiancé, spouse, parent, guardian, children, stepchildren, foster-children, sibling, parent-in-law, stepparents, grandparents, grandchildren, common-law spouses, same-sex partners and their children, as long as they live with employee as member of employee’s family). 3 days for death of grandparents-in-law, sibling-in-law, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew. 1 day to attend funeral.
Seniority – recall rights: 1 year after layoff, for employee with 6 months or more of service.
Call-in pay: Minimum of 4 hours’ or for time worked, whichever is greater (travel time to and from employee’s residence will be considered time worked).
Probationary period: 90 working days.
Severance: 1 week of pay for each year of service, maximum 20 weeks of pay, after 2 years or more of service.
Sample rates of monthly pay (current):
Group 1
Start: $3,209.79
6 months: $3,441.58
12 months: $3,559.91
18 months: $3,677.61
24 months: $3,793.52
30 months: $3,920.73
36 months: $4,093.16
Group 3
Start: $3,441.58
6 months: $3,697.41
12 months: $3,844.40
18 months: $3,958.88
24 months: $4,120.02
30 months: $4,257.12
36 months: $4,449.33
Group 5
Start: $4,018.25
6 months: $4,292.44
12 months: $4,453.57
18 months: $4,580.77
24 months: $4,716.46
30 months: $4,852.15
36 months: $5,075.46
Group 8
Start: $6,736.19
6 months: $7,049.96
12 months: $7,365.14
18 months: $7,522.03
24 months: $7,678.90
30 months: $7,835.79
36 months: $7,995.51
42 months: $8,310.71
Editor’s notes: Hearing aids: Maximum $500 every 60 months. Training allowance: $10 per day when employee provides training to another employee and training is not in job description.
