City of Regina

Regina (250 workers, trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations) and the Amalgamated Transit Union (AFL-CIO/CLC)

Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2016, to Dec. 31, 2018. Signed on July 15, 2016.
Wage adjustments: 
Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 2%
Shift premium: $0.50 for shift employees whose majority of regular hours fall between 3 p.m. and 7 a.m.
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: Regular permanent employees: 0.058 per hour of service to start; 0.077 per hour of service after 7 years; 0.096  per hour of service after 15 years; 0.115  per hour of service after 23 years. Permanent employees on 5/5/4 work week: 0.061602 per hour of service to start; 0.082136 per hour of service after 7 years; 0.102669 per hour of services after 15 years; 0.123203 per hour of service after 23 years.Overtime: Time and one-half for hours worked in excess of 8 in a day or 40 in a week. Double time for hours in excess of 10 in one day. Double time for hours worked on regular days off. Double time for charter trips between midnight and 5 a.m. Double time for all hours worked in excess of 8 in one day or 40 in one week for maintenance employees. Double time for all hours in excess of 7 1/3 in one day or 36 in one week for office employees. Double time for all hours in excess of 10 in one day or 40 in one week for paratransit employees. One and one-quarter time for hours worked on Sundays. Double time for employees called back after having left the job, minimum 4 hours at regular rate of pay. Up to 40 hours per calendar year can be banked.
Medical benefits: Employer fully funds plan.
Dental: 50/50 cost-shared plan.
Sick leave: 0.069 hours for each hour of accumulated service, up to a maximum of 1,598 hours for clerks and 1,744 hours for all other employees.
LTD: Full salary for 2 years and 90% thereafter, until date of pension plan eligibility or death.
AD&D: 95% of monthly salary for spouse and dependant children for death of permanent employee. 20% to each dependant child after death of spouse.
Life insurance: Employer maintains group life insurance plan.
Bereavement leave: 3 consecutive working days with pay for death of immediate family member (spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, or someone with equivalent step, common-law, or in-law relationship). Up to 2 of the days can be taken within 1 calendar year for deferred ceremonies. 1 day with pay for executor of an estate.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months.
Severance: 2 1/3 days’ pay for each completed year of service for employees continuously employed for 10 or more years.
Safety shoes: $100 per year, $150 per year, or $225 per year, depending on classification of job.
Uniforms/clothing: New employees receive pants, shirts, shorts, winter hat, socks, jacket, footwear. Points system used to acquire new items of clothing over time to fit needs. Ball caps, turban material, driving gloves, toques, wind jackets available to purchase with points. Coveralls and smocks supplied to journeypersons and tradespersons.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current):
Bus operator (student): $17.17 
Bus operator: $22.90 rising in 3 steps to $26.92
Dispatcher: $29.62 rising in 2 steps to $31.35
Supervisor of equipment and maintenance: $32.76 rising in 3 steps to $36.12
Electronic technician: $27.33 rising in 3 steps to $30.12
Night foreman: $27.24 rising in 3 steps to $30.04
Fleet – parts storekeeper: $26.12 rising in 3 steps to $29.60
Tradesperson: $26.07 rising in 3 steps to $28.74
Assistant storekeeper: $24.60 rising in 3 steps to $27.85
Route maintenance worker: $24.55 rising in 3 steps to $27.07
Parts person: $23.22 rising in 3 steps to $26.12
Maintenance clerk: $21.84 rising in 3 steps $24.60
Utility person 2: $23.15 rising in 3 steps to $25.52
Journeyperson: $30.05 rising in 3 steps to $32.15
Journeyperson apprentice: $28.61
Administration clerk: $20.58 rising in 5 steps to $26.12
Revenue administration clerk 1, service & information clerk, revenue & service clerk: $21.84 rising in 5 steps to $27.85
Payroll clerk 2, revenue administration clerk 2: $24.60 rising in 5 steps to $31.48
Paratransit clerk: $25.59
Senior paratransit clerk: $28.80
Editor’s notes: Transportation allowance: Transit employees will be allowed to ride free of charge on department vehicles. Service pay: Employees hired prior to Jan. 1, 2014, will receive service pay of $5 per month after 5 years of service with the department, and an additional $5 per month for each successive 5-year period.
 

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