Revelstoke, B.C. (112 municipal employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 363
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2023. Signed on Jan. 1, 2019.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 2.5%
Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2023: 2%
Shift premium: Employee will receive higher rate of pay for duration of placement when employee is temporarily moved into higher-rated classification. Employees will be paid $0.50 per hour for dirty work (street sweeper; when working in ditches or trenches where muddy conditions exist or when working when sewage is present; road patching and crack sealing; trackless sweeper; any other conditions that supervisor deems appropriate). $100 per event for exhumation of body. $0.25 per hour for first aid.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 15 days to start, 16 days after 6 years, 17 days after 7 years, 18 days after 8 years, 19 days after 9 years, 20 days after 10 years, 21 days after 11 years, 22 days after 12 years, 23 days after 13 years, 24 days after 14 years, 25 days after 15 years, 26 days after 16 years, 27 days after 17 years, 28 days after 18 years, 29 days after 19 years, 30 days after 20 years; 30 days in each year thereafter.
Overtime: Time and one half for all work in excess of normal hours of daily work; double time after 2 hours of overtime. May be banked and taken as time off but unused banked time will be paid out once yearly.
Meal allowance: $30, added to next regular paycheque, for employee who works 2 hours beyond and continuous with consecutive daily hours.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Dental: 100% coverage for basic dental services; 60% coverage for prosthetics, crowns, bridges; 50% coverage for orthodontics, lifetime maximum $3,500.
Weekly indemnity: 70% pay on sixth day of absence for maximum 26 weeks.
Sick leave: 0.75 days per month, maximum 13.5 days. New employees will be credited with 2 days. Employee will be entitled to maximum 5 health-leave days per year to attend appointment for personal and specialized medical services that are not available within Revelstoke (days are non-accumulative and are separate from other sick leave days).
STD: Employee pays 100% of premiums.
AD&D: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums for coverage of 2 times annual earnings.
Life insurance: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums for coverage of 2 times annual earnings.
Pension: Every full-time employee will participate in any pension plan to which employer is required to contribute.
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (child, stepchild, parents, brother, sister, grandparents, grandchild, stepparent, foster-child, foster-parent, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, fiancé(e), son-in-law, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law). Additional 5 days for death of spouse, child, stepchild, foster-child. One-half day for death of anyone who is not considered as immediate family.
Seniority – recall rights: 1 year for layoff.
Call-in pay: Minimum of 2 hours of pay at double time.
Probationary period: 90 worked days from date employment commences.
Severance: 1 week’s pay for each year of seniority, maximum 10 weeks, after 10 years of seniority, for employees who are displaced due to contracting out (employee will have up to 3 months from date of displacement to exercise option).
Safety shoes: $250 per year for full-time employees who are required to wear safety boots.
Uniforms/clothing: All uniforms or articles of special wearing apparel required to be worn by employees while on duty will be supplied by employer free of cost to employee.
Tool allowance: Employee will be eligible for reimbursement $500 per year to replace any damaged or worn out tools or to upgrade tools to meet employer’s needs.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 8.2% increase):
Programmer/analyst: $36.45 rising 4 steps to $39.45
IT summer student: $25 rising 4 steps to $27.06
Assistant administrative/Administrative receptionist: $25.02 rising 4 steps to $27.08
Administrative clerk secretary/public works secretary/engineering clerk/development services clerk/facility booking registration clerk/telecoms/RCMP: $26.37 rising 4 steps to $28.55
Finance clerk 1: $26.37 rising 4 steps to $28.55
Finance clerk 2: $27.42 rising 4 steps to $29.68
Finance clerk 3/completion of first year of professional studies/completion of designation: $31.26 rising 4 steps to $33.84
Planning technician: $34.92 rising 4 steps to $37.80
Assistant planner: $35.88 rising 4 steps to $38.84
Planner 1: $39.10 rising 4 steps to $42.32
Planner 2: $44.14 rising 4 steps to $47.48
Community centre receptionist (part-time/weekend): $24.14 rising 4 steps to $26.12
Court liaison and exhibit custodian: $32.80 rising 4 steps to $35.51
Parks and recreation programmer: $30.92 rising 4 steps to $33.47
Recreation and facilities program coordinator:$34.91 rising 4 steps to $37.79
Building inspector/bylaw enforcement officer: $41.21 rising 4 steps to $44.60
Senior building inspector/bylaw enforcement officer: $44.14 rising 4 steps to $47.78
Bylaw compliance officer rising 4 steps to $30.14 rising 4 steps to $32.62
Arena cashier/arena ice patrol (minimum wage)/arena ticket seller (minimum wage): $17.81 rising 4 steps to $19.28
Cemetery worker RMP/equipment operator 2/gardener helper/grounds maintenance person 1/truck driver (single axle)/road maintenance person/electrical apprentice: $28.66 rising 4 steps to $31.02
Arborist GMP 2/carpenter 1/equipment operator 3/signage property maintenance person/gardener/grounds maintenance person 2/truck driver (tandem): $29.36 rising 4 steps to $31.78
Hydrovac truck operator 1: $29.91 rising 4 steps to $32.37
Arena facilities attendant L2/arena facilities attendant L2/parks arena lead hand: $28.66 rising 4 steps to $31.02
Equipment operator 5: $31.66 rising 4 steps to $34.27
Equipment maintenance person: $31.66 rising 4 steps to $34.27
CADD operator: $33.01 rising 4 steps to $35.73
Information systems technician: $33.99 rising 4 steps to $36.07
GIS technician/GIS and asset management technician: $36.45 rising 4 steps to $39.45
Utility electrician SCADA technician/electrician DDS technician: $38.67 rising 4 steps to $41.85
Carpenter foreman/parks and arena foreman/utility foreman/electrician foreman: $35.65 rising 4 steps to $38.59
Engineering technician 3/engineering technician 2/engineering technician 1: $39.10 rising 4 steps to $42.32
Climate change coordinator: $37.56 rising 4 steps to $40.66
Carpenter 2/maintenance service technician: $33.62 rising 4 steps to $36.39
Electrician: $33.73 rising 4 steps to $36.51
HVAC technician: $33.73 rising 4 steps to $36.51
Journeyman mechanic: $35.74 rising 4 steps to $38.68
Mechanic lead-hand: $36.44 rising 4 steps to $39.38
Welder: $35.74 rising 4 steps to $38.68
Mechanic w/o trade: $34.33 rising 4 steps to $37.16
Building maintenance supervisor: $39.74 rising 4 steps to $43.01
Utilities operations supervisor: $39.74 rising 4 steps to $43.01
Editor’s notes: Standby: 2 hours of pay for each normal work day on which employee is on standby and also worked regular shift; 3 hours of pay for each day of rest or statutory holiday on which employee is on standby.
