Victoria (850 inside, outside employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 50
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2020. Signed on Sept. 22, 2017.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 1.5%
Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 2%
Shift premium: Time and one-half for all work outside normally scheduled work-day or shift, for 1 or 2 days/shifts (may be taken as time off in lieu). After 2 days/shifts, $0.75 for each hour worked between end of regular workday and midnight; $0.85 per hour for each hour worked between midnight and commencement of regular work. $0.75 per hour for work between 4 p.m. and midnight. $0.85 per hour for work between midnight and 8 a.m. $50 bi-weekly to each TQ mechanic who possesses government certification for installing, servicing, inspecting, issuing CVI permits of vehicles with propane or natural gas (alternative) fuel systems. $0.75 per hour for employees working in hot asphalt and using hand tools. $0.75 per hour for employees working in ditches 8 feet or greater in depth, or working on super structure or below deck of Johnson Street or Point Ellis Bridges.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 1/12 of 15 days per month to start, 15 days after 1 year, 18 days after 4 years, 23 days after 8 years, 28 days after 16 years, 30 days after 25 years, 33 days after 30 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week for outside employees; 7 hours per day or 35 hours per week for inside employees. Double time after 3 hours of overtime. Double time for all work after midnight any day and on Sunday. Double time for all work on sixth and seventh days, 5 consecutive days of work. May be taken as time off in lieu.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums for B.C. Medical Services Plan.
Dental: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. 100% coverage for basic services. 50% coverage for prosthetic appliances, crown and bridge procedures. 50% coverage for orthodontics, $2,500 lifetime maximum.
Vision: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. $400 every 2 years for 1 pair of eyeglasses or laser eye surgery. $100 (previously $75) every 2 years for eye examinations for employee, dependants.
Sick leave: 1 day per month of service to start; 12 days after 1 year; 18 days after 5 years; 24 days after 15 years. Maximum accrual 130 days.
Life insurance: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums for coverage of 3 times (previously 2 times) annual salary.
Pension: All employees will participate in Municipal Pension Plan.
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of family member (spouse, common-law spouse, parents, children, stepchildren, stepparents, brother, sister, in-laws, grandparents, grandchildren, foster-parents, foster-children, same-sex spouse, relative living at same residence as employee). 2 additional days for travel time. One-half day to attend funeral or act as pallbearer.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 consecutive months.
Call-in pay: 3 hours of pay at rate or time worked plus travel at overtime rate, whichever is greater.
Probationary period: 6 consecutive months.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months.
Safety shoes: Employer will use chit system and contribute $100 per year for footwear required by WorkSafeBC.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will supply through laundry service or direct issue appropriate coveralls or smocks on as-needed basis. All outside employees will be issued 1 pair of leather gloves or 2 pairs of rubber gloves.
Tool allowance: $0.35 per hour to mechanics who are required by employer to provide own hand tools as condition of employment. Employer will also provide $10,000 tool insurance, with $500 deductible.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 6% increase):
Pay grade
Outside positions
2
Flagger/labourer, general/refuse collector: $25.55 rising 3 steps to $27.11
6
Automotive serviceperson/curb extruder operator/lead-hand, refuse collection/ senior parks maintenance worker: $27.67 rising 3 steps to $29.36
11
Asphalt plant operator/lead-hand arborist/lead-hand, parks equipment serviceperson/lead-hand, cemetery operations/senior lead-hand, concrete/senior lead-hand, roads/senior lead-hand, milling/senior lead-hand, support services/senior lead-hand, underground/senior lead-hand, waterworks/utility arborist: $34.44 rising 3 steps to $36.55
14
Assistant supervisor, water and underground utilities, construction/assistant supervisor, water and underground utilities, maintenance/lead-hand, mechanical/lead-hand, welding and fabrication/works technologist: $39.91 rising 3 steps to $42.35
Inside positions
1
Elections assistant: $25.05 rising 3 steps to $26.58
7
Clerk, conference centre sales/clerk, finance/clerk typist, fire prevention/clerk, administrative support and claims/client services representative, VCC/customer service ambassador/facility operations coordinator, conference centre/secretary, engineering/administration: $28.47 rising 3 steps to $30.21
10
Accounting clerk/administrative and protocol assistant/administrative assistant, planning/legal assistant/office coordinator, engineering/office coordinator, finance/office coordinator, parks/secretary, city council: $32.77 rising 3 steps to $34.78
14
Arts, culture and events liaison/building inspector 1/engagement coordinator/financial analyst, accounting services/financial analyst, budgets/financial analyst, utility billing coordinator/food systems coordinator/technologist, transportation design/technologist, underground design/senior bylaw officer/senior planning technician/sewer and storm water quality technologist/survey coordinator/technical support analyst/transportation technologist/utilities planning technologist: $39.91 rising 3 steps to $42.35
18
Asset management specialist/chief building inspector/climate and environment sustainability specialist/customer service advisor/engagement advisor/information technology support supervisor/infrastructure administrator/real property officer/supervisor, land development/strategic planning and communications advisor: $48.56 rising 3 steps to $51.53
101
Door attendant/usher: $13.70 rising 3 steps to $14.54
103
Bartender/day-camp leader/parking ambassador: $17.39 rising 3 steps to $18.45
Editor’s notes: Standby: 3 hours at regular rate for Monday to Friday standby. 5 hours at regular rate and second employee assigned to checking street barricades will be paid 3 hours at regular rate for 24-hour period commencing at 8 a.m. on Saturday or Sunday. Service pay: $0.10 per day for each 5 years of service. After first 5 years of service, $0.10 per day; after 5 further years of service, additional $0.10 per day and like increase for each additional 5 years of service. Hearing aids: Maximum $3,000 (previously $2,000) every 5 years.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 1.5%
Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 2%
Shift premium: Time and one-half for all work outside normally scheduled work-day or shift, for 1 or 2 days/shifts (may be taken as time off in lieu). After 2 days/shifts, $0.75 for each hour worked between end of regular workday and midnight; $0.85 per hour for each hour worked between midnight and commencement of regular work. $0.75 per hour for work between 4 p.m. and midnight. $0.85 per hour for work between midnight and 8 a.m. $50 bi-weekly to each TQ mechanic who possesses government certification for installing, servicing, inspecting, issuing CVI permits of vehicles with propane or natural gas (alternative) fuel systems. $0.75 per hour for employees working in hot asphalt and using hand tools. $0.75 per hour for employees working in ditches 8 feet or greater in depth, or working on super structure or below deck of Johnson Street or Point Ellis Bridges.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 1/12 of 15 days per month to start, 15 days after 1 year, 18 days after 4 years, 23 days after 8 years, 28 days after 16 years, 30 days after 25 years, 33 days after 30 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week for outside employees; 7 hours per day or 35 hours per week for inside employees. Double time after 3 hours of overtime. Double time for all work after midnight any day and on Sunday. Double time for all work on sixth and seventh days, 5 consecutive days of work. May be taken as time off in lieu.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums for B.C. Medical Services Plan.
Dental: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. 100% coverage for basic services. 50% coverage for prosthetic appliances, crown and bridge procedures. 50% coverage for orthodontics, $2,500 lifetime maximum.
Vision: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. $400 every 2 years for 1 pair of eyeglasses or laser eye surgery. $100 (previously $75) every 2 years for eye examinations for employee, dependants.
Sick leave: 1 day per month of service to start; 12 days after 1 year; 18 days after 5 years; 24 days after 15 years. Maximum accrual 130 days.
Life insurance: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums for coverage of 3 times (previously 2 times) annual salary.
Pension: All employees will participate in Municipal Pension Plan.
Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of family member (spouse, common-law spouse, parents, children, stepchildren, stepparents, brother, sister, in-laws, grandparents, grandchildren, foster-parents, foster-children, same-sex spouse, relative living at same residence as employee). 2 additional days for travel time. One-half day to attend funeral or act as pallbearer.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 consecutive months.
Call-in pay: 3 hours of pay at rate or time worked plus travel at overtime rate, whichever is greater.
Probationary period: 6 consecutive months.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months.
Safety shoes: Employer will use chit system and contribute $100 per year for footwear required by WorkSafeBC.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will supply through laundry service or direct issue appropriate coveralls or smocks on as-needed basis. All outside employees will be issued 1 pair of leather gloves or 2 pairs of rubber gloves.
Tool allowance: $0.35 per hour to mechanics who are required by employer to provide own hand tools as condition of employment. Employer will also provide $10,000 tool insurance, with $500 deductible.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 6% increase):
Pay grade
Outside positions
2
Flagger/labourer, general/refuse collector: $25.55 rising 3 steps to $27.11
6
Automotive serviceperson/curb extruder operator/lead-hand, refuse collection/ senior parks maintenance worker: $27.67 rising 3 steps to $29.36
11
Asphalt plant operator/lead-hand arborist/lead-hand, parks equipment serviceperson/lead-hand, cemetery operations/senior lead-hand, concrete/senior lead-hand, roads/senior lead-hand, milling/senior lead-hand, support services/senior lead-hand, underground/senior lead-hand, waterworks/utility arborist: $34.44 rising 3 steps to $36.55
14
Assistant supervisor, water and underground utilities, construction/assistant supervisor, water and underground utilities, maintenance/lead-hand, mechanical/lead-hand, welding and fabrication/works technologist: $39.91 rising 3 steps to $42.35
Inside positions
1
Elections assistant: $25.05 rising 3 steps to $26.58
7
Clerk, conference centre sales/clerk, finance/clerk typist, fire prevention/clerk, administrative support and claims/client services representative, VCC/customer service ambassador/facility operations coordinator, conference centre/secretary, engineering/administration: $28.47 rising 3 steps to $30.21
10
Accounting clerk/administrative and protocol assistant/administrative assistant, planning/legal assistant/office coordinator, engineering/office coordinator, finance/office coordinator, parks/secretary, city council: $32.77 rising 3 steps to $34.78
14
Arts, culture and events liaison/building inspector 1/engagement coordinator/financial analyst, accounting services/financial analyst, budgets/financial analyst, utility billing coordinator/food systems coordinator/technologist, transportation design/technologist, underground design/senior bylaw officer/senior planning technician/sewer and storm water quality technologist/survey coordinator/technical support analyst/transportation technologist/utilities planning technologist: $39.91 rising 3 steps to $42.35
18
Asset management specialist/chief building inspector/climate and environment sustainability specialist/customer service advisor/engagement advisor/information technology support supervisor/infrastructure administrator/real property officer/supervisor, land development/strategic planning and communications advisor: $48.56 rising 3 steps to $51.53
101
Door attendant/usher: $13.70 rising 3 steps to $14.54
103
Bartender/day-camp leader/parking ambassador: $17.39 rising 3 steps to $18.45
Editor’s notes: Standby: 3 hours at regular rate for Monday to Friday standby. 5 hours at regular rate and second employee assigned to checking street barricades will be paid 3 hours at regular rate for 24-hour period commencing at 8 a.m. on Saturday or Sunday. Service pay: $0.10 per day for each 5 years of service. After first 5 years of service, $0.10 per day; after 5 further years of service, additional $0.10 per day and like increase for each additional 5 years of service. Hearing aids: Maximum $3,000 (previously $2,000) every 5 years.
