Ottawa | (19 editorial employees) and the Ottawa Newspaper Guild, Local 30205 of CWA Canada
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2023. Signed on Jan. 1, 2021.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 1.5%
Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 1.5%
Effective Jan. 1, 2023: 1.75%
Shift premium: $3 per hour for hours worked in temporary assignment, minimum 4 hours for employee temporarily assigned to perform work of excluded position. $3 per hour for employee works between 12:30 a.m. and 6:30 a.m.
Paid holidays: 11 days, including 2 floating holidays.
Vacations with pay: 1.5 days per month, maximum 15 days, to start, 15 days after 1 year, 20 days after 7 years, 23 days after 12 years, 25 days after 18 years, 30 days after 25 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for first 2.5 hours of work after 8 hours in any 1 day; double time for hours worked past 2.5 hours of overtime worked in any 1 day. May be banked and taken as time off in lieu, maximum 10 days per year.
Meal allowance: $8 plus 30-minute break or $8 plus 1 half-hour of overtime if break is not taken for employee who works 2.5 hours of overtime or more on single tour of duty.
Medical benefits: Omniflex Benefits Plan.
Sick leave: 7 days, after which employee will be covered by STD.
Pension: Bell DC pension plan. Employees contribute up to 12%, employer will contribute up to 6%,
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of mother, father, spouse (includes common-law relationships of 1 or more years), child, stepmother, stepfather, stepchildren. 3 days for death of legal guardian, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, any relative residing in employee’s residence. 1 day for death of brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent-in-law, aunt, uncle. 2 additional days, with pay, when funeral occurs outside 240-kilometre distance from Ottawa,
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months after layoff.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours at applicable overtime rate.
Probationary period: 3 months which may be extended, maximum 6 months, from date of hiring.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months for adverse comments on employee’s file.
Severance: 3 weeks’ salary for each year of service, maximum 78 weeks for employees hired before May 13, 1996. 3 weeks’ salary for each year of service, maximum 60 weeks for employees hired after May 13, 1996.
Uniforms/clothing: $4,000 per year for anchors; $3,000 per year for reporters; $1,500 per year for regular part-time reporters, as clothing allowance.
Mileage: $0.46 per kilometre.
Sample rates of weekly pay (current):
Group 1
Reporter/editor/producer digital assignment editor/producer multi-skilled journalist (MSJ)
Start: $1,339.74
1 year: $1,423.42
2 year: $1,494.81
3 year: $1,569.70
4 year: $1,647.80
5 year: $1,730.66
6 year: $1,816.73
7 year: $1,907.54
8 year: $2,003.18
Group 2
Sr. assignment editor/producer
Start: $1,907.54
1 year: $2,003.18
2 year: $2,133.11
Group 3
Principal anchor: $2,123.05
Group 4
Co-anchor: $2,003.18
Group 5
Chief anchor: $2,146.92
Editor’s notes: Work on day off: Time and one-half, minimum 8 hours. Work beyond regular shift on day off will be paid at double time. Employees who perform work on second consecutive day off will be paid at double time, minimum 8 hours; double time and one-half for work performed after 8 hours on second consecutive day off. Family leave: 3 days per year. Night transportation: When employee is required to work between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. and other transportation is not reasonably available, employer will compensate employee for cost of taxi, maximum $15 per trip, to and from residence.
