Government of Canada

Multiprovince (5,510 scientific workers) and the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC)

Renewal agreement: Effective May 15, 2017, to Sept. 30, 2018. Signed on May 15, 2017.
Shift premium: $2 per hour for each hour worked — including overtime hours — between 4 p.m. and 8 a.m. $1 for all hours worked between 11 p.m. and 7 a..m by MT shift-work employee. $2 per hour for all hours worked — including overtime hours — on Saturday or Sunday.
Paid holidays: 11 days. 
Vacations with pay: 9.375 hours per month to start, 12.5 hours per month after 8 years, 13.75 hours per month after 16 years, 14.4 hours per month after 17 years, 15.63 hours per month after 18 years, 16.88 hours per month after 27 years, 18.75 hours after 28 years. 
Overtime: Time and one-half for the first 7.5 hours, double time thereafter. 
Meal allowance: $12 when working more than 3 hours of overtime, where free meals are not provided.
Sick leave: 9.38 hours per month. Additional 1.25 hours per month for shift workers.
Bereavement leave: 7 days for death in immediate family (father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, foster-parent, brother, stepbrother, sister, stepsister, spouse, common-law partner, child, child of common-law partner, stepchild, foster-child, ward of employee, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, relative residing in employee’s household). 3 additional days for travel.
Call-in pay: The greater of: minimum 3 hours’ overtime pay, maximum 8 hours’ pay or overtime rate for all hours worked.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years.
Severance: On first layoff, 2 weeks’ pay; 3 weeks’ pay for employees with 10 or more and less than 20 years of employment; 4 weeks’ pay for employees with 20 or more years of employment, plus 1 week’s pay for each additional year of employment. On second or subsequent layoff, 1 week’s pay for each year of employment.
Sample rates of annual pay (current, after increase):
Step 1
AC-01: $67,205 rising 2 steps to $68,896
AC-02: $102,738 rising 2 steps to $105,322
AC-03: $116,468 rising 1 step to $117,924
AG-01: $31,509 rising 2 steps to $32,302
AG-02: $59,904 rising 1 step to $60,653
AG-03: $74,408 rising 2 steps to $76,280
AG-04: $92,297 rising 2 steps to $94,619
AG-05: $102,216 rising 2 steps to $104,788
BI-01: $31,509 rising 2 steps to $32,302
BI-02: $59,904 rising 1 step to $60,653
BI-03: $74,408 rising 2 steps to $76,280
BI-04: $92,297 rising 2 steps to $94,619
BI-05: $102,216 rising 2 steps to $104,788
CH-01: $31,509 rising 2 steps to $32,302
CH-02: $59,904 rising 1 step to $60,653
CH-03: $74,408 rising 2 steps to $76,280
CH-04: $92,297 rising 2 steps to $94,619
CH-05: $102,216 rising 2 steps to $104,788
FO-01: $31,509 rising 2 steps to $32,302
FO-02: $74,183 rising 2 steps to $76,049
FO-03: $86,654 rising 2 steps to $88,834
FO-04: $97,366 rising 2 steps to $99,815
MT-01: $31,934 rising 2 steps to $32,333
MT-02: $52,960 rising 2 steps to $54,292
MT-03: $71,440 rising 2 steps to $73,237
MT-04: $73,355 rising 2 steps to $75200
MT-05: $80,622 rising 2 steps to $82,650
MT-06: $87,638 rising 2 steps to $89,842
MT-07: $95,426 rising 2 steps to $97,827
Editor’s notes: Standby pay: 1/2 hour pay for each 4-hour period or portion thereof, when employee has been designated as being on standby duty. Diving allowance: Employees whose job requires them to dive will be paid extra allowance of $25 per hour, minimum 2 hours per dive. Dive is any 8-hour period in which employee carries out underwater work with aid of self-contained air supply. 
 

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