Government of Canada

Renewal agreement: Effective Aug. 30, 2019 to Sept. 30, 2022. Signed on Aug. 30, 2019.

Shift premium: Time and one-half for work performed on first shift changed if employee is given less than 72 hours’ advance notice of change in employee’s shift schedule. $2 per hour for each hour worked, including overtime hours, between 4 p.m. and 8 a.m. $2 for all scheduled hours worked at straight-time hourly rates on Saturday, Sunday. $25 per hour for employees whose job duties require them to dive with aid of self-contained air supply (minimum allowance will be 2 hours per dive). 25% of employee’s basic hourly rate for each one-half (1/2) hour employee is required to be in submarine.

Paid holidays: 10 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, 14.375 hours per month after 17 years, 15.625 hours per month after 18 years, 16.875 hours per month after 27 years, 18.75 hours per month after 28 years. Employee may carry over maximum 262.5 hours’ credit into following vacation. All credits greater than 262.5 hours will be paid out.

Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 7.5 hours of overtime; double time for all work thereafter. Double time for all hours worked on employee’s second or subsequent day of rest. Time may be taken as compensatory leave. Leave earned in 1 fiscal year and outstanding on Dec. 31 of next fiscal year will be paid on Dec. 31.

Meal allowance: $12 (except where free meals are provided) for employee who works 3 or more hours of overtime immediately before or immediately following employee’s scheduled hours of work; additional $12 for each subsequent 4 hours of overtime.

Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for employee wellness program.

Sick leave: 9.375 hours for each month; 1.25 hours for each month for shift workers. Employees may carry over maximum 3 days per year.

Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in family (father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, foster parent, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, spouse, common-law partner resident with employee, child, child of common-law partner, stepchild, foster-child, ward of employee, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandchild, grandparents of employee, any relative residing in employee’s household). Additional 3 days for travel related to death. 1 day for death of employee’s brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent of spouse.

Call-in pay: Greater of minimum 3 hours’ pay at applicable overtime rate for each call-in (maximum 8 hours’ pay in 8-hour period) or compensation at applicable overtime rate for each hour worked provided period worked is not contiguous to employee’s normal hours of work. May be taken as compensatory leave.

Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years for notice of disciplinary action (period will automatically be extended by length of any single period of leave without pay longer than 6 months).

Severance: 2 weeks’ pay to start; 3 weeks’ pay for employees with 10 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 first layoff. 1 week’s pay for each year of employment and 1 week’s pay multiplied by number of days of employment divided by 365, less any period which employee was given severance pay on second or subsequent lay-off, for partial year of employment .

Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3% increase):

AR-2

Step 1: $66,819 rising 2 steps to $68,838

Step 2: $69,505 rising 2 steps to $71,606

Step 3: $72,185 rising 2 steps to $74,367

Step 4: $74,855 rising 2 steps to $77,118

Step 5: $77,537 rising 2 steps to $79,881

Step 6: $80,217 rising 2 steps to $82,641

AR-3

Step 1: $81,991 rising 2 steps to $84,469

Step 2: $85,002 rising 2 steps to $87,571

Step 3: $87,998 rising 2 steps to $90,658

Step 4: $90,992 rising 2 steps to $93,742

Step 5: $93,400 rising 2 steps to $96,223

Step 6: $95,801 rising 2 steps to $98,697

AR-4

Step 1: $93,038 rising 2 steps to $95,851

Step 2: $96,317 rising 2 steps to $99,228

Step 3: $99,594 rising 2 steps to $102,604

Step 4: $102,869 rising 2 steps to $105,978

Step 5: $105,576 rising 2 steps to $108,767

Step 6: $108,281 rising 2 steps to $111,554

AR-5

Step 1: $104,457 rising 2 steps to $107,614

Step 2: $108,166 rising 2 steps to $111,435

Step 3: $111,874 rising 2 steps to $115,255

Step 4: $115,580 rising 2 steps to $119,074

Step 5: $118,621 rising 2 steps to $122,206

Step 6: $121,659 rising 2 steps to $125,336

AR-6

Step 1: $115,893 rising 2 steps to $119,395

Step 2: $119,726 rising 2 steps to $123,345

Step 3: $123,564 rising 2 steps to $127,298

Step 4: $127,402 rising 2 steps to $131,253

Step 5: $130,766 rising 2 steps to $134,718

Step 6: $134,127 rising 2 steps to $138,181

AR-7

Step 1: $125,042 rising 2 steps to $128,822

Step 2: $129,191 rising 2 steps to $133,096

Step 3: $133,361 rising 2 steps to $137,391

Step 4: $137,530 rising 2 steps to $141,687

Step 5: $144,465 rising 2 steps to $148,831

Step 6: $151,401 rising 2 steps to $155,977

Editor’s notes: Overtime transportation: When employee is working overtime and is required to report to work before public transportation services have commenced or to remain at work or to return to work after normal transportation services have been suspended, use of taxi or payment of kilometric rate will be authorized from employee’s residence to workplace and return if necessary. Standby: One-half hour for each 4-hour period for which employee has been designated as being on standby duty. May be taken as compensatory leave. Travel status leave: Employee will be given 7.5 hours off with pay when employee travels outside headquarters area on government business and is away from permanent residence for 20 nights; 7.5 hours off for each subsequent 20 nights away, maximum 37.5 hours per year.