Halifax (690 inside employees) and NSUPE Local 13
Renewal agreement: Effective Nov. 1, 2014, to Oct. 31, 2017. Signed on March 22, 2016.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Nov. 1, 2014: 2%.
Effective Nov. 1, 2015: 1.5%
Effective Nov. 1, 2016: 1.5%
Shift premium: $1 per hour for work between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 1.25 days per month to start, 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 6 years, 5 weeks after 13 years, 6 weeks after 20 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half, double time if more than 4 hours per day. Double time for any work on a holiday.
Meal allowance: $10 per day if working more than 2 hours of overtime.
Medical benefits: 50% costs paid by employer, 50% by employee. Employee co-pay of 10%, maximum $10 for prescriptions.
Dental: 100% unlimited basic coverage, 80% coverage, maximum $1,000 per year for major restorative.
Vision: $400 every 2 years.
Paramedical: $500 per year.
Sick leave: 1.5 days per month, maximum 150 days.
LTD: 66.66% wages, maximum 85% of net monthly wages, maximum $4,000 per month.
AD&D: Paid by employer, minimum two times salary.
Life insurance: Paid by employer, minimum two times salary.
Pension: Halifax Regional Municipality Pension Plan.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse, child, parents, siblings, parents in-law, grandparents, grandchildren). 3 days for death in extended family (aunt, uncle, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandparents-in-law). 1 day for funeral for death of other family.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours.
Probationary period: 180 days.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 30 months.
Severance: 4 weeks per year, maximum 65 weeks.
Mileage: $0.46 per kilometre.
Sample rates of pay (current, after 1.5% increase):
Front desk employees
Step 1: $12.08
Step 2: $12.08
Step 3: $12.61
Step 4: $13.14
Step 5: $13.66
Other employees
Level 2 (receptionist/mail clerk, Halifax Transit administrative support, operations support receptionist/mail clerk): $20.40 rising to $20.70
Level 3 (accounting support representative, contract clerk, procurement clerk, purchasing clerk, supply assistant 2, fire and emergency services administrative support 2, legal administrative assistant, operations support administrative support, parks and recreation administrative support, ticket reviewer, confidential criminal info process clerk, records management clerk, support 2 – courts, support 2, administrative support, support 2, support 3, survey assistant): $21.58 rising to $21.90
Level 4 (administrative support, administrative support assistant, buyer, court administrator, parking meter technician, procurement support representative, supply assistant/buyer, fire and emergency services administrative support, fire and emergency services administrative support assistant, fire and emergency services administrative support assistant logistics, fire and emergency services, admin support assistant safety and EMO, Halifax Transit administrative support, financial assistant - metro transit, maintenance clerk 1, operations support administrative support, parks and recreation administrative support, court administrator, electronic parking ticket administrator, accounting clerk, administrative support, statistics clerk, cemetarian, infrastructure support): $23.18 rising to $23.53
Level 5 (cash management representative, cash management support, collection specialist, customer account analyst, master data administrator, payroll/costing coordinator, procurement analyst, program technician grants, graphic designer, print & production advisor, records technician, financial assistant, HRIS administrative support, Halifax Transit customer service advisor, Halifax Transit fleet asset coordinator, Halifax Transit technical services administrator, operations support call centre agent, operations support customer service representative, operations support lease administrator, parks and recreation admin support/customer service agent support 3, adjudication clerk, customer service representative, development controller, license support, planning controller, payroll/costing coordinator, customer service representative, junior design engineering tech, local improvement clerk): $24.73 rising to $25.10
Level 6 (accountant, inventory analyst, FDM system support, legal claims and risk analyst, legal real estate and conveyancing paralegal, contract administrator, fleet asset administrator, regional trail program specialist, license administrator, city watch administrator, collection and processing officer, graphic technician, infrastructure technician, operations technician, survey technician): $28.50 rising to $28.93
Level 7 (collection specialist, contract administrator, financial reporting analyst, GIS technician, payroll administrator, procurement officer, tax analyst, transit planning technician, transit technician, building service advisor 2, infrastructure planning technician, maintenance electrician, real property technician, sales coordinator, arts programmer, comm. relations & cultural affairs tech., coordinator assistant regional trail, real property planning technician, works planning technician, assistant building official, civic addressing technician, compliance officer, parking contract administrator, planning technician, remedy analyst, urban design technician, communications officer, building service advisor 2, construction coordinator, design engineering technologist, diversion planning officer, engineering assistant, junior construction inspector, maintenance electrician, traffic analyst, traffic signal analyst, traffic signal electrician, waste res. analyst diversion compliance, waste resource analyst, waste resource education officer, works planning technician): $30.46 rising to $30.92
Level 8 (information analyst/archivist, business analyst II, program coordinator, legal senior risk and insurance analyst, controls technician, civic events coordinator, civic events coord. events grants admin, parkland planner, civic address coordinator, engineering technician planner, accountant administrator, construction inspector, senior maintenance electrician, senior survey technician, senior traffic analyst, senior traffic signal electrician, utilities construction inspector): $32.45 rising to $32.93
Level 9 (marketing and communications advisor, real estate officer, aquatic & leisure specialist, community recreation coordinator, sports & community events coordinator, building official 1, planner 2, urban designer 1, senior construction inspector, transportation demand (TDM) coordinator): $34.81 rising to $35.33
Level 10 (community developer, municipal archivist, parks and recreation community developer, coordinator community outdoor recreation, landscape architect, senior civic events coordinator, planning & development, building official, community developer, environmental performance officer, landscape architect, surveyor): $37.18 rising to $37.74
Level 11 (senior real estate officer, planner 3): $40.73 rising to $41.34
Information services:
Level 1: $23.10 rising to $23.44
Level 2: $27.24 rising to $27.65
Level 3 (web content specialist, webmaster): $33.28 rising to $33.78
Level 4 (field support analyst, service desk analyst, systems trainer, telecommunications billing analyst): $36.16 rising to $36.71
Level 5 (programmer analyst, senior service desk analyst): $40.31 rising to $40.92
Level 6 (application administrator, data analyst, data base administrator, GIS system analyst, SAP basis administrator, senior application developer, service coordinator, system administrator, system integrator): $43.38 rising to $44.03
Editor’s notes: Pre-retirement leave: After 10 years’ service, worker may receive a pre-retirement leave with pay of 3 days for each year of service, maximum 90. Compassionate care leave: 8 weeks. Emergency leave: 5 days. Deferred salary leave: 6 to 12 months’ leave of absence, with deferral of salary financing leave.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Nov. 1, 2014: 2%.
Effective Nov. 1, 2015: 1.5%
Effective Nov. 1, 2016: 1.5%
Shift premium: $1 per hour for work between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 1.25 days per month to start, 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 6 years, 5 weeks after 13 years, 6 weeks after 20 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half, double time if more than 4 hours per day. Double time for any work on a holiday.
Meal allowance: $10 per day if working more than 2 hours of overtime.
Medical benefits: 50% costs paid by employer, 50% by employee. Employee co-pay of 10%, maximum $10 for prescriptions.
Dental: 100% unlimited basic coverage, 80% coverage, maximum $1,000 per year for major restorative.
Vision: $400 every 2 years.
Paramedical: $500 per year.
Sick leave: 1.5 days per month, maximum 150 days.
LTD: 66.66% wages, maximum 85% of net monthly wages, maximum $4,000 per month.
AD&D: Paid by employer, minimum two times salary.
Life insurance: Paid by employer, minimum two times salary.
Pension: Halifax Regional Municipality Pension Plan.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse, child, parents, siblings, parents in-law, grandparents, grandchildren). 3 days for death in extended family (aunt, uncle, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandparents-in-law). 1 day for funeral for death of other family.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours.
Probationary period: 180 days.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 30 months.
Severance: 4 weeks per year, maximum 65 weeks.
Mileage: $0.46 per kilometre.
Sample rates of pay (current, after 1.5% increase):
Front desk employees
Step 1: $12.08
Step 2: $12.08
Step 3: $12.61
Step 4: $13.14
Step 5: $13.66
Other employees
Level 2 (receptionist/mail clerk, Halifax Transit administrative support, operations support receptionist/mail clerk): $20.40 rising to $20.70
Level 3 (accounting support representative, contract clerk, procurement clerk, purchasing clerk, supply assistant 2, fire and emergency services administrative support 2, legal administrative assistant, operations support administrative support, parks and recreation administrative support, ticket reviewer, confidential criminal info process clerk, records management clerk, support 2 – courts, support 2, administrative support, support 2, support 3, survey assistant): $21.58 rising to $21.90
Level 4 (administrative support, administrative support assistant, buyer, court administrator, parking meter technician, procurement support representative, supply assistant/buyer, fire and emergency services administrative support, fire and emergency services administrative support assistant, fire and emergency services administrative support assistant logistics, fire and emergency services, admin support assistant safety and EMO, Halifax Transit administrative support, financial assistant - metro transit, maintenance clerk 1, operations support administrative support, parks and recreation administrative support, court administrator, electronic parking ticket administrator, accounting clerk, administrative support, statistics clerk, cemetarian, infrastructure support): $23.18 rising to $23.53
Level 5 (cash management representative, cash management support, collection specialist, customer account analyst, master data administrator, payroll/costing coordinator, procurement analyst, program technician grants, graphic designer, print & production advisor, records technician, financial assistant, HRIS administrative support, Halifax Transit customer service advisor, Halifax Transit fleet asset coordinator, Halifax Transit technical services administrator, operations support call centre agent, operations support customer service representative, operations support lease administrator, parks and recreation admin support/customer service agent support 3, adjudication clerk, customer service representative, development controller, license support, planning controller, payroll/costing coordinator, customer service representative, junior design engineering tech, local improvement clerk): $24.73 rising to $25.10
Level 6 (accountant, inventory analyst, FDM system support, legal claims and risk analyst, legal real estate and conveyancing paralegal, contract administrator, fleet asset administrator, regional trail program specialist, license administrator, city watch administrator, collection and processing officer, graphic technician, infrastructure technician, operations technician, survey technician): $28.50 rising to $28.93
Level 7 (collection specialist, contract administrator, financial reporting analyst, GIS technician, payroll administrator, procurement officer, tax analyst, transit planning technician, transit technician, building service advisor 2, infrastructure planning technician, maintenance electrician, real property technician, sales coordinator, arts programmer, comm. relations & cultural affairs tech., coordinator assistant regional trail, real property planning technician, works planning technician, assistant building official, civic addressing technician, compliance officer, parking contract administrator, planning technician, remedy analyst, urban design technician, communications officer, building service advisor 2, construction coordinator, design engineering technologist, diversion planning officer, engineering assistant, junior construction inspector, maintenance electrician, traffic analyst, traffic signal analyst, traffic signal electrician, waste res. analyst diversion compliance, waste resource analyst, waste resource education officer, works planning technician): $30.46 rising to $30.92
Level 8 (information analyst/archivist, business analyst II, program coordinator, legal senior risk and insurance analyst, controls technician, civic events coordinator, civic events coord. events grants admin, parkland planner, civic address coordinator, engineering technician planner, accountant administrator, construction inspector, senior maintenance electrician, senior survey technician, senior traffic analyst, senior traffic signal electrician, utilities construction inspector): $32.45 rising to $32.93
Level 9 (marketing and communications advisor, real estate officer, aquatic & leisure specialist, community recreation coordinator, sports & community events coordinator, building official 1, planner 2, urban designer 1, senior construction inspector, transportation demand (TDM) coordinator): $34.81 rising to $35.33
Level 10 (community developer, municipal archivist, parks and recreation community developer, coordinator community outdoor recreation, landscape architect, senior civic events coordinator, planning & development, building official, community developer, environmental performance officer, landscape architect, surveyor): $37.18 rising to $37.74
Level 11 (senior real estate officer, planner 3): $40.73 rising to $41.34
Information services:
Level 1: $23.10 rising to $23.44
Level 2: $27.24 rising to $27.65
Level 3 (web content specialist, webmaster): $33.28 rising to $33.78
Level 4 (field support analyst, service desk analyst, systems trainer, telecommunications billing analyst): $36.16 rising to $36.71
Level 5 (programmer analyst, senior service desk analyst): $40.31 rising to $40.92
Level 6 (application administrator, data analyst, data base administrator, GIS system analyst, SAP basis administrator, senior application developer, service coordinator, system administrator, system integrator): $43.38 rising to $44.03
Editor’s notes: Pre-retirement leave: After 10 years’ service, worker may receive a pre-retirement leave with pay of 3 days for each year of service, maximum 90. Compassionate care leave: 8 weeks. Emergency leave: 5 days. Deferred salary leave: 6 to 12 months’ leave of absence, with deferral of salary financing leave.
