Health PEI

Provincewide, Prince Edward Island (1,400 health-care workers) and the Prince Edward Island Union of Public Sector Employees (UPSE)

Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2020. Signed on March 5, 2018.
Shift premium: $2.75 per hour for evening and night shifts. $1.75 per hour for all hours worked between midnight Friday and midnight Sunday. Effective April 1, 2019: $2.
Paid holidays: 11 days. 
Vacations with pay: 9.375 hours for each 162.5 hours worked to start, 15 days after 1 year, 20 days after 5 years, 25 days after 15 years, 30 days after 25 years. 1 year’s entitlement, plus additional 75 hours of vacation may be carried over to following year. 
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after regular hours, double time after 7.5 hours of contiguous overtime. 
Medical benefits: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums.
Dental: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums.
Sick leave: 11.25 hours for each 162.5 hours worked, maximum accumulation of 215 days.
LTD: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums. 
AD&D: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums. Participation in plan is condition of employment.
Life insurance: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums. Participation in plan is condition of employment.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, child, stepchild, grandchild, ward, parent, guardian, foster-parent, any person standing in loco parentis, child of common-law spouse. 3 days for death of brother, sister, grandparent, great-grandparent, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, relative residing with employee. 2 additional days for travel, if requested. 
Seniority – recall rights: 18 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours’ pay at time and one-half, double time for callback on Christmas day.
Probationary period: 600 hours worked.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months.
Severance: 75 hours' pay for each 1,950 hours worked, maximum 975 hours.
Safety shoes: $125 per year for CSA-approved footwear.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide, maintain and launder all uniform clothing required to be worn on duty or $100 per year in lieu of uniforms. Two uniforms will be provided per year. Employees working as patient/resident care workers, licensed practical nurses, home support workers will be provided with clothing allowance of $100 per year.
Mileage: $0.44 per kilometre for first 8,000 kilometres per year; $0.42 for all kilometres more than 8,000 up to 16,000 per year; $0.38 for all kilometres more than 16,000 kilometres per year. 
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3.5% increase):
Level 8 (addiction worker 8, resident-care worker 8, patient-care worker 8)
Step 5: $20.54 rising 4 steps to $21.28
Step 6: $21.32 rising 4 steps to $22.07
Level 9 (home-support worker 9, fit tester, OT/activity worker 9, day program worker)
Step 5: $21.58 rising 4 steps to $22.34
Step 6: $22.49 rising 4 steps to $23.28
Level 10 (food-service manager 10, dental assistant, OT/activity worker 10, social-service worker 10)
Step 4: $21.88 rising 4 steps to $22.66 
Step 5: $22.85 rising 4 steps to $23.65
Step 6: $23.81 rising 4 steps to $24.65
Level 11 (family-service worker 11, OT/activity worker 11, social-service worker 11)
Step 4: $23.25 rising 4 steps to $24.08
Step 5: $24.26 rising 4 steps to $25.12
Step 6: $25.28 rising 4 steps to $26.17
Level 12 (development worker 12, food-service manager 12, housekeeping supervisor 12, OT/activity worker 12, social-service worker 12, orthopedic technologist)
Step 3: $23.59 rising 4 steps to $24.43
Step 4: $24.69 rising 4 steps to $25.57
Step 5: $25.72 rising 4 steps to $26.63
Step 6: $26.83 rising 4 steps to $27.78
Level 20B psychologist 20B
Step 1: $47.12 rising 4 steps to $48.79
Step 2: $49.31 rising 4 steps to $51.06 
Step 3: $51.50 rising 4 steps to $53.33 
Step 4: $53.69 rising 4 steps to $55.60 
Step 5: $55.88 rising 4 steps to $57.86 
Step 6: $58.06 rising 4 steps to $60.12
Editor’s notes: Short-trip allowance: Employee who uses private motor vehicle for short trips may claim minimum daily allowance of $6.25 or short-trip travel rate in accordance with Treasury Board policy. Long-service leave credit: On 25th anniversary of employment and every 5-year anniversary thereafter, employee will be given 1 day of paid leave.
 

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