Manitoba Hydro

Provincewide, Manitoba (890 workers, natural and applied sciences and related occupations) and the Association of Manitoba Hydro Staff and Supervisory Employees (Independent-local)

Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2020. Signed on Nov. 1, 2016.
Wage adjustments: 
Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 0%
Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 1%
Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 1.25%
Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 1.5%
Shift premium: $1.31 per hour for shifts between 4 p.m. and 8 a.m. Monday to Friday. $3.73 per hour for shifts with any hours on Saturdays, Sundays and corporation holidays.
Paid holidays: 11 1/2 days (half-day on Christmas Eve).
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 20 years. After 29 years, up to 5 days of long-service recognition credits per year. 
Overtime: Double time for all hours worked beyond 7.92 per day. When scheduled overtime is cancelled, employees will be paid 2 hours at their basic rate. Double time for working on corporation holiday. Hours can be banked to a maximum of 80 hours per year.
Medical benefits: Company pays 100% of the costs of extended health and drug plans.
Dental: Company pays 100% of the costs.
Vision: $400 every 24 months for each family member.
Sick leave: 18 days per year for less than 64 pay periods of service; 26 days for more than 64 pay periods of service. Maximum accrual of 246 days.
LTD: Employer funds long-term disability plan.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, child, parent, parent-in-law. 3 paid days for death of sibling, sibling-in-law, grandparent, grandparent-in-law, grandchild. Up to 3 paid days for death of relative permanently residing at employee’s household for previous 12 months. Paid leave to attend funeral will not be unreasonably denied. 1 day to attend funeral as pallbearer.
Call-in pay: 3-hour minimum for initial overtime call-out. 1-hour minimum for subsequent call-outs between end of scheduled working hours and start of following working day. If first call within 3 hours of start of regular work day, overtime rates will apply up to regular start time.
Probationary period: 13 completed pay periods for regular employees, 958.1 hours for hourly paid employees.
Severance: 3 days’ pay for each complete year of service beyond 25 years of service (pro-rated for partial years) payable on resignation, retirement, death or termination for reasons other than dismissal. For employees declared redundant, 3 weeks’ pay for each complete year of service up to a maximum of 52 weeks.
Safety shoes: 85% of purchase price to a maximum of $220 per vacation year for safety footwear for use on job. Can be carried over to combined 2 years' allowance.
Sample rates of annual pay (current):
34: $93,549.56 minimum, $128,163.88 maximum
Staff officer 6, supervisor 6, customer service centre supervisor 3, project leader 2: $85,852.26 minimum, $117,620.36 maximum
Safety officer 3, staff officer 5, supervisor 5, technical officer 3, customer service centre supervisor 2, information technology officer 2, key account officer, maintenance supervisor 3-electrical/mechanical, plant operating supervisor 2, project leader 1: $79,130.74 minimum, $109,249.66 maximum
Shift change engineer, staff officer 4, supervisor 4, system shift supervisor – generation/network, technicial officer 2, telecontrol supervisor, chemist 2, commissioning co-ordinator, construction supervisor 2, customer service centre assistant supervisor 1, information technology officer 1, maintenance supervisor 2-electrical/mechanical, plant operating supervisor 1, project officer 2, safety officer 2: $72,646.60 minimum, $100,242.22 maximum
Chemist 1, construction supervisor 1, customer service centre assistant supervisor 1, maintenance supervisor 1-electrical/mechanical, project officer 1, safety officer 1, staff officer 3, supervisor 3, technical officer 1: $65,661.44 minimum, $90,891.06 maximum
Staff officer 2, supervisor 2, utility supervisor 2: $60,231.08 minimum, $83,341.70 maximum
Staff officer 1, supervisor 1, utility supervisor 1: $55,275.22 minimum, $76,453.26 maximum
Editor’s notes: Leave: Personal leave without pay is available to a maximum of 2 years, depending on length of service.
 

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