Kelowna, B.C. (190 librarian, drivers, technicians, administrative employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 1123
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2018, to Dec. 31, 2020. Signed on April 4, 2018.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 2%
Shift premium: $1.25 per hour for all hours worked after 6 p.m. Monday to Friday and on Saturday, Sunday.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 7 years, 5 weeks after 13 years, 6 weeks after 20 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 7 hours per day, double time after 8 hours per day or for all hours worked on Sunday. Time and one-half for all work after 35 hours per week, double time for all work after 40 hours per week. May be taken as time off in lieu with 3 months of date work was performed. For van drivers: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Double time after 9 hours per day or 45 hours per week.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums.
Dental: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. 80% for basic dental services. 60% for prosthetics, crowns, bridges. $3,000 lifetime limit for orthodontics.
Vision: $550 every 24 months.
Sick leave: 1 1/2 days per month of service, maximum 150 days.
Life insurance: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums for coverage of 2-times annual salary, minimum $10,000.
Pension: Great West Life Pension Plan.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse/partner which includes traditional, same-sex and common-law; child which includes adopted and foster; parents, parent-in-laws, guardians, siblings, grandchildren, grandparents). 3 days for death of close friend, brother-in-law, sister-in-law. 1 day to attend funeral as pallbearer. 1 day for death of close relative other than those defined. Unpaid extension of leave, maximum 2 weeks total leave, may be given.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months.
Call-in pay: 2 hours minimum pay at time and one-half or double time.
Probationary period: 3 months for full-time employees, 6 months for part-time, page employees, 910 hours for auxiliary employees.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months.
Severance: 2 weeks’ pay after 6 months of service; 1 week per year of service, maximum 8 weeks’, after 3 years of service.
Safety shoes: $100 per year for steel-toed boots for van drivers.
Mileage: Remuneration at same rate as Okanagan Regional Library Board members.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4% increase):
Page
Start: $15.50 rising 2 steps to $16.13
Job: $15.50 rising 2 steps to $16.13
Inter-library loans clerk - 1
Start: $19.33 rising 2 steps to $20.11
Job: $20.28 rising 2 steps to $21.10
Acquisitions data entry clerk 1
Start: $20.15 rising 2 steps to $20.96
Job: $21.11 rising 2 steps to $21.96
Processing clerk
Start: $20.93 rising 2 steps to $21.78
Job: $21.97 rising 2 steps to $22.86
Office assistant 1
Start: $20.93 rising 2 steps to $21.78
Job: $21.97 rising 2 steps to $22.86
Circulation assistant
Start: $20.93 rising 2 steps to $21.78
Job: $21.97 rising 2 steps to $22.86
Allocation clerk
Start: $21.73 rising 2 steps to $22.60
Job: $22.81 rising 2 steps to $23.74
Acquisitions clerk 1
Start: $21.73 rising 2 steps to $22.60
Job: $22.81 rising 2 steps to $23.74
Assistant community librarian
Start: $22.52 rising 2 steps to $23.43
Job: $23.64 rising 2 steps to $24.59
YS assistant - system
Start: $22.52 rising 2 steps to $23.43
Job: $23.64 rising 2 steps to $24.59
Cataloguer
Start: $22.52 rising 2 steps to $23.43
Job: $23.64 rising 2 steps to $24.59
Accounts clerk 1
Start: $22.52 rising 2 steps to $23.43
Job: $23.64 rising 2 steps to $24.59
Admin asst. - public services
Start: $23.32 rising 2 steps to $24.27
Job: $24.48 rising 2 steps to $25.47
Van driver 2
Start: $23.32 rising 2 steps to $24.27
Job: $24.48 rising 2 steps to $25.47
Technical assistant
Start: $23.32 rising 2 steps to $24.27
Job: $24.48 rising 2 steps to $25.47
Acquisitions clerk 2
Start: $23.32 rising 2 steps to $24.27
Job: $24.48 rising 2 steps to $25.47
YS assistant branch
Start: $23.32 rising 2 steps to $25.47
Job: $24.48 rising 2 steps to $25.47
Reference assistant
Start: $24.12 rising 2 steps to $25.09
Job: $25.34 rising 2 steps to $26.37
Assistant supervisor
Start: $24.12 rising 2 steps to $25.09
Job: $25.34 rising 2 steps to $26.37
Library technician
Start: $24.90 rising 2 steps to $25.91
Job: $26.18 rising 2 steps to $27.23
Payroll administrator
Start: $24.90 rising 2 steps to $25.91
Job: $26.18 rising 2 steps to $27.23
Graphic technician
Start: $24.90 rising 2 steps to $25.91
Job: $26.18 rising 2 steps to $27.23
Circulation supervisor
Start: $24.90 rising 2 steps to $25.91
Job: $26.18 rising 2 steps to $27.23
Systems analyst
Start: $24.90 rising 2 steps to $25.91
Job: $26.18 rising 2 steps to $27.23
Community librarian 1
Start: $24.90 rising 2 steps to $25.91
Job: $26.18 rising 2 steps to $27.23
Branch-services supervisor
Start: $25.68 rising 2 steps to $26.71
Job: $27.05 rising 2 steps to $28.14
Network administrator
Start: $25.68 rising 2 steps to $26.71
Job: $27.05 rising 2 steps to $28.14
Systems administrator
Start: $25.68 rising 2 steps to $26.71
Job: $27.05 rising 2 steps to $28.14
Integrated library-systems tech
Start: $25.68 rising 2 steps to $26.71
Job: $27.05 rising 2 steps to $28.14
System-circulation coordinator
Start: $26.54 rising 2 steps to $27.61
Job: $27.93 rising 2 steps to $29.06
Community librarian 2
Start: $26.54 rising 2 steps to $27.61
Job: $27.93 rising 2 steps to $29.06
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 2%
Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 2%
Shift premium: $1.25 per hour for all hours worked after 6 p.m. Monday to Friday and on Saturday, Sunday.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 7 years, 5 weeks after 13 years, 6 weeks after 20 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 7 hours per day, double time after 8 hours per day or for all hours worked on Sunday. Time and one-half for all work after 35 hours per week, double time for all work after 40 hours per week. May be taken as time off in lieu with 3 months of date work was performed. For van drivers: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Double time after 9 hours per day or 45 hours per week.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums.
Dental: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. 80% for basic dental services. 60% for prosthetics, crowns, bridges. $3,000 lifetime limit for orthodontics.
Vision: $550 every 24 months.
Sick leave: 1 1/2 days per month of service, maximum 150 days.
Life insurance: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums for coverage of 2-times annual salary, minimum $10,000.
Pension: Great West Life Pension Plan.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse/partner which includes traditional, same-sex and common-law; child which includes adopted and foster; parents, parent-in-laws, guardians, siblings, grandchildren, grandparents). 3 days for death of close friend, brother-in-law, sister-in-law. 1 day to attend funeral as pallbearer. 1 day for death of close relative other than those defined. Unpaid extension of leave, maximum 2 weeks total leave, may be given.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months.
Call-in pay: 2 hours minimum pay at time and one-half or double time.
Probationary period: 3 months for full-time employees, 6 months for part-time, page employees, 910 hours for auxiliary employees.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months.
Severance: 2 weeks’ pay after 6 months of service; 1 week per year of service, maximum 8 weeks’, after 3 years of service.
Safety shoes: $100 per year for steel-toed boots for van drivers.
Mileage: Remuneration at same rate as Okanagan Regional Library Board members.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4% increase):
Page
Start: $15.50 rising 2 steps to $16.13
Job: $15.50 rising 2 steps to $16.13
Inter-library loans clerk - 1
Start: $19.33 rising 2 steps to $20.11
Job: $20.28 rising 2 steps to $21.10
Acquisitions data entry clerk 1
Start: $20.15 rising 2 steps to $20.96
Job: $21.11 rising 2 steps to $21.96
Processing clerk
Start: $20.93 rising 2 steps to $21.78
Job: $21.97 rising 2 steps to $22.86
Office assistant 1
Start: $20.93 rising 2 steps to $21.78
Job: $21.97 rising 2 steps to $22.86
Circulation assistant
Start: $20.93 rising 2 steps to $21.78
Job: $21.97 rising 2 steps to $22.86
Allocation clerk
Start: $21.73 rising 2 steps to $22.60
Job: $22.81 rising 2 steps to $23.74
Acquisitions clerk 1
Start: $21.73 rising 2 steps to $22.60
Job: $22.81 rising 2 steps to $23.74
Assistant community librarian
Start: $22.52 rising 2 steps to $23.43
Job: $23.64 rising 2 steps to $24.59
YS assistant - system
Start: $22.52 rising 2 steps to $23.43
Job: $23.64 rising 2 steps to $24.59
Cataloguer
Start: $22.52 rising 2 steps to $23.43
Job: $23.64 rising 2 steps to $24.59
Accounts clerk 1
Start: $22.52 rising 2 steps to $23.43
Job: $23.64 rising 2 steps to $24.59
Admin asst. - public services
Start: $23.32 rising 2 steps to $24.27
Job: $24.48 rising 2 steps to $25.47
Van driver 2
Start: $23.32 rising 2 steps to $24.27
Job: $24.48 rising 2 steps to $25.47
Technical assistant
Start: $23.32 rising 2 steps to $24.27
Job: $24.48 rising 2 steps to $25.47
Acquisitions clerk 2
Start: $23.32 rising 2 steps to $24.27
Job: $24.48 rising 2 steps to $25.47
YS assistant branch
Start: $23.32 rising 2 steps to $25.47
Job: $24.48 rising 2 steps to $25.47
Reference assistant
Start: $24.12 rising 2 steps to $25.09
Job: $25.34 rising 2 steps to $26.37
Assistant supervisor
Start: $24.12 rising 2 steps to $25.09
Job: $25.34 rising 2 steps to $26.37
Library technician
Start: $24.90 rising 2 steps to $25.91
Job: $26.18 rising 2 steps to $27.23
Payroll administrator
Start: $24.90 rising 2 steps to $25.91
Job: $26.18 rising 2 steps to $27.23
Graphic technician
Start: $24.90 rising 2 steps to $25.91
Job: $26.18 rising 2 steps to $27.23
Circulation supervisor
Start: $24.90 rising 2 steps to $25.91
Job: $26.18 rising 2 steps to $27.23
Systems analyst
Start: $24.90 rising 2 steps to $25.91
Job: $26.18 rising 2 steps to $27.23
Community librarian 1
Start: $24.90 rising 2 steps to $25.91
Job: $26.18 rising 2 steps to $27.23
Branch-services supervisor
Start: $25.68 rising 2 steps to $26.71
Job: $27.05 rising 2 steps to $28.14
Network administrator
Start: $25.68 rising 2 steps to $26.71
Job: $27.05 rising 2 steps to $28.14
Systems administrator
Start: $25.68 rising 2 steps to $26.71
Job: $27.05 rising 2 steps to $28.14
Integrated library-systems tech
Start: $25.68 rising 2 steps to $26.71
Job: $27.05 rising 2 steps to $28.14
System-circulation coordinator
Start: $26.54 rising 2 steps to $27.61
Job: $27.93 rising 2 steps to $29.06
Community librarian 2
Start: $26.54 rising 2 steps to $27.61
Job: $27.93 rising 2 steps to $29.06
