Vaughan, Ont. (330 clerical, technical employees) and Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 905.21
Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2016, to March 31, 2020. Signed on June 23, 2016.
Shift premium: $0.95 per hour when starting work between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m. $1.05 per hour when starting work between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m.
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 70 hours to start, 105 hours after 3 years, 140 hours after 8 years, 175 hours after 14 years, 182 hours after 21 years, 189 hours after 22 years, 196 hours after 23 years, 203 hours after 24 years, 210 hours after 25 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked after regular shift.
Meal allowance: $15 when employee not notified of overtime shift within 8 hours or when working immediately prior to current shift.
Medical benefits: Employee pays 100% of premiums for OHIP.
Dental: Employee pays 100% of premiums. Orthodontics: 50% coverage, $3,000 lifetime maximum per family member. Crowns, inlays, caps: 50% coverage, $1,500 annual maximum per family member.
Vision: $400 every 24 months.
Paramedical: Chiropractic/massage: $750 annual maximum combined. All other paramedical (including acupuncture in paramedical coverage): $750 annual maximum combined.
Sick leave: 10.5 hours per month, total of 126 hours after one year. May be accumulated, maximum 1,960 hours.
LTD: Employee pays 100% of premiums. Coverage is 75% of regular pay after waiting period of 833 hours. Maximum $5,000 per month.
AD&D: Employee pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 1.5 times salary.
Life insurance: Employee pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 1.5 times salary, minimum coverage: $60,000.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 2.5 hours at overtime rate.
Probationary period: 6 months.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months.
Safety shoes: $250 every 2 years (previously $210 every 2 years) for green patch standard footwear.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide to parking & sign compliance officer and special compliance officer: 5 shirts, 3 pairs of pants, 1 jacket, other sundry items; to animal services/shelter attendants: 5 shirts, 3 pants, 1 jacket, 5 sets of scrubs; to survey crew: 5 shirts, 5 pairs of pants, 2 pairs of coveralls, 1 parka; to couriers: 3 pairs of pants, 5 shirts, 1 parka; to municipal services inspectors/engineering technologist – capital: 1 pair of coveralls, 1 parka; to building inspectors: 1 parka; to fitness, recreation, aquatic personnel: 1 track suit, 2 pairs of shorts, 2 golf shirts, 2 T-shirts; to transportation technician: 1 parka, 1 pair of coveralls. Aquatic personnel will provide own bathing suit and be reimbursed maximum: $70 for females, $45 for males, maximum of 2 bathing suits per year. Fitness staff will provide own aerobic footwear and be reimbursed maximum $75 per year.
Sample rates of bi-weekly pay (current, after 5% increase):
Level M
Start: $3,193.83 rising 3 steps to $3,352.07
Year 1: $3,312.58 rising 3 steps to $3,476.71
Year 2: $3,436.50 rising 3 steps to $3,606.76
Level L (architectural technologist, planner, planner committee of adjustment, senior building inspector, senior engineering assistant, senior engineering assistant (PW), capital programming coordinator)
Start: $3,070.98 rising 3 steps to $3,223.12
Year 1: $3,185.19 rising 3 steps to $3,343.01
Year 2: $3,304.30 rising 3 steps to $3,468.01
Level K (building/plumbing inspector, cultural heritage coordinator, landscape architect, senior plans examiner, senior transportation analyst, senior zoning examiner, urban designer, integration and community services specialist, mechanical inspector)
Start: $2,952.90 rising 3 steps to $3,099.19
Year 1: $3,062.69 rising 3 steps to $3,214.44
Year 2: $3,177.19 rising 3 steps to $3,334.60
Level J (active living coordinator, aquatic coordinator, arts curator, community development coordinator, community development coordinator – marketing, engineering technologist – capital, engineering technologist – development, fitness & sport programmer, fitness coordinator, lot grading coordinator/environmental inspector, municipal services inspector, municipal services technologist & inspector, planner 1, plans examiner 1 (buildings), plans examiner/inspector mechanical & plumbing, recreation programmer, recreation programmer/special needs, senior by-law enforcement officer, senior traffic technologist, transportation analyst, utility coordinator, youth outreach worker, development engineering review coordinator, plans examiner (zoning), risk management analyst)
Start: $2,866.90 rising 3 steps to $3,008.94
Year 1: $2,973.47 rising 3 steps to $3,120.78
Year 2: $3,084.66 rising 3 steps to $3,237.49
Level I (accountant, applications expeditor (permits), aquatic programmer, assessment clerk, buyer, bylaw enforcement officer, capital finance accountant, engineering assistant, engineering review coordinator, fitness programmer, graphic arts coordinator, infrastructure coordinator, instrument-person 1, landscape technician, licensing enforcement field officer, licensing enforcement officer, licensing officer, lot grading coordinator, municipal services technician, property tax coordinator, senior GIS mapping technician, special enforcement officer, traffic transportation analyst, waste management coordinator, waste management education & program planner, engineering design technician, claims analyst, graphic designer – multimedia)
Start: $2,710.76 rising 3 steps to $2,845.06
Year 1: $2,810.69 rising 3 steps to $2,949.95
Year 2: $2,915.01 rising 3 steps to $3,059.44
Level H (administrative assistant, administrative coordinator, assessment & taxation senior clerk, budget coordinator, client services coordinator, computer assets coordinator, dispatcher coordinator, environmental & technical assistant, facility permits specialist, fleet clerk, GIS technician-information processor, jr. zoning plans examiner, office administrator, technical coordinator – capital projects, water & wastewater coordinator, development finance coordinator, accounts payable coordinator, capital coordinator)
Start: $2,528.16 rising 3 steps to $2,653.42
Year 1: $2,620.75 rising 3 steps to $2,750.60
Year 2: $2,717.18 rising 3 steps to $2,851.81
Level G (access Vaughan citizen service representative, administrative assistant, administrative coordinator, administrative coordinator/technician, applications expediter (zoning), assistant secretary treasurer, business services coordinator, clerical assistant, clerk dispatcher, GIS mapping technician, instrument-person 2, parking & sign enforcement officer, parking control coordinator, public works, citizen service representative, purchasing system coordinator, registration technician, restrictions clerk, senior technical clerk, technical coordinator, training and compliance coordinator, treasury clerk G, water account & meter coordinator (PW), council/committee services coordinator, administration & office services coordinator, client services account specialist, operations administrative assistant, water/wastewater coordinator, by-law, citizen service representative, contract coordinator)
Start: $2,422.24 rising 3 steps to $2,542.24
Year 1: $2,502.32 rising 3 steps to $2,626.29
Year 2: $2,585.05 rising 3 steps to $2,713.13
Level F (accounts technician, administrative assistant, administrative clerk, animal control officer, animal services receptionist/clerk, clerical assistant, clerk typist, clerk typist F, control desk attendant, development administration assistant, engineering technical clerk, finance accounts receivable clerk, GIS data processor, information processor, lot grading application expediter, registration attendant, senior office services clerk, senior technical clerk, technical clerk, treasury clerk F, waste management assistant, works clerk)
Start: $2,250.65 rising 3 steps to $2,362.16
Year 1: $2,324.99 rising 3 steps to $2,440.18
Year 2: $2,401.86 rising 3 steps to $2,520.87
Level E (clerical assistant, city cashier, clerk typist E, treasury clerk E, records & information technician, accounting clerk)
Start: $1,993 rising 3 steps to $2,091.75
Year 1: $2,072.66 rising 3 steps to $2,175.35
Year 2: $2,141.62 rising 3 steps to $2,247.72
Level D (clerical assistant, clerical assistant/technician, clerk typist D, clerk typist/receptionist, collection clerk, information clerk, purchasing clerk, receptionist, records clerk, technical clerk, transportation technician, treasury clerk D, water & wastewater clerk)
Start: $1,875.35 rising 3 steps to $1,968.26
Year 1: $1,937.10 rising 3 steps to $2,033.08
Year 2: $2,001.53 rising 3 steps to $2,100.69
Level C (animal services shelter attendant, clerk typist, clerk typist C, office services clerk, records & filing clerk)
Start: $1,788.04 rising 3 steps to $1,876.63
Year 1: $1,847.18 rising 3 steps to $1,938.70
Year 2: $1,908.26 rising 3 steps to $2,002.80
Level B (clerk typist B, courier)
Start: $1,715.39 rising 3 steps to $1,800.37
Year 1: $1,772.10 rising 3 steps to $1,859.90
Year 2: $1,830.63 rising 3 steps to $1,921.32
Level A (clerk typist A, CSMS council liaison clerk)
Start: $1,491.26 rising 3 steps to $1,565.15
Year 1: $1,537.07 rising 3 steps to $1,613.23
Year 2: $1,584.79 rising 3 steps to $1,663.31
Editor’s notes: Hearing aids: $750 every 4 years. Orthotics: $300 every 2 years.
Shift premium: $0.95 per hour when starting work between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m. $1.05 per hour when starting work between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m.
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 70 hours to start, 105 hours after 3 years, 140 hours after 8 years, 175 hours after 14 years, 182 hours after 21 years, 189 hours after 22 years, 196 hours after 23 years, 203 hours after 24 years, 210 hours after 25 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked after regular shift.
Meal allowance: $15 when employee not notified of overtime shift within 8 hours or when working immediately prior to current shift.
Medical benefits: Employee pays 100% of premiums for OHIP.
Dental: Employee pays 100% of premiums. Orthodontics: 50% coverage, $3,000 lifetime maximum per family member. Crowns, inlays, caps: 50% coverage, $1,500 annual maximum per family member.
Vision: $400 every 24 months.
Paramedical: Chiropractic/massage: $750 annual maximum combined. All other paramedical (including acupuncture in paramedical coverage): $750 annual maximum combined.
Sick leave: 10.5 hours per month, total of 126 hours after one year. May be accumulated, maximum 1,960 hours.
LTD: Employee pays 100% of premiums. Coverage is 75% of regular pay after waiting period of 833 hours. Maximum $5,000 per month.
AD&D: Employee pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 1.5 times salary.
Life insurance: Employee pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 1.5 times salary, minimum coverage: $60,000.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 2.5 hours at overtime rate.
Probationary period: 6 months.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months.
Safety shoes: $250 every 2 years (previously $210 every 2 years) for green patch standard footwear.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide to parking & sign compliance officer and special compliance officer: 5 shirts, 3 pairs of pants, 1 jacket, other sundry items; to animal services/shelter attendants: 5 shirts, 3 pants, 1 jacket, 5 sets of scrubs; to survey crew: 5 shirts, 5 pairs of pants, 2 pairs of coveralls, 1 parka; to couriers: 3 pairs of pants, 5 shirts, 1 parka; to municipal services inspectors/engineering technologist – capital: 1 pair of coveralls, 1 parka; to building inspectors: 1 parka; to fitness, recreation, aquatic personnel: 1 track suit, 2 pairs of shorts, 2 golf shirts, 2 T-shirts; to transportation technician: 1 parka, 1 pair of coveralls. Aquatic personnel will provide own bathing suit and be reimbursed maximum: $70 for females, $45 for males, maximum of 2 bathing suits per year. Fitness staff will provide own aerobic footwear and be reimbursed maximum $75 per year.
Sample rates of bi-weekly pay (current, after 5% increase):
Level M
Start: $3,193.83 rising 3 steps to $3,352.07
Year 1: $3,312.58 rising 3 steps to $3,476.71
Year 2: $3,436.50 rising 3 steps to $3,606.76
Level L (architectural technologist, planner, planner committee of adjustment, senior building inspector, senior engineering assistant, senior engineering assistant (PW), capital programming coordinator)
Start: $3,070.98 rising 3 steps to $3,223.12
Year 1: $3,185.19 rising 3 steps to $3,343.01
Year 2: $3,304.30 rising 3 steps to $3,468.01
Level K (building/plumbing inspector, cultural heritage coordinator, landscape architect, senior plans examiner, senior transportation analyst, senior zoning examiner, urban designer, integration and community services specialist, mechanical inspector)
Start: $2,952.90 rising 3 steps to $3,099.19
Year 1: $3,062.69 rising 3 steps to $3,214.44
Year 2: $3,177.19 rising 3 steps to $3,334.60
Level J (active living coordinator, aquatic coordinator, arts curator, community development coordinator, community development coordinator – marketing, engineering technologist – capital, engineering technologist – development, fitness & sport programmer, fitness coordinator, lot grading coordinator/environmental inspector, municipal services inspector, municipal services technologist & inspector, planner 1, plans examiner 1 (buildings), plans examiner/inspector mechanical & plumbing, recreation programmer, recreation programmer/special needs, senior by-law enforcement officer, senior traffic technologist, transportation analyst, utility coordinator, youth outreach worker, development engineering review coordinator, plans examiner (zoning), risk management analyst)
Start: $2,866.90 rising 3 steps to $3,008.94
Year 1: $2,973.47 rising 3 steps to $3,120.78
Year 2: $3,084.66 rising 3 steps to $3,237.49
Level I (accountant, applications expeditor (permits), aquatic programmer, assessment clerk, buyer, bylaw enforcement officer, capital finance accountant, engineering assistant, engineering review coordinator, fitness programmer, graphic arts coordinator, infrastructure coordinator, instrument-person 1, landscape technician, licensing enforcement field officer, licensing enforcement officer, licensing officer, lot grading coordinator, municipal services technician, property tax coordinator, senior GIS mapping technician, special enforcement officer, traffic transportation analyst, waste management coordinator, waste management education & program planner, engineering design technician, claims analyst, graphic designer – multimedia)
Start: $2,710.76 rising 3 steps to $2,845.06
Year 1: $2,810.69 rising 3 steps to $2,949.95
Year 2: $2,915.01 rising 3 steps to $3,059.44
Level H (administrative assistant, administrative coordinator, assessment & taxation senior clerk, budget coordinator, client services coordinator, computer assets coordinator, dispatcher coordinator, environmental & technical assistant, facility permits specialist, fleet clerk, GIS technician-information processor, jr. zoning plans examiner, office administrator, technical coordinator – capital projects, water & wastewater coordinator, development finance coordinator, accounts payable coordinator, capital coordinator)
Start: $2,528.16 rising 3 steps to $2,653.42
Year 1: $2,620.75 rising 3 steps to $2,750.60
Year 2: $2,717.18 rising 3 steps to $2,851.81
Level G (access Vaughan citizen service representative, administrative assistant, administrative coordinator, administrative coordinator/technician, applications expediter (zoning), assistant secretary treasurer, business services coordinator, clerical assistant, clerk dispatcher, GIS mapping technician, instrument-person 2, parking & sign enforcement officer, parking control coordinator, public works, citizen service representative, purchasing system coordinator, registration technician, restrictions clerk, senior technical clerk, technical coordinator, training and compliance coordinator, treasury clerk G, water account & meter coordinator (PW), council/committee services coordinator, administration & office services coordinator, client services account specialist, operations administrative assistant, water/wastewater coordinator, by-law, citizen service representative, contract coordinator)
Start: $2,422.24 rising 3 steps to $2,542.24
Year 1: $2,502.32 rising 3 steps to $2,626.29
Year 2: $2,585.05 rising 3 steps to $2,713.13
Level F (accounts technician, administrative assistant, administrative clerk, animal control officer, animal services receptionist/clerk, clerical assistant, clerk typist, clerk typist F, control desk attendant, development administration assistant, engineering technical clerk, finance accounts receivable clerk, GIS data processor, information processor, lot grading application expediter, registration attendant, senior office services clerk, senior technical clerk, technical clerk, treasury clerk F, waste management assistant, works clerk)
Start: $2,250.65 rising 3 steps to $2,362.16
Year 1: $2,324.99 rising 3 steps to $2,440.18
Year 2: $2,401.86 rising 3 steps to $2,520.87
Level E (clerical assistant, city cashier, clerk typist E, treasury clerk E, records & information technician, accounting clerk)
Start: $1,993 rising 3 steps to $2,091.75
Year 1: $2,072.66 rising 3 steps to $2,175.35
Year 2: $2,141.62 rising 3 steps to $2,247.72
Level D (clerical assistant, clerical assistant/technician, clerk typist D, clerk typist/receptionist, collection clerk, information clerk, purchasing clerk, receptionist, records clerk, technical clerk, transportation technician, treasury clerk D, water & wastewater clerk)
Start: $1,875.35 rising 3 steps to $1,968.26
Year 1: $1,937.10 rising 3 steps to $2,033.08
Year 2: $2,001.53 rising 3 steps to $2,100.69
Level C (animal services shelter attendant, clerk typist, clerk typist C, office services clerk, records & filing clerk)
Start: $1,788.04 rising 3 steps to $1,876.63
Year 1: $1,847.18 rising 3 steps to $1,938.70
Year 2: $1,908.26 rising 3 steps to $2,002.80
Level B (clerk typist B, courier)
Start: $1,715.39 rising 3 steps to $1,800.37
Year 1: $1,772.10 rising 3 steps to $1,859.90
Year 2: $1,830.63 rising 3 steps to $1,921.32
Level A (clerk typist A, CSMS council liaison clerk)
Start: $1,491.26 rising 3 steps to $1,565.15
Year 1: $1,537.07 rising 3 steps to $1,613.23
Year 2: $1,584.79 rising 3 steps to $1,663.31
Editor’s notes: Hearing aids: $750 every 4 years. Orthotics: $300 every 2 years.
