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**Asterisks denote changes from the previous collective agreement.
Article 1 Purpose of Agreement
Article 2 Interpretation and Definitions
Article 3 Application
Article 4 Official Texts
Article 5 State Security
Article 6 Future Legislation and the Collective Agreement
Article 7 Managerial Rights
**Article 8 Recognition
Article 9 Conflict With Regulations
Article 10 Appointment of Stewards
Article 11 Access to Premises
**Article 12 Check-Off
Article 13 Information
Article 14 Use of Employer Facilities
Article 15 Time Off for Local Business
Article 16 Leave of Absence
Article 17 Vacation Leave
**Article 18 Other Leave With or Without Pay
Article 19 Sick Leave
Article 20 National Joint Council Agreements
Article 21 Education Leave Without Pay Career Development Leave With Pay and
Examination Leave With Pay
Article 22 Severance Pay
Article 23 Hours of Work
Article 24 Days of Rest
Article 25 Overtime
**Article 26 Designated Holidays
**Article 27 Travel
Article 28 Call-Back
Article 29 Standby
Article 30 Shift and Weekend Premiums
Article 31 Sea Duty
Article 32 Sea Trials' Allowance
Article 33 Flying Pay
Article 34 Penological Factor Allowance
Article 35 Working Conditions
Article 36 Assigned Workplace
Article 37 Temporary Assignment
Article 38 Officer Status
**Article 39 Grievance Procedure
Article 40 Joint Consultation
Article 41 Previous Rights
Article 42 Employee-Owned Motor Vehicle
**Article 43 Training
Article 44 Technological Change
Article 45 Safety and Security
Article 46 Foreign Affairs
Article 47 Posting
Article 48 Employee Performance Review and Employee Files
Article 49 Loss of Personal Effects
Article 50 Tools
Article 51 Manuals
Article 52 Power Units
Article 53 Flying Accidents
Article 54 Pay Administration
Article 55 Miscellaneous
Article 56 Diving Duty Allowance
Article 57 Redundancy
Article 58 Part-Time Employees
Article 59 Agreement Re-Opener Clause
**Article 60 Duration and Renewal
Appendix "A"
**Appendix "B-1"
**Appendix "B-2"
**Appendix "B-3"
**Appendix "B-4"
Memoranda of Understanding Index
1.01 The purpose of this Agreement is to establish and maintain harmonious relationships between the Employer, the Local and the employees and to set forth herein the terms and conditions of employment upon which agreement has been reached through collective bargaining.
1.02 The parties to this Agreement share a desire to improve the quality and to increase the efficiency of the electronics field in the Public Service of Canada, to promote the well-being of its employees and to provide safe and efficient services to the public.
2.01 For the purpose of this Agreement
2.02 Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, expressions used in this Agreement:
2.03 Throughout this Agreement, words importing the masculine gender include the feminine gender.
3.01 The provisions of this Agreement apply to the Local, employees and the Employer.
4.01 Both English and French texts of this Agreement shall be official.
5.01 Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to require the Employer to do or refrain from doing anything contrary to any instruction, direction or regulations given or made by or on behalf of the Government of Canada in the interest of the safety or security of Canada or any state allied or associated with Canada.
6.01 If any law now in force or enacted during the term of this Agreement renders null and void any provision of this Agreement, the remaining provisions shall remain in effect for the term of the agreement. The parties shall thereupon seek to negotiate substitute provisions which are in conformity with the applicable law.
7.01 The Local recognizes and acknowledges that the Employer has and shall retain the exclusive right and responsibility to manage its operation in all respects including, but not limited to, the following:
and it is expressly understood that all such rights and responsibilities not specifically covered or modified by this Agreement shall remain the exclusive rights and responsibilities of the Employer.
7.02 Such rights will not be exercised in a manner inconsistent with the express provisions of this Agreement.
8.01 The Employer recognizes the Local Union 2228 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers as the exclusive bargaining agent for all employees described in the certificate issued by the Public Service Labour Relations Board on the 7th day of March 1969, amended on the 11th day of May 1999.
8.02 The Local shall notify the Employer promptly and in writing of the names of its representatives, the respective dates of their appointment and the names, if any, of those representatives who are being replaced or discontinued.
8.03 The Employer recognizes and acknowledges that the employee has and shall retain the exclusive right to conduct his/her personal affairs outside the hours during which he/she is discharging his/her duties to the Employer.
Each employee recognizes that such affairs shall not be conducted in a manner inconsistent with the express provisions of this Agreement nor in such a manner as would detrimentally affect the Employer or the Public Service of Canada.
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The above is subject to sections 113, 114 and 115 of the Public Service Employment Act.
9.01 Where there is a conflict between this Collective Agreement and any regulation except as provided under section 113 of the Public Service Labour Relations Act this Agreement shall take precedence over the said regulation.
10.01 The Employer acknowledges the right of the Local to appoint a reasonable number of Stewards, having regard to the plan of organization, the dispersion of employees at the workplace, and the administrative structure implied in the grievance procedure.
10.02 A Steward, or authorized representative, shall obtain the permission of his/her immediate supervisor before leaving his/her work to investigate complaints or grievances and, to meet with local management for the purpose of dealing with these matters and to attend meetings called by management. Such permission shall not be unreasonably withheld. Where practicable, the Steward or authorized representative shall report back to his/her supervisor before resuming his/her normal duties.
10.03 The Local recognizes that employees who are representatives of the Local have regular duties to perform in connection with their work for the Employer.
11.01 The Employer agrees that accredited union representatives may be granted access to the Employer's premises upon request and following the consent of the Employer. Such request shall be made in writing to the local officer-in-charge where time permits and orally in other cases.
11.02 Such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
12.01 The Employer will, as a condition of employment, deduct an amount equal to the membership dues from the monthly pay of all employees in the bargaining unit.
12.02
12.03 For the purpose of applying clause 12.01, deductions from pay for each employee in respect of each month will start with the first (1st) full month of employment to the extent that earnings are available.
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12.04 An employee who satisfies the Local as to the bona fides of his or her claim and declares in an affidavit that he or she is a member of a religious organization registered pursuant to the Income Tax Act, whose doctrine prevents him or her as a matter of conscience from making financial contributions to an employee organization and that he or she will make contributions to a charitable organization registered pursuant to the Income Tax Act, equal to dues, shall not be subject to this article, provided that the affidavit submitted by the employee is countersigned by an official representative of the religious organization involved. The Local will inform the Employer accordingly.
12.05 No employee organization, as defined in section 2 of the Public Service Labour Relations Act, other than the Local, shall be permitted to have membership dues and/or other monies deducted by the Employer from the pay of employees in the bargaining unit.
12.06 The amounts deducted in accordance with clause 12.01 shall be remitted to the Financial Secretary of the Union by cheque within a reasonable period of time after deductions are made and shall be accompanied by particulars identifying each employee and the deductions made on his/her behalf.
12.07 The Employer agrees to continue the past practice of making deductions for group life insurance on the basis of the production of appropriate documentation. The Employer will not be liable for informing employees when their Group Life coverage is affected because of lack of sufficient earnings to cover deductions or because of transfers between bargaining units.
Should there evolve a requirement for deductions other than above, the parties agree to discuss the matter and where the need is mutually recognized endeavour to implement the necessary change.
12.08 The Local agrees to indemnify and save the Employer harmless against any claim or liability arising out of the application of this article except for any claim or liability arising out of an error committed by the Employer limited to the amount actually involved in the error.
13.01 The Employer will provide the Union with an updated "all employee list" twice (2X) a year to reflect January and July conditions as soon as practicable after January and July. The list will contain the name, level and, to the extent possible, the location of each employee in the Electronics group. The Employer will also provide the Union on a semi-annual basis in April and October, a list of new employees and their level assigned to the Electronics group and a list of employees who have left the group.
13.02 The Employer agrees to make available to each employee a copy of the collective agreement and Letters of Intent for his/her retention.
13.03 An employee, upon written request, shall be entitled to a copy of his or her job description, the level of the position and the point rating allotted by factor.
14.01 The Employer may permit the Local to use the Employer's premises outside the working hours of the employees for conducting meetings of their members, where refusal to grant permission would make it difficult for the Local to convene a meeting. The Local shall insure the orderly and proper conduct of its members who attend such meetings and agrees to be responsible for leaving facilities in good order after use.
14.02 The Employer may provide a private area, if and where available, for the Local's shop steward to be able to conduct his or her duties as a local representative.
14.03 Bulletin Boards
Reasonable space on bulletin boards will be made available to the Local for the posting of official Local notices. Such boards will be placed in convenient locations as determined by the Employer. Notices or other material shall require the prior approval of the Employer, except notices of meetings to their members and elections, of the meetings of Local representatives, or social and recreational affairs.
15.01 Public Service Labour Relations Board Hearings
15.02 Arbitration Board and Public Interest Commission
15.03 Adjudication
15.04 Contract Negotiations Meetings
Where operational requirements permit, the Employer will grant leave without pay to an employee for the purpose of attending contract negotiations meetings on behalf of the Local.
15.05 Preparatory Contract Negotiations Meetings
Where operational requirements permit, the Employer will grant leave without pay to a reasonable number of employees to attend preparatory contract negotiations meetings.
15.06 Meetings Between Employee Organizations and Management
Where operational requirements permit, the Employer will grant time off with pay to a reasonable number of employees who are meeting with management on behalf of the Local.
15.07 Employee Organization Executive Board Meetings, Congress Conventions and National Union Committees
Where operational requirements permit, the Employer will grant leave without pay to a reasonable number of employees to attend Executive Board meetings, Labour conventions and National Union Committees.
15.08 Stewards' Training Courses
Where operational requirements permit, the Employer will grant leave without pay to employees who are officers or who exercise the authority of a steward on behalf of the Local to undertake training related to such duties.
15.09 Leave Status
Where the status of leave requested cannot be determined until the Public Service Labour Relations Board or an Adjudicator has given a decision, leave without pay will be granted pending final determination of the appropriate leave status.
16.01 When operational requirements permit, the Employer will grant leave of absence without pay to an employee elected to a full-time office of the Local. The duration of such leave shall be for the period the employee holds such office.
16.02 When operational requirements permit, the Employer will grant leave of absence without pay to an employee appointed to a position within the Local and who serves at the pleasure of an elected Officer of the Local.
16.03 All leave granted under this article shall be deducted from the calculation of "continuous employment" for the purpose of calculating severance pay for the employee involved.
17.01 The vacation year extends from April 1 to March 31 coinciding with the fiscal year.
17.02 Accumulation of Vacation Leave
An employee who has earned at least ten (10) days' pay for each calendar month of a fiscal year shall earn vacation leave of:
17.03 An employee who has not earned at least ten (10) days' pay for each calendar month of a fiscal year will earn vacation leave at one-twelfth (1/12) of the rate referred to in clause 17.02 for each calendar month for which he or she receives at least ten (10) days' pay. No employee shall as a result of transfer or temporary assignment into the bargaining unit earn a double entitlement for annual leave in the same month.
17.04 An employee is entitled to vacation leave with pay to the extent of his or her earned credits but an employee who has completed six (6) months of continuous employment may receive an advance of credits equivalent to the anticipated credits for the vacation year.
17.05 At the beginning of each fiscal year an employee will be credited with his/her entitled vacation leave in anticipation of his/her working and/or receiving pay for the following twelve (12) months.
17.06 To ensure that all concerned have information on vacation planning for the upcoming fiscal year, representatives of the Local shall be given the opportunity to consult with the Employer no later than April 1st. During such consultation the proposed vacation schedule for the upcoming year may be reviewed in light of previous experience. Further consultation in respect of leave planning may be scheduled as the need arises.
17.07 An employee's vacation shall normally be taken in the fiscal year in which he or she becomes eligible for it. The Employer shall, subject to the operational requirements of the service, make every reasonable effort:
17.08 Carry-Over and/or Liquidation of Vacation Leave
17.09 When a day that is a designated holiday for an employee falls within a period of vacation leave with pay, the holiday shall not count as a day of vacation leave.
17.10 Where, in respect of any period of vacation leave, an employee is granted sick leave with pay, on production of a medical certificate, the sick leave granted shall be substituted for vacation leave.
17.11 Where in respect of any period of vacation leave or a combination of vacation leave and lieu days, circumstances arise which necessitate examination leave in accordance with clause 21.07, the leave taken shall be substituted for vacation leave and/or lieu days.
17.12 An employee shall not be required to return to duty during any period of vacation leave.
When, during any period of vacation leave, an employee is requested to return to duty and reports as requested he or she shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses, as normally defined by the Employer, that he or she incurs:
after submitting such accounts as are normally required by the Employer.
The employee shall not be considered as being on vacation leave during any period in respect of which he or she is entitled to be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred by him or her by virtue of this clause.
17.13 Cancellation of Vacation
When an employee's approved vacation leave is cancelled before he or she is due to commence such vacation leave, the employee will be reimbursed reasonable expenses incurred due to cancellation.
The employee will make every reasonable attempt to mitigate any losses incurred and will provide proof of such action to the Employer.
17.14 When an employee dies or otherwise ceases to be employed after a period of continuous employment of not more than six (6) months, he or she or his or her estate shall, in lieu of earned vacation leave, be paid an amount equal to four per cent (4%) of the total of the pay and compensation for overtime received by the employee during his/her period of employment.
17.15 Subject to clause 17.16, when an employee dies or otherwise ceases to be employed, after a period of continuous employment of more than six (6) months, the employee or his or her estate shall, in lieu of earned but unused vacation or furlough leave, be paid an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the number of days of earned but unused vacation or furlough leave by the daily rate of pay applicable to the employee immediately prior to the termination of his/her employment.
17.16 An employee whose employment is terminated by reason of a declaration that he/she abandoned his or her position is not entitled to receive the payment referred to in clause 17.15 unless he or she requests it within six (6) months following the date upon which his or her employment is terminated.
17.17 When the employment of an employee who has been granted more vacation leave with pay than he or she has earned is terminated by death, the employee is considered to have earned the amount of leave with pay granted to him/her.
17.18 When the employment of an employee who has been granted more vacation leave with pay than he or she has earned is terminated by lay-off, the employee is considered to have earned the amount of leave with pay granted to him or her if at the time of his or her lay-off, the employee has completed two (2) or more years of continuous employment.
17.19 An employee is entitled, once in each fiscal year, to be informed, upon request, of the balance of his or her vacation leave with pay credits. In addition, as soon as possible after the end of fiscal year, an employee shall be informed in writing of the balance of his or her vacation leave with pay credits as of March 31st.
17.20 The amount of vacation leave with pay already credited to an employee by the Employer at the time this Agreement is signed shall be retained by the employee.
The amount of vacation leave with pay credited to a person by the Employer at the time that person joins the bargaining unit after the effective date of this Agreement shall be retained by that person.
17.21 An employee who, on the day that this Agreement is signed, is entitled to receive furlough leave, that is to say, five (5) weeks' leave with pay upon completing twenty (20) years of continuous employment, retains his or her entitlement to furlough leave subject to the conditions respecting the granting of such leave that are in force on the day that this Agreement is signed.
17.22 The Employer agrees to issue advance payments of estimated net salary for vacation periods of two (2) or more complete weeks, provided a written request for such advance payment is received from the employee at least six (6) weeks prior to the last pay day before the employee's vacation period commences.
Providing the employee has been authorized to proceed on vacation leave for the period concerned, pay in advance of going on vacation shall be made prior to departure. Any overpayments in respect of such pay advances shall be an immediate first (1st) charge against any subsequent pay entitlements and shall be recovered in full prior to any further payment of salary.
17.23 Notwithstanding clauses 17.14 and 17.15, an employee who resigns to accept an appointment with an organization listed in Schedule V of the Financial Administration Act may choose not to be paid for unused vacation and furlough leave credits, provided that the appointing organization will accept such credits.
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18.01
18.02 Bereavement Leave With Pay
For the purpose of this clause, immediate family is defined as father, mother, (or alternatively stepfather, stepmother, foster parent or former guardian of the employee), brother, sister, spouse, child, stepchild or ward of the employee, father-in-law, mother-in-law, step-brother, step-sister, grandparent, grandchild or a relative permanently residing in the employee's household or with whom the employee permanently resides.
18.03 Maternity Leave Without Pay
18.04 Maternity Allowance
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18.05 Special Maternity Allowance for Totally Disabled Employees
18.06 Parental Leave Without Pay
18.07 Parental Allowance
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18.08 Special Parental Allowance for Totally Disabled Employees
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18.09 Leave Without Pay for the Care of Immediate Family
18.10 Leave Without Pay for Family-Related Needs
Leave without pay will be granted for family-related needs, in the following manner:
18.11 Leave Without Pay for Relocation of Spouse
18.12 Leave With Pay for Family-Related Responsibilities
18.13 Court Leave With Pay
Leave with pay shall be granted to every employee, other than an employee already on leave without pay, on education leave, or under suspension who is required
18.14 Personnel Selection Leave With Pay
Where an employee participates in a personnel selection process, including appeal process, for a position in the public service, as defined in the Public Service Labour Relations Act, the employee is entitled to leave of absence with pay for the period during which the employee's presence is required for purposes of the selection process, including appeal process, and for such further period as the Employer considers reasonable for the employee to travel to and from the place where his or her presence is so required. This clause applies equally in respect of the personnel selection process related to deployment.
18.15 Injury-on-duty-Leave With Pay
An employee shall be granted injury-on-duty leave with pay for such reasonable period as may be determined by the Employer where it is determined by a Provincial Workmen's Compensation Board that the employee is unable to perform his or her duties because of:
if the employee agrees to pay to the Receiver General of Canada any amount received by him or her for loss of wages in settlement of any claim the employee may have in respect of such injury, sickness or exposure.
18.16 Personal Leave Without Pay
Reasons for requesting leave without pay for personal reasons of up to three (3) days will not be required of the employee unless the number of requests is excessive or the granting of such leave would interfere with urgent work commitments. Permission to take such leave will not be unreasonably withheld.
18.17 Personal Leave with Pay
18.18 Volunteer Leave with Pay
18.19 Leave With or Without Pay for Other Reasons
18.20 Except as otherwise specified in this Collective Agreement, periods of leave without pay in excess of three (3) months for reasons other than illness shall not be counted as "continuous employment" for the purpose of calculating severance pay nor as service for the purpose of calculating vacation leave. Time spent on such leave shall not be counted for pay increment purposes.
19.01 An employee shall earn sick leave credits at the rate of nine decimal three seven five (9.375) hours for each calendar month for which he or she receives pay for at least seventy-five (75) hours.
19.02 An employee is eligible for sick leave with pay when he or she is unable to perform his or her duties because of illness or injury provided that:
19.03 An employee is not eligible for sick leave with pay during any period in which he/she is on leave of absence without pay or under suspension.
19.04 Unless otherwise informed by the Employer, a statement signed by the employee stating that because of illness or injury he or she was unable to perform his or her duties shall, when delivered to the Employer, be considered as meeting the requirements of paragraph 19.02(b).
19.05 Where an employee has insufficient or no credits to cover the granting of sick leave with pay under the provisions of clause 19.02, sick leave with pay may, at the discretion of the Employer, be granted:
subject to the deduction of such advanced leave from any sick leave credits subsequently earned.
19.06 When an employee is granted sick leave with pay and injury-on-duty leave is subsequently approved for the same period, it shall be considered, for the purpose of the record of sick leave credits, that the employee was not granted sick leave with pay.
19.07 The Employer agrees that an employee recommended for termination from employment under subparagraph 12(1)(e) of the Financial Administration Act for incapacity by reason of ill-health shall not be released at a date earlier than the date at which the employee could have utilized his/her accumulated sick leave credits.
19.08 When the employment of an employee who has been granted more sick leave with pay than he or she has earned is terminated by death, the employee is considered to have earned the amount of leave with pay granted to him or her.
19.09 When the employment of an employee who has been granted more sick leave with pay than he or she has earned is terminated by lay-off, the employee is considered to have earned the amount of leave with pay granted to him or her if at the time of his or her lay-off, he or she has completed two (2) or more years of continuous employment.
19.10 In the event of termination of employment for reasons other than death or lay-off, recovery will be made of any advance of sick leave from monies owed the employee.
19.11 An employee is entitled, twice (2X) in each fiscal year, to be informed, upon request, of the balance of his or her credits for sick leave with pay. In addition, as soon as possible after the end of each fiscal year, an employee shall be informed in writing of the balance of his or her sick leave with pay credits as of March 31st.
19.12 The amount of sick leave with pay already credited to an employee by the Employer at the time this Agreement is signed shall be retained by the employee.
The amount of sick leave with pay credited to a person by the Employer at the time that person joins the bargaining unit after the effective date of this Agreement shall be retained by that person.
20.01 Agreements concluded by the National Joint Council of the Public Service on items which may be included in a collective agreement, and which the parties to this Agreement have endorsed after December 6, 1978, will form part of this Collective Agreement, subject to the Public Service Labour Relations Act (PSLRA) and any legislation by Parliament that has been or may be, as the case may be, established pursuant to any Act specified in subsection 113(b) of the PSLRA.
20.02 NJC items which may be included in a collective agreement are those items which the parties to the NJC agreements have designated as such or upon which the Chairman of the Public Service Labour Relations Board has made a ruling pursuant to subsection (c) of the NJC Memorandum of Understanding which become effective December 6, 1978.
20.03 The following directives, policies or regulations, as amended from time to time by National Joint Council recommendation and which have been approved by the Treasury Board of Canada, form part of this Collective Agreement:
During the term of this Collective Agreement, other directives, policies or regulations may be added to the above-noted list.
Grievances in regard to the above directives, policies or regulations shall be filed in accordance with clause 39.02.
21.01 The Employer recognizes the usefulness of education leave. Upon written application by the employee and with the approval of the Employer, an employee may be granted education leave without pay for varying periods of up to one (1) year, which can be renewed by mutual agreement, to attend a recognized institution for studies in some field of education in which preparation is needed to fill the employee's present role more adequately or to undertake studies in some field in order to provide a service which the Employer requires or is planning to provide.
21.02 At the Employer's discretion, an employee on education leave without pay under this article may receive an allowance in lieu of salary of up to one hundred per cent (100%) of the employee's annual rate of pay, depending on the degree to which the education leave is deemed, by the Employer, to be relevant to organizational requirements. Where the employee receives a grant, bursary or scholarship, the education leave allowance may be reduced. In such cases, the amount of the reduction shall not exceed the amount of the grant, bursary or scholarship.
21.03 Allowances already being received by the employee may at the discretion of the Employer be continued during the period of the education leave. The employee shall be notified when the leave is approved whether such allowances are to be continued in whole or in part.
21.04 As a condition of the granting of education leave without pay, an employee shall, if required, give a written undertaking prior to the commencement of the leave to return to the service of the Employer for a period of not less than the period of the leave granted.
If the employee:
the employee shall repay the Employer all allowances paid to him or her under this article during the education leave or such lesser sum as shall be determined by the Employer.
21.05 Education leave without pay in excess of three (3) months shall not be counted as "continuous employment" for the purpose of calculating severance pay nor as "service" for the purpose of calculating vacation leave. Time spent on such leave shall not be counted for pay increment purposes.
21.06 Career Development Leave With Pay
21.07 Examination Leave With Pay
At the Employer's discretion, examination leave with pay may be granted to an employee for the purpose of writing an examination which takes place during the employee's scheduled hours of work. Such leave will only be granted where, in the opinion of the Employer, the course of study is directly related to the employee's duties or will improve his or her qualifications.
22.01 Solely for the purpose of this article, the terms:
22.02 Lay-Off
An employee who has one (1) year or more of continuous employment and who is laid off is entitled to be paid severance pay at the time of lay-off.
22.03 Resignation
Subject to clause 22.04, an employee who has ten (10) or more years of continuous employment is entitled to be paid, on resignation from the public service, severance pay equal to the amount obtained by multiplying half (1/2) of his or her weekly rate of pay on resignation by the number of completed years of his or her continuous employment to a maximum of twenty-six (26), less any period in respect of which the employee was granted severance pay, retiring leave or a cash gratuity in lieu of retiring leave by the Employer.
22.04 Retirement
a severance payment in respect of the employee's complete period of continuous employment, comprised of one (1) week's pay for each complete year of continuous employment and, in the case of a partial year of continuous employment, one (1) week's pay multiplied by the number of days of continuous employment divided by 365, to a maximum of thirty (30) week's pay, less any period in respect of which the employee was granted severance pay, retiring leave or a cash gratuity in lieu of retiring leave by the Employer.
22.05 Termination for Cause for Reasons of Incapacity or Incompetence
22.06 Death
If an employee dies, there shall be paid to the employee's estate a severance payment in respect of the employee's complete period of continuous employment, comprised of one (1) week's pay for each complete year of continuous employment and, in the case of a partial year of continuous employment, one (1) week's pay multiplied by the number of days of continuous employment divided by 365, to a maximum of thirty (30) weeks' pay, regardless of any other benefit payable, less any period in respect of which the employee was granted severance pay, retiring leave or a cash gratuity in lieu of retiring leave by the Employer.
22.07 Rejection on Probation
Upon rejection on probation, when an employee has completed more than one (1) year of continuous employment and ceases to be employed by reason of rejection during a probationary period he or she is entitled to be paid one (1) week's pay for each complete year of continuous employment with a maximum benefit of twenty-seven (27) weeks.
22.08 Appointment to a Separate Employer Organization
Notwithstanding clause 22.03, an employee who resigns to accept an appointment with an organization listed in Schedule V of the Financial Administration Act may choose not to be paid severance pay provided that the appointing organization will accept the employee's Schedule I and IV service for its severance pay entitlement.
23.01 A day is the twenty-four (24) hour period commencing at 00:00 hours and ending at 24:00 hours.
23.02 An employee's regularly scheduled daily hours of work are hours which may fall within one (1) day or may embrace the latter part of one (1) day and the beginning of the following day.
23.03 Normal hours of work shall be arranged to provide for either:
in neither case shall there be split-shifts, that is, a normal schedule where the period of work is divided by more time than that provided as a meal break, except as provided in clause 23.16.
23.04 Non-Operating Employees
23.05 Operating Employees
23.06 Minimum and Maximum Hours
Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as guaranteeing an employee minimum or maximum hours of work.
23.07 Break Periods
Each employee shall be given two (2) paid break periods of fifteen (15) minutes each during each working shift.
23.08 Shift Times - Operating Employees
23.09 Posting of Shift Schedules and Shift Cycles - Operating Employees
23.10 Shift Exchange - Operating Employees
Provided sufficient advance notice is given and with the approval of the Employer, employees may exchange shifts if there is no increase in cost to the Employer.
Such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
23.11 Change in Shift - Operating Employees
23.12 Change in Schedule or Cycle
Except as provided in clause 23.10, the Employer agrees that before a shift schedule or shift cycle is changed, if the change will affect more than one (1) employee, the change will be discussed with the local representative where practicable.
23.13 Encroachment
An employee who has not had a break of eight (8) consecutive hours during a twenty-four (24) hour period in which he or she works more than fifteen (15) hours shall not be required to report for work on his or her regularly scheduled shift until a period of ten (10) hours has elapsed from the end of the period of work that exceeded fifteen (15) hours. If, in the application of this clause, an employee works less than his or her regularly scheduled shift he or she shall, nevertheless, receive his or her regular daily rate of pay.
For the purpose of this clause, time necessarily spent in travel required by the Employer, shall be considered as time worked.
23.14 Change in Employee Status - Operating/Non-Operating
It is understood that certain employees, because of the nature of their duties, may be required to change from a non-operating employee to an operating employee (or vice versa) for varying periods of time. No change in the employee's status (Operating or Non-Operating) will be made unless the requirement to change is consistent for thirty (30) consecutive calendar days or more. Advance notice of such requirement which will involve a change in the employee's status should be given at the earliest possible date but in any case not less than thirty (30) calendar days prior to the earliest date that the change in status may commence. If notice of the change is less than thirty (30) calendar days, the employee shall be paid a premium equal to the amount shown in note 5 of Appendix B-1 for each shift or day worked during the period of the change in status for which he or she has not received thirty (30) calendar days' notice. Such notice shall not be required when the employee concerned is promoted, is acting in a higher level position or the change is in response to the employee's request.
23.15 It is recognized that when circumstances warrant certain non-operating employees may be required to work their normal daily hours within a schedule which deviates from their normal daily schedule as specified in clause 23.04. When a non-operating employee is required to work his or her normal seven decimal five (7.5) hours a day at times other than those specified in clause 23.04 the employee shall receive his or her normal daily rate of pay plus a premium payment as follows:
In a calendar month for days worked in accordance with the above,
If the employee works less than three decimal seven five (3.75) hours he or she shall receive the full premium for the day and revert to his/her normal schedule for that day which will be reduced by the equivalent number of hours that the employee worked. If the employee works three decimal seven five (3.75) hours or more he or she shall be paid the full premium for the day and his or her normal daily rate of pay.
Hours worked in excess of seven decimal five (7.5) hours per day shall be subject to Article 25.
23.16 In accordance with clause 23.03 and notwithstanding clauses 23.04 and 23.15, the following shall apply to employees aboard ship:
23.17 Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 23 and 25, employees, with the approval of the Employer, may complete their weekly hours of employment in a period other than five (5) full days provided that over a period, to be determined by the Employer, employees work an average of thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours per week.
23.18 Any special arrangement may be at the request of either party and must be mutually agreed between the Employer and the employee(s) affected. Where individual employees' duties or shifts are interdependent, then the majority of the affected employees must agree to the arrangement and it shall apply to all of these employees.
23.19 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the implementation of any variation in hours shall not result in any additional overtime work, payment or cost by reason only of such variation, nor shall it be deemed to prohibit the right of the Employer to schedule any hours of work permitted by the terms of this Agreement.
23.20 General Terms
23.21 Conversion of Days to Hours
23.22 Adjustments
Any required adjustment between seven decimal five (7.5) hours per day and the employee's actual scheduled hours may take the form of make-up time or deduction from accumulated compensatory leave or vacation leave, to be determined in advance of the implementation of the variable work week arrangement.
23.23 Specific Application
For greater certainty the following provisions shall be administered as provided herein:
24.01 A "day of rest" is defined in article 2, paragraph (f).
24.02 The Employer shall schedule days of rest. Days of rest shall be scheduled on consecutive calendar days and shall consist of two (2) or more such days.
24.03 For there to be a second (2nd) or subsequent day of rest, the days of rest scheduled for the employee must consist of an unbroken series of consecutive and contiguous calendar days numbering two (2) days or more.
24.04 When a day designated as a holiday under clause 26.01 coincides with an employee's day of rest, the holiday shall be moved to the employee's first (1st) scheduled working day following his or her day of rest, or to the second (2nd) day following his or her day of rest if the employee would otherwise lose credit for a designated holiday.
24.05 Work performed on a day of rest shall be paid at one and one-half (1 1/2) times an employee's straight-time hourly rate for the first (1st) seven decimal five (7.5) hours (exclusive of a meal break) and twice (2X) the employee's straight-time hourly rate for all hours in excess of seven decimal five (7.5) hours for that day.
24.06 In an unbroken series of consecutive and contiguous days of rest, an employee shall be paid at twice (2X) his or her straight-time hourly rate on a day of rest, provided the employee has worked and has received one and one-half (1 1/2) times his or her straight-time hourly rate in accordance with clause 24.05 for any day of rest in that series.
24.07 At the discretion of the Employer, employees on temporary assignment outside of their Headquarters area, other than those on training courses, may be given the opportunity to work on what would otherwise be normal days of rest, where practicable and when work is available. Such work will be paid for at the appropriate overtime rate.
25.01 An employee shall be paid at his or her straight-time hourly rate for all work performed during his or her regularly scheduled hours of work, including all work performed during regularly scheduled hours of work which embraces not more than two (2) hours of the latter part of a day designated as a holiday or not more than two (2) hours of the latter part of a second (2nd) day of rest, and not more than two (2) hours at the beginning of the following day.
25.02 Each completed six (6) minute period of overtime shall be compensated for at the following rates:
25.03 "Time and one-half" is one and one-half (1 1/2) times the straight-time hourly rate.
25.04 "Double time" is twice (2X) the straight-time hourly rate.
25.05 Except for employees serving abroad with Foreign Affairs and International Trade where current local conditions for payment of meals will continue, employees working overtime will be granted meal breaks and compensated for meals as follows:
25.06
25.07
25.08
25.09 The Employer will make every reasonable effort:
25.10 An employee aboard ship who performs overtime work which is not contiguous to his or her regularly scheduled hours of work shall be paid the greater of:
Note:
For the purpose of determining lieu days under clauses 26.05, 26.07, 26.08 and 26.09, when Easter Monday and/or Good Friday fall in the month of March, such day(s) shall be deemed to be contained in the following fiscal year.
26.01 Subject to clause 26.02, the following days shall be designated as holidays with pay:
26.02
26.03 Subject to clauses 26.05 and 26.06 the following shall apply to Non-Operating Employees:
26.04 The following shall apply to all employees whose designated paid holidays are governed by one of the following clauses - 26.05, 26.07, 26.08 or 26.09:
26.05 The following shall apply to all Operating Employees except those covered by clause 26.06 and to Non-Operating Employees at isolated posts with an Environment Allowance Classification of 4 or 5:
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26.06 Clauses 26.03 and 26.05 shall not apply to employees while employed at Isolated Posts with an Environment Allowance Classification of 1, 2 or 3 or while assigned aboard ship away from home port. Such employees shall be entitled to days in lieu of holidays as provided in clauses 26.07, 26.08, 26.09 and subject to clause 26.04.
26.07 For all employees as described in clause 26.06 who are so employed at the beginning of the fiscal year and when it is anticipated they will be continuously so employed to or beyond the end of the fiscal year, clause 26.01 shall not apply and the following shall apply:
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26.08 For all employees as described in clause 26.06, who after the beginning of the fiscal year are assigned for a period anticipated to extend to or beyond the end of the fiscal year, clause 26.01 shall not apply during such period and the following shall apply:
26.09 For all employees as described in clause 26.06 who on or after the beginning of the fiscal year are assigned for a period known to be less than the balance of the fiscal year, clause 26.01 shall not apply during such period and the following shall apply:
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26.10 Any lieu days taken under clauses 26.05, 26.07, 26.08 or 26.09 in advance of holidays occurring after the date an employee ceases to be an employee or after he or she becomes subject to clause 26.03 shall be subject to recovery of pay.
26.11 Foreign Affairs
26.12 The following shall apply to employees who are classified as Electronic Systems Instructors on a continuing basis:
27.01 This article shall not apply to an employee for the travel involved in respect of a transfer or posting which is subject to the Relocation Policy.
27.02 Employees in travel status will be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses in accordance with the current Travel Policy.
27.03 When an employee travels through more than one (1) time zone, computation will be made as if the employee had remained in the time zone of the point of origin for continuous travel and in the time zone of each point of overnight stay after the first (1st) day of travel.
27.04 In making travel arrangements for employees, every reasonable effort shall be made to minimize the amount of time the employee is away from his or her headquarters area. For trips entailing more than one (1) day of travel the employee's regular scheduled hours of work for each day of his or her itinerary are to be established in advance for each day of travel in accordance with paragraph 27.05(b) prior to the commencement of his/her trip.
27.05 When in the performance of his or her duties an employee is required by the Employer to travel by authorized means of transport, time necessarily spent in such travel shall be considered as time worked and compensated for as follows:
27.06
27.07 With the approval of the Employer, an employee may be permitted to use his or her private motor vehicle in place of a public carrier to proceed on training courses provided there is no extra cost to the Employer. The employee will be allowed the equivalent travel time and expenses including the lowest transportation costs as if he or she had travelled by public carrier. The public transportation costs will be the lowest available when the employee was notified in writing or in electronic format by the Employer that he or she had to attend a training course.
27.08 For every employee proceeding on leave with pay from an isolated post, the Employer will approve leave of absence with pay for the lesser of:
In this section "isolated posts" and "point of departure" have the same meaning as given to these expressions in the Isolated Posts Directive.
In the event of unavoidable delays at northern transportation terminals, additional travel time may be allowed.
It is understood by the parties that the above applies to an employee using his or her private motor vehicle where such use is practicable and it is understood that a maximum of one (1) day's leave shall compensate for all hours travelled in a day.
27.09
27.10 Travel Status Leave
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The provisions of this clause do not apply when the employee travels in connection with courses, training sessions, professional conferences and seminars, unless the employee is required to attend by the Employer.
28.01 If,
an employee is called back to work and returns to work prior to his or her next regular scheduled work period for a period of overtime the employee shall be entitled to the greater of:
28.02
28.03 Notwithstanding clause 28.01 an employee called back to work and reports for work one (1) hour or less prior to the commencement of his or her scheduled work period and the period of work for which the employee was recalled is contiguous to the commencement of his or her work period, shall receive only the applicable overtime rate for the period worked prior to the commencement of his or her scheduled work period.
28.04
28.05
29.01 When an employee is notified in writing that he or she will be required to be available for work during his or her off-duty hours, the employee shall be entitled to a standby payment of one (1) hour's pay at the straight-time rate for each consecutive eight (8) hours or portion thereof that he or she is required to remain available.
29.02 While an employee is not required to have a telephone, an employee designated for standby duty shall be available during his or her period of standby at a known telephone number and be able to return to duty as quickly as is practicable when he or she is called, but in any event not later than one (1) hour after he or she is called.
29.03 No payment for standby will be made for any eight (8) hour period referred to in clause 29.01 if an employee is unable to report for duty when required during that period.
29.04
29.05 The Employer agrees that standby for the afternoon and/or night shifts shall be on a five (5) day basis, Monday to Friday inclusive.
29.06 When an employee is required for standby duties on weekends one (1) employee per weekend will be assigned to such standby unless mutually arranged otherwise at local work sites.
29.07 In respect of clauses 29.05 and 29.06, the Employer agrees to give seven (7) days' notice of such standby requirement unless it is essential to provide a replacement due to the inability of the assigned employee to assume or continue standby duties.
29.08 The Employer shall have the right to put an employee on standby duty in a specific instance where there is a requirement known in advance.
29.09 When there is a known requirement for standby duties on a continuing basis the Employer will use his best endeavours to distribute the standby duties on an equitable basis among qualified available employees and on a weekly basis.
29.10 An employee on standby who was called into work and who reports to work in accordance with the above shall be compensated in accordance with the Call-Back provisions of this Agreement.
29.11 In respect of employees of Foreign Affairs and International Trade who are posted abroad and where an employee is required to have a telephone installed, the Employer shall pay that portion of the employee's telephone installation and rental cost which exceeds the Ottawa rate for similar services.
29.12 The Employer agrees that in those areas where electronic paging devices are both available and practicable they will be provided without cost to those employees on standby.
30.01 An employee will receive a shift premium of fifteen dollars ($15) for each shift worked on the 16:00 to 24:00 evening shift and for each shift worked on the 00:00 to 08:00 night shift.
30.02 An employee who in the observance of a special shift schedule works four (4) or more hours during the period of either of the aforementioned shifts shall be paid the appropriate shift premium for such shift.
30.03 Where an operating employee's assigned workplace has shift cycles which have scheduled shifts on Saturdays and Sundays and it is evident that these weekend shifts will be on a continuing basis and are not affected by seasonal operations, the employee shall receive a weekend premium of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per hour for all regular hours worked on Saturday and/or Sunday at his or her straight-time hourly rate in addition to the above shift premiums.
31.01 Except for employees of the Department of National Defence when covered by Article 32, Sea Trials' Allowance, any employee assigned to work aboard a ship shall be paid a Sea Duty Allowance of nineteen dollars ($19) for each such night he or she is at sea.
31.02 Except for employees of the Department of National Defence when covered by Article 32, Sea Trials' Allowance, any employee assigned to work aboard a ship shall be paid a Sea Duty Allowance, in addition to clause 31.01 above, of twenty-five dollars ($25) for each night beyond forty-four (44) consecutive nights that he or she is at sea.
31.03 An employee required to report aboard ship sailing from home port outside his or her normally scheduled working hours and who is not required to work aboard ship upon reporting will be paid a premium of one (1) hour's straight-time.
31.04 When an employee is required to proceed to a mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU) or to board a vessel or submarine at sea by helicopter or vessel and is required to transfer from that helicopter or vessel to the mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU),vessel or submarine, he or she shall be paid a transfer allowance of ten dollars ($10). If the employee leaves the mobile offshore drilling unit (MODU), vessel or submarine by similar transfer he or she shall be paid a further ten dollars ($10).
32.01
he or she shall be compensated in accordance with clause 32.03.
32.02 Clause 23.13 (Encroachment) shall be applied at the termination of the sea trial only.
32.03
32.04 In addition, an employee shall receive a submarine trials allowance equal to twenty-five per cent (25%) of his or her basic hourly rate for each completed one-half (1/2) hour he or she is required to be in a submarine during trials as per the conditions prescribed in paragraph 32.01(a).
33.01 An employee required to perform duties with equipment while in flight, such as flight calibration of magnetometer surveys, shall be paid an allowance of one hundred dollars ($100) per month provided that he or she completes fifteen (15) hours in the performance of such duties each quarter. The Employer will make every reasonable effort to allocate such duties on an equitable basis among available qualified employees.
33.02 An employee in the Avionics Workshop of Transport Canada or in the Avionics Systems at CFB Cold Lake who is required to perform duties with equipment while in flight, who does not qualify for payment under clause 33.01, shall be paid a flying time premium of ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50) per hour or part thereof, while performing such work in flight authorized by his or her supervisor.
34.01 A Penological Factor Allowance shall be payable to incumbents in some positions in the bargaining unit which are in the Canadian Penitentiary Service, subject to the conditions set forth in Appendix A to this Agreement.
35.01 In so far as is feasible, having regard to building and space limitations, the Employer will where alternate facilities are not available, provide proper accommodation for employees to have and/or to prepare their meals and where there is a requirement, to provide space to keep their clothes, tools and manuals.
35.02 Subject to the prior approval of the Master before work is commenced, an employee who is required to work in bilges and/or spaces below the bottom deck plates for periods in excess of fifteen (15) minutes, shall be paid, in addition to the appropriate rate of pay, an additional one-quarter (1/4) of his or her straight-time hourly rate of pay for every fifteen (15) minute period, or part thereof, worked.
35.03 The Employer will ensure that a supply of water and a utensil capable of heating liquids (hot-cup) are made available to technicians working at normal work sites where such facilities are not now available.
35.04 An employee who is required to repair buoys and other navigational equipment on open ice on Lac St. Pierre in the Province of Quebec shall be paid an extra allowance of thirteen ($13) dollars for the time spent on open ice in any twenty-four (24) hour period.
36.01 An employee shall have an assigned permanent headquarters and this shall be his or her workplace. This shall be the point where the employee reports, commences and ends his or her day's work.
36.02 In the event that the employee's permanent headquarters is changed the Employer will give not less than one (1) month's notice in writing of the impending change.
37.01 When an employee is assigned to work at a location outside of his or her headquarters' area he or she shall be considered as being on temporary assignment until he or she returns to his or her headquarters' area or is permanently assigned to another headquarters' area. An employee on temporary assignment shall be entitled to reimbursement for all reasonable expenses in accordance with clause 27.02.
37.02 An employee on temporary assignment at a workplace that is a workplace of other employees shall have that workplace designated as his or her report point where he or she shall commence and end his or her day's work.
37.03 The Employer agrees that temporary assignments to isolated posts for construction activities will be equally distributed, as far as practicable, amongst the available qualified construction technicians in that region.
37.04 Employees assigned away from their headquarters area on other than a training course for a period of seven (7) days or more shall be given seven (7) days' notice of such assignment. Where less than seven (7) days' notice is given, the employee shall be paid a premium equal to the amount shown in note 5 of Appendix B-1 for the first (1st) day of the assignment for which he or she was not given seven (7) days' notice.
37.05 An employee who is assigned to a ship of the Employer to perform maintenance on the ship's electronic equipment as his or her primary duty on a continuing basis at sea shall have that ship considered as his or her workplace for the period of that temporary assignment.
37.06 An employee who is assigned to a ship of the Employer for scientific and/or research support or to operate electronic equipment on board that ship, shall have that ship considered as his or her workplace for the period of that temporary assignment.
37.07 At the discretion of the Employer, employees on temporary assignment outside of their Headquarters area, other than those on training courses, may be given the opportunity to work overtime, where practicable and when work is available. Such work will be paid for at the appropriate overtime rate.
38.01 An employee assigned to work aboard ship will be given accommodation equal to that afforded to Officers aboard that ship except where it is not operationally practicable or where space does not permit.
39.01 Employee complaints or grievances will be dealt with in accordance with the procedure set forth in this Article the purpose of which is to secure prompt and fair disposition of grievances.
39.02 In cases of alleged misinterpretation or misapplication arising out of agreements concluded by the National Joint Council of the Public Service on items which may be included in a collective agreement and which the NJC parties to this Agreement have endorsed, the grievance procedure will be in accordance with section 15 of the NJC By-Laws.
39.03 Definitions
39.04 Right to Present Grievances
Subject to and as provided in section 208 of the Public Service Labour Relations Act an employee who feels that he or she has been treated unjustly or considers himself or herself aggrieved by any action or lack of action by the Employer in matters other than those which are dealt with in the classification grievance process is entitled to present a grievance in accordance with the procedure provided by this article except that:
A grievance must be presented not later than thirty (30) days from the day on which the employee was notified, informed or otherwise became aware of the decision, situation or circumstance that is the subject of his or her grievance.
A grievance of an employee shall not be deemed to be invalid by reason only that it is not in accordance with the form supplied by the Employer.
39.05 Representation
An employee may be assisted and/or represented by an authorized representative of the Local when presenting a complaint or grievance at any level. Such representative may meet with the Employer to discuss a complaint or grievance at each or any level of the grievance procedure.
When an employee is required to attend a meeting, the purpose of which is to render a disciplinary decision concerning him or her, the employee shall be informed that he or she is entitled to have an authorized representative of the Local attend the meeting.
39.06 Procedure - Complaints
An employee who has a complaint should attempt to resolve the same through discussion with his or her supervisor.
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39.07 Level One (All Departments)
An employee may present his or her grievance in writing to his/her immediate supervisor within the thirty (30) day period referred to in paragraph 39.04 above. The immediate supervisor shall sign the form indicating the time and date received. A signed copy will be returned to the employee and a copy forwarded to the management representative authorized to make a decision at Level One (1). The management representative shall give his/her decision and reasons in writing as quickly as possible and not later than twenty (20) days after the day on which the grievance was presented. The decision will be in writing and a copy will be returned, through the immediate supervisor, to the employee.
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39.08 Level Two (All Departments Except Foreign Affairs)
If a decision at Level One (1) is not acceptable to the employee, the employee may, not later than ten (10) days after receipt of the decision at Level One (1), or if no decision was received, not later than fifteen (15) days after the last day on which he or she was entitled to receive a decision, complete the grievance transmittal form and present it to his or her immediate supervisor who will sign it indicating the time and date received. A copy will be returned to the employee and the employee representative if applicable. The management representative shall give his or her decision and reasons in writing as quickly as possible and not later than twenty (20) days after the grievance was presented. The decision will be in writing and the employee copy will be returned, through the immediate supervisor, to the employee.
39.09 Final Level (All Departments)
If a decision at the level immediately preceding the Final Level is not acceptable to the employee, the employee may, not later than ten (10) days after receipt of the decision, or if no decision was received, not later than fifteen (15) days after the last day on which he or she was entitled to receive a decision, complete the grievance transmittal form and present it to his or her immediate supervisor who will sign it indicating the time and date received. A receipted copy will be returned to the employee and the employee representative, and a copy forwarded to the Deputy Minister or his or her delegated representative authorized to make a decision at the Final Level. The Deputy Minister or his or her delegated representative shall give his or her decision and reasons for his or her decision as quickly as possible and not later than thirty (30) days after the grievance was presented. The decision will be in writing and the employee copy will be returned, through the immediate supervisor, to the employee. The decision of the Deputy Minister or his or her delegated representative at the Final Level in the grievance procedure shall be final and binding upon the employee unless the grievance is a class of grievance that may be referred to Adjudication.
39.10 Copy to the Local
Where a grievance related to the interpretation or application in respect of an employee of a provision of this Collective Agreement or an arbitral award relating thereto or where the employee has indicated that he or she is being represented by the Local, a copy of the reply at each level of this procedure shall be forwarded to the authorized representative of the Local.
39.11 Termination, Demotion or Indefinite Suspension Grievance
39.12 Time Off to Present Grievance
An employee may be granted time off during working hours to discuss a complaint or grievance provided prior permission of his or her supervisor is obtained.
An employee who is a representative of the Local may, with the permission of his or her supervisor, be granted time off during working hours to assist an employee in the presentation of a complaint or grievance. Where such assistance is given during working hours in the representative's area of jurisdiction he or she may be granted time off with pay, and where such assistance is given at locations other than in the representative's area of jurisdiction, leave without pay.
Employees who are representatives of the Local, will not be entitled to be paid when a discussion or meeting on a complaint or grievance takes place outside their normal working hours. The Employer will make every reasonable attempt to schedule such meetings during normal working hours.
39.13 Permission to Enter Premises or Offices
An authorized representative of the Local may be permitted access to the Employer's premises to assist in the settlement of a grievance. The Local shall request such access from an authorized management representative in writing where time permits and verbally in other cases.
Where security clearance is required this clearance will not be unreasonably withheld.
39.14 Adjudication of Grievances
Where an employee has presented a grievance up to and including the Final Level in the grievance procedure with respect to:
and his or her grievance has not been dealt with to his or her satisfaction, the employee may refer the grievance to adjudication.
Where a grievance that may be presented by an employee to adjudication is a grievance relating to the interpretation or application in respect of him or her of a provision of this Collective Agreement or an arbitral award relating thereto, the employee is not entitled to refer the grievance to adjudication unless the Local signifies in prescribed manner:
39.15 Extension of Normal Time Limits
The time limits stipulated in this procedure may be extended by mutual agreement between the Management representative and the employee, and the Local representative where the Local is representing the employee.
39.16 Abandonment of Grievances
An employee may, by written notice to his or her immediate supervisor or local officer-in-charge, abandon a grievance at any time during the grievance process. If the grievance in question has been processed with the support of the Local, the Employer will notify the Local that the employee has abandoned the grievance. The abandonment of a grievance shall not prejudice the position of the Local in dealing with grievances of a similar nature.
Where an employee fails to present a grievance to the next higher level within the prescribed time limits the employee shall be deemed to have abandoned the grievance.
It is not the Employer's intent to deny any grievance as being untimely when failure to present the grievance within the time limits stipulated above is caused due to circumstances beyond the control of the grievor.
40.01 The Employer and the Union recognize that consultation and communication on matters of mutual interest outside the terms of the collective agreement should promote constructive and harmonious Employer-Union relations.
40.02 The Employer will recognize committees of the Union for the purpose of consultation with management with a view to resolving problems which arise within the ambit of the joint consultation process, as follows:
40.03 It is agreed that a subject suggested for discussion may not be within the authority or jurisdiction of either the management or union representatives. In these circumstances, consultation may take place for the purpose of providing information, discussing the application of policy or airing problems to promote understanding, but it is expressly understood that no commitment may be made by either party on a subject that is not within their authority or jurisdiction, nor shall any commitment made be construed as to alter, amend, add to, or modify the terms of this Agreement.
40.04 Meetings with Regional Committees and the National Committee shall take place at least every six (6) calendar months. By agreement of the parties the frequency of meetings may be increased. The frequency of meetings with local committees shall be determined by mutual agreement.
40.05 All meetings shall be held on the Employer's premises at a time and for a duration determined by mutual agreement.
40.06 Full-time employees forming the continuing membership of local Committees shall be protected against any loss of normal pay by reason of attendance at such meetings with management, including reasonable travel time where applicable.
40.07 A designated representative of the Union Committee and management shall exchange a written agenda for a meeting as early as possible prior to the effective date of the meeting, but in any case normally not less than fifteen (15) calendar days in advance.
40.08 It is agreed that the following matters will be subjects for joint consultation under clause 40.01:
41.01 The coming into force of this Agreement will not serve to deny an employee any right previously enjoyed which flows from Acts, Regulations or Treasury Board Minutes then in force except to the extent that such rights are modified by the express provisions of this Agreement.
41.02 The Employer agrees to consult the Union before implementing any changes in terms and conditions of employment not covered by this Agreement.
41.03 The terms and conditions of employment about which the Employer agrees to consult in accordance with clause 41.02 shall extend to and include those terms and conditions of employment established by the following regulations or directives:
42.01 Unless by prior agreement in writing between the employee and the Employer, no employee shall be required by the Employer to use his or her privately-owned motor vehicle on Employer business.
43.01 In recognition of changes taking place in the "state of the art" in the Electronics field, the Employer will continue to provide appropriate training manuals and, when operational requirements permit, to initiate and to facilitate relevant training and study sessions designed to improve the qualifications of an employee.
43.02 The parties agree to continue a joint committee established to enquire into the feasibility and ways and means of implementing an educational programme which will provide employees with the opportunity to improve their "state of the art" knowledge in the Electronics field and to make formal recommendations based on this study.
While the above programme shall be the Committee's first priority objective, there shall be no barrier to their discussing, exchanging information and making recommendations on subjects relating to the continuing technical development and training of employees in the Electronics group.
The formal recommendations of the Committee will be submitted to the Employer for consideration and where found practicable will be initiated.
Such meetings shall normally occur at least four (4) times per year or more frequently if desired by the parties. There is no requirement for equal representation as the function of this Committee is such that the number of persons involved from either party may vary depending on the subject matter.
It is expressly understood that no commitment may be made by any member of the Committee on a subject that is not within his or her authority or jurisdiction nor shall any commitment made be construed as to alter, amend, add to or modify the terms of this Agreement.
43.03 Days Off
The Employer shall, where practicable, schedule at least two (2) days off to which the employee would normally be entitled immediately preceding and immediately following training courses and in no case will an employee lose credits for days off to which he or she would normally be entitled because of such training.
43.04 Expenses
43.05 Advance Notice
An employee required to attend a training course will, where practicable, be given two (2) months' advance notice of the nature and location of the course. However, an employee assigned to a training course outside of his or her headquarters area, which will necessitate his or her absence from his or her home for a period of more than ten (10) consecutive calendar days will be given a minimum of three (3) weeks' notice.
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43.07 If the Employer requires an employee to become proficient in the use of a second language, language training will be paid for by the Employer.
43.08 When training courses are given in locations where French is the employees' working language, such courses shall be conducted in the French language except where, because of the nature of the course content, the employees attending the course request that the instruction be given in the English language.
43.09 When, in connection with training courses given under the terms of this article, the courses entail classroom or associated instruction of seven (7) or less hours per day, exclusive of a meal period, no overtime claim from participants will be recognized or paid, except as may be involved in travel immediately prior to or following the course from his or her residence to his/her place of lodging during the course and vice versa.
43.10 An employee assigned to a training course outside of his or her headquarters' area, which will necessitate his or her absence from his or her assigned workplace for a period of more than fourteen (14) consecutive calendar days, will not be required to report for work on the day(s) he or she is assigned to travel to such training course. Except in respect of travel on a day of rest or a designated paid holiday, an employee will receive his or her normal salary for the day(s) but no additional payment will be made for time spent travelling unless such time exceeds eight (8) hours per day. Such excess hours will be paid at the rate of time and one-half (1 1/2).
43.11 On return from a training course outside of his/her headquarters area, which necessitated his or her absence from his/her assigned workplace for a period of more than fourteen (14) consecutive calendar days, an employee may travel on the day his or her course terminates; but when the employee is given a following day or days off with pay for the purpose of travel, he or she shall receive no additional payment for time spent travelling unless such time exceeds eight (8) hours per day. Such excess hours will be paid at the rate of time and one-half (1 1/2).
43.12 Clauses 43.10 and 43.11 shall not apply to an employee who lives at home while on an assigned training course.
43.13 Instructors will not be required to provide formal instruction (be formally in contact with the students in a classroom or laboratory environment) to students in excess of an average of twenty (20) hours per week over a fiscal year. Such hours are part of the hours of work set out in clause 23.04.
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43.14 Pedagogical Break
Instructors at the Sydney Coast Guard College shall be granted a pedagogical break which will include all calendar days between December 25 and January 2, inclusively. During this period, instructors are entitled to thirty (30) hours of leave with pay, in addition to three (3) designated paid holidays, as provided for under clause 26.01 of this Agreement. Should January 2 coincide with an instructor's day of rest or with a day to which a designated paid holiday has been moved, this day shall be moved to the instructors first (1st) scheduled working day following the pedagogical break. If an instructor performs authorized work during the pedagogical break on a day other than a designated paid holiday or a normal day of rest, the instructor shall receive compensation based on his or her normal daily rate of pay, in addition to his or her usual pay for the day.
44.01 Both parties recognize the overall advantages of technological change. Both parties will, therefore, encourage and promote technological change and improvements in the Electronics field.
44.02 With this in view, and recognizing the extensive lead time required for the selection, installation and proving of sophisticated electronic equipment, the Employer agrees to provide as much advance notice as is practicable but not less than six (6) months' notice to the Union of any major technological change in electronic equipment which would result in changes in the employment status or working conditions of employees as provided for in this Agreement. In addition, the Employer agrees to consult with the Union with a view to resolving problems which may arise as a result of the introduction of such technological change.
44.03 If, during the life of this Agreement, it becomes likely that an employee will become redundant, the Employer will notify the Union forthwith and agrees to meet with the Union within thirty (30) days of a written request by the Union to do so, to discuss the matter fully and, if necessary to ensure that all steps including those provided by the Employer's manpower adjustment procedures have been fully utilized.
45.01 The Employer shall make all reasonable provisions for the occupational safety and health of employees. The Employer will welcome suggestions on this subject and, to this end, local committees will continue to be utilized. These will be composed of Union and Employer representatives, will meet periodically for the correction of unsafe or potentially harmful work practices, will review and examine reports of serious accidents, and will carry out inspections of work sites when this is warranted by circumstances, and make recommendations.
45.02 In addition, a national committee composed of not less than three (3) Employer representatives and not less than three (3) Union representatives will be established to review the activities and reports of the various local committees, to review accident frequency and accident severity records, to promote health and safety education on a national basis, and to recommend procedures and techniques designed or intended to prevent or reduce the risk of employee injury.
45.03 The Union agrees to participate on the above-mentioned safety committees and to make every effort to encourage its members to observe all safety rules and to use all the appropriate protective equipment and safeguards.
45.04 In the interests of safety the Employer will continue to provide all training it considers necessary to employees required to work on new equipment and facilities either by on-the-job training or by formal or informal training at factories or at Employer training schools. The Employer will also continue to provide training in safety practices to employees while attending technical courses at the Employer's schools.
45.05 The Employer shall provide medical services and facilities necessary for the treatment of occupational illness or injuries.
45.06 In the event of a fatal accident a representative of the Local will be invited to be present, where possible, in the Employer's investigation of the accident.
46.01 Foreign Technicians
Foreign technicians and engineers shall not be permitted to work on Canadian-owned electronics equipment installed or maintained by the Infrastructure Technology Division without the approval of the Regional Technical Manager (RTM) or if he or she is not available, the Head of Mission (HOM) or delegate after consultation with the Infrastructure Technology Division (SXT) Ottawa. The RTM or HOM shall only give permission in emergency situations and the work performed shall be inspected by a DFAIT employee in the Electronics Group at the next possible opportunity.
46.02 Facilities
Where building and space limitations permit, the Employer shall provide adequate and where possible separate workshop facilities at posts abroad.
46.03 Home Leave
Home leave will normally be taken immediately upon return to Canada for duty in Canada. At the request of an employee and where operational requirements permit, home leave may be deferred to a time mutually agreed upon by the employee and the Employer.
46.04 Posting
Upon request, the Employer shall advise an employee of his or her status for posting purposes.
The Employer shall advise an employee of any change in his or her status for posting purposes and, where possible, will provide reasons for the change.
An employee shall have the right to discuss his or her status for posting purposes with his/her assignment officer.
46.05 Diplomatic Mail
The Employer agrees to continue to provide employees with the use of the diplomatic mail service in conformity with the practice generally applicable throughout the Foreign Service.
46.06 Air Shipments
Where on removal to a post or in returning to Ottawa an employee, with the approval of the Employer, travels by land or sea, preceded or followed by travel by air, the Employer will bear the cost of forwarding by air for the latter portion of the journey the employee's accompanying baggage other than personal hand luggage. This cost will be borne provided a separate air shipment from the point of departure to the employee's destination has not been authorized. The weight limitation on air shipments shall be in accordance with current practice and subject to the approval of the Employer.
46.07 Passports
Diplomatic passports will be issued to employees in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade posted or travelling abroad when the Employer considers necessary the protection provided by such passports.
46.08 Electronic Technologists or Technicians at posts abroad will be responsible to the Deputy Head of Post or Officer Delegate.
47.01 Whenever practicable, advance notice of a change in posting or a transfer shall be given to an employee. Such notice shall not normally be less than three (3) months. Every reasonable effort will be made to effect such posting or transfer of an employee during his or her children's vacations from school.
48.01 When a formal assessment of an employee's performance is made, the employee concerned must be given an opportunity to sign the assessment form in question upon its completion to indicate that its contents have been read and understood. A copy of an employee's completed assessment form will be provided to the employee.
48.02 The Employer agrees not to introduce as evidence in a hearing relating to disciplinary action any document from the file of an employee, the content of which the employee was not aware at the time of filing or within a reasonable period thereafter. In the case of discharge such evidence will be limited to the grounds stated in the notice of discharge given to the employee.
48.03 When an unsatisfactory report is placed on an employee's file, the employee concerned must be given an opportunity to sign the report in question to indicate that its contents have been read and understood.
48.04 Any document relating to disciplinary action, which may have been placed on the personnel file of an employee, shall be destroyed after two (2) years have elapsed since the infraction took place, provided that no further occurrence of disciplinary action has been recorded during this subsequent period.
48.05 Upon written request of an employee, the personnel file of that employee may be made available once per year for his or her examination in the presence of an authorized representative of the Employer.
49.01 An employee who suffers loss of clothing or personal effects will be compensated in accordance with Order-in-Council, PC-1974-4/1946.
49.02 Where an employee is assigned to duty aboard a ship and suffers loss of clothing or personal effects (those which can reasonably be expected to accompany the employee aboard the ship) because of a marine accident or disaster, the employee shall be reimbursed the value of those articles up to a maximum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) based on replacement cost less the usual rate of depreciation.
50.01 The Employer agrees to continue its present practice of supplying tools where it considers them necessary.
50.02 Such tools remain the property of the Employer.
50.03 An employee who through neglect or negligence destroys or loses any of the tools issued to him or her by the Employer shall be held responsible for such damage or loss.
51.01 The Employer agrees to continue the present practice of ensuring that employees have ready access to all manuals considered necessary to their work by the Employer, and manuals of a non-confidential nature relating to their terms and conditions of employment.
52.01 Electronics personnel are not required to be responsible for the care and operation of gasoline or diesel power generating units.
52.02 While at equipment sites, electronics personnel may be required to perform regular plant run-ups, checking of oil or antifreeze levels and other minor inspections. An employee may also be required to perform minor maintenance or repair activities on environmental control systems such as the replacement or adjustment of modules and components.
52.03 It is recognized that at isolated work locations, where normal maintenance services are not available, employees may attempt to repair gasoline or diesel power generating units.
53.01 When an employee dies or is injured as a result of an unscheduled flight he or she is required to undertake, he or she or his or her estate shall be paid compensation with respect to flying accidents in accordance with the policy in effect at the time the accident occurred.
54.01 Entitlement to Pay
An employee, other than an employee paid acting pay, shall be paid for services rendered at the rate of pay specified in Appendix B-1 for his or her classification level prescribed in his or her certificate of appointment.
54.02 Rates of Pay and Effective Dates
The rates of pay in Appendix B-1 shall be implemented as indicated therein.
54.03 Rates of Pay on Appointment
54.04 Rate of Pay on Appointment to a Classification Level Having a Higher Maximum Rate
An employee appointed to a classification level having a maximum rate of pay four per cent (4%) or more greater than the maximum of his or her former substantive classification level shall be paid in his/her new classification level at the rate of pay, nearest to the rate he or she was entitled to in his or her substantive level immediately before the appointment that gives him or her an increase in pay of not less than the smallest pay increment for his or her new classification level. If there is no such rate the employee shall be paid the maximum rate in his or her new scale.
54.05 Rate of Pay on Appointment to a Classification Level Having a Lower Maximum Rate
Note
(Except in the case of reclassification of duties and responsibilities to a level having a lower maximum rate where clause 54.13 would apply.)
54.06 Rate of Pay on Appointment to a Classification Level Having:
54.07 Rates of Pay on Appointment Where the Effective Date of Appointment Coincides With a Pay Increment Date and/or a Pay Revision Date
Where there is a coincidence of dates of appointment, pay increment and/or pay revision, the employee's rate shall be adjusted in the following sequence as applicable:
54.08 Acting Pay
An employee who is required by the Employer to perform on an acting basis the duties of a higher position to which a higher rate of pay would apply, if appointed for a period of at least three (3) consecutive scheduled working days, shall be paid acting pay from the date on which he or she commenced to act as if he or she were appointed to the higher position.
Acting pay will be recalculated as the result of any pay increment or any change to the range of rates in the employee's substantive position or any change to the range of rates in the higher position.
Where such recalculation results in a rate of pay which is equal to or less than the employee's previous acting rate of pay, the employee shall retain the previously established acting rate of pay.
54.09 Temporary Assignment
An employee of the public service from outside the bargaining unit who is temporarily assigned to, and performs for at least ten (10) consecutive working days, the duties of a classification level in the bargaining unit having a higher maximum rate of pay than the maximum rate of pay for the classification level held by him or her, shall be paid from the first (1st) day of his or her temporary assignment the rate of pay of the higher classification level as if he or she had been appointed to the higher classification level.
54.10 Pay of an Employee on Termination of Acting Pay within the Bargaining Unit or Termination of Temporary Assignment Outside the Bargaining Unit
54.11 Subsequent Assignments or Appointment to a Higher Level
54.12 Subsequent Assignments or Appointments to a Lower Level
An employee already in receipt of acting pay who is either assigned on an acting basis, or appointed on a substantive basis, to a lower classification level than the one at which he or she was previously acting, shall be paid at a rate of pay calculated pursuant to clauses 54.04, 54.05 or 54.06, and his or her service in the higher classification level shall be recognized in determining his or her increment date.
54.13 Rate of Pay on Reclassification of Duties and Responsibilities to a Level With a Lower Maximum Rate
Where an employee's duties and responsibilities are reclassified to a level with a lower maximum rate of pay than the level at which he or she is being paid, the following shall apply:
54.14 Pay Increments
54.15 Implementation of a New Classification Standard
If, during the term of this Agreement, the Employer establishes and implements a new classification standard, the Employer, following consultation with the Local may apply rates of pay to the classification levels of the standard. If the Local does not agree to the rates as final rates, they shall be considered temporary rates and the Employer will negotiate the rates of pay with the Local. The rates of pay finally agreed will be effective retroactively to the date the temporary rates of pay were applied by the Employer.
54.16 Payment Following Death of Employee
When an employee dies the Employer shall pay to the estate of that employee the amount of pay the employee would have received but for his or her death for the period from the date of the employee's death to the end of the month in which the employee's death occurred.
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54.18 When an employee, through no fault of his or her own, has been overpaid, the paying office will, before recovery action is implemented, advise the employee of the intention to recover the overpayment. Where the amount of overpayment is in excess of fifty dollars ($50), and where the employee advises his or her local management that the stated recovery action will create a hardship, arrangements will be made by the Department with the paying office to limit recovery action to not more than ten per cent (10%) of the employee's pay each period until the entire amount is recovered.
Note: Public Service
For the purpose of this article, "Public Service" means that part in respect of which Her Majesty as represented by the Treasury Board is the Employer.
55.01 Except as otherwise provided in Articles 12, 15, 22, 26, 28, 30 and Appendix B-1 (Check-off, Time Off for Local Business, Severance Pay, Designated Holidays, Call-Back, Shift and Weekend Premiums and Pay Rates), the terms and conditions of employment for seasonal employees are not altered by this Agreement.
56.01 Qualified personnel performing assigned diving duties shall be paid an extra allowance of twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) per hour. The minimum allowance shall be for two (2) hours per dive.
A dive is the total of any period or periods of time during any eight (8) hour period in which an employee carries out required underwater work with the aid of self-contained air supply.
57.01 If, during the life of this Agreement it becomes likely that an employee's services will no longer be required, the Employer agrees to give as much advance notice as is practicable but not less than three (3) months' notice to the Union and agrees to meet with the Local within thirty (30) days of a written request by the Local to do so, to discuss the matter fully and, if necessary to ensure that all steps including those provided by the Employer's manpower adjustment procedures have been fully utilized.
58.01 Definition
Part-time employee means an employee whose normal scheduled hours of work on average are less than thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours per week.
58.02 Part-time employees shall be entitled to the benefits provided under this Agreement in the same proportion as their normal scheduled weekly hours of work compare with the normal weekly hours of work of full-time employees unless otherwise specified in this Agreement.
58.03 Notwithstanding clause 58.02, there shall be no prorating of a "day" under clause 18.02, Bereavement Leave With Pay.
58.04 Part-time employees shall be paid at the hourly rate of pay for all work performed up to seven decimal five (7.5) hours in a day or thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours in a week.
58.05 The days of rest provisions of this Agreement apply only in a week when a part-time employee has worked five (5) days and a minimum of thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours in a week at the hourly rate of pay.
58.06 Part-time employees shall receive in lieu of designated holidays a premium of four decimal two five per cent (4.25%) for all straight-time hours worked during the period of part-time employment.
59.01 This Agreement may be amended by mutual consent.
60.01 Unless otherwise expressly stipulated, the provisions of this Agreement shall become effective on the date it is signed.
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60.02 This Agreement shall expire on August 31, 2010.
60.03 The provisions of this Agreement shall be implemented by the parties within a period of one hundred and fifty (150) days from the date of signing.
Signed at Ottawa, this 29th day of the month of January 2010.
Hélène Laurendeau
Guy Lauzé
Peter Hill
Christine Dumoulin
Bill Lindsay
Camille Jolicoeur
Laudalina Santos
Chantal Hamilton
Daniel E Dawson
Daniel J Boulet
Paul Cameron
Jim Donovan
John Erkelens
Malcolm Ross
Jean-Francois Sanfaçon
Paul Wright
1. The Penological Factor Allowance (PFA) is used to provide additional compensation to an incumbent of a position who, by reason of duties being performed in a penitentiary, as defined in the Corrections and Conditional Release Act as amended from time to time, assumes additional responsibilities for the custody of inmates other than those exercised by the Correctional Group.
2. The payment of the allowance for the penological factor is determined by the designated security level of the penitentiary as determined by Correctional Services Canada. For those institutions with more than one (1) designated security level (i.e. multi-level institutions), the PFA shall be determined by the highest security level of the institution.
Amount of PFA
Maximum | Medium | Minimum |
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$2,000 | $1,000 | $600 |
3. Penological Factor Allowance shall only be payable to the incumbent of a position on the establishment of, or loaned to, Correctional Staff Colleges, Regional Headquarters, and National Headquarters, when the conditions described in section 1 above are applicable.
4. The applicability of PFA to a position and the position's level of PFA entitlement shall be determined by the Employer following consultation with the bargaining agent.
5. Except as prescribed in section 8 below, an employee shall be entitled to receive PFA for any month in which he or she receives a minimum of ten (10) days' pay in a position to which PFA applies.
6. Except as provided in section 7 below, PFA shall be adjusted when the incumbent of a position to which PFA applies, is appointed or assigned duties in another position to which a different level of PFA applies, regardless of whether such appointment or assignment is temporary or permanent, and for each month in which an employee performs duties in more than one (1) position to which PFA applies, the employee shall receive the higher allowance, provided he or she has performed duties for at least ten (10) days as the incumbent of the position to which the higher allowance applies.
7. When the incumbent of a position to which PFA applies is temporarily assigned to a position to which a different level of PFA, or no PFA applies, and when the employee's basic monthly pay entitlement in the position to which he or she is temporarily assigned, plus PFA, if applicable, would be less than his or her basic monthly pay entitlement plus PFA in his or her regular position, the employee shall receive the PFA applicable to his or her regular position.
8. An employee will be entitled to receive PFA, in accordance with the PFA applicable to his or her regular position:
9. PFA shall not form part of an employee's salary except for the purposes of the following:
10. If, in any month, an employee is disabled or dies prior to establishing an entitlement to PFA, the PFA benefits accruing to him or her or his or her estate shall be determined in accordance with the PFA entitlement for the month preceding such disablement or death.
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 |
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$) September 1, 2006 | 29784 | 31169 | 32566 | 33961 | 35356 | 36747 | 38137 | 39526 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 30469 | 31886 | 33315 | 34742 | 36169 | 37592 | 39014 | 40435 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 30926 | 32364 | 33815 | 35263 | 36712 | 38156 | 39599 | 41042 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 31390 | 32849 | 34322 | 35792 | 37263 | 38728 | 40193 | 41658 |
Effective Date | Step 9 | Step 10 |
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$) September 1, 2006 | 40915 | 42550 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 41856 | 43529 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 42484 | 44182 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 43121 | 44845 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 |
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$) September 1, 2006 | 40966 | 42536 | 45928 | 49324 | 51298 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 41908 | 43514 | 46984 | 50458 | 52478 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 42537 | 44167 | 47689 | 51215 | 53265 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 43175 | 44830 | 48404 | 51983 | 54064 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 |
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$) September 1, 2006 | 45502 | 47240 | 51002 | 54770 | 56960 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 46549 | 48327 | 52175 | 56030 | 58270 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 47247 | 49052 | 52958 | 56870 | 59144 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 47956 | 49788 | 53752 | 57723 | 60031 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
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$) September 1, 2006 | 50724 | 52668 | 54621 | 56576 | 58839 | 60957 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 51891 | 53879 | 55877 | 57877 | 60192 | 62359 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 52669 | 54687 | 56715 | 58745 | 61095 | 63294 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 53459 | 55507 | 57566 | 59626 | 62011 | 64243 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
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$) September 1, 2006 | 56241 | 58414 | 60579 | 62746 | 65257 | 67606 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 57535 | 59758 | 61972 | 64189 | 66758 | 69161 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 58398 | 60654 | 62902 | 65152 | 67759 | 70198 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 59274 | 61564 | 63846 | 66129 | 68775 | 71251 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
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$) September 1, 2006 | 62070 | 64474 | 66883 | 69293 | 72065 | 74659 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 63498 | 65957 | 68421 | 70887 | 73722 | 76376 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 64450 | 66946 | 69447 | 71950 | 74828 | 77522 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 65417 | 67950 | 70489 | 73029 | 75950 | 78685 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
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$) September 1, 2006 | 68001 | 70516 | 73035 | 75554 | 78577 | 81403 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 69565 | 72138 | 74715 | 77292 | 80384 | 83275 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 70608 | 73220 | 75836 | 78451 | 81590 | 84524 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 71667 | 74318 | 76974 | 79628 | 82814 | 85792 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
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$) September 1, 2006 | 73409 | 75987 | 78564 | 81143 | 84388 | 87425 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 75097 | 77735 | 80371 | 83009 | 86329 | 89436 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 76223 | 78901 | 81577 | 84254 | 87624 | 90778 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 77366 | 80085 | 82801 | 85518 | 88938 | 92140 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
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$) September 1, 2006 | 78826 | 81624 | 84422 | 87218 | 90705 | 93972 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 80639 | 83501 | 86364 | 89224 | 92791 | 96133 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 81849 | 84754 | 87659 | 90562 | 94183 | 97575 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 83077 | 86025 | 88974 | 91920 | 95596 | 99039 |
1. The weekly, daily and hourly rates of pay shown in Appendices B-2, B-3and B-4 have been determined from the annual rates shown in Appendix B-1 and have been rounded to the nearest cent.
2. An employee shall be paid on the relevant effective dates in the A, B, and C scales of rates in Appendix B at the rate of pay which is immediately below the employee's former rate of pay.
3. The pay increment period for a full-time employee is fifty-two (52) weeks. A part-time employee shall be eligible to receive a pay increment after one thousand nine hundred and fifty (1950) hours paid at the straight-time rate.
4. Where the rates of pay set forth in Appendix B have an effective date prior to the date of signing of this Agreement, the following shall apply:
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5.The amount shown hereunder represents four (4) hours' pay of the EL-4 maximum hourly rate rounded up to the nearest five cents (5 cents).
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6. The amount shown hereunder represents 3 hours' pay of the EL-5 maximum hourly rate rounded up to the nearest five cents (5 cents).
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7. The amount shown hereunder represents three (3) hours' pay of the EL-5 maximum hourly rate plus five dollars ($5.00) rounded up to the nearest five cents (5 cents).
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8. The amount shown hereunder represents three (3) hours' pay of the EL-5 maximum hourly rate plus ten dollars ($10.00) rounded up to the nearest five cents (5 cents).
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9. The amount shown hereunder represents eleven decimal two five (11.25) times the EL-4 maximum hourly rate rounded up to the nearest ten cents (10 cents).
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 |
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$) September 1, 2006 | 570.84 | 597.38 | 624.16 | 650.89 | 677.63 | 704.29 | 730.93 | 757.55 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 583.97 | 611.12 | 638.51 | 665.86 | 693.21 | 720.48 | 747.74 | 774.97 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 592.72 | 620.29 | 648.09 | 675.85 | 703.62 | 731.29 | 758.95 | 786.61 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 601.62 | 629.58 | 657.81 | 685.99 | 714.18 | 742.26 | 770.34 | 798.41 |
Effective Date | Step 9 | Step 10 |
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$) September 1, 2006 | 784.17 | 815.51 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 802.21 | 834.27 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 814.24 | 846.79 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 826.45 | 859.49 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 |
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$) September 1, 2006 | 785.15 | 815.24 | 880.25 | 945.34 | 983.17 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 803.20 | 833.98 | 900.49 | 967.07 | 1005.79 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 815.26 | 846.50 | 914.00 | 981.58 | 1020.87 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 827.49 | 859.21 | 927.71 | 996.30 | 1036.19 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 |
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$) September 1, 2006 | 872.09 | 905.40 | 977.50 | 1049.72 | 1091.69 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 892.15 | 926.23 | 999.98 | 1073.87 | 1116.80 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 905.53 | 940.13 | 1014.99 | 1089.96 | 1133.55 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 919.12 | 954.23 | 1030.21 | 1106.31 | 1150.55 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
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$) September 1, 2006 | 972.17 | 1009.43 | 1046.86 | 1084.33 | 1127.70 | 1168.30 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 994.54 | 1032.64 | 1070.93 | 1109.26 | 1153.63 | 1195.17 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 1009.45 | 1048.13 | 1086.99 | 1125.90 | 1170.94 | 1213.09 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 1024.59 | 1063.84 | 1103.30 | 1142.79 | 1188.50 | 1231.27 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
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$) September 1, 2006 | 1077.91 | 1119.56 | 1161.05 | 1202.58 | 1250.71 | 1295.73 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 1102.71 | 1145.32 | 1187.75 | 1230.24 | 1279.48 | 1325.53 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 1119.25 | 1162.49 | 1205.57 | 1248.70 | 1298.66 | 1345.41 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 1136.04 | 1179.93 | 1223.67 | 1267.42 | 1318.13 | 1365.59 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
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$) September 1, 2006 | 1189.63 | 1235.70 | 1281.87 | 1328.06 | 1381.19 | 1430.91 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 1217.00 | 1264.13 | 1311.35 | 1358.61 | 1412.95 | 1463.81 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 1235.24 | 1283.08 | 1331.01 | 1378.99 | 1434.15 | 1485.78 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 1253.78 | 1302.32 | 1350.99 | 1399.67 | 1455.65 | 1508.07 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
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$) September 1, 2006 | 1303.30 | 1351.50 | 1399.78 | 1448.06 | 1506.00 | 1560.16 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 1333.28 | 1382.59 | 1431.98 | 1481.37 | 1540.63 | 1596.04 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 1353.27 | 1403.33 | 1453.47 | 1503.58 | 1563.75 | 1619.98 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 1373.56 | 1424.37 | 1475.28 | 1526.14 | 1587.20 | 1644.28 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
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$) September 1, 2006 | 1406.95 | 1456.36 | 1505.75 | 1555.18 | 1617.37 | 1675.58 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 1439.30 | 1489.86 | 1540.38 | 1590.94 | 1654.57 | 1714.12 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 1460.88 | 1512.21 | 1563.50 | 1614.80 | 1679.39 | 1739.84 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 1482.79 | 1534.90 | 1586.96 | 1639.03 | 1704.58 | 1765.95 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
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$) September 1, 2006 | 1510.77 | 1564.40 | 1618.02 | 1671.61 | 1738.44 | 1801.06 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 1545.52 | 1600.37 | 1655.24 | 1710.06 | 1778.42 | 1842.48 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 1568.71 | 1624.39 | 1680.06 | 1735.70 | 1805.10 | 1870.11 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 1592.25 | 1648.75 | 1705.27 | 1761.73 | 1832.18 | 1898.17 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
$) September 1, 2006 | 114.17 | 119.48 | 124.83 | 130.18 | 135.53 | 140.86 | 146.19 | 151.51 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 116.79 | 122.22 | 127.70 | 133.17 | 138.64 | 144.10 | 149.55 | 154.99 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 118.54 | 124.06 | 129.62 | 135.17 | 140.72 | 146.26 | 151.79 | 157.32 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 120.32 | 125.92 | 131.56 | 137.20 | 142.84 | 148.45 | 154.07 | 159.68 |
Effective Date | Step 9 | Step 10 |
---|---|---|
$) September 1, 2006 | 156.83 | 163.10 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 160.44 | 166.85 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 162.85 | 169.36 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 165.29 | 171.90 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
$) September 1, 2006 | 157.03 | 163.05 | 176.05 | 189.07 | 196.63 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 160.64 | 166.80 | 180.10 | 193.41 | 201.16 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 163.05 | 169.30 | 182.80 | 196.32 | 204.17 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 165.50 | 171.84 | 185.54 | 199.26 | 207.24 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
$) September 1, 2006 | 174.42 | 181.08 | 195.50 | 209.94 | 218.34 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 178.43 | 185.25 | 200.00 | 214.77 | 223.36 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 181.11 | 188.03 | 203.00 | 217.99 | 226.71 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 183.82 | 190.85 | 206.04 | 221.26 | 230.11 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
$) September 1, 2006 | 194.43 | 201.89 | 209.37 | 216.87 | 225.54 | 233.66 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 198.91 | 206.53 | 214.19 | 221.85 | 230.73 | 239.03 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 201.89 | 209.63 | 217.40 | 225.18 | 234.19 | 242.62 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 204.92 | 212.77 | 220.66 | 228.56 | 237.70 | 246.25 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
$) September 1, 2006 | 215.58 | 223.91 | 232.21 | 240.52 | 250.14 | 259.15 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 220.54 | 229.06 | 237.55 | 246.05 | 255.90 | 265.11 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 223.85 | 232.50 | 241.11 | 249.74 | 259.73 | 269.08 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 227.21 | 235.99 | 244.73 | 253.48 | 263.63 | 273.12 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
$) September 1, 2006 | 237.93 | 247.14 | 256.37 | 265.61 | 276.24 | 286.18 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 243.40 | 252.83 | 262.27 | 271.72 | 282.59 | 292.76 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 247.05 | 256.62 | 266.20 | 275.80 | 286.83 | 297.16 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 250.76 | 260.46 | 270.20 | 279.93 | 291.13 | 301.61 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
$) September 1, 2006 | 260.66 | 270.30 | 279.96 | 289.61 | 301.20 | 312.03 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 266.66 | 276.52 | 286.40 | 296.27 | 308.13 | 319.21 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 270.65 | 280.67 | 290.69 | 300.72 | 312.75 | 324.00 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 274.71 | 284.87 | 295.06 | 305.23 | 317.44 | 328.86 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
$) September 1, 2006 | 281.39 | 291.27 | 301.15 | 311.04 | 323.47 | 335.12 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 287.86 | 297.97 | 308.08 | 318.19 | 330.91 | 342.82 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 292.18 | 302.44 | 312.70 | 322.96 | 335.88 | 347.97 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 296.56 | 306.98 | 317.39 | 327.81 | 340.92 | 353.19 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
$) September 1, 2006 | 302.15 | 312.88 | 323.60 | 334.32 | 347.69 | 360.21 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 309.10 | 320.07 | 331.05 | 342.01 | 355.68 | 368.50 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 313.74 | 324.88 | 336.01 | 347.14 | 361.02 | 374.02 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 318.45 | 329.75 | 341.05 | 352.35 | 366.44 | 379.63 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
$) September 1, 2006 | 15.22 | 15.93 | 16.64 | 17.36 | 18.07 | 18.78 | 19.49 | 20.20 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 15.57 | 16.30 | 17.03 | 17.76 | 18.49 | 19.21 | 19.94 | 20.67 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 15.81 | 16.54 | 17.28 | 18.02 | 18.76 | 19.50 | 20.24 | 20.98 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 16.04 | 16.79 | 17.54 | 18.29 | 19.04 | 19.79 | 20.54 | 21.29 |
Effective Date | Step 9 | Step 10 |
---|---|---|
$) September 1, 2006 | 20.91 | 21.75 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 21.39 | 22.25 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 21.71 | 22.58 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 22.04 | 22.92 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
$) September 1, 2006 | 20.94 | 21.74 | 23.47 | 25.21 | 26.22 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 21.42 | 22.24 | 24.01 | 25.79 | 26.82 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 21.74 | 22.57 | 24.37 | 26.18 | 27.22 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 22.07 | 22.91 | 24.74 | 26.57 | 27.63 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
$) September 1, 2006 | 23.26 | 24.14 | 26.07 | 27.99 | 29.11 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 23.79 | 24.70 | 26.67 | 28.64 | 29.78 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 24.15 | 25.07 | 27.07 | 29.07 | 30.23 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 24.51 | 25.45 | 27.47 | 29.50 | 30.68 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
$) September 1, 2006 | 25.92 | 26.92 | 27.92 | 28.92 | 30.07 | 31.15 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 26.52 | 27.54 | 28.56 | 29.58 | 30.76 | 31.87 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 26.92 | 27.95 | 28.99 | 30.02 | 31.23 | 32.35 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 27.32 | 28.37 | 29.42 | 30.47 | 31.69 | 32.83 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
$) September 1, 2006 | 28.74 | 29.85 | 30.96 | 32.07 | 33.35 | 34.55 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 29.41 | 30.54 | 31.67 | 32.81 | 34.12 | 35.35 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 29.85 | 31.00 | 32.15 | 33.30 | 34.63 | 35.88 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 30.29 | 31.46 | 32.63 | 33.80 | 35.15 | 36.42 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
$) September 1, 2006 | 31.72 | 32.95 | 34.18 | 35.41 | 36.83 | 38.16 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 32.45 | 33.71 | 34.97 | 36.23 | 37.68 | 39.03 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 32.94 | 34.22 | 35.49 | 36.77 | 38.24 | 39.62 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 33.43 | 34.73 | 36.03 | 37.32 | 38.82 | 40.22 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
$) September 1, 2006 | 34.75 | 36.04 | 37.33 | 38.61 | 40.16 | 41.60 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 35.55 | 36.87 | 38.19 | 39.50 | 41.08 | 42.56 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 36.09 | 37.42 | 38.76 | 40.10 | 41.70 | 43.20 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 36.63 | 37.98 | 39.34 | 40.70 | 42.33 | 43.85 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
$) September 1, 2006 | 37.52 | 38.84 | 40.15 | 41.47 | 43.13 | 44.68 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 38.38 | 39.73 | 41.08 | 42.43 | 44.12 | 45.71 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 38.96 | 40.33 | 41.69 | 43.06 | 44.78 | 46.40 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 39.54 | 40.93 | 42.32 | 43.71 | 45.46 | 47.09 |
Effective Date | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
$) September 1, 2006 | 40.29 | 41.72 | 43.15 | 44.58 | 46.36 | 48.03 |
A) September 1, 2007 | 41.21 | 42.68 | 44.14 | 45.60 | 47.42 | 49.13 |
B) September 1, 2008 | 41.83 | 43.32 | 44.80 | 46.29 | 48.14 | 49.87 |
C) September 1, 2009 | 42.46 | 43.97 | 45.47 | 46.98 | 48.86 | 50.62 |
The following Memoranda of Understanding shall be effective on the date of signature and shall expire on August 31, 2010.
Signed at Ottawa, this 29th day of the month of January, 2010.
Hélène Laurendeau
Guy Lauzé
Daniel E Dawson
Daniel J Boulet
Memorandum of Understanding
Subject:
Level Examinations/Transport Canada/
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
This will confirm the understanding reached in negotiations re the above.
Level examinations in Transport Canada and Fisheries and Oceans Canada will no longer be mandatory. A moratorium will be applied to such examinations until such time as their status has been determined following discussions in the joint committee provided for in Article 43.
Memorandum of Understanding
Subject: Work Sites/Egress Difficulties
This will confirm the understanding reached between the parties during negotiations of the collective agreement applying to employees in the Electronics Group.
It is recognized that at some isolated and remote work sites a variety of conditions can make egress so difficult that an employee cannot leave the site at the completion of his or her assigned work. Such sites frequently are stocked with emergency food supplies and provision may be made for the employee to sleep overnight. Typical of such sites are certain mountain-top VOR sites, some lighthouse sites and remote sites in arctic regions.
When, as a result of conditions beyond the employee's control, the employee must remain at such a site, he or she will be given equivalent time off for the period he or she is required to remain at the site in an unproductive state beyond his or her normal hours of work. When work assignments are authorized normal overtime conditions will prevail during this period. Examples of sites that are recognized as meeting these requirements are: Whitehorse VOR, Enderby VOR, Landsdowne and Attawapiskat. During the term of this Agreement, it shall be open to the parties to apply the intent of this memorandum to other sites in specific cases by means of consultation between the parties.
The same provisions shall also apply to an employee assigned to perform a specific duty or duties on board a ship with no expectation of sailing with that ship but the ship sails before the employee completes his or her assignment and the employee is prevented from leaving that ship.
In addition, the same provisions shall apply to an employee assigned to perform duties on a Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit (MODU), when, following completion of his or her assignment, the employee is unable to depart as scheduled due to conditions outside of his or her control.
Every reasonable effort will be made to grant equivalent time off at a mutually acceptable time but if at the end of a fiscal year any time off still remains due to the employee, it shall be liquidated by the Employer by payment at the employee's straight-time hourly rate.
Memorandum of Understanding
Subject: Isolated Areas/Environment Allowance
This memorandum applies only to those Electronic Technicians previously covered by the Field Survey Allowance, T.B. 607764 of May 2, 1963.
The Employer recognizes that the payment of an Environment Allowance within the provisions of the Isolated Posts Directive is more appropriate for employees proceeding into isolated areas for temporary periods than the Field Survey Allowance.
Accordingly, the Employer discontinued the Field Survey Allowance effective March 31, 1972. Effective April 1, 1972, the Employer provided a per diem Environment Allowance determined by the utilization of the same criteria used to establish the "Classification of Posts for the Environment Allowance" and the rates for single personnel established in respect of such Environment Allowance.
The Environment Allowance will not be paid where an employee is in receipt of any allowance under the Relocation Policy, Sea Duty Allowance provided in the Electronics group collective agreement, or any allowance associated with the former Field Survey Allowance.
To be eligible for this new Environment Allowance, the employee's temporary period in isolation must be for a period of thirty (30) consecutive calendar days or more.
Memorandum of Understanding
Subject: Isolated Posts/Length of Assignment
This is to advise you of an understanding reached during the negotiation of the collective agreement between the Treasury Board as Employer and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers bargaining on behalf of the Electronics group.
It was agreed that, operational requirements permitting, the attached guidelines will continue to be implemented relative to the future assignment of employees in the Electronics group to isolated posts.
Isolated Posts
Guidelines for assignments to isolated posts in the 1 and 2 categories as listed in "Schedule A - Classification of Isolated Posts" in the Isolated Posts Directive.
Employees may request, in writing, an extension of the limits of the time spent at isolated posts categories 1 and 2 with the understanding that it is not normally the policy of the Employer to assign such employees for more than four (4) consecutive years to isolated posts categories 1 and 2.
Where an employee is on temporary assignment to an isolated post level 1 or 2 for periods in excess of two (2) months, those periods shall be credited to the employee and count towards satisfying the maximum requirements listed above.
Memorandum of Understanding
Subject: Isolated Posts/Hours of Work
This is to confirm the understanding reached in negotiations on behalf of the Electronics Group with respect to excess hours at Isolated Posts, on board ship or on field projects.
It is agreed that when an employee is assigned to an isolated post, on board ship or a field project where the regularly scheduled hours of work are in excess of normal hours of work, such hours of work shall not be reduced during the life of this Agreement.
If the Employer contemplates any reduction in such hours, it will notify the Union and, if requested by the Union within thirty (30) days of such notice shall within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the request provide the Union with an opportunity to consult on the proposed changes at the Regional Headquarters of the area involved.
Changes may be implemented within ninety (90) days after notice has been given to the Union providing thirty (30) days' notice has been given to the employees concerned.
The elimination from the schedule of hours in addition to those specified in paragraph 2 which were made necessary by a seasonal requirement shall not constitute a reduction of hours for the purpose of this memorandum.
Memorandum of Understanding
Subject: Shipping/Private Automobile
This will confirm the understanding reached during negotiations regarding the shipment of the private automobile of an employee who is transferred and who elects to use alternate means of transportation. The employee (excluding one covered by Foreign Service Directives) will be allowed to include in his/her household effects one (1) private car.
Memorandum of Understanding
Subject: Vehicle/Liability
This will confirm that the Employer will, subject to this memorandum, waive its claim against any employee in the bargaining unit for reimbursement of damages paid by it to a third party for bodily injury, death or property damage caused by an accident involving a motor vehicle owned or rented by the Employer and driven by the employee in the normal course of performing his or her duties.
The Employer agrees to indemnify an employee in the bargaining unit against any liability imposed upon him or her by a court of competent jurisdiction to pay any damages arising from bodily injury, death or property damage suffered by a third party and caused by an accident which occurs while the employee is driving a motor vehicle owned or rented by the Employer while in the normal course of performing his or her duties. No employee in the bargaining unit will be eligible for such indemnification unless he or she has, prior to the occurrence of such an accident, executed and delivered to the Employer an instrument in writing in a form acceptable to the Employer having the following effect:
None of the undertakings described in this memorandum will apply where the accident occurred while the employee was driving a vehicle owned or rented by the Employer outside the scope of his or her employment.
Memorandum of Understanding
Subject:
Development of Employees and
Examiner Premium (DEEP)
An employee at the EL-3 level and above of the Ministry of Transport Facility Engineering and Systems Development Branch who, in accordance with the current Ministry of Transport Facility Engineering and Systems Development Branch Standards and Procedures 1-1 ELCERT-1-1 Certification Program, is qualified and is required by the Employer
shall be entitled to receive an annual premium of seven hundred and eighty dollars ($780) which shall be paid on a monthly basis in the amount of sixty-five dollars ($65) per month for each month in which the employee has earned at least ten (10) days' pay commencing with the month in which the employee becomes qualified to perform such activity.
The Ministry of Transport Facility Engineering and Systems Development Branch Standards and Procedures 1-1 ELCERT-1-1 Certification Program do not form part of this Collective Agreement.
Memorandum of Understanding
Subject: Punch Clocks
This letter will confirm an understanding reached with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers during the recently concluded negotiations. It was agreed that members of the Electronics Bargaining Unit would not be required to register attendance by means of a punch clock.
Memorandum of Understanding
Subject: Professional Development
The purpose of this memorandum is to confirm the understanding reached in negotiations between the parties with respect to working together to study the feasibility of implementing a Professional Development Program for members of Local 2228 working within various departments of the federal public service.
The goal of the parties would be the establishment of developmental and progression programs for the purpose of further enhancing the skills, knowledge, abilities, competencies and qualifications of electronic technologists or technicians.
The Program would recognize both departmental and employee objectives and interests related to employee training and skills.
Memorandum of Understanding
Subject: Department of National Defence/Battery Testing
This is to confirm the understanding reached in negotiations on behalf of the Electronics group in respect to the application of clause 23.14 at certain Department of National Defence establishments.
It is understood that at certain Department of National
Defence establishments, component and battery testing will require the
application of the above clause when the military specifications call for a
test of over
seven hundred and twenty (720) hours. However, the Employer is to be held
blameless should the components or batteries being tested fail thereby
shortening the test to less than thirty (30) days.
Memorandum of Understanding
Subject: Electronics Systems Instructors Orientation
This will confirm the understanding reached in negotiations in respect to the Electronic Systems Instructors employed at the Nav Canada Training Institute (Cornwall, Ontario) and at the Canadian Coast Guard College at Sydney (Sydney, Nova Scotia).
The parties agree to the principle that an Electronic Systems Instructor be relatively familiar with the operational environment and current field maintenance methods, practices and procedures.
In this respect, the Employer agrees to:
Memorandum of Understanding
Subject: Shipboard Assignment/Rotation
This is to confirm the understanding reached in negotiations with respect to ship board assignment during Arctic and other ice-breaking voyages.
To ensure a consistent approach to extended tours of duty and to reduce possible adverse effects on employees while ensuring that operational needs are met, the following guidelines have been issued to managers:
These guidelines are not intended to deny any of the benefits accruing to the Electronic Technicians under their collective agreement.
Memorandum of Understanding
Subject: New Employees/Shop Steward
This memorandum refers to discussions that the parties had with respect to information meetings between a shop steward and new employees.
It is agreed that when there is a regional orientation program for new employees who will be initially assigned to a remote area which does not have a union representative, an opportunity will be provided for a shop steward to meet such new employees during the orientation program. The scheduling and duration of such a meeting shall be as determined by the Employer.
Memorandum of Understanding
Subject: Leave for Union Business
This is to confirm the arrangement for time off required by Local 2228 members, granted under clauses 15.04, 15.05, 15.07 and/or 15.08 of the Electronics Group agreement.
The arrangement for leave without pay granted under clauses 15.04, 15.05, 15.07 and/or 15.08 is that this leave will be paid for by the Employer, pursuant to this Memorandum of Understanding. The Bargaining Agent shall then compensate the Employer by remitting an amount equivalent to the actual gross salary paid for each person-day, in addition to which shall also be paid the Employer by the Bargaining Agent an amount equal to fifteen decimal five per cent (15.5%) of the actual gross salary paid for each person-day, which represents the Employer's contribution to Superannuation, Canada Pension Plan, Employment Insurance, Medicare and such other benefits accrued to employees by virtue of their working.
As soon as possible after the signing date of the new collective agreement, the Employer will invoice the Bargaining Agent for the amount owed the Employer by virtue of this understanding. The amount of the gross salaries and the number of days involved for each employee will be included in the statement; the calculation of the fifteen decimal five per cent (15.5%) as above will also be figured in the said statement.
The Bargaining Agent agrees to compensate the Employer for the full amount of the invoice within ninety (90) days of the date of the invoice.
Memorandum of Understanding
Subject: Foreign Affairs/Mail Service
This is to confirm the understanding reached in negotiations on behalf of the Electronics group with respect to the balloting of employees in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and to the use of that Department's mail services in certain circumstances.
When agreement on all terms and conditions of employment has been reached as a result of the current negotiations between the Treasury Board and Local 2228 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the latter will provide to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade a draft of a telegram summarizing the terms of the agreement. The telegram (which is not to exceed 750 words) will be transmitted to posts at which technicians are stationed. The telegram will be sent "unclassified-routing" with the comment by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade that communicators at posts are to work no overtime in handling the telegram. The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade will also authorize heads of post to report by telegram to the Department the results of the balloting. Copies of these incoming telegrams will be made available to a representative appointed by the Union.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade will provide the use of its diplomatic mail services to posts abroad having special mailing privileges to assist the Union in conducting union elections and referenda. Posts abroad having special privileges are defined in the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Manual of Procedures. They are posts at which local mailing service is considered to be inadequate or insecure. The Employer agrees to this arrangement on the understanding that each Union election ballot kit will weigh no more than three (3) ounces.
The Union is expected to make separate arrangements for mailing ballot kits and referenda ballots to posts where mailing services are considered satisfactory by the Employer.
**Memorandum of Understanding
Subject: Weekend Standby Assignments
This Memorandum of Understanding applies to operating employees of the EL group working in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (Pacific Region) and Transport Canada's Aircraft Services Workshop in Ottawa who are assigned weekend standby duties on a continuing basis.
Electronics Technologists at these locations who are assigned four (4) standby shifts or less per weekend shall receive twice (2X) the normal premium for each standby shift assigned.
The parties further agree that a department may modify weekend standby requirements at other locations. However, if the changes are intended on a continuing basis, the department shall provide no less than thirty (30) days notice to the union before instituting such a change. Electronics Technologists at these locations who are assigned four (4) standby shifts or less per weekend shall receive twice (2X) the normal premium for each standby shift assigned.