List of Changes to the Agreement between the
Treasury Board and The Professional Institute
of the Public Service of Canada -
Applied Science and Engineering
ARTICLE 2
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS
2.01
**
"common-law partner" refers to a person living in a conjugal relationship with an employee for a
continuous period of at least one year (« conjoint de fait »);
**
"spouse" will, when required, be interpreted to include common-law partner except, for the purposes
of the Foreign Service Directives, the definition of spouse will remain as specified in Directive 2 of the Foreign
Service Directives (« époux »);
ARTICLE 8
HOURS OF WORK
**
8.16
(a) If an employee is given less than seventy-two (72) hours' advance notice of a change in the employee's shift
schedule, the employee will receive compensation at the rate of time and one half (1 1/2) for work performed on the
first shift changed. Subsequent shifts worked on the changed schedule shall be paid for at straight time and every
effort shall be made by the Employer to ensure that scheduled days of rest on the changed schedule are maintained.
(b) Notwithstanding 8.16(a),
(i) when a change in a shift schedule is required and the employee agrees it is to the employee's benefit to change
the shift schedule, the employee shall be compensated at the straight-time rate for work performed in the first shift
changed;
and
(ii) when an employee requests and the Employer agrees to change the employee's shift schedule, the employee shall
be paid at the straight-time rate for work performed on the first shift of the revised shift schedule.
Shift Premium
**
8.19 An employee working a regularly scheduled shift will receive a shift premium of two dollars ($2)
per hour for each hour worked, including overtime hours, between 1600 and 0800.
Weekend Premium
**
8.20 This clause does not apply to the MT Group.
Employees shall receive an additional weekend premium of two dollars ($2) for all scheduled hours worked at
straight-time hourly rates on Saturday and/or Sunday.
**
8.21 This clause applies to the MT Group.
(a) Subject to the conditions of this clause, where the Employer has a seven (7) day week operation with rotating
shifts on a continuing and annual basis, an employee working in such an operation shall receive a premium of two
dollars ($2) per hour for all regularly scheduled hours at straight-time rates worked on Saturday and/or Sunday plus
shift premium if applicable.
(b) An employee will be eligible to receive such a premium only if rotating shift schedules applicable to him
recurrently designate all days in the week as regular working days. However, the foregoing shall not apply in cases
where an employee requests to work on Saturday and/or Sunday under other than such a rotating shift schedule.
ARTICLE 9
OVERTIME
**
9.02 This clause does not apply to MT Shift Workers:
When an employee is required to work on a designated holiday, compensation shall be granted on the basis of time and
one-half (1 1/2) for each hour worked, in addition to the compensation that the employee would have been granted had
the employee not worked on the designated holiday.
The compensation that the employee would have been granted had the employee not worked on a designated paid holiday
is seven and one half (7 1/2) hours remunerated at straight-time.
**
9.08
(a) An employee who works three (3) or more hours of overtime immediately before or immediately following the
employee's scheduled hours of work shall be reimbursed for one meal in the amount of ten dollars and fifty cents
($10.50), except where free meals are provided. Reasonable time with pay to be determined by the Employer shall be
allowed the employee in order to take a meal either at or adjacent to the employee's place of work.
(b) When an employee works overtime continuously extending four (4) hours or more beyond the period provided in (a)
above, the employee shall be reimbursed for one additional meal in the amount of ten dollars and fifty cents ($10.50)
except where free meals are provided. Reasonable time with pay, to be determined by the Employer, shall be allowed the
employee in order that the employee may take a meal break either at or adjacent to the employee's place of work.
(c) Paragraphs 9.08(a) and (b) shall not apply to an employee who is in travel status which entitles the employee to
claim expenses for lodging and/or meals.
ARTICLE 11
STANDBY
**
11.03
(a) An employee required to be on standby duty shall be available during the period of standby at a known telephone
number or other telecommunication link and be able to return for duty as quickly as possible if called.
(b) In areas and in circumstances where the Employer deems that electronic communication devices are both
practicable and efficient, they will be provided without cost to those employees on standby duty.
ARTICLE 13
TRAVELLING TIME
**
13.07 Travelling time shall include time necessarily spent at each stop-over en route provided that
such stop-over does not include an overnight stay.
**
13.09 Travel Status Leave
(a) An employee who is required to travel outside his or her headquarters area on government business, as these
expressions are defined by the Employer, and is away from his permanent residence for forty (40) nights during a fiscal
year shall be granted seven decimal five (7.5) hours off with pay. The employee shall be credited with an additional
seven decimal five (7.5) hours off for each additional 20 nights that the employee is away from his or her permanent
residence to a maximum of 80 nights.
(b) The maximum number of hours off earned under this clause shall not exceed thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours
in a fiscal year and shall accumulate as compensatory leave with pay.
(c) This leave with pay is deemed to be compensatory leave and is subject to paragraph 9.06.
The provisions of this clause do not apply when the employee travels in connection with courses, training sessions,
professional conferences and seminars.
ARTICLE 14
LEAVE - GENERAL
**
14.07 Except as otherwise specified in this Agreement, where leave without pay for a period in excess
of three (3) months is granted to an employee for reasons other than illness, the total period of leave granted shall
be deducted from "continuous employment" for the purpose of calculating severance pay and "service" for the purpose of
calculating vacation leave. Time spent on such leave which is for a period of more than three (3) months shall not be
counted for pay increment purposes.
**
14.08 Leave credits will be earned on a basis of a day being equal to seven and one half (7 1/2) hours.
**
14.09 When leave is granted, it will be granted on an hourly basis and the hours debited for each day
of leave shall be the same as the hours the employee would normally have been scheduled to work on that day, except for
Bereavement Leave With Pay where a day is a calendar day.
**
14.10
(a) When an employee becomes subject to this Agreement, the employee's earned daily leave credits shall be converted
into hours on the basis of one day being equal to seven and one half (7 1/2) hours.
(b) When an employee ceases to be subject to this Agreement, the employee's earned hourly leave credits shall be
converted into days on the basis of seven and one half (7 1/2) hours being equal to one day.
ARTICLE 15
VACATION LEAVE
Accumulation of Vacation Leave Credits
15.02
**
(c) thirteen decimal seventy-five (13.75) hours commencing with the month in which his sixteenth (16th)
anniversary of service occurs;
**
(f) sixteen decimal eight seven five (16.875) hours commencing with the month in which the employee's twenty-seventh
(27th) anniversary of service occurs;
**
(g) eighteen decimal seven five (18.75) hours per month commencing with the month in which the employee's twenty-eight
(28th) anniversary of service occurs;
**
15.17 Appointment to a Separate Employer
Notwithstanding clause 15.13, an employee who resigns to accept an appointment with an organization listed in Part
II of Schedule I of the Public Service Staff Relations Act may choose not to be paid for unused vacation and
furlough leave credits, provided that the appointing organization will accept such credits.
**
15.18 Appointment from a Separate Employer
The Employer agrees to accept the unused vacation and furlough leave credits up to a maximum of two-hundred and
sixty-two decimal five (262.5) hours of an employee who resigns from an organization listed in Part II of Schedule I of
the Public Service Staff Relations Act in order to take a position with the Employer if the transferring
employee is eligible and has chosen to have these credits transferred.
ARTICLE 16
SICK LEAVE
Credits
**
16.01
(a) 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 the employee receives pay for at least seventy-five (75) hours.
(b) A shift worker shall earn additional sick leave credits at the rate of one decimal twenty-five (1.25) hours for
each calendar month during which he works shifts and receives pay for at least seventy-five (75) hours. Such credits
shall not be carried over in the next fiscal year and are available only if the employee has already used one hundred
and twelve decimal five (112.5) hours sick leave credits during the current fiscal year.
ARTICLE 17
OTHER LEAVE WITH OR WITHOUT PAY
17.02 Bereavement Leave With Pay
**
For the purpose of this clause, immediate family is defined as father, mother (or alternatively stepfather, stepmother
or foster parent), brother, sister, spouse (including common-law partner resident with the employee), child (including
child of common-law partner), stepchild or ward of the employee, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandchild, grandparent
and relative permanently residing in the employee's household or with whom the employee permanently resides.
(a) When a member of the immediate family dies, an employee:
(i) shall be entitled to a bereavement period of five (5) consecutive calendar days which must include the day of
the funeral. During such period, the employee shall be paid for those days which are not regularly scheduled days of
rest for that employee;
(ii) in addition, the employee may be granted up to three (3) days' leave with pay for the purpose of travel related
to the death.
(b) An employee is entitled to up to one (1) day's bereavement leave with pay for the purpose related to the death
of the employee's son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law.
(c) It is recognized by the parties that the circumstances which call for leave in respect of bereavement are based
on individual circumstances. On request, the Deputy Head of a department may, after considering the particular
circumstances involved, grant leave with pay for a period greater or in a manner other than that provided for in
sub-paragraph 17.02(a)(i) and paragraph 17.02(b).
(d) If, during a period of paid leave, an employee is bereaved in circumstances under which the employee would have
been eligible for bereavement leave under this clause, the employee shall be granted bereavement leave and the
employee's paid leave credits shall be restored to the extent of any concurrent bereavement leave granted.
17.06 Parental Leave without Pay
**
(a) Where an employee has or will have the actual care and custody of a new-born child (including the new-born child of
a common-law partner), the employee shall, upon request, be granted parental leave without pay for a single period of
up to thirty-seven (37) consecutive weeks in the fifty-two (52) week period beginning on the day on which the child is
born or the day on which the child comes into the employee's care.
**
(d) An employee who intends to request parental leave without pay shall notify the Employer at least four (4) weeks in
advance of the expected date of the birth of the employee's child (including the child of a common-law partner), or the
date the child is expected to come into the employee's care pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b).
17.07 Parental Allowance
**
(c) Parental Allowance payments made in accordance with the SUB Plan will consist of the following:
(i) where an employee is subject to a waiting period of two (2) weeks before receiving Employment Insurance parental
benefits, ninety-three per cent (93%) of his/her weekly rate of pay and the recruitment and retention "terminable
allowance", for each week of the waiting period, less any other monies earned during this period;
(ii) for each week in respect of which the employee receives parental benefits pursuant to Section 23 of the
Employment Insurance Act, the difference between the gross weekly amount of the Employment Insurance parental
benefits he or she is eligible to receive and ninety-three per cent (93%) of his or her weekly rate of pay and the
recruitment and retention "terminable allowance", less any other monies earned during this period which may result in a
decrease in Employment Insurance benefits to which he or she would have been eligible if no extra monies had been
earned during this period;
17.13 Leave With Pay for Family-Related Responsibilities
**
(a) For the purpose of this clause, family is defined as spouse (or common-law partner resident with the employee),
children (including children of legal or common-law partner), parents (including step-parents or foster parents), or
any relative permanently residing in the employee's household or with whom the employee permanently resides.
**
(c) This clause does not apply to MT employees:
The total leave with pay which may be granted under sub-paragraphs 17.13(b)(i), (ii) and (iii) shall not exceed
thirty-seven decimal five (37.5) hours in a fiscal year.
17.14 Court Leave With Pay
**
(c) by subpoena or summons to attend as a witness in any proceeding, except for a proceeding in which the employee is a
party, held:
(i) in or under the authority of a court of justice or before a grand jury;
(ii) before a court, judge, justice, magistrate or coroner;
(iii) before the Senate or House of Commons of Canada or a committee of the Senate or House of Commons otherwise
than in the performance of the duties of the employee's position;
(iv) before a legislative council, legislative assembly or house of assembly, or any committee thereof that is
authorized by law to compel the attendance of witnesses before it;
or
(v) before an arbitrator or umpire or a person or body of persons authorized by law to make an inquiry and to compel
the attendance of witnesses before it.
**
17.18 Volunteer Leave
(a) Subject to operational requirements as determined by the Employer and with an advance notice of at least five
(5) working days, the employee shall be granted, in each fiscal year, a single period of up to 7.5 hours of leave with
pay to work as a volunteer for a charitable or community organisation or activity, other than for activities related to
the Government of Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign.
(b) The leave will be scheduled at a time convenient to both the employee and the Employer. Nevertheless, the
Employer shall make every reasonable effort to grant the leave at such time as the employee may request.
**
17.19 Maternity-related Reassignment or Leave
(a) An employee who is pregnant or nursing may, during the period from the beginning of pregnancy to the end of the
twenty-fourth (24th) week following the birth, request the Employer to modify her job functions or reassign
her to another job if, by reason of the pregnancy or nursing, continuing any of her current functions may pose a risk
to her health or that of the foetus or child.
(b) An employee's request under paragraph 17.19(a) above must be accompanied or followed as soon as possible by a
medical certificate indicating the expected duration of the potential risk and the activities or conditions to avoid in
order to eliminate the risk. Dependent upon the particular circumstances of the request, the Employer may obtain an
independent medical opinion.
(c) An employee who has made a request under paragraph 17.19(a) above is entitled to continue in her current job
while the Employer examines her request, but, if the risk posed by continuing any of her job functions so requires, she
is entitled to be immediately assigned alternative duties until such time as the Employer:
(i) modifies her job functions or reassigns her,
or
(ii) informs her in writing that it is not reasonably practicable to modify her job functions or reassign her.
(d) Where reasonably practicable, the Employer shall modify the employee's job functions or reassign her.
(e) Where the Employer concludes that a modification of job functions or a reassignment that would avoid the
activities or conditions indicated in the medical certificate is not reasonably practicable, the Employer shall so
inform the employee in writing and shall grant leave of absence without pay to the employee for the duration of the
risk as indicated in the medical certificate. However, such leave shall end no later than twenty-four (24) weeks after
the birth.
(f) An employee whose job functions have been modified, who has been reassigned or who is on leave of absence shall
give at least two (2) weeks notice in writing to the Employer of any change in duration of the risk or the inability as
indicated in the original medical certificate, unless there is a valid reason why that notice cannot be given. Such
notice must be accompanied by a new medical certificate.
**
17.20 Medical Appointment for Pregnant Employees
(a) Up to three decimal seventy-five (3.75) hours of time off with pay will be granted to pregnant employees for the
purpose of attending routine medical appointments.
(b) Where a series of continuing appointments are necessary for the treatment of a particular condition relating to
the pregnancy, absences shall be charged to sick leave.
17.21 Other Leave With Pay
**
(b) Personal Leave
(i) Subject to operational requirements as determined by the Employer and with an advance notice of at least five
(5) working days, the employee shall be granted, in each fiscal year, a single period of up to 7.5 hours of leave with
pay for reasons of a personal nature.
(ii) The leave will be scheduled at a time convenient to both the employee and the Employer. Nevertheless, the
Employer shall make every reasonable effort to grant the leave at such time as the employee may request.
ARTICLE 18
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Attendance at Conferences and Conventions
18.03
**
(a) Career development refers to an activity which is, in the opinion of the Employer, likely to be of assistance to
the employee in furthering his career development and to the organization in achieving its goals. The following
activities shall be deemed to be part of career development:
(i) a course given by the Employer;
(ii) a course offered by a recognized academic institution;
(iii) a seminar, convention or study session in a specialized field directly related to the employee's work.
ARTICLE 19
SEVERANCE PAY
**
19.02 The period of continuous employment used in the calculation of severance benefits payable to an employee
under this Article shall be reduced by any period of continuous employment in respect of which the employee was already
granted severance pay, retiring leave or a cash gratuity in lieu of retiring leave. Under no circumstances shall the
maximum severance pay provided under clause 19.01 be pyramided.
**
19.04 Appointment to a Separate Employer Organization
Notwithstanding paragraph 19.01(b), an employee who resigns to accept an appointment with an organization listed in
Part II of Schedule I of the Public Service Staff Relations Act may choose not to be paid severance pay
provided that the appointing organization will accept the employee's Part I service for its severance pay
entitlement.
ARTICLE 22
DIVING ALLOWANCE
**
22.01 Employees whose job duties require them to dive (as that word is hereinafter defined) shall be paid an
extra allowance of fifteen dollars ($15) per hour. The minimum allowance shall be two (2) hours per dive.
ARTICLE 24
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE
**
24.01 The parties have agreed that in cases where, as a result of technological change, the services of an
employee are no longer required beyond a specified date because of lack of work or the discontinuance of a function,
the Work Force Adjustment Agreement concluded by the parties will apply. In all other cases, the following clauses will
apply:
ARTICLE 27
CHECK-OFF
**
27.04 An employee who satisfies the Employer to the extent that he declares in an affidavit that he is a
member of a religious organisation whose doctrine prevents him as a matter of conscience from making financial
contributions to an employee organisation and that he will make contributions to a charitable organisation 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 organisation
involved.
ARTICLE 29
INFORMATION
**
29.04 The Employer agrees to distribute to each new employee an information package prepared and supplied by
the Institute. Such information package shall require the prior approval of the Employer. The Employer shall have the
right to refuse to distribute any information that it considers adverse to its interests or to the interests of any of
its representatives.
ARTICLE 35
GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE
**
35.06
There shall be no more than a maximum of four (4) steps in the grievance procedure. These steps shall be as
follows:
(a) Step 1 - first level of management;
(b) Steps 2 and 3 in departments or agencies where such steps are established - intermediate step(s);
(c) Final Step - Chief Executive or Deputy Head or an authorized representative.
ARTICLE 36
NATIONAL JOINT COUNCIL AGREEMENTS
**
36.03 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:
(1) Bilingual Bonus Policy;
(2) Commuting Assistance Directive;
(3) Foreign Service Directives;
(4) Isolated Posts Directive;
(5) Living Accommodation Charges Directive;
(6) Memorandum of Understanding on the Definition of the Word "Spouse";
(7) Public Service Health Care Plan Directive;
(8) Relocation Directive;
(9) Travel Directive;
(10) Uniform Directive;
Health/Safety Standards (11 to 28)
(11) Boilers and Pressure Vessels Directive;
(12) Committees and representative Directive
(13) Electrical Directive;
(14) Elevating Devices Directive;
(15) Elevated Work Structures Directive;
(16) First Aid Allowance Directive
(17) First Aid Directive;
(18) Hazardous Confined Spaces Directive;
(19) Hazardous Substances and Safety Directive;
(20) Materials Handling Directive;
(21) Motor Vehicle Operations Directive;
(22) Noise Control and Hearing Conservation Directive;
(23) Personal Protective Equipment and Clothing Directive;
(24) Pesticide Directive;
(25) Refusal to Work Directive
(26) Sanitation Directive.
(27) Tools and Machinery Directive;
(28) Use and Occupancy of Buildings Directive;
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 35.01
of the Article on grievance procedure in this Collective Agreement.
ARTICLE 40
PART-TIME EMPLOYEES
Designated Holidays
**
40.07 Subject to Article 9, Overtime, when a part-time employee is required to work on a day which is
prescribed as a designated paid holiday for a full-time employee in clause 12.01 of this Agreement, the employee shall
be paid time and one-half (1 1/2) the hourly rate of pay for all hours worked on the holiday up to the regular daily
scheduled hours of work and double (2) time thereafter.
Overtime
**
40.09 Subject to clauses 40.04 and 40.08, when a part-time employee is required by the Employer to
work overtime he shall be compensated as follows:
(a) on his normal work day, at the rate of time and one-half (1 1/2) for each hour of overtime worked for the first
seven and one-half (7 1/2) overtime hours worked and double (2) time thereafter;
(b) on his first (1st) day of rest, at time and one-half (1 1/2) for each hour of overtime worked;
(c) on his second (2nd) or subsequent day of rest, at double (2) time for each hour of overtime worked.
Second (2nd) or subsequent day of rest means the second or subsequent day in an unbroken series of
consecutive and contiguous calendar days of rest;
(d) notwithstanding paragraph (c) above, if, in an unbroken series of consecutive and contiguous calendar days of
rest, the Employer permits the employee to work the required overtime on a day of rest requested by the employee, then
the compensation shall be at time and one-half (1 1/2) for the first (1st) day worked.
Vacation Leave
40.10
**
(c) when the entitlement is thirteen point seven five (13.75) hours per month, zero point three six seven (0.367) of
the hours in his/her workweek per month;
**
(f) when the entitlement is sixteen point eight seven five (16.875) hours a month, zero point four five zero (0.450) of
the hours in his/her workweek per month;
**
(g) when the entitlement is eighteen point seven five (18.75) hours a month, zero point five (0.5) of the hours in
his/her workweek per month;
ARTICLE 41
EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND EMPLOYEE FILES
41.01
**
(c) if, during the employee performance review, either the form or instructions have changed they shall be given to the
employee.
ARTICLE 45
PENOLOGICAL FACTOR ALLOWANCE
**
45.03 The payment of the allowance for the Penological Factor is determined by the following formula:
Penological Factor (X)
Type of Institution
|
Degree of Contact
|
Maximum
|
Medium
|
Minimum
|
|
Continual
|
100%
|
X
|
($2000)
|
50%
|
X
|
($1000)
|
30%
|
X
|
($600)
|
|
Frequent
|
50%
|
X
|
($1000)
|
30%
|
X
|
($600)
|
20%
|
X
|
($400)
|
|
Limited
|
30%
|
X
|
($600)
|
20%
|
X
|
($400)
|
10%
|
X
|
($200)
|
**
45.04 The value of "X" is set at $2000 per annum. This allowance shall be paid on the same basis as that for
the employee's regular pay.
ARTICLE 46
PAY
Rates of Pay
**
46.06
(a) The rates of pay set forth in Appendix "A" shall become effective on the dates specified.
(b) Where the rates of pay set forth in Appendix "A" have an effective date prior to the date of signing of this
Agreement, the following shall apply:
(i) "retroactive period" for the purpose of subparagraphs (ii) to (v) means the period from the effective date of
the revision up to and including the day before the collective agreement is signed or when an arbitral award is
rendered therefor;
(ii) a retroactive upward revision in rates of pay shall apply to employees, former employees or in the case of
death, the estates of former employees who were employees in the groups identified in Article 26 of this Agreement
during the retroactive period;
(iii) for initial appointments made during the retroactive period, the rate of pay selected in the revised rates of
pay is the rate which is shown immediately below the rate of pay being received prior to the revision;
(iv) for promotions, demotions, deployments, transfers or acting situations effective during the retroactive period,
the rate of pay shall be recalculated, in accordance with the Public Service Terms and Conditions of Employment
Regulations, using the revised rates of pay. If the recalculated rate of pay is less than the rate of pay the employee
was previously receiving, the revised rate of pay shall be the rate, which is nearest to, but not less than the rate of
pay being received prior to the revision. However, where the recalculated rate is at a lower step in the range, the new
rate shall be the rate of pay shown immediately below the rate of pay being received prior to the revision;
(v) no payment or no notification shall be made pursuant to paragraph 46.06(b) for one dollar ($1.00) or less.
Acting Pay
**
46.08 When an employee is required by the Employer to substantially perform the duties of a higher
classification level on an acting basis for the required number of consecutive working days, the employee shall be paid
acting pay calculated from the date on which the employee commenced to act as if the employee had been appointed to
that higher classification level for the period in which the employee acts.
When a day designated as a paid holiday occurs during the qualifying period, the holiday shall be considered as a
day worked for the purpose of the qualifying period.
(a) The required number of consecutive working days referred to in clause 46.08 is three (3) consecutive working
days;
(b) This clause applies to MT employees only.
(i) When an employee whose hours of work are scheduled in accordance with clause 8.02 or 8.06 is required by the
Employer to perform substantially, on an acting basis, duties of a higher classification level, for a period of at
least three (3) consecutive scheduled working days, the employee shall be paid acting pay calculated as if the employee
had been appointed to that higher classification level from the date on which the employee commenced to act for the
period in which the employee acts.
(ii) When an employee whose hours of work are scheduled in accordance with clause 8.08 is required by the Employer
to perform substantially, on an acting basis, duties of a higher classification level for a period of at least three
(3) consecutive scheduled working day or shifts, exclusive of overtime, the employee shall be paid acting pay
calculated from the date on which the employee commenced to act as if the employee had been appointed in that higher
classification level for the period in which the employee acts.
(iii) When a day designated as a paid holiday occurs during the qualifying period, the holiday shall be considered
as time worked for purposes of the qualifying period.
ARTICLE 48
DURATION
**
48.01 The duration of this Collective Agreement shall be from the date it is signed to September 30, 2005.
**APPENDIX "A"
AC - ACTUARIAL SCIENCE GROUP
ANNUAL RATES OF PAY
Y) Effective October 1, 2002 - Restructure
A) Effective October 1, 2002
B) Effective October 1, 2003
C) Effective October 1, 2004
|
AC-1
|
|
|
(1)
|
(2)
|
(3)
|
(4)
|
(5)
|
(6)
|
(7)
|
(8)
|
(9)
|
|
From:
|
$
|
40767
|
42530
|
44287
|
47022
|
49184
|
51343
|
53505
|
55666
|
57825
|
|
To:
|
Y
|
|
42530
|
44287
|
47022
|
49184
|
51343
|
53505
|
55666
|
57825
|
|
A
|
|
43700
|
45505
|
48315
|
50537
|
52755
|
54976
|
57197
|
59415
|
|
B
|
|
44793
|
46643
|
49523
|
51800
|
54074
|
56350
|
58627
|
60900
|
|
C
|
|
45913
|
47809
|
50761
|
53095
|
55426
|
57759
|
60093
|
62423
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(10)
|
(11)
|
(12)
|
(13)
|
(14)
|
(15)
|
(16)
|
(17)
|
(18)
|
|
From:
|
$
|
59983
|
62561
|
65125
|
67550
|
69871
|
72206
|
74914
|
77723
|
|
|
To:
|
Y
|
59983
|
62561
|
65125
|
67550
|
69871
|
72206
|
74914
|
77723
|
80532
|
|
A
|
61633
|
64281
|
66916
|
69408
|
71792
|
74192
|
76974
|
79860
|
82747
|
|
B
|
63174
|
65888
|
68589
|
71143
|
73587
|
76047
|
78898
|
81857
|
84816
|
|
C
|
64753
|
67535
|
70304
|
72922
|
75427
|
77948
|
80870
|
83903
|
86936
|
|
AC-2
|
|
From:
|
$
|
75931
|
78490
|
81044
|
83599
|
86158
|
89268
|
92492
|
|
|
|
To:
|
Y
|
|
78490
|
81044
|
83599
|
86158
|
89268
|
92492
|
95716
|
|
|
A
|
|
80648
|
83273
|
85898
|
88527
|
91723
|
95036
|
98348
|
|
|
B
|
|
82664
|
85355
|
88045
|
90740
|
94016
|
97412
|
100807
|
|
|
C
|
|
84731
|
87489
|
90246
|
93009
|
96366
|
99847
|
103327
|
|
|
AC-3
|
|
From:
|
$
|
85201
|
87880
|
90550
|
93229
|
96283
|
99591
|
103011
|
106549
|
|
|
To:
|
Y
|
|
87880
|
90550
|
93229
|
96283
|
99591
|
103011
|
106549
|
110087
|
|
A
|
|
90297
|
93040
|
95793
|
98931
|
102330
|
105844
|
109479
|
113114
|
|
B
|
|
92554
|
95366
|
98188
|
101404
|
104888
|
108490
|
112216
|
115942
|
|
C
|
|
94868
|
97750
|
100643
|
103939
|
107510
|
111202
|
115021
|
118841
|
AC
PAY NOTES
**
(1) An employee shall, on the relevant effective dates of adjustments to rates of pay, be paid in the (A), (B), and (C)
scales of rates at the rate shown immediately below his former rate.
**
(2) Effective October 1, 2002, prior to any other pay revision which occurs on that date, an employee shall be paid in
the "Y" scale of rates at the rate of pay which is immediately below the employee's former rate of pay, or if there is
no such rate, to the rate of pay in the "Y" scale of rates which is closest to but not less than the employee's former
rate of pay.
**
(3) Employees at levels AC-1 to AC-3 who have been at the maximum rate of pay for their level for twelve (12) months or
more on October 1, 2002, will move to the new maximum rate of pay effective October 1, 2002.
**
(4) Employees who have been Associate of the Society of Actuaries for more than six (6) years and have been at the
maximum rate of pay for AC-1 level and have been on October 1, 2002, will move to the new maximum rate of pay effective
October 1, 2002.
**
(5) Employees who have been Fellow of the Society of Actuaries or Casualty Actuarial Society for more than four (4)
years and have been at the maximum rate of pay for AC-2 level on October 1, 2002, will move to the new maximum rate of
pay effective October 1, 2002.
AG - AGRICULTURE GROUP
ANNUAL RATES OF PAY
X) Effective October 1, 2002 - Harmonization
Y) Effective October 1, 2002 - Restructure
A) Effective October 1, 2002
B) Effective October 1, 2003
C) Effective October 1, 2004
|
AG-1
|
|
From:
|
$
|
23494
|
to
|
41452
|
*
|
|
42756
|
44391
|
46298
|
48205
|
|
|
|
To:
|
X
|
23772
|
to
|
41600
|
*
|
42442
|
44086
|
45730
|
47377
|
49023
|
|
|
|
Y
|
24072
|
to
|
41600
|
*
|
42442
|
44086
|
45730
|
47377
|
49023
|
50669
|
|
|
A
|
24734
|
to
|
42744
|
*
|
43609
|
45298
|
46988
|
48680
|
50371
|
52062
|
|
|
B
|
25352
|
to
|
43813
|
*
|
44699
|
46430
|
48163
|
49897
|
51630
|
53364
|
|
|
C
|
25986
|
to
|
44908
|
*
|
45816
|
47591
|
49367
|
51144
|
52921
|
54698
|
|
|
|
*(WITH INTERMEDIATE STEPS OF $10)
|
|
AG-2
|
|
From:
|
$
|
|
|
|
|
47606
|
49669
|
51742
|
53801
|
55888
|
|
|
|
To:
|
X
|
43082
|
45200
|
47319
|
|
49436
|
51567
|
53675
|
55683
|
58615
|
|
|
|
Y
|
|
45200
|
47319
|
|
49436
|
51567
|
53675
|
55683
|
58615
|
61547
|
|
|
A
|
|
46443
|
48620
|
|
50795
|
52985
|
55151
|
57214
|
60227
|
63240
|
|
|
B
|
|
47604
|
49836
|
|
52065
|
54310
|
56530
|
58644
|
61733
|
64821
|
|
|
C
|
|
48794
|
51082
|
|
53367
|
55668
|
57943
|
60110
|
63276
|
66442
|
|
|
AG-3
|
|
From:
|
$
|
|
|
55486
|
|
57572
|
59664
|
61544
|
63423
|
|
|
|
|
To:
|
X
|
51754
|
54300
|
56847
|
|
59396
|
|
61939
|
64488
|
67033
|
68468
|
|
|
Y
|
|
54300
|
56847
|
|
59396
|
|
61939
|
64488
|
67033
|
68468
|
69903
|
|
A
|
|
55793
|
58410
|
|
61029
|
|
63642
|
66261
|
68876
|
70351
|
71825
|
|
B
|
|
57188
|
59870
|
|
62555
|
|
65233
|
67918
|
70598
|
72110
|
73621
|
|
C
|
|
58618
|
61367
|
|
64119
|
|
66864
|
69616
|
72363
|
73913
|
75462
|
|
AG-4
|
|
From:
|
$
|
62447
|
64508
|
66565
|
|
68622
|
70672
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
To:
|
X
|
|
65447
|
67980
|
|
70514
|
73045
|
75579
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y
|
|
|
67980
|
|
70514
|
73045
|
75579
|
78113
|
|
|
|
|
A
|
|
|
69849
|
|
72453
|
75054
|
77657
|
80261
|
|
|
|
|
B
|
|
|
71595
|
|
74264
|
76930
|
79598
|
82268
|
|
|
|
|
C
|
|
|
73385
|
|
76121
|
78853
|
81588
|
84325
|
|
|
|
|
AG-5
|
|
From:
|
$
|
69920
|
72316
|
74707
|
|
77072
|
79432
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
To:
|
X
|
71905
|
|
74995
|
|
78091
|
81182
|
84274
|
|
|
|
|
|
Y
|
|
|
74995
|
|
78091
|
81182
|
84274
|
87366
|
|
|
|
|
A
|
|
|
77057
|
|
80239
|
83415
|
86592
|
89769
|
|
|
|
|
B
|
|
|
78983
|
|
82245
|
85500
|
88757
|
92013
|
|
|
|
|
C
|
|
|
80958
|
|
84301
|
87638
|
90976
|
94313
|
|
|
|
AG
PAY NOTES
**
(1) An employee shall, on the relevant effective dates of adjustments to rates of pay, be paid in the (A), (B), and (C)
scales of rates at the rate shown immediately below his former rate.
**
(2) Except in the case of employees being paid in that part of the AG-1 scale of rates identified by ten-dollar ($10)
intermediate steps, an employee shall, on the relevant effective date of adjustment to rates of pay, be paid in the new
scale of rates at the rate shown immediately below his former rate.
**
(3) An employee being paid in that part of the AG-1 scale of rates identified by ten-dollar ($10) intermediate steps
shall be paid:
(a) effective October 1, 2002 in the "A" scale of rates which is nearest to but not more than two point seven five
per cent (2.75%) higher than his former rate of pay, rounded to the nearest ten dollars ($10);
(b) effective October 1, 2003 in the "B" scale of rates which is nearest to but not more than two point five per
cent (2.5%) higher than his former rate of pay, rounded to the nearest ten dollars ($10);
(c) effective October 1, 2004 in the "C" scale of rates which is nearest to but not more than two point five per
cent (2.5%) higher than his former rate of pay, rounded to the nearest ten dollars ($10).
**
(4) Effective October 1, 2002, prior to any other pay revision which occurs on that date, employees at levels AG-1 to
AG-5 shall be paid in the "X" scale of rates at the rate of pay which is immediately below the employee's former rate
of pay, or if there is no such rate, to the rate of pay in the "X" scale of rates which is closest to but not less than
the employee's former rate of pay.
**
(5) Effective October 1, 2002 employees at levels AG-1 to AG-5 shall be paid in the "Y" scale of rates at the rate of
pay which is immediately below the employee's rate of pay in the "X" scale of rates, or if there is no such rate, to
the rate of pay in the "Y" scale of rates which is closest to but not less than the employee's rate of pay in the "X"
scale of rates.
**
(6) Employees at levels AG-1 to AG-5 who have been at the maximum rate of pay for their level for twelve (12) months or
more on October 1, 2002, will move to the new maximum rate of pay effective October 1, 2002.
**
(7) Effective October 1, 2002 employees at level AG-3 shall be paid in the "A" scale of rates at the rate of pay which
is immediately below the employee's rate of pay in the "Y" scale of rates, or if there is no such rate, to the next
higher rate of pay in the "A" scale of rates.
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