Key Changes to PSAC Collective Agreements - 2005

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25.23
Variable Shift Schedule Arrangements

Editorial Change – removed reference to 25.05 and replaced by 25.06

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Change in title 

The title was changed to reflect the content of the article.  The content of the article remained the same.

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59.02
Value of the Allowance

The value of the Offender Supervision Allowance was increased to $ 1,800 per annum on the date of signing (March 14, 2005).

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Compensatory leave

Expanded definition.  Time worked on a designated paid holiday; call back pay; reporting pay, and; standby pay may now be compensated in compensatory leave with pay.

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New clause 14.14

This provides for the granting of leave without pay to an employed elected as a full-time official of the Alliance.

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25.01 (c) and (d)
New definitions

The agreement now defines what constitutes a "shift" and a "shift schedule".

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New exclusion 

The purpose of this new exclusion is to clearly define the types of situations where employees are or are not entitled to shift and weekend premiums.

Amended clause 27.02

Clause 27.02 has been amended to specify that employees working on Saturday or Sunday are entitled to the weekend premium unless their regular hours of work are scheduled from Monday to Friday.

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Amended clauses 29.08, 33.07

New clause 30.02, 31.03, 32.09

Compensatory Leave

Where applicable, deletion of the existing language on Compensatory Leave and introduction of a new or amended language stating that the Compensatory Leave provisions are now standardized and are dealt with in Article 62.

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Deletion of former paragraphs 32.07 (b) and (d) – Lieu days

A provision on the displacement of a Designated Paid Holiday is no longer necessary now that we have expanded the application of Compensatory Leave.

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33.08 Travel Status Leave

Paragraphs (a) and (b) were changed to reflect the conversion from days to hours.

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Excluded provisions changed with respect to FR group

In the expired agreement, only clause 35.16 applied to the FR group.  The rest of the provisions for the FR group dealing with Vacation Leave with Pay were covered in Appendix "A".  In the new agreement, all the FR Vacation Leave with Pay provisions are covered in Article 35 except for the provision on Accumulation of Vacation Leave Credits which is still covered in Appendix "A".

35.05 Scheduling and Granting of Vacation Leave with Pay

The reference to cancelling previously approved furlough leave has been eliminated. 

A new paragraph has been introduced dealing with the possibility of vacation leave of two weeks or more to start following a period of rest days.

35.11 Carry-over and/or Liquidation of Vacation Leave (New clause)

This new language already found in other collective agreements places a cap on the amount of Vacation Leave that can be carried-over into the following vacation year.  The effective date of this new clause is April 1, 2005.

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New article

This article does not apply to the SC group 

The purpose of this article is to combine in one single area all the language on Compensatory Leave.

The reference in clause 62.01 (a) to Designated Paid Holidays does not apply to the FR group

Clause 62.01 allows for Compensatory Leave to be granted as compensation for Standby pay, Reporting Pay and Call-back Pay.  It also provides for employees requesting the cashing out of Compensatory Leave.

Clause 62.02 allows for the substitution of periods of Compensation Leave by Bereavement Leave with Pay, Leave with Pay because of illness in the immediate family or sick leave.

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New article in main body of the agreement

The purpose of this article is to combine in one single area all the language on Transportation Expenses.  It existed in the expired agreement for some groups only and when it did, it was described in the Appendix specific to that group.  It allows for Transportation Expenses to be granted when employees are required to report to work. 

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Elimination of majority of Article 1

Except for clauses 1.01 and 1.02 dealing with the Accumulation of Vacation Leave, the rest of the Vacation Leave provisions are now contained in Article 35 of the Agreement.

The old clause 1.02 is deleted and replaced by a new one specifying that with respect to the application of clause 35.02.2, for firefighters where the standard work week is 42 hours, the entitlement is 42 hours of vacation leave with pay.

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Article 1 - Vacation Leave

Except for the clause on Furlough Leave, the rest of the provisions dealing with Vacation Leave are now contained in Article 35 of the Agreement.

New Pay Notes

1. Employees working as Painters, Bricklayers, Stonemasons and Plasterers who were paid under the Precision Working Sub-Group grid in the expired agreement will now be paid under the Painting & Construction Finishing Sub-Group grid.

2. There has been some restructuring of the pay grid in order to close the gap between the salaries paid to employees of the GL group and the going rate of the market.

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Elimination of Article 1 

The vacation leave provisions are now contained in Article 35 of the Agreement.

Restructuring 

There has been some restructuring of the pay grid in order to close the gap between the salaries paid to employees of the GS group and the going rate of the market.

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Elimination of article 2 

The provisions dealing with Vacation Leave are now contained in Article 35 of the new agreement.

Elimination of clause 5.03 

The provision dealing with the time spent by an employee reporting to work or returning to the employee's residence is now contained in Article 67 of the Agreement.

Restructuring 

There has been some restructuring of the pay grid in order to close the gap between the salaries paid to employees of the HP group and the going rate of the market.

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Elimination of old article 1 

The provisions dealing with Vacation Leave are now contained in Article 35 of the new agreement.

Restructuring

There has been some restructuring of the pay grid in order to close the gap between the salaries paid to employees of the HS group and the going rate of the market.

Elimination of pay rates

The special pay provisions dealing with rates paid to an Orderly-in-training or to a Cook-in-training have been eliminated. 

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Elimination of clauses 1.04, 1.06, 1.07, 1.08, 1.09 and 1.10
Former clause 1.05 is now clause 1.04

Some of the provisions dealing with Vacation Leave are now contained in Article 35 of the new agreement.

Restructuring 

There has been some restructuring of the pay grid in order to close the gap between the salaries paid to employees of the LI group and the going rate of the market.

Elimination of pay notes

The pay notes have been eliminated.

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Clause 1.01

New definition of Compensatory Leave

Clause 2.03

Amended language in paragraph (f) dealing with Compensatory Leave including the removal of the cap on the accumulation of Compensatory Leave

Old Article 3 is deleted

Provisions on Transportation Expenses are now dealt with in Article 67 of the Agreement

New Article 3 – Vacation Leave with Pay

Elimination of certain clauses that are now dealt with in Article 35 of the Agreement

Article 9 – Telephone Calls

Small changes concerning the admissibility to a long-distance phone call

Article 14 – Standby

Allowing compensation for Standby to accumulate as Compensatory Leave

Article 16 – Security Duty

Allowing compensation for Security Duty to accumulate as Compensatory Leave

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New Article – Nuclear Emergency Response Team 

Introduction of a monthly allowance of  $150 for Ships Crews working at CFB Esquimalt and CFB Halifax for being a member of a Nuclear Emergency Response Team

Annex A - Restructuring

There has been some restructuring of the pay grid in order to close the gap between the salaries paid to employees of the SC group and the going rate of the market.

Annexes B, C, D and E 

Modification of the language on Compensatory Leave

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Restructuring

There has been some restructuring of the pay grid in order to close the gap between the salaries paid to employees of the PR group and the going rate of the market.