VARIABLE HOURS OF WORK
The Employer and the Association agree that the following conditions shall
apply to employees for whom variable hours of work schedules are approved
pursuant to the relevant provisions of this Agreement. This Agreement is
modified by these provisions to the extent specified herein.
It is agreed that the implementation of any such variation in hours shall not
result in any additional expenditure or cost by reason only of such variation.
C.01 General Terms
The scheduled hours of work of any day as set forth in a work schedule, may
exceed or be less than the regular workday hours specified by this Agreement;
starting and finishing times, meal breaks and rest periods shall be determined
according to operational requirements as determined by the Employer and the
daily hours of work shall be consecutive.
For shift workers such schedules shall provide that an employee's normal
workweek shall average the weekly hours per week specified in this Agreement
over the life of the schedule. The maximum life of a schedule shall be six (6)
months.
For day workers, such schedules shall provide that an employee's normal
workweek shall average the weekly hours per week specified in this Agreement
over the life of the schedule. The maximum life of a schedule shall be
twenty-eight (28) days.
Whenever an employee changes his or her variable hours or no longer works
variable hours, all appropriate adjustments will be made.
C.02 Conversion of Days to Hours
The provisions of this Agreement which specify days shall be converted to
hours.
Notwithstanding the above, in clause 21.02, Bereavement Leave with Pay, a
"day" will have the same meaning as the provisions of the Collective
Agreement.
Where the Agreement specifies a workweek a day shall be converted to seven
decimal five (7.5) hours.
C.03 Implementation/Termination
Effective the date on which this article applies to an employee, the accrued
leave credits shall be converted from days to hours.
A change to the normal weekly hours of work for an employee will require that
the accrued hourly credits be reverted to days and recalculated at the changed
conversion rate.
Effective the date on which this article ceases to apply to an employee, the
accrued vacation, sick leave and lieu day credits shall be converted from hours
to days.
C.04 Leave – General
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.
All leave provisions which specify days in this Agreement shall be converted
to hours with one (1) day being equal to seven point five (7.5) hours.
C.05 Specific Application
For greater certainty, the following provisions shall be administered as
provided herein:
Interpretation and Definitions
"Daily rate of pay" – shall not apply.
Travel
Overtime compensation referred to in clause 30.04 of this Agreement shall
only be applicable on a normal day for hours in excess of the employee's daily
scheduled hours of work.
Designated Paid Holidays
(a) designated paid holiday shall account for the normal daily hours
specified by this Agreement.
(b) an employee works on a Designated Paid Holiday, the employee shall be
compensated, in addition to the normal daily hours' pay specified by this
Agreement, according to Article 20 provisions for compensation on a designated
holiday.
Vacation Leave
Employees shall earn vacation at the rates prescribed for their years of
service as set forth in the specific article of this Agreement. Leave will be
granted on an hourly basis and the hours debited for each day of vacation leave
shall be the same as the employee would normally have been scheduled to work on
that day.
Sick Leave
Employees shall earn sick leave credits at the rate prescribed in Article 22
of this Agreement. Leave will be granted on an hourly basis and the hours
debited for each day of sick leave shall be the same as the employee would
normally have been scheduled to work on that day.
Acting Pay
The qualifying period for acting pay as specified in clause 27.08 shall be
converted to hours.
Exchange of Shifts
On exchange of shifts between employees, the Employer shall pay as if no
exchange had occurred.
Minimum Number of Hours Between Shifts
The provision in this Agreement relating to the minimum period between the
termination and commencement of the employee's next shift shall not apply to an
employee subject to variable hours of work.
PENOLOGICAL FACTOR ALLOWANCE
General
D.01 A Penological Factor Allowance shall be payable to
incumbents in some positions in the bargaining unit which are in Correctional
Service Canada, subject to the following conditions.
D.02 The Penological Factor Allowance 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.
D.03 The payment of the allowance for the Penological Factor
is determined by the designated security level of the penitentiary as determined
by the Correctional Service of 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
D.04
Penological Factor Allowance
Designated Security level of the Penitentiary
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Maximum
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Medium
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Minimum
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$2,000
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$1,000
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$600
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Application of PFA
D.05 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 clause D.02 above are applicable.
D.06 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.
D.07 Except as prescribed in clause D.10 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(s) to which PFA applies.
D.08 Except as provided in clause D.09 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
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.
D.09 When the incumbent of a position to which PFA applies,
is temporarily assigned 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.
D.10 An employee will be entitled to receive PFA, in
accordance with the PFA applicable to his or her regular position:
(a) during any period of paid leave up to a maximum of sixty (60) consecutive
calendar days,
or
(b) during the full period of paid leave where an employee is granted
injury-on-duty leave with pay because of an injury resulting from an act of
violence from one or more inmates.
D.11 PFA shall not form part of an employee's salary except
for the purposes of the following benefit plans:
Public Service Superannuation Act
Public Service Disability Insurance Plan
Canada Pension Plan
Quebec Pension Plan
Employment Insurance
Government Employees Compensation Act
Flying Accident Compensation Regulations
D.12 If, in any month, an employee is disabled or dies prior
to establishing an entitlement to PFA, the PFA benefits accruing to the employee
or the employee's estate shall be determined in accordance with the PFA
entitlement for the month preceding such disablement or death.
LEAVE FOR SHIFT WORKERS
E.01 It is recognized that certain full-time indeterminate
employees whose hours of work are regularly scheduled on a shift basis in
accordance with clause 28.03 of this Agreement and who receive Shift Premiums
(clause 33.01) in accordance with Article 33, hereinafter referred to as a shift
work employee, are required to attend certain proceedings, under this collective
agreement as identified in clause E.01(a) and certain other proceedings
identified in clause E.01(b) which normally take place between the hours of 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. from Mondays to Fridays inclusive.
When a shift work employee who is scheduled to work on the day of that
proceeding and when the proceeding is not scheduled during the employee's
scheduled shift for that day and when the majority of the hours of his scheduled
shift on that day do not fall between the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., upon
written application by the employee, the Employer shall endeavour, where
possible, to change the shift work employee's shift on the day of the proceeding
so that the majority of the hours fall between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. provided that
operational requirements are met, there is no increase in cost to the Employer
and sufficient advance notice is given by the employee.
(a) Certain Proceedings Under This Agreement
(i) PSLRB Proceedings clauses 14.01, 14.02, 14.04, 14.05 and 14.06
(ii) Personnel Selection Leave clause 21.15
(iii) Contract Negotiation and Preparatory Contract Negotiation Meetings
clauses 14.10 and 14.11.
(b) Certain Other Proceedings
(i) Training Courses which the employee is required to attend by the
Employer.
(ii) To write Provincial Certification Examinations which are a requirement
for the continuation of the performance of the duties of the employee's
position.
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