Research (RE) (Archived)

Agreement - Research - List of Changes

List of Changes to the Agreement
Between the Treasury Board and
The Professional Institute of the Public Service
of Canada - Research

PART 2 - WORKING CONDITIONS

ARTICLE 9
OVERTIME

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(a) An employee who works three (3) or more hours of overtime immediately before or immediately following his scheduled hours of work shall be reimbursed for one meal in the amount of nine dollars and fifty cents ($9.50), except where free meals are provided. Effective October 1, 2002, this reimbursement is increased to ten dollars ($10.00). 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 his place of work.

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(b) When an employee works overtime continuously extending four (4) hours or more beyond the period provided in (a) above, he shall be reimbursed for one additional meal in the amount of nine dollars and fifty cents ($9.50) except where free meals are provided. Effective October 1, 2002, this reimbursement is increased to ten dollars ($10.00). Reasonable time with pay, to be determined by the Employer, shall be allowed the employee in order that he may take a meal break either at or adjacent to his place of work.

ARTICLE 15
LEAVE - GENERAL

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(a) When an employee becomes subject to this Agreement, his earned daily leave credits shall be converted into hours. When an employee ceases to be subject to this Agreement, his earned hourly leave credits shall be reconverted into days, with one day being equal to seven and one-half (7 1/2) hours.

(b) When leave is granted, it will be granted on an hourly basis and the number of hours debited for each day of leave will be equal to the number of hours of work scheduled for the employee for the day in question.

(c) Notwithstanding the above, in clause 18.02, Bereavement Leave with Pay, a "day" will mean a calendar day.

ARTICLE 16
VACATION LEAVE

16.02

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(a) Twelve decimal five (12.5) hours at the employee's straight –time hourly rate until the month in which the employee's sixteenth (16^th) anniversary occurs;

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(b) thirteen decimal seven five (13.75) hours at the employee's straight-time hourly rate commencing with the month in which the employee's sixteen (16th) anniversary of service occurs;

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(c) fourteen decimal three seven five (14.375) hours at the employee's straight-time hourly rate commencing with the month in which the anniversary of the employee's seventeenth (17^th) year of service occurs;

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(e) sixteen decimal eight seven five (16.875) hours at the employee's straight time hourly rate commencing with the month in which the employee's twenty-seventh (27th) anniversary of service occurs;

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(f) eighteen decimal seven five (18.75) hours at the employee's straight-time hourly rate commencing with the month in which the anniversary of the employee's twenty-eight (28^th) anniversary of service occurs;

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16.17 Appointment from a Separate Employer

The Employer agrees to accept the unused vacation and furlough leave credits up to a maximum of thirty-five (35) days 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 18
OTHER LEAVE WITH OR WITHOUT PAY

18.02

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(a) When a member of the employee's immediate family dies, an employee 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 the employee. In addition, the employee may be granted up to three (3) days' leave with pay for the purpose of travel related to the death.

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Transitional Provision for clause 18.04

If, on the date of signature of the Memorandum of Agreement modifying the provisions of clause 18.04, an employee is currently on maternity leave without pay or has requested a period of maternity leave but has not commenced the leave, she shall upon request be entitled to the provisions of this clause. Any application must be received before the termination date of the leave period originally requested.

18.04 Maternity Allowance

(a)

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(b) For the purpose of sections (a)(iii)(B), and (C), periods of leave with pay shall count as time worked. Periods of leave without pay during the employee's return to work will not be counted as time worked but shall interrupt the period referred to in section (a)(iii)(B), without activating the recovery provisions described in section (a)(iii)(C).

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Transitional Provision for clauses 18.08 and 18.09

If, on the date of signature of the Memorandum of Agreement modifying the provisions of clauses 18.08 and 18.09, an employee is currently on parental leave without pay or has requested a period of such leave without pay but has not commenced the leave, he shall upon request be entitled to the provisions of these clauses. Any application must be received before the termination date of the leave period originally requested.

18.08 Parental Leave Without Pay

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(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 spouse), 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.

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(b) Where an employee commences legal proceedings under the laws of a province to adopt a child or obtains an order under the laws of a province for the adoption of a child, 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 week (52) period beginning on the day on which the child comes into the employee's care.

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(f) Parental leave without pay taken by a couple employed in the Public Service shall not exceed a total of thirty-seven (37) weeks for both individuals combined. For the purpose of this paragraph, Public Service means any portion of the Public Service of Canada specified in Part I of Schedule I of the Public Service Staff Relations Act.

18.09 Parental Allowance

(a)

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18.20 Volunteer Leave

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, one (1) day 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;

The leave will be scheduled at times convenient both to the employee and the Employer. Nevertheless, the Employer shall make every reasonable effort to grant the leaves at such times as the employee may request.

18.21 Other Leave with Pay

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(b) Personal Leave

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, one (1) day of leave with pay for reasons of a personal nature.

The leave will be scheduled at times convenient to both the employee and the Employer. Nevertheless, the Employer shall make every reasonable effort to grant the leaves at such times as the employee may request.

ARTICLE 23
ALLOWANCES

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(a) Employees whose job duties require them to dive (as that word is hereinafter defined) shall be paid an allowance of twenty dollars ($20.00) per hour. The minimum allowance shall be two (2) hours per dive.

23.03 Field or Sea Research Allowance

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(a) An employee who meets the conditions set forth below shall be paid a field or sea research allowance of two hundred and seventy dollars ($270.00) for each fifteen (15) calendar day period, provided that:

PART 3 - STAFF RELATIONS MATTERS

ARTICLE 36
NATIONAL JOINT COUNCIL AGREEMENTS

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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) Foreign Service Directives;

(2) Travel Policy;

(3) Withdrawal from Work in Imminent Danger Policy and Procedures;

(4) Isolated Posts Directive;

(5) Clothing Policy;

(6) Living Accommodation Charges Policy;

(7) First Aid to the General Public - Allowance for Employees;

(8) Public Service Health Care Plan Directive;

(9) Relocation Policy;

(10) Commuting Assistance Policy;

(11) Bilingualism Bonus Policy;

Health/Safety Standards (13 to 28)

(13) Boilers and Pressure Vessels;

(14) Dangerous Substances;

(15) Electrical;

(16) Elevating Devices;

(17) First Aid;

(18) Hand Tools and Portable Power Tools;

(19) Hazardous Confined Spaces;

(20) Machine Guarding;

(21) Materials Handling;

(22) Motor Vehicle Operations;

(23) Noise Control and Hearing Conservation;

(24) Personal Protective Equipment;

(25) Pesticide;

(26) Elevated Work Structures;

(27) Use and Occupancy of Buildings;

(28) Sanitation.

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.

PART 4 - OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS

ARTICLE 40
PART-TIME EMPLOYEES

40.10 Vacation Leave

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(c) when the entitlement is thirteen decimal seven five (13.75) hours a month, .367 multiplied by the number of hours in the employee's work week per month;

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(d) when the entitlement is fourteen decimal three seven five (14.375) hours a month, .383 multiplied by the number of hours in the employee's work week per month;

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(f) when the entitlement is sixteen decimal eight seven five (16.875) hours a month, .450 multiplied by the number of hours in the employee's workweek per month;

PART 5 - PAY AND DURATION

ARTICLE 45
PAY

45.08 Acting Pay

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(a) The required number of consecutive working days referred to in clause 45.08 is as follows:

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(b) For employees classified as SE, the wording of clause 45.08 does not apply. In its place the following applies:

When an employee is required by the Employer to substantially perform the duties of a position of a higher classification level, other than one classified as SE-RES, on an acting basis, for a period of at least ten (10) consecutive 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.

ARTICLE 47
DURATION

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47.01 The duration of this Collective Agreement shall be from the date it is signed to September 30, 2003.

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HR - HISTORICAL RESEARCH
ANNUAL RATES OF PAY

A) Effective October 1, 2000
B) Effective October 1, 2001
C) Effective October 1, 2002

PAY NOTES

Pay Adjustment Administration

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(4) Except in the case of employees being paid in that part of the HR-1 scale of rates identified by ten-dollar ($10) intermediate steps, and subject to note 8, an employee shall be paid effective October 1, 2000, in the "A" scale of rates at the rate shown immediately below his former rate.

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(5) An employee being paid in that part of the HR-1 scale of rates identified by ten-dollar ($10) intermediate steps shall be paid, effective October 1, 2000, in the "A" scale of rates of pay, at a rate that is three decimal two per cent (3.2%) higher than his former rate, rounded to the nearest ten dollars ($10), provided that the last step in the ten-dollar ($10) step part of the scale is not exceeded.

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(6) An employee being paid in that part of the HR-1 scale of rates identified by ten-dollar ($10) intermediate steps shall be paid, effective October 1, 2001, in the "B" scale of rates of pay, at a rate that is two decimal eight per cent (2.8%) higher than his former rate, rounded to the nearest ten dollars ($10), provided that the last step in the ten-dollar ($10) step part of the scale is not exceeded.

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(7) An employee being paid in that part of the HR-1 scale of rates identified by ten-dollar ($10) intermediate steps shall be paid, effective October 1, 2002, in the "C" scale of rates of pay, at a rate that is two decimal five per cent (2.5%) higher than his former rate, rounded to the nearest ten-dollars ($10), provided that the last step in the ten-dollar ($10) step part of the scale is not exceeded.

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(8) Notwithstanding Pay Note 4, where in the retroactive period, an employee, other than one to whom pay notes 5 and 6 apply, was paid on initial appointment at a rate of pay above the minimum, or was promoted or transferred and paid at a rate of pay above the rate specified by the regulations for promotion or transfer, he shall be paid in the new scale of rates at the rate shown immediately below his former rate, unless he was otherwise informed in writing prior to his appointment that a negotiated pay increase would not apply to him, in which case he shall be paid at the rate of pay nearest to but not less than the rate of pay at which he was appointed.

MA - MATHEMATICS
ANNUAL RATES OF PAY

A) Effective October 1, 2000
B) Effective October 1, 2001
C) Effective October 1, 2002

PAY NOTES

Pay Adjustment Administration

General

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(3) Employees other than Mathematician 1, shall be paid in the (A) range of rates at the rate shown immediately below their former rate on the relevant adjustment dates.

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(4) Employees paid as Mathematician 1, shall effective October 1, 2000, be paid in the (A) range of rates at the rate that is nearest to their former rate increased by three decimal two per cent (3.2%) provided that the maximum rate is not exceeded.

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(5) Employees paid as Mathematician 1, shall effective October 1, 2001, be paid in the (B) range of rates at the rate that is nearest to their former rate increased by two decimal eight per cent (2.8%) provided that the maximum rate is not exceeded.

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(6) Employees paid as Mathematician 1, shall effective October 1, 2002, be paid in the (C) range of rates at the rate that is nearest to their former rate increased by two decimal five per cent (2.5%) provided that the maximum rate is not exceeded.

Appointment Above the Minimum

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(7) Notwithstanding Pay Notes 3 to 5, where in the retroactive period, an employee was paid on initial appointment at a rate of pay above the minimum, or was promoted or transferred and paid at a rate of pay above the rate specified by the regulations for promotion or transfer, he shall be paid in the new scale of rates at the rate shown immediately below his former rate, unless he was otherwise informed in writing prior to his appointment that a negotiated pay increase would not apply to him or her, in which case he shall be paid at the rate of pay nearest to but not less than the rate of pay at which he was appointed.