EPCOR Utilities Inc.
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Union: Civic Service Union No. 52
Affiliation: Independent-local
Number of employees: 810
Bargaining unit: office employees; technical employees
A 36-month renewal agreement effective from December 19, 2010 to December 13, 2013, settled in October 2011 at the mediation stage. Duration of negotiations - 13 months.
Wages:
| Effective Dec. 19/2010 |
Effective Dec. 18/2011 |
Effective Dec. 16/2012 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| General Adjustments: | 2.75% | 3.0% | 3.5% |
| Hourly Rates | |||
| Clerk I/Data Processing Clerk I, Pay Grade A1 |
$20.37 - $24.28 ($19.82 - $23.63) |
$20.98 - $25.01 | $21.71 - $25.88 |
| Purchasing Assistant/ Library Technologist I, Pay Grade A3 |
$23.83 - $28.43 ($23.19 - $27.67) |
$24.54 - $29.28 | $25.40 - $30.31 |
| Utility Accounts Officer, Pay Grade A4 |
$26.92 - $32.72 ($26.20 - $31.84) |
$27.73 - $33.70 | $28.70 - $34.88 |
| Plumbing and Gas Inspector I, Pay Grade T3 |
$37.98 - $45.31 ($36.96 - $44.10) |
$39.12 - $46.67 | $40.48 - $48.31 |
| Systems Analyst II, Pay Grade IT3 |
$46.98 - $56.01 ($45.72 - $54.51) |
$48.39 - $57.69 | $50.08 - $59.71 |
Short Term Incentive Plan:
Short Term Incentive Plan (STIP), introduced in 2007 for permanent full-time and part-time Administrative, Technical, Professional and Information Technology streams continues through the term of the new agreement. Plan provides supplemental earnings based on personal/individual performance and the achievement of corporate and business unit targets, with an annual target payout calculated at 2.5% of normal earnings for most groups of employees, with a maximum payout limited to 5.5% of earnings (unchanged). Permanent full- and part-time Administrative Stream employees in A1, A2 and A3 level positions and Contact Centre employees in these same levels will be eligible to participate in the STIP and receive flat lump-sum payouts as follows:
(i) Part-time employees hired to work a minimum of 20 hours a week - $700 ($500) per year;
(ii) Part-time employees hired to work a minimum of 30 hours a week - $850 ($650) per year;
(iii) Employees hired to work full-time - $1,000 ($800) per year.
For the 2012 year, lump-sum employees will move to the percentage payout (new).
Hours of Work:
37 1/2 or 40 per week depending on classification (unchanged).
Flexible Hours of Work for Information Technology (IT) Stream (new addition) - A Letter of Understanding establishes flexible work hours for IT employees to meet the requirements of workload peaks and fluctuations, emergency situations, after hours presentations and/or meetings. Hours will be flexed over two consecutive pay periods.
Shift Premium:
Effective October 11, 2011, $2.25 ($1.90) per hour where the major portion of a scheduled shift falls between the hours of 1600 and 0800 hours.
Paid Holidays:
12 (unchanged).
Paid Vacation:
EPCOR Vacation Model: 3 weeks earned after 1 year, 4 after 7, and 5 after 20, plus 5 days’ Personal Leave annually, awarded at the beginning of each calendar year (unchanged). Personal Leave hours must be used by December 31 of the year in which they are earned. Active employees as of July 2007 have the option or retaining the previous vacation entitlement model, providing 3 weeks earned after 1 year, 4 after 7, and 5 after 16, and 6 after 22, and foregoing the Personal Leave option (unchanged).
Pension Plan:
Group RRSP (new addition) - Permanent Service Consultants at the Calgary Contact Centre were moved from the Defined Contribution Pension Plan to a Group RRSP Plan effective December 18, 2011. Contribution rates for the Group RRSP are as follows: Less than 6 years’ service: matching contributions of 5.0% of gross earnings; 6 or more years’ service: employer contribution of 6.0%, employees, 5.0%.
Bereavement Leave:
Effective October 11, 2011, paid leave of 5 (3) working days upon the death of an employee’s spouse, parent or child; requirement to attend funeral in order to receive bereavement leave is eliminated (new).
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Note: Summary reflects the information received at time of ratification.