Canada Border Services Agency
Location: Canada-wide
Union: Public Service Alliance of Canada
Affiliation: Canadian Labour Congress
Number of Employees: 9,440
Bargaining unit: Customs Officers
A 36-month renewal agreement, effective from June 1, 2011, to June 20, 2014, settled in December 2013 at the post-conciliation negotiation stage. Duration of negotiations – 40 months.
Wages
| Effective June 21, 2011 |
Effective June 21, 2012 |
|
|---|---|---|
| General Adjustments | 1.75% | 1.5% |
| Annual Rates | ||
| Customs Officer, FB-1 |
$52,295 – $58,318 [$51,396 – $57,315] |
$53,080 – $59,193 |
| Customs Officer, FB-5 |
$71,943 – $80,694 [$70 706 – $79 306] |
$73,023 – $81,904 |
| Customs Officer, FB-8 |
$98,708 – $111,033 [$97,010 – $109,123] |
$100,188 – $112,698 |
| Effective June 21, 2013* |
|
|---|---|
| General Adjustments | 2.0% |
| Annual Rates | |
| Customs Officer, FB-1 |
$54,141 – $60,377 |
| Customs Officer, FB-5 |
$74,483 – $83,542 |
| Customs Officer, FB-8 |
$102,192 – $114,952 |
* Effective June 21, 2013, a $1,750.00 allowance shall be paid to officers in uniform and $1,250.00 to plainclothes officers.
Lump Sum Amount
$500 to plainclothes officers.
Hours of Work
37.5 hours per week [unchanged].
Paid Holidays
11 days [unchanged].
Paid Vacation
3 weeks after 1 year of service, 4 after 8 years, 4 weeks and 2 days after 16 years, 4 weeks and 3 days after 17 years, 5 after 18 years, 5 weeks and 2 days after 27 years and 6 after 28 years [unchanged].
Leave
Bereavement leave: 7 [5] consecutive days with pay.
Leave for family reasons: 7.5 hours of the 37.5 hours of family leave can be used to attend a school event or to meet with a lawyer or a financial advisor [new addition].
Severance Pay
Effective the date on which the collective agreement is signed, severance benefits for retirement or resignation shall cease to accumulate. Employees will have 3 months to choose one of the following three payment options: (1) cash out their severance immediately at their rate of pay in effect on the date the collective agreement was signed; (2) cash out their severance on termination of employment at the rate of pay in effect at that time; or (3) cash out a portion of their severance at the rate of pay in effect on the date the collective agreement was signed and the rest on termination of employment at the rate of pay in effect at that time [new additions]. Severance benefits shall continue to accumulate in the case of death, layoff or termination for cause for reasons of incapacity or incompetence.
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Note: Summary reflects the information received at time of ratification.