Ontario Power Generation Inc.
Location: province-wide, Ontario
Union: International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers
Affiliation: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations / Canadian
Labour Congress
Number of employees: 3,450
Bargaining unit: scientific and other professional employees; administrative services employees
A 36-month renewal agreement, effective from January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2015, settled in April 2013 at the arbitration stage. Duration of negotiations – 7 months.
Wages
| Effective January 1, 2013 |
Effective January 1, 2014 |
Effective January 1, 2015 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| General Adjustments | 0.75% | 1.75% | 1.75% |
| Weekly Rates – Office Supervisory and Services Grid | |||
| OSS Grade 01 | $903 – $1,297 [$896 – $1,287] |
$919 – $1,319 | $935 – $1,342 |
| OSS Grade 10 | $1,609 – $2,312 [$1,597 – $2,295] |
$1,637 – $2,353 | $1,666 – $2,394 |
| Weekly Rates – Design and Construction Field Management and Professional Grid | |||
| FMP Grade 09 | $1,243 – $1,790 [$1,234 – $1,777] |
$1,265 – $1,822 | $1,287 – $1,854 |
| FMP Grade 15 | $1,829 – $2,632 [$1,815 – $2,612] |
$1,861 – $2,678 | $1,893 – $2,725 |
| Weekly Rates – Trades Supervisors | |||
| TS Grade 1 | $1,179 – $1,696 [$1,170 – $1,683] |
1,199 – $1,725 | $1,220 – $1,755 |
| TS Grade 9 | $1,598 – $2,295 [$1,586 – $2,278] |
$1,626 – $2,335 | $1,654 – $2,376 |
Cost-of-Living Allowance
An amount equal to the percentage increase in the Ontario CPI (1992=100) for the periods November 2013 to November 2014 triggered at 2.75%.
Hours of Work
35 to 40 hours per week, depending on classification [unchanged].
Paid Holidays
10 designated days, plus 3 floating days. Employer may authorize a shutdown over the Christmas / New Year period. Employee may use earned vacation leave from the following year to cover this period [unchanged].
Paid Vacation
3 weeks earned after 1 year, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 16 years, and 6 weeks after 25 years [unchanged].
Overtime
The method of compensation, for authorized overtime, may be money or time off at the appropriate premium rate. If the employee elects for time off, the time for such time off will be subject to their supervisor’s approval, which will be granted unless OPG’s operational needs are such as to make the time off unreasonably difficult. If approval is not granted, the method of compensation will be money [new addition].
Parental Leave
According to the Supplementary Unemployment Benefit Plan, payments will consist of the following:
for the first 2 weeks, payments equivalent to 93% of the employee's base pay for pregnancy leaves only, (and parental leave) [new addition]. When receiving EI benefits, the employee is eligible to receive payments equivalent to the difference between the EI benefits and 93% of the employee's base pay for up to 15 weeks while on pregnancy leave and for up to 5 [3] weeks while on parental leave.
Special Clothing
Electric Shock Resistant Footwear, 75% of actual cost to a total annual maximum of $250 [$125].
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Note: Summary reflects the information received at time of ratification.