Covenant Health - Misericordia Community Hospital and Villa Caritas

Location: Edmonton, Alberta

Union: Canadian Union of Public Employees

Affiliation: Canadian Labour Congress

Number of employees: 600

Bargaining unit: office employees and technicians

A 36-month renewal agreement effective from April 1, 2011, to March 31, 2014, settled April 2012 at the bargaining stage. Duration of negotiations – 13 months.

Wages

Effective
April 1, 2011
Effective
April 1, 2012
General Adjustments 3.0% 3.0%
Hourly Rates
Food service attendant II,
Steps 1-2
$17.26 - $18.85
[$16.76 - $18.30]
$17.78 - $19.41
Surgical Processor,
Steps 1-6
$20.22 - $22.97
[$19.63 - $22.30]
$20.83 - $23.66
Clerk IV, Steps 1-6 $22.41 - $27.25
[$21.76 - $26.46]
$23.09 - $28.07
Maintenance Worker III,
Steps 1-2
$26.48 - $29.26
[$26.06 - $28.41]
$27.65 - $30.14
Effective
April 1, 2013
General Adjustments 3.0%
Hourly Rates
Food service attendant II,
Steps 1-2
$18.31-$20.00
Surgical Processor,
Steps 1-6
$21.45-$24.37
Clerk IV, Steps 1-6 $23.78-$29.91
Maintenance Worker III,
Steps 1-2
$28.48-$31.04

Hours of Work

38.75 hours [unchanged].

Paid Vacation

3 weeks earned after 1 year; 4 after 3; 5 after 10; and 6 after 20 [unchanged].

Supplementary Vacation: after 25 years of continuous employment an employee will earn a one-time additional 38.75 hours of vacation [unchanged].

Paid Holidays

11 days paid holidays [unchanged].

Premiums

Evening: Effective May 1, 2013; 0-$2.25-$2.25 and Effective November 1, 2013; 0-$2.75--$2.75

Night: Effective January 1, 2013; 0-$3.50-$3.50 [0-$3.00-$3.00]; Effective June 1, 2013; 0-$4.50-$4.50 and Effective November 1, 2013; 0-$5.00-$5.00

Weekend: 0-$3.25-$3.25 [0-$2.75-$2.75].

On Call Pay

$3 per hour will be paid on regular scheduled days of work and $4.25 per hour will be paid on days scheduled to work on a holiday [unavailable].

Allowances

Lead hand: $1.25 per hour will be paid to an employee who is temporally working outside their regular appointed position [unavailable].

Health and Welfare

Flexible Spending Account: $600 [$500] per each regular full-time employee at each calendar year will be allocated by the employer to a flexible health benefit spending account for each eligible employee.

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Note: Summary reflects the information received at the time of ratification.