NEW HIRE INFORMATION

UNION DUES:

Every member in the Local pays dues, an amount of money collected to assist in meeting the needs of the Local and the National Union. Although you may only see one deduction for union dues on your pay stub, the funds you provide go towards your Local and to the National. As outlined in our Constitution, national union dues will be 0.735% of gross wages, not including overtime.

Union dues are mandatory (no opting out option).

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT:

PROBATION END DATE CALCULATOR:

Visit www.timeanddate.com and follow the example below to get an estimate probation end date.

WAGE PROGRESSION SCALE:

All new employees will automatically get a raise on Feb 28 each year and another wage increase on their Company Service Date (Date of Joining).

RED ARROW: Feb 28 Yearly Wage Increase

GREEN ARROW: Company Service Date wage increase

NOTE:

Every year on FEB 28, all employees will receive a pay increase.
Pay increase can not be on a split pay period. An example of a split pay period: 1st week on the old wage and 2nd week on the new wage. In this circumstance the following pay period will reflect the pay increase.
New hire starting wage falls under the B Scale Line 1 of the year they were hired on.
New employees must work 52 weeks until they can receive their 1st Company Service Pay Increase.
Revised company service due to layoff and certain absence more than 30 days will impact on your pay progression.

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VACATION:

Please review Article 14.02 Entitlement in our Collective Agreement for the full detail.

New hire 1st year vacation entitlement calculation is highlighted in red box below.

* NOTE* Part Time employee are entitled to half the amount of hours on the above chart. If there is a status change from Part-time to Full-Time and vice versa the vacation entitlement will be prorated.