Notwithstanding the general provisions of this collective agreement, the
following specific provisions shall apply to employees performing duties in the
Lightkeeper Group.
Interpretation and Definitions
(a) "daily rate of pay" means an employee's weekly rate of
pay divided by seven (7);
(b) "remuneration" means pay and allowances;
(c) "weekly rate of pay" means an employee's annual rate of
pay divided by fifty-two decimal one hundred and seventy-six (52.176).
Accumulation of Vacation Leave
1.01 An employee who has earned at least two (2) weeks' pay during
each calendar month of a vacation year shall earn credits at the following rates
provided the employee has not earned credits in another bargaining unit with
respect to the same month:
(a) three (3) weeks per vacation year until the month in which the
anniversary of the employee's eighth (8th) year of service occurs;
(b) four (4) weeks per vacation year commencing with the month in which the
employee's eighth (8th) anniversary of service occurs;
(c) four (4) weeks and two decimal eight (2.8) days per vacation year
commencing with the month in which the employee's sixteen (16th)
anniversary of service occurs;
(d) four (4) weeks and four decimal two (4.2) days per vacation year
commencing with the month in which the employee's seventeenth (17th)
anniversary of service occurs;
(e) five (5) weeks per vacation year commencing with the month in which the
employee's eighteenth (18th) anniversary of service occurs;
(f) five (5) weeks and two decimal eight (2.8) days per vacation year
commencing with the month in which the employee's twenty-seventh (27th)
anniversary of service occurs;
(g) six (6) weeks per vacation year commencing with the month in which the
employee's twenty-eighth (28th) anniversary of service occurs;
(h) however, an employee who is entitled to or who has received furlough
leave shall accumulate four (4) weeks only from the beginning of the month in
which the employee's twentieth (20th) anniversary of service occurs
until the beginning of the month in which the employee's twenty-fifth (25th)
anniversary of service occurs.
1.02 Vacation leave provided under clause 1.01 above which is in
excess of the three (3) or four (4) weeks per vacation year respectively shall
be granted on a prorata basis during the vacation year in which the employee
completes the required years of continuous employment.
1.03 An employee who has not received at least two (2) weeks' pay for
each calendar month of a vacation year will earn vacation leave at one-twelfth
(1/12th) of the applicable rate in clause 1.01 of this Appendix for
each calendar month for which the employee received at least two (2) weeks' pay.
1.04 When an employee becomes subject to this Agreement, the
employee's leave credits shall be recalculated in accordance with the leave
credit formula applicable to the employee's altered work schedule.
2.01 An employee shall earn sick leave credits at the rate of one and
one-half (1 1/2) days for each calendar month for which the employee receives
pay for at least two (2) weeks.
(a) The designated holidays in a fiscal year that fall in the employee's work
period shall be anticipated to the end of the year and "lieu day"
credits established at the rate of one and one-half (1 1/2) days for each
designated paid holiday as shown in Article 32.
(b) Lieu days will be taken as an extension to vacation leave and shall be
charged against the lieu day credits.
(c) If any lieu days established under this Article cannot be liquidated by
the end of the vacation year, at the written request of the employee, and the
approval of the Employer, they will be paid off at the employee's daily rate of
pay.
(a) When an employee dies or otherwise terminates his or her employment, the
employee or the employee's estate shall be paid in cash at his or her daily rate
of pay for each unused lieu day.
(b) When the employment of an employee is terminated by other than death or
lay-off, recovery shall be made at the rate set forth in paragraph 3.02(a) for
all unearned lieu days granted.
4.01 Except as otherwise provided in the Designated Paid Holidays and
Severance Pay Articles of this agreement, and Annex A Pay rates, the terms and
conditions of employment for seasonal, rotational and seasonal-rotational
employees are not altered by this Agreement in so far as they do not differ from
past general practice.
4.02 Employees' compensation is based on the performance of all
services required.
(a) When a lightkeeper assigned to a rotational lightstation is on duty on
that lightstation for a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours or more,
the employee shall be entitled, in respect of each twenty-four (24) hour period,
to one (1) rotational day off.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the present Agreement,
rotational days off earned in accordance with this clause shall be deemed to
have been granted between each on-duty period on the rotational lightstation
provided that rotational days off shall be deemed not to have been granted
concurrently with a designated paid holiday or vacation leave entitlements.
5.01 An employee's schedule of work shall not be construed as
guaranteeing the employee minimum or maximum hours of work.
5.02 The formula under which the allowance for meteorological and such
related observations is calculated shall be maintained during the life of this
Agreement. However, clause 34.10 of Article 34 will not apply.
5.03 Where applicable, the Employer shall continue its present
practice of delivering food and mail to lightkeepers. Every reasonable effort
will be made to effect delivery at least every two (2) months and to give
forty-eight (48) hours' notice to the lightkeeper concerned of the departure of
the supply vessel.
5.04 First aid courses will be made available to lightkeepers where
the Employer assesses a need for such training.
5.05 The Employer and the Alliance agree to the principle of charging
visitors on travel status for meals and overnight accommodation supplied by the
lightkeeper. Both parties will consult on the matter of rates to be charged.
5.06 Where practicable, forty-eight (48) hours' notice will be given
to the lightkeeper of the arrival of overnight guests. This will not apply in
the case of Department of Fisheries and Oceans inspectors and in cases of
emergency.
5.07 The Employer will consult with the Lightkeeper on the need for
the Employer to supply bed and bedding when the Department of Fisheries and
Ocean's guests are to be accommodated in the Lightkeeper's dwelling and, if
required, bed and bedding will be supplied by the Department.
5.08 Transportation
The Employer will maintain the present practice within the Department of
Fisheries and Oceans of providing employees where necessary when proceeding on
leave, transportation to and from convenient public transportation and payment
of reasonable expenses incurred by employees due to delays in proceeding to and
returning from leave, when the delays are considered by the Employer to be
beyond the control of the employees.
5.09 Sick Leave - Rotational Stations
Concerning the administration of sick leave for employees assigned to
rotational lightstations.
(a) A lightkeeper assigned to a rotational lightstation who is granted sick
leave with pay during an on-duty period shall be deemed to be on duty for
purposes of clause 4.03 of this Appendix and shall accordingly be credited with
one (1) rotational day off for each twenty-four (24) hour period of sick leave
granted.
(b) A lightkeeper assigned to a rotational lightstation is not eligible for
sick leave with pay between active duty periods on the rotational lightstation,
except as otherwise provided in clause 35.07 of the Agreement.
(c) A lightkeeper assigned to a rotational lightstation who is granted sick
leave, shall be deducted sick leave credits at the rate of two (2) days of each
twenty-four (24) hour period of absence from duty.
5.10 Absent Lightkeeper Duties
Where a lightkeeper is required by management to perform the duties of an
absent lightkeeper from the same lightstation, the lightkeeper shall earn one
(1) day of compensatory leave for each day the lightkeeper is required to
perform the duties of the absent lightkeeper. However, where two (2)
lightkeepers are required to share the duties of an absent lightkeeper from the
same lightstation, they shall each earn one-half (1/2) day of compensatory leave
for each day they are required to perform said additional duties. Compensatory
leave credits earned in accordance with this Clause may be liquidated as leave
or, at the employee's option, by cash payment.
5.11 Off Duty Periods - Absences
The Employer wishes to confirm its intention of continuing the present
practice of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to the effect that all
lightkeepers, save those on rotational stations, may absent themselves during
off-duty periods, subject to the restrictions imposed by management for safety
purposes.
A) Effective Date: August 5, 2003
X) Adjustment Effective Date: August 5, 2003
B) Effective Date: August 5, 2004
C) Effective Date: August 5, 2005
D) Effective Date: August 5, 2006
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PAY NOTES
1. An employee who is paid at a rate in the "From:" scale of rates
shall, on the relevant effective date be paid at the rate listed immediately
below that rate in the A scale of rates.
2. The increment period for employees paid in these scales of rates, is one
(1) year.
3. Adjustment in rates of pay for positions at seasonal, rotational, and
seasonal-rotational lightstations will be found in Annex B.
(a) There shall be an adjustment in rates of pay at each level, where
applicable, for positions at Seasonal, Rotational and Seasonal-Rotational
lightstations in the following manner:
Days of Operation of
Lightstation
|
Seasonal Stations Rate of
Adjustment
% |
Rotational Stations Rate of
Adjustment
% |
Seasonal Rotational Stations
Rate of Adjustment
% |
335 - 365 |
100 |
90 |
90 |
305 - 334 |
95 |
n/a |
85 |
274 - 304 |
90 |
n/a |
80 |
244 - 273 |
85 |
n/a |
75 |
182 - 243 |
80 |
n/a |
70 |
(b) The aforementioned rates of adjustment shall apply to the salary ranges
for each level in Annex A, where applicable.
(c) Where an employee assigned to a seasonal or seasonal-rotational
lightstation is granted vacation leave, furlough leave or lieu days following
the operational period of the lightstation, such period of leave of lieu days
shall be added to the operational period of the lightstation in determining the
adjustment in rates of pay applicable to that employee.
(a) The following supplementary allowance shall be paid to each lightkeeper:
Full-Time Station
1. |
in 1 and 2-man stations |
2,100 |
2. |
in 4-man stations |
1,800 |
Seasonal Stations
|
Days of Operations of Lightstations |
335 - 365 |
100% of applicable full-time allowance |
305 - 334 |
95% of applicable full-time allowance |
274 - 304 |
90% of applicable full-time allowance |
244 - 273 |
85% of applicable full-time allowance |
182 - 243 |
80% of applicable full-time allowance |
(b) Where a lightkeeper assigned to a seasonal lightstation is granted
vacation leave, furlough leave or lieu days following the operational period of
the lightstation, such period of leave or lieu days shall be added to the
operational period of the lightstation in determining the supplementary
allowance applicable to that lightkeeper.
1. The Employer wishes to confirm its intention of continuing the present
practice of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in regard to the provision of
accommodation and services which are now provided to Lightkeepers.
2. Rotational Light Station Food Allowance
A Lightkeeper shall be entitled to an allowance of one hundred dollars ($100)
for each on-duty period that he is assigned to a rotational light station.
The following is the formula for meteorological observations and extra
payments made for certain specified duties:
Formula |
|
Formula |
41.46 |
Extra Observations |
|
Anemometer |
80.96 |
Climate Report |
123.10 |
Ceiling Balloon |
80.96 |
Sunshine Abstracts |
41.05 |
Automatic Rain Gauge |
46.60 |
Same with Abstracts |
80.96 |
Water Temperature |
90.96 |
Same with Abstracts |
166.38 |
It is also understood that the maximum amount payable per annum to a
Lightkeeper is one thousand six hundred and twenty-three dollars ($1,623).
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