HomeMy WebLinkAboutBy-law 3801/91THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF PICKERING
BY-LAW NUMBER 3801/91
Being a by-law to establish certain benefits
for those employees of the Corporation of the
Town of Picketing not covered by a collective
labour agreement.
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Act, R.S.O. 1980, c.
302, section 208, paragraphs 45-49, inclusive, the Council of a
municipality may pass By-laws for fixing remuneration for its servants,
providing pensions, sick leave gratuities, life insurance, health
insurance and hospital insurance;
NOW THEREFORE the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Picketing
hereby enacts as follows:
INSURANCE COVERAGE
1. (1) The Corporation shall pay 100% of the premium cost of the
following:
(i) Major Medical Plan including prescription drugs and
semi-private hospitalization;
(ii) Vision Care Plan providing an accumulated two year
benefit of $175.00;
(iii)) Long Term Disability Plan providing 75% of regular
earnings to a maximum of $4,000.00 per month;
(iv)
Dental Plan equivalent to the Blue Cross Plan No. 7,
utilizing current O.D.A. rates. The plan also
includes, orthodontic coverage for dependent
children to a $1,500.00 lifetime maximum with
50%/50% co-insurance. Major restorative coverage at
50% reimbursement with a $1,000 annual maximum; and
(v)
Life Insurance Plan to a value of twice the
employee's annual earnings to the nearest $500.00 of
annual salary;
notwithstanding the above, an employee may apply for a
further sum of insurance to bring the total life insurance
to three times annual earnings to the nearest $500.00,
subject to evidence of insurability, to a maximum of
$150,000.00. The employee shall pay 100% of the premium
cost of this additional insurance.
(2)
The Corporation shall make contributions, on behalf of each
~articipating employee, to the O.M.E.R.S. Basic Pension Plan
in amounts required by the Board of O.M.E.R.S. from time to
time.
DISABILITY BENEFITS
Where an employee is eligible for full benefits under the
provisions of a Long-Term Disability Plan provided by the
Corporation's insurance company, the Corporation will continue to
pay the premium cost of the Extended Health Benefits Plan so long
as the employee continues to be eligible for such Long-Term
Disability benefits.
RETIREE BENEFITS
a)
The Corporation shall pay 100% of the premium cost of a paid
up life insurance policy of $2,000 for all full-time
permanent employees who retire at age 65 or who take early
retirement under the existing O.M.E.R.S. plan on the
principle of "90 and out".
b)
The Corporation shall pay 75% of the premium cost of major
medical plan, including prescription drugs and semi-private
hospitalization, for those full-time permanent employees,
(1)
who retire on or after March l, 1989, and who are
receiving an unreduced O.M.E.R.S. Basic Pension, or
(2)
who are receiving an unreduced O.M.E.R.S. Disability
Pension,
until the employee attains age 65.
SICK LEAVE
(1)
Each employee will be entitled to sick leave which will
accumulate at the rate of 1 1/2 days per month. The unused
portion of an employee's sick leave will be accumulated and
carried forward from one year to another provided that, to
qualify for sick leave with pay, an employee will, when
requested by the Corporation, produce evidence of illness
reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation.
(2)
For any illness in excess of three working days, an employee
may be required to produce a certificate from a medical
practitioner; certifying that the employee was unable to
carry out his duties due to illness.
(3)
When an employee is injured at work and in receipt of
Workers' Compensation in lieu of his regular pay, the
Corporation will make up the difference between such
compensation and his regular pay to the extent of the
maximum of the employee's accumulated sick leave with pay
credits. The amount of such makeup pay shall be deducted
from such accumulated credits.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
{1)
The Corporation may grant leave of absence without pay to
any employee requesting such leave for good and sufficient
cause.
{2)
The head of a department may grant leave of absence with pay
to an employee upon any special grounds and the period of
any such leave of absence shall be communicated to the Town
Manager.
(3)
All requests for leave of absence shall be in writing and
shall be submitted at least two weeks in advance of the
proposed day for the commencement of the leave.
(4)
When an employee is summoned for jury duty or subpoenaed as
a court witness, he shall not suffer any loss of salary or
wages while so serving, provided that the Corporation shall
be obliged to pay only the difference between such
employee's compensation as a juror or his witness fee and
conduct money as a witness and the salary or wages which he
would otherwise have earned had he worked the regular
working day involved.
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(5) Maternity Leave will be granted in accordance with the
Employment Standards Act.
BEREAVEMENT LEAVE
(1)
An employee shall be allowed up to three days off with pay
at the time a death occurs in his immediate family, which
shall mean father, mother, father-in-law, mother-in-law,
sister, brother, spouse, child, grandparent and grandchild,
or other relative living with the employee.
(2)
In the event such a death, or the funeral, is held at a
distant point requiring extra travelling time, the employee
may be granted up to two additional days off with pay,
subject to prior approval wherever possible of the
employee's Department Head or his delegate.
TRANSFERS
In the event that a position within the Corporation becomes vacant
an employee desiring to apply for the position may apply to the
appropriate official. If successful, the employee will be
considered to be on a trial period in his new position for a period
of six calendar months. At any time after the expiration of that
period, the employee shall have the right to apply in writing to
the Corporation for permanent classification in his new position
and unless the Corporation shall within five working days of
receipt of such written request, refuse such re-classification,
then the employee shall be deemed to be re-classified in the new
position. In the event that the Corporation refuses to re-classify
an employee he shall be returned to his previous classification.
PAID HOLIDAYS
(1) All permanent employees shall be granted the following
holidays with pay:
(al New Year's Day
(b) Good Friday
(c) Easter Monday
(d) Victoria Day
(el Dominion Day
(fl Civic Holiday
(gl Labour Day
(h) Thanksgiving Day
(il Christmas Day
(j) Boxing Day
(k) 1/2 day on Christmas Eve
(1) 1/2 day on New Year's Eve
(m) one day floating holiday, to be taken on a day
mutually agreeable to the employee and his
Department Head, and
(n) any other day proclaimed as a National or Provincial
holiday by the Federal or Ontario Governments.
(2)
An employee other than a Department Head or an employee not
eligible for overtime who is required to work on any of the
above paid holidays will in addition to his holiday pay be
paid at 1 1/2 times his regular hourly rate for all hours
actually worked.
(3)
If one of the said holidays falls or is observed during an
employee's vacation period, he shall be granted another day
off with pay in lieu thereof.
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VACATION
(1)
All permanent employees who have completed the years of
seniority shown below on the 30th day of June in any year
shall be entitled to the corresponding vacation with pay:
Years of Seniority
Length of Vacation with Pay
Less than one year
One day for each completed
month of service, to a maximum
of ten days
One year but less
than three years
Ten working days
Three years but less
than nine years
Fifteen working days
Nine years but less
than seventeen years
Twenty working days
Seventeen years but
less than twenty-five years
Twenty-Five working days
Twenty-five years or more Thirty working days
(2)
Despite the provisions of subsection (1), above, employees
not eligible for overtime shall receive fifteen working days
vacation on completion of one years service.
(3)
In the event that an employee has reached his 3rd, 9th,
17th or 25th year anniversary, the vacation year for
purposes of calculating holiday entitlement will be extended
to September 30th.
(4)
Vacation shall be taken during the year in which it is
earned.
(5)
If an employee is entitled to more than ten working days
vacation and wishes to take the portion in excess of ten
working days at a time other than immediately prior to or
following the latter, he may do so, providing that the
excess portion is taken:
(a)
(b)
during the year in which it is earned,
at a time agreeable to the Corporation.
(6)
Notwithstanding the above, the Town Manager may grant the
request of an employee to carry over one or more weeks of
vacation to the next year. Such carry-over of vacation will
only be permitted once in every three years.
AGE OF RETIREMENT
All permanent employees shall be retired at the age of 65 years.
Council may, at the request of the employee, extend the compulsory
retirement age of such employee upon such terms as Council deems
fit.
HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT
(1)
All employees shall work eight hours per day with one hour
for lunch, five days per week, Monday to Friday. As the
Civic Complex is open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., the
decision as to whether an employee starts at 8:30 a.m. or
9:00 a.m. rests solely with the individual Department Head
whose decision is final.
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Any hours worked over and above the regular work day
pursuant to the authorization by a Department Head shall be
considered as overtime and paid for at the rate of time and
one half for every hour worked in a normal 35 hour week. If
an employee is required to work Sunday or a seventh
consecutive day, he will be paid at double time.
12. This by-law shall take effect as of March l, 1991.
13. By-law Number 3174/89 is hereby repealed.
BY-LAW READ a first, second and third time and
day of August, 1991.
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