Casual / O&M
(BUC) / Hospitality
(SEIU) / Machinists
(SEIU) / Unifor Unit 1 / Parking Services
(Unifor 3) / Special Constables
(Unifor 4) / Teaching Assistants
(CUPE 1) / Sessional Faculty (CUPE 2) / Postdoctoral Fellows
(CUPE 3) / IUOE / MUALA / TMG
Overtime / To ensure compliance, the total number of hours worked by the employee across multiple positions at McMaster University will be used to calculate the overtime threshold and the overtime hours worked will be paid at the individual’s highest rate of pay.
Minimum Wage / $14/hour on January 1, 2018; $15/hour on January 1, 2019, with annual inflation adjustment on October 1 beginning in 2019. / No impact / Part Time PCO rate increase to $14/hour on January 1, 2018 / No impact
Vacation Pay / With 5 or more years of service, increase to 3 weeks’ vacation time and vacation pay of 6% of wages. / Casual cleaners, with 5 or more years of service, increase to 3 weeks’ vacation time and vacation pay of 6% of wages. GP and Job class 1, 16.01(c)(i) entitlement chart changes to 3 weeks at 5 or more years’ length of continuous service as at June 30th / Driver, Senior GCH, GCH and PT Chef de Partie, with 5 or more years of service, increase to 3 weeks’ vacation time and vacation pay of 6% of wages.
Chef de Partie, 16.01(c)(i) chart changes to “10 months but less than 5 years” for 4% and “5 years up to 18 years” for 6%. 16.01(c)(ii) chart changes to “10 months but less than 5 years” for 2 weeks’ vacation time and “5 years up to 18 years” for 3 weeks’ – for both Annual and Seasonal / No impact / Ensure that pro-rated vacation time for PT and Seasonal is not less than 3 weeks’ for those with 5 years of service / Part Time PCO, with 5 or more years of service, increase to 3 weeks’ vacation time and vacation pay of 6% of wages. / Part Time Special Constables, with 5 or more years of service, increase to 3 weeks’ vacation time. / With 5 or more years of service, increase to 3 weeks’ vacation time and vacation pay of 2% of wages (wages are inclusive of 4% vacation pay). / No impact
Public Holiday Pay / Public holiday pay calculation amended to the total amount of regular wages earned in the pay period immediately preceding the public holiday, divided by the number of days the employee worked in that period.
When an employee works on a paid holiday and the supervisor and employee agree to substitute a day off rather than public holiday pay, the supervisor must provide the employee with a written statement setting out the public holiday the employee will work, when the substitute holiday will be taken, and the date the statement was provided to the employee. / No impact to holiday pay.
When an employee works on a paid holiday and the supervisor and employee agree to substitute a day off rather than public holiday pay, the supervisor must provide the employee with a written statement setting out the public holiday the employee will work, when the substitute holiday will be taken, and the date the statement was provided to the employee.
Leaves of Absence
SUB Benefit:
Pregnancy/Parental
SUB Benefit: Family Medical /
- Domestic or Sexual Violence Leave will provide up to 10 days leave and an additional 15 weeks leave, with the first 5 days of such leave in each calendar year paid.
- Crime-Related Child Disappearance Leave will increase from 52 up to 104 weeks of leave without pay where a child disappears and it is probable that the disappearance was the result of a crime;
- Child Death Leave will provide leave without pay up to 104 weeks for the death of a child for any reason (certain exceptions apply).
- Critically Ill Childcare Leave is replaced by the Critical Illness Leave, to provide care or support to a minor child or an adult family member whose life is at risk as a result of an illness or injury. The period of unpaid leave in a 52-week period is up to 37 weeks for a minor child and up to 17 weeks for an adult family member.
- Family Medical leave will increase from up to 8 weeks to up to 28 weeks’ unpaid leave (in a 52-week period).
- Extended length of Pregnancy from 6 weeks to 12 weeks for still-birth or miscarriage and extended Parental leave from 35 to 61 weeks if Pregnancy leave taken, and 37 to 63 weeks if Pregnancy leave not taken.
N/A / Yes – there is an impact to payment calculation for longer leaves / Yes – no impact to payment / Yes – there is an impact to payment calculation for longer leaves / Yes – no impact to payment / N/A / Yes – no impact to payment
N/A / Yes – no impact to payment / Yes – no impact to payment, but change in language desired / Yes – no impact to payment / N/A / Yes – no impact to payment
Personal Emergency
Other intersecting leaves with pay
(note waiting period for eligibility) / 2 new paid personal emergency leave days per calendar year / No impact for classes 4-10 / Depends on reason for, and sequence of, absence / No impact / No impact / No impact for FT / No impact for FT / No impact / No impact / No impact / Depends on reason for, and sequence of, absence / Depends on reason for, and sequence of, absence / No impact
N/A / Bereavement; Personal Illness/Injury; 2 paid personal leave days for classes 4-10 / Bereavement; Personal Illness/Injury; 1 Special Leave Day / Bereavement; Personal Illness/Injury; 2 personal leave days; Vacation for some levels in excess of ESA / Bereavement; Personal Illness/Injury; 2 personal leave days; Vacation in excess of ESA / Bereavement; Personal Illness/Injury (FT); 2 personal leave days (FT); Vacation in excess of ESA (FT) / Bereavement; Personal Illness/Injury (FT); 2 personal leave days (FT); Vacation in excess of ESA (FT) / 5 substitution days for personal leave; Sick leave of up to 10 hours; bereavement leave / Unplanned leave; Bereavement; Family Responsibility Leave; Planned Leave / Personal Illness/Injury; Bereavement; Vacationin excess of ESA / Bereavement; Personal Illness/Injury; 1 personal leave day; Vacation for some levels in excess of ESA (4-5 years and more than 10 years’ service) / Bereavement; Personal Illness/Injury; Vacation in excess of ESA / 5 MCD’s; Bereavement; Personal Illness/Injury; Vacation in excess of ESA