Collective Agreement Between Dublin Heights …

1 Collective Agreement Between Dublin Heights community Child Care Inc. (Hereinafter referred to as the "Employer'9 and Canadian Union of Public Employees And it's Local 5213 (Hereinafter referred to as the "Union /2 February 7, 2015 - December 31, 2016 Collective Agreement Between Dublin Heights community Child Care and CUPE and its Local 5213 Term: Feb 7, 2015 - Dec 31, 2016 Table of Contents ARTICLE 1 - PREAMBLE 6 ARTICLE 2 RECOGNITION AND NEGOTIATION 7 Bargaining Unit 7 Work of the Bargaining Unit 7 No Contracting-Out 7 No Other Agreements 7 Representatives of Canadian Union 7 Definitions 8 ARTICLE 3 MANAGEMENT RIGHTS 9 Management Rights 9 ARTICLE 4 - NO STRIKE OR LOCKOUTS 10 No Strikes and Lockouts 10 ARTICLE 5 - NO HARRASMENT OR DISCRIMINATION 10 No Discrimination 10 Respectful Workplace 10 Sexual Harassment 11 ARTICLE 6 - UNION SECURITY AND CHECK-OFF 12 Union Security 12 Deductions 12 New Employees 12 T4 Slips 12 ARTICLE 7 - CORRESPONDENCE 13 Correspondence 13 ARTICLE 8 LABOUR-MANAGEMENT 13 a))

2 Representation 13 Bargaining Committee 13 Union - Management Committee 14 Health and Safety Committee 15 ARTICLE 9 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE 15 Grievance 15 Definition of Grievance 16 Permission to Leave Work 16 Settling of Grievance 16 Policy Grievance 17 Replies in Writing 17 Meeting Rooms for Grievances 17 Referral to Arbitration 17 Definition of Working Days 17 Page 2 of 40 Itcope491 Collective Agreement Between Dublin Heights community Child Care and CUPE and its Local 5213 Term: Feb 7, 2015 - Dec 31, 2016 ARTICLE 10 -- ARBITRATION 18 Referral to Arbitration 18 Payment of Arbitration 18 Selection of Arbitrator 18 Time limits 18 Single Arbitrator 18 ARTICLE 11 - DISCHARGE, SUSPENSION AND DISCIPLINE 19 Employee Record 19 Access to Personnel File 19 ARTICLE 12 - SENIORITY 20 Seniority Defined 20 Seniority List 20 Probationary Employees 20 Loss of Seniority 21 Transfers and Seniority Outside Bargaining Unit 21 ARTICLE 13 - PROMOTION AND STAFF CHANGES 22 a)

3 Job Postings 22 information in Postings 23 No Outside Advertising 23 Methods of Making Appointment 23 Trial Period 23 Union Notification 23 Postings while on Vacation or Leave 24 New Classification 24 ARTICLE 14 - LAY-OFFS AND RECALLS 25 Definition of Lay-Off 25 Role of Seniority in Lay-Off Procedure 25 Recall Procedure 25 No New Employees 25 Advance Notice of Lay-Off 25 Lay-Off and Recall for Probationary Employees 26 Grievance on Lay-Offs and Recalls 26 ARTICLE 15 - HOURS OF WORK 26 Normal Hours of Work 26 Program Time 26 Working Schedule 26 ARTICLE 16 - OVERTIME 26 Overtime Defined 26 Page 3 of 40 Itcope491 Collective Agreement Between Dublin Heights community Child Care and CUPE and its Local 5213 Term.

4 Feb 7, 2015 - Dec 31, 2016 ARTICLE 17 HOLIDAYS 27 Fixed Paid Holidays 27 Compensation for Holidays on Saturday or Sunday 27 ARTICLE 18 - VACATIONS 27 Paid Vacation 27 Holidays During Vacation 28 Vacation Pay on Termination 28 Vacation Schedules 28 Unbroken Vacation Period 28 Illness During Vacation 28 Bereavement During Vacation 29 ARTICLE 19 - SICK LEAVE PROVISIONS 29 Sick Leave Defined 29 Proof of Illness 29 Notification to Employer 29 Paid Sick Leave - Full-time employees 29 Paid Sick Leave - Part-time employees 30 ARTICLE 20 - LEAVE OF ABSENCE 30 General Leave 30 Leave for Union Business 30 Leave for Union Function 30 Leave of Absence for Full-Time Union or Public Duties 31 Family Leave 31

5 Pregnancy Leave 31 Parental Leave 33 Jury or Court Witness Duty 33 Bereavement Leave 34 ARTICLE 21 - PAYMENT OF WAGES AND ALLOWANCES 34 Pay Days 34 Pay on Transfer, Lower Rated Job 34 ARTICLE 22 - EMPLOYEE BENEFITS 35 Master Policy 35 Change of Carriers 35 ARTICLE 23 - HEALTH AND SAFETY 35 Co-operation on Safety 35 Right to Refuse and No Disciplinary Action 35 ARTICLE 24 - CHLD/STAFF RATIO 36 Ratios 36 Page 4 of 40 It:cope491 Collective Agreement Between Dublin Heights community Child Care and CUPE and its Local 5213 Term: Feb 7, 2015 - Dec 31, 2016 ARTICLE 25 - GENERAL CONDITIONS 36 Proper accommodation 36 Bulletin Boards 36 Letter of Reference 36 ARTICLE 26 - WAGE GRID 37 ARTICLE 27 - DURATION 37 LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING #1 RE: Extra Funding For Child Care 38 LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING #2 RE: Multi Sector Pension Plan (MSPP) 39 LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING #3 RE: Extra Vacation Day 40 Page 5 of 40 Itcope491 Collective Agreement Between Dublin Heights community Child Care and CUPE and its Local 5213 Term: Feb 7, 2015 - Dec 31, 2016 ARTICLE 1- PREAMBLE It is the purpose of both parties to this Agreement : 1)To maintain and improve harmonious relations and settled conditions of employment Between the Employer and the Union.

6 2)To recognize the mutual value of joint discussions and negotiations in all matters pertaining to working conditions, employment, service and other matters mutually agreed to. 3)To promote the morale, well-being and security of all employees in the bargaining unit of the Union. 4)To maintain a high standard of care for the children and promoting their intellectual, physical and emotional development. 5)To encourage and promote co-operation and mutual support Between child care workers, the employer and parents, recognizing that all these groups have an essential interest in obtaining the best conditions for the day care generally and are adversely affected by attempts to restrain or cutback government expenditures for child care. 6)To encourage and promote the development of accessible, affordable, quality child care as a universal right for all parents and children.

7 7)To recognize that the Employer operates a major child care centre using a volunteer parent board which may change from time to time. ) To acknowledge that Dublin Heights community Child Centre is a non-profit centre. 9) To promote the use of non adversarial approaches to the solution of problems. It is now desirable that methods of bargaining and all matters pertaining to the working conditions of the employees be drawn up in a Collective Agreement . Page 6 of 40 Itcope491 Collective Agreement Between Dublin Heights community Child Care and CUPE and its Local 5213 Term: Feb 7, 2015 - Dec 31, 2016 ARTICLE 2 RECOGNITION AND NEGOTIATION Bargaining Unit The employer recognizes the Canadian Union of Public Employees as the sole and exclusive bargaining agent for all employees employed at Dublin Heights community Child Care save and except supervisors, and persons above the rank of supervisors.

8 Work of the Bargaining Unit Persons whose jobs (paid or unpaid) are not in the bargaining unit shall not work on any jobs, which are included in the bargaining unit, except in cases agreed mutually upon in writing by both parties, or in cases of emergency or unforeseen circumstances. No Contracting-Out In order to provide job security for the members of the bargaining unit, the Employer agrees that all work or services currently performed by the employees shall not be contracted out, save and except, for circumstances where there is no bargaining unit member, ready, willing or able to perform said work or services. No Other Agreements No employee shall be required or permitted to make any written or verbal Agreement with the Employer or her representatives, which may conflict with the terms of this Collective Agreement .

9 No individual employee or group of employees shall undertake to represent the Union at meetings with the Employer without proper authorization from the Union Representatives of Canadian Union An authorized Representative of the Union will be entitled to visit the workplace during working hours subject to the following; a)The Union Representative speaks to or communicates in writing with the Supervisor, not less than forty eight (48) hours prior to such visit and, receives permission to visit. The Employer agrees that such permission will not be unreasonably denied. b)The Union agrees that visits to the workplace shall not supplant the proper operation of the grievance procedure and will not interfere with work, care to the children, or the operation of the child care centre.

10 Page 7 of 40 Itcope491 Collective Agreement Between Dublin Heights community Child Care and CUPE and its Local 5213 Term: Feb 7, 2015 - Dec 31, 2016 Definitions This Collective Agreement is applicable to all full-time, part-time and supply employees. Employment Categories and positions under this Agreement shall be defined as follows: Employment Categories: a)Full-time employees shall be defined as those employees scheduled to work Between thirty-two (32) and forty (40) hours a week. b)Part-time employees shall be defined as those employees scheduled to work twenty-five (25) hours or less during the school year (September through June). c)Supply employees shall be defined as an employee who is on call to replace Full Time or Part Time Employees in a temporary vacancy.