Article 32 - Meals

32.01 Meals

If meals are served to beneficiaries at the employees’ work place or if employees can reach the institution to have their meal within the period of time allocated for doing so, the Employer provides them with a suitable meal when such meals are part of their work schedule.

Employees who already receive a meal allowance in lieu of the meal provided for in this clause because of the location of their assignment continue to receive it unless the Employer is able to make alternative provisions.

Meal items are priced individually, but the price of a full meal will not exceed:

Breakfast: $2.37

Lunch: $5.41

Supper: $5.41

On April 1 each year, the cost of meals is increased in accordance with the percentage increase for salary rates and scales set out in clause 9.12 of the collective agreement.

It is agreed that there are not any vested privileges for employees who were paying lower rates for meals than the aforementioned rates.

32.02

If rates in an institution are higher than those stipulated in the preceding clause, they remain in effect for the duration of this agreement.

32.03

The Employer makes a suitable room available to employees who have their meals at the facility. In the case of a rehabilitation centre, however, this provision only applies insofar as the facility’s premises so permit.

32.04 

Except in private institutions under agreement, the Employer provides a meal to employees working on the night shift.