Letter or agreement no4 - Regarding the remuneration of employees with the job title of lawyer
Unless they are modified by this Letter of Agreement, the provisions of the collective agreement apply to employees with the job title of lawyer.
1. ECHELON ADVANCEMENT
Despite the provisions of clause 18.06 of the collective agreement, an employee with the job title of lawyer is not eligible for the accelerated advancement of one echelon for performance deemed exceptional by the Employer.
2. RETENTION PREMIUM FOR LAWYERS
2.01
Employees with the job title of lawyer are eligible for a three (3)-tier retention premium under the following rules.
- After being at echelon 18 of the salary scale for one (1) year since their last echelon advancement, they are eligible for a premium of 5% of the salary on the scale corresponding to echelon 18.
- After being at echelon 18 of the salary scale for two (2) years since their last echelon advancement, they are eligible for a premium of 10% of the salary on the scale corresponding to echelon 18.
- After being at echelon 18 of the salary scale for three (3) years since their last echelon advancement, they are eligible for a premium of 15% of the salary on the scale corresponding to echelon 18.
The three (3) tiers of the premium cannot be accrued.
Rules set out in the collective agreement for advancing on the salary scales apply for the purposes of calculating the duration of time spent at echelon 18.
2.02
The retention premium is granted based on satisfactory performance. It continues to be granted from one year to the next unless the Employer provides the employee with the job title of lawyer with written notice that their performance is no longer satisfactory. Such notice is transmitted to the employee at least thirty (30) days before the date on which the premium is discontinued.
2.03
This premium is not included in contributory earnings for the purposes of the pension plan.
3. PREMIUM FOR WORKING IN THE DIRECTOR OF YOUTH PROTECTION’S LEGAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT
3.01
Employees with the job title of lawyer who work in the Director of Youth Protection’s legal affairs department receive a premium applying to hours paid over each fourteen (14)-day pay period, according to the percentage associated with the following tiers:
- Tier 1: seventy (70) hours or more
- Tier 2: forty-two (42) hours or more, but less than seventy (70) hours
- Tier 3: less than forty-two (42) hours
Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3
10% 7% 6%
Employees receiving a premium covered by this paragraph receive the percentage associated with the appropriate tier, applied to regular hours actually worked in the Director of Youth Protection’s legal affairs department as well as overtime, hours of authorized paid leave, and union leave that is granted without loss of salary or for which the employee receives remuneration equivalent to what they would have received if they had been at work in the activity centre in question.
Hours paid are considered for the purposes of this paragraph and in order to determine which tier is applicable. These hours include authorized remunerated leave, but they do not include overtime, regardless of the activity centres and job titles for which such hours were worked.
3.02 The premium set out in paragraph 3.01 of this Letter of Agreement cannot be combined with the lawyers’ retention premium set out in paragraph 2.01 of this Letter. The most advantageous of the two (2) premiums will be given to the employee who meets the conditions for both.
3.03
This premium is not included in contributory earnings for the purposes of the pension plan.
3.04
This premium ends on March 30, 2028.