Uniform Collective Agreement – Article 5 Salaries

5.01

The Employer agrees to pay and the Association agrees to accept for the term of this Collective Agreement the salaries for the classifications hereafter set forth in Schedule I attached hereto.

5.02

When a classification is changed or a new classification is issued, the salary after being initially fixed by the Public Service Commission will be immediately open to negotiation.

5.03

(a) A Regional or Bureau Commander may designate an employee to perform the full duties of another position in an acting capacity. If such designation continues for more than five (5) working days, the person so designated shall be paid as if assigned to the first salary level of the position and the payment shall be retroactive to the first day of such designation.

(b) An employee who has performed the full duties of such designated position in an acting capacity for a period of at least twelve (12) months, shall receive one (1) month’s notice before being reverted to the former position, and failing such notice, the acting salary will be continued for one (1) month after the employee reverts to the former position.

(c) An employee who has successfully completed the duties of a designated position or positions in an acting capacity for a period of eighteen (18) months, which eighteen (18) months may occur in any twenty-four (24) month period shall be confirmed in the rank in which the employee was acting.

This Section shall not apply where an employee is designated to perform the duties of another employee who is on vacation.

5.04

A Constable who is in charge of a Detachment which is not under the immediate direction of a Sergeant shall be paid at the first pay rate in the salary range for Sergeant.

5.05

(a) Up to and including June 30, 2019, a shift premium of ninety-eight (98) cents per hour shall be paid for all hours worked at or after 4:00 p.m. and before 5:00 a.m.

Effective July 1, 2019, a shift premium of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per hour shall be paid for all hours worked at or after 4:00 p.m. and before 5:00 a.m.

(b) Shift premium shall be paid only to employees working on a rotating shift or fixed off-shift basis and shall not apply to regular day workers who are required to work overtime. Also, fixed off-shift in-service training employees will receive the shift premium while participating in block/firearms training.

(c) Notwithstanding (b) above, shift premium shall not be paid to an employee who, for mutually agreed upon reasons, works a shift for which the employee would otherwise be entitled to a shift premium.

(d) Shift premium shall not be considered as part of an employee’s basic hourly rate.

5.06

(a) A Coach Officer who trains a Probationary Constable, Amalgamated Officer, or Experienced Police Officer shall receive an entitlement of two percent (2%) of the First Class Constable rate for the period of time during which they are assigned such duties.

(b) The Coach Officer Pay will be considered as base salary for the purposes of pension contributions and premium calculation (e.g., overtime, statutory holidays, vacation). It is not included in base salary for the purposes of calculating annual increases.

(c) This entitlement shall not be compounded with the Provincial Responsibility Incentive.

5.07

(a) A First Class Constable, Sergeant or Staff Sergeant who is assigned to one of the following units, branches or positions after January 1, 2012 and up to and including August 31, 2024 shall be entitled to an annual premium at the rate of two percent (2%) of their base rate for the period of zero (0) to twelve (12) months of service in the unit, branch or position and an annual premium at the rate of four percent (4%) of their base rate upon completion of twelve (12) months of service in the unit, branch or position:

• Detective Constable
• Detective Sergeant
• Detective Staff Sergeant
• Tactics and Rescue Unit
• Emergency Response Team
• UCRT/CBRN Response Team Urban Search and Rescue/Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives
• Canine Handler
• Traffic Re-constructionist
• Underwater Search and Recovery Unit
• Forensic Identification
• Pilot (Helicopter and Fixed Wing)
• Explosives Disposal Coordinator

(b) A First Class Constable, Sergeant or Staff Sergeant that is assigned to one of the following units, branches, or positions effective September 1, 2024, shall be entitled to an annual premium at the rate of four percent (4%) of their base rate:

• Detective Constable
• Detective Sergeant
• Detective Staff Sergeant
• Tactics and Rescue Unit
• Emergency Response Team
• UCRT/CBRN Response Team – Urban Search and Rescue/Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosives
• Canine Handler
• Traffic Re-constructionist
• Underwater Search and Recovery Unit
• Forensic Identification
• Pilot (Helicopter and Fixed Wing)
• Explosives Disposal Coordinator
• Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Constable (effective January 1, 2025)
• Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Sergeant (effective January 1, 2025)
• Tactical Flight Officer (effective January 1, 2025)
• Time Team Sergeants (effective January 1, 2025)
• Justice Officials Protection and Investigation (JOPIS) (effective January 1, 2025)
• Protective Services Section (effective January 1, 2025)
• Witness Protection and Informant Control Section (effective January 1, 2025)

(c) This premium will not be compounded with the Provincial Responsibility Incentive (PRI). There shall be no pyramiding of this premium among or between the specialties set out above or with the Front-Line Patrol Premium.

5.08

Subject to the conditions below, any Uniform member who is a First Class Constable and has completed five (5) years of service and who is assigned to and working front-line duties shall receive, in addition to other remuneration already outlined in the collective agreement, a Front-Line Patrol Premium of 3% of a First-Class Constable base salary rate (for clarity, the Front-Line Patrol Premium is not compounded with the Provincial Responsibility Incentive).

(a) The Front-Line Patrol Premium shall be applicable to members assigned to and working front line duties responding to calls for service, and who are use of force qualified and working a rotational shift, including uniform General Law Enforcement (GLE) patrol platoons and Highway Safety Division (HSD) Units.

For clarity, the Front-Line Patrol Premium shall be applicable to members who are working a modified shift to meet the service delivery needs (for example, members working 1000-2200 as required by the Employer and agreed upon by the Association) or who are working a modified shift as part of an accommodation, whether due to disability or other prohibited ground of discrimination.

No member shall receive both the Front-Line Patrol Premium and Specialty Pay in respect of the same hours.

(b) The Premium shall be applicable to Sergeants in the above units. A Sergeant shall also receive the premium while not directly engaged in front line response duties, provided that the primary responsibilities of their shift involves oversight and/or administrative duties in relation to members assigned to front line duties.

(c) The Front-Line Patrol Premium shall also be applicable to Sergeants assigned to and working in the PCC.

(d) In the case where the member has not been performing front line response duties or working in the PCC for more than 30 continuous calendar days, the Front-Line Patrol Premium shall be suspended and shall be reinstated once the member returns to active front-line duties.

(e) The Front-Line Patrol Premium will be considered as basic pay for the purposes of pension contributions and premium calculation (e.g. overtime, statutory holidays, vacation, insurance and related benefits, etc.). It is not included in base salary for the purposes of calculating annual increases.

(f) The members assigned to and working in the following roles are not entitled to Front-Line Patrol Premium:

• Operations Managers (Staff Sergeants);
• Detachment Members who are assigned to administrative duties including community services officer, school resource officer, or media officer within a detachment;
• Frontline Support Unit (FSU);
• Detachment Members who respond to calls for service on an ad-hoc or infrequent basis.

5.09

(a) Effective January 1, 2025, a Constable or Sergeant who maintains certification as a Qualified Intoxilyzer Technician and/or Drug Recognition Expert, and who attends at a minimum of four (4) Intoxilyzer and/or Drug Recognition Expert tests in a calendar year, shall be entitled to receive an annual lump sum premium of one thousand, two hundred dollars ($1,200.00).

(b) In order to receive the premium, eligible employees must submit claims for the premium between January 1st and February 28th of the year following the calendar year for which the premium is payable.

(c) This premium shall not be considered as part of an employee’s basic hourly rate.

5.10

Effective January 1, 2025, employees who are designated to backfill short term absences of front-line patrol Sergeants shall be entitled to an additional premium of 3% of the First-Class Constable base salary for complete shifts spent in the backfill role. Such payments shall be treated as base salary for the purpose of pension contributions and premium calculation (e.g. overtime, statutory holidays, vacation). It is not included in base salary for the purposes of calculating annual increases.