Thousands of administration workers in hospitals and long term care facilities will see a significant pay increase now that members have voted to accept a new contract.
Unionized workers have voted 77 per cent in favour of the new deal.
The offer is for five-year years with wage increases between 15 and 22.75 per cent within the life of the agreement.
The contract also includes 6.5 per cent pay hikes to cover rising inflation over the first three years (Nov. 1st, 2020 to October 31st, 2023) as follows:
- Increase of 1.5% to all pay grades on November 1st, 2020;
- Increase of 1.5% to all pay grades on November 1st, 2021;
- Increase of 3.0% to all pay grades on November 1st, 2022;
- Increase of 0.5% to all pay grades on October 31st, 2023;
Other new economic adjustments will be applied as follows:
- All classifications with a top rate of less than $20 per hour as of October 31st, 2022 will receive an extra $1 per hour increase at each step prior to the 3.0% increase effective November 1st, 2022;
- All classifications will receive an extra $0.80 per hour increase, effective November 1st, 2023, prior to the 3% general economic increase on November 1st, 2023.
- Increase of 3.0% to all pay grades on November 1st, 2023;
- Increase of 2.0% to all pay grades on November 1st, 2024.
The contract also includes significantly increased shift and weekend premiums, as well as substantive improvements in various leave provisions.
The NSGEU represents nearly 3,800 of admin workers in Nova Scotia’s hospitals and seniors care settings. The remainder are covered by CUPE and UNIFOR.
