2.5% Classification Anomaly and Compensation Comparability Wage Increase Effective April 1, 2017

CSSEA and CSSBA agreed on the distribution of the April 1, 2017 Comparability and Classification Anomaly Wage Increases. The intention of the Comparability Adjustment is to close the wage gap with the comparator classification in Community Health. The agreement provides for the following wage increases:

• •98.3% of all FTEs would be eligible for a 2.5% increase in wages effective April 1, 2017. 
• •The target has been met for Step 4 for Program Coordinator 1 Grid Level 12A, Volunteer Coordinator Grid Level 12A, and as such increases will only be applied to steps 1 to 3. 
• •The target has been met for Steps 2 to 4 for Crisis Line Coordinator Grid Level 13A and as such increases will only be applied to Step 1. 
• •Paraprofessional Grid Level 15P classifications will receive additional $1.00 per hour on top of the 2.5% wage increase.
• •Paraprofessional Grid Levels 17P, 18P, 19P and 20P classifications will receive additional $0.65 per hour on top of the 2.5% wage increase.

The Joint CSSEA and CSSBA Committee will continue to meet this year to determine the wage adjustments scheduled for April 1, 2018. Future compensation comparability and classification anomaly wage increases may result in different percentage increases for some classifications, similar to this year. To be eligible for comparability money a classification must meet the following criteria to qualify for a wage adjustment:

• •The classification must have a comparator classification in the Community Health Collective Agreement and be on the attached list in the collective agreement; 
• •The difference in the wage rates is adversely affecting recruitment and retention and the provision of service to clients; 
• •There is a reasonable expectation that a wage adjustment will reduce this adverse impact; and 
• •The adjustment will not create additional cost pressures on other public sectors.

Any decision by the Joint CSSEA and CSSBA Committee will consider future changes in wage rate of comparable Community Health jobs.