April 1, 2023 and April 1, 2024 Wage Grids and Health Sector Wage Comparability

Facilities Wage Comparability Review

The parties have agreed on the distribution of the Facilities Wage Comparability, effective April 1, 2023. The agreement provides for the following wage increases:

• JJEP (non-Paraprofessional) classifications in Grid Levels 1 to 9 will receive a $0.25 per hour wage increase, after both the April 1, 2023 General Wage Increase (GWI) and cost of living adjustment (COLA) have been applied.
• JJEP (non-Paraprofessional) classifications in Grid Level 10 will receive a $0.14 per hour wage increase, after both the April 1, 2023 GWI and COLA have been applied.

Nurses Collective Agreement

• Licensed Practical Nurse (13-P-LPN), LPN Supervisor (14-P-LPN), Nurse (16-P-RN), and Nurse Supervisor (17-P-RN) will receive the following wage adjustments, effective April 1, 2023:
• Licensed Practical Nurse (13-P-LPN): Step 4 rate will be increased by 9.61% to match the top rate of the April 1, 2023 Nurses Bargaining Association (NBA) wage schedule.
• LPN Supervisor (14-P-LPN):
• Step 4 rate will be increased by 8.91% to match the top rate of the April 1, 2023 NBA schedule.
• Step 1 rate will be increased by 0.85% to match the start rate of the April 1, 2023 NBA wage schedule.
• Nurse (16-P-RN): Step 4 rate will be increased by 2.98% to match the top rate of the April 1, 2023 NBA wage schedule.
• Nurse Supervisor (17-P-RN):
• Step 4 rate will be increased by 5.35% to match the top rate of the April 1, 2023 NBA wage schedule.
• Step 1 rate will be increased by 0.02% to match the start rate of the April 1, 2023 NBA wage schedule.
• Step 2 rates will be calculated at one-third the difference between Step 1 and Step 4 rates.
• Step 3 rates will be calculated at two-thirds the difference between Step 1 and Step 4 rates.

Health Science Professionals Classification Comparability

The parties will review the 2023 and 2024 wage schedules of CSSEA paraprofessional occupations comparable to occupations under the Health Science Professionals Sector Collective Agreement after the 2024 wage schedule of the new Health Science Professionals profile-based classification system is finalized.

April 1, 2024 Wage Grid

The April 1, 2024 wage grids includes 2% GWI and 1% COLA, effective April 1, 2024.