{ "name": "Prince Edward Island, Canada nursing wage rates", "profession": "Nursing", "professionCode": "nursing", "code": "canada-prince-edward-island", "region": "Prince Edward Island", "country": "Canada", "currency": "CAD", "pageUrl": "https://myrosterapp.com.au/wages/canada-prince-edward-island/", "dataUrl": "https://myrosterapp.com.au/wages/canada-prince-edward-island/data.json", "catalogUrl": "https://myrosterapp.com.au/wages/data.json", "publisher": "MyRoster", "publisherUrl": "https://myrosterapp.com.au", "lastModified": "2026-10-26", "license": "Free for personal reference. Quote rates with credit to MyRoster (https://myrosterapp.com.au) and a link to the relevant wage page. Any other reuse (republishing, apps, datasets) requires permission — contact hello@myrosterapp.com.au.", "attribution": "Wage data compiled by MyRoster (https://myrosterapp.com.au) from the official collective agreement listed in each dataset's sourceUrls. Credit MyRoster and link to pageUrl when quoting.", "rateNotes": "hourly / weekly / annual figures are derived from each agreement's source amounts (see sourceFrequency) using its fullTimeHoursPerWeek and weeksPerYear (52.1667 unless the payroll convention differs, e.g. 52.17857 = 365.25 ÷ 7). Base rates only — overtime, premiums and allowances are listed separately. Each pay point lists its rates at their own effective dates; a rate stays in force until that pay point's next dated rate, so an effective date with no rate of its own for a pay point carries the latest earlier one (which may predate the agreement's first listed effective date).", "app": { "name": "MyRoster", "description": "MyRoster calculates take-home pay for shift workers from these rates — premiums, allowances, overtime, federal and provincial tax, CPP and EI — on iOS and Android.", "website": "https://myrosterapp.com.au" }, "agreements": [ { "agreementName": "Collective Agreement between Health PEI and the Prince Edward Island Nurses' Union, April 1, 2021 – March 31, 2025", "agreementStatus": "Expired 31 Mar 2025 — continues in force while a new agreement is bargained", "datasetCode": "canada-prince-edward-island", "region": "Prince Edward Island", "country": "Canada", "currency": "CAD", "fullTimeHoursPerWeek": 37.5, "weeksPerYear": 52, "sourceFrequency": "hourly", "effectiveDates": [ "2024-10-01" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://peinu.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/April-1-2021-March-31-2025-Collective-Agreement-Signed-06-30-23-searchable.pdf", "https://peinu.com/memorandums-of-agreement/" ], "roles": [ { "title": "Registered Nurse (RN1)", "description": "Level 1 of the printed grid. Since the 2025 reclassification, payslips show one of eight new RN groupings rather than RN1 to RN4 — see the notes below", "payPoints": [ { "id": "1", "label": "Step 1", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 38.9, "weekly": 1458.75, "annual": 75855 } ] }, { "id": "2", "label": "Step 2", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 40.51, "weekly": 1519.13, "annual": 78994.5 } ] }, { "id": "3", "label": "Step 3", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 42.36, "weekly": 1588.5, "annual": 82602 } ] }, { "id": "4", "label": "Step 4", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 44.12, "weekly": 1654.5, "annual": 86034 } ] }, { "id": "5", "label": "Step 5", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 45.96, "weekly": 1723.5, "annual": 89622 } ] }, { "id": "6", "label": "Step 6", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 47.47, "weekly": 1780.13, "annual": 92566.5 } ] }, { "id": "10yr", "label": "10-year rate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 48.42, "weekly": 1815.75, "annual": 94419 } ] }, { "id": "15yr", "label": "15-year rate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 49.39, "weekly": 1852.13, "annual": 96310.5 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Registered Nurse (RN2)", "description": "Level 2 of the printed grid. Since the 2025 reclassification, payslips show one of eight new RN groupings rather than RN1 to RN4 — see the notes below", "payPoints": [ { "id": "1", "label": "Step 1", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 39.52, "weekly": 1482, "annual": 77064 } ] }, { "id": "2", "label": "Step 2", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 41.53, "weekly": 1557.38, "annual": 80983.5 } ] }, { "id": "3", "label": "Step 3", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 43.47, "weekly": 1630.13, "annual": 84766.5 } ] }, { "id": "4", "label": "Step 4", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 45.41, "weekly": 1702.87, "annual": 88549.5 } ] }, { "id": "5", "label": "Step 5", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 47.45, "weekly": 1779.38, "annual": 92527.5 } ] }, { "id": "6", "label": "Step 6", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 49.37, "weekly": 1851.38, "annual": 96271.5 } ] }, { "id": "10yr", "label": "10-year rate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 50.36, "weekly": 1888.5, "annual": 98202 } ] }, { "id": "15yr", "label": "15-year rate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 51.37, "weekly": 1926.38, "annual": 100171.5 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Registered Nurse (RN3)", "description": "Level 3 of the printed grid. Since the 2025 reclassification, payslips show one of eight new RN groupings rather than RN1 to RN4 — see the notes below", "payPoints": [ { "id": "1", "label": "Step 1", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 42.77, "weekly": 1603.88, "annual": 83401.5 } ] }, { "id": "2", "label": "Step 2", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 44.63, "weekly": 1673.63, "annual": 87028.5 } ] }, { "id": "3", "label": "Step 3", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 46.6, "weekly": 1747.5, "annual": 90870 } ] }, { "id": "4", "label": "Step 4", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 48.73, "weekly": 1827.37, "annual": 95023.5 } ] }, { "id": "5", "label": "Step 5", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 50.87, "weekly": 1907.63, "annual": 99196.5 } ] }, { "id": "6", "label": "Step 6", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 52.61, "weekly": 1972.88, "annual": 102589.5 } ] }, { "id": "10yr", "label": "10-year rate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 53.66, "weekly": 2012.25, "annual": 104637 } ] }, { "id": "15yr", "label": "15-year rate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 54.73, "weekly": 2052.38, "annual": 106723.5 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Registered Nurse (RN4)", "description": "Level 4 of the printed grid. Since the 2025 reclassification, payslips show one of eight new RN groupings rather than RN1 to RN4 — see the notes below", "payPoints": [ { "id": "1", "label": "Step 1", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 44.32, "weekly": 1662, "annual": 86424 } ] }, { "id": "2", "label": "Step 2", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 46.57, "weekly": 1746.38, "annual": 90811.5 } ] }, { "id": "3", "label": "Step 3", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 48.78, "weekly": 1829.25, "annual": 95121 } ] }, { "id": "4", "label": "Step 4", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 51.03, "weekly": 1913.63, "annual": 99508.5 } ] }, { "id": "5", "label": "Step 5", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 53.21, "weekly": 1995.38, "annual": 103759.5 } ] }, { "id": "6", "label": "Step 6", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 55.45, "weekly": 2079.38, "annual": 108127.5 } ] }, { "id": "10yr", "label": "10-year rate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 56.56, "weekly": 2121, "annual": 110292 } ] }, { "id": "15yr", "label": "15-year rate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 57.69, "weekly": 2163.38, "annual": 112495.5 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Nurse Practitioner (NP)", "payPoints": [ { "id": "1", "label": "Step 1", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 57.94, "weekly": 2172.75, "annual": 112983 } ] }, { "id": "2", "label": "Step 2", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 59.42, "weekly": 2228.25, "annual": 115869 } ] }, { "id": "3", "label": "Step 3", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 60.92, "weekly": 2284.5, "annual": 118794 } ] }, { "id": "4", "label": "Step 4", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 62.45, "weekly": 2341.88, "annual": 121777.5 } ] }, { "id": "5", "label": "Step 5", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 63.98, "weekly": 2399.25, "annual": 124761 } ] }, { "id": "6", "label": "Step 6", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 65.59, "weekly": 2459.63, "annual": 127900.5 } ] }, { "id": "10yr", "label": "10-year rate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 66.9, "weekly": 2508.75, "annual": 130455 } ] }, { "id": "15yr", "label": "15-year rate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 68.24, "weekly": 2559, "annual": 133068 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Graduate Nurse (GN1)", "description": "Graduate nurse awaiting registration. One rate", "payPoints": [ { "id": "1", "label": "Single rate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 35.01, "weekly": 1312.88, "annual": 68269.5 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Graduate Nurse (GN2)", "description": "Graduate nurse awaiting registration. One rate", "payPoints": [ { "id": "1", "label": "Single rate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 35.57, "weekly": 1333.88, "annual": 69361.5 } ] } ] }, { "title": "Graduate Nurse Practitioner (GNP)", "description": "One rate, the same as Nurse Practitioner Step 1", "payPoints": [ { "id": "1", "label": "Single rate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 57.94, "weekly": 2172.75, "annual": 112983 } ] } ] } ], "allowances": [ { "name": "Evening Shift Premium", "description": "Hours worked between 17:00 and 23:00, when most of the shift falls after 17:00. Flat for the agreement's term", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2023-06-29", "amount": 3.25 } ] }, { "name": "Night Shift Premium", "description": "Hours worked between 23:00 and 08:00, when most of the shift falls in that window, so a 12-hour night shift earns both the evening and night premiums", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2023-06-29", "amount": 4 } ] }, { "name": "Weekend Premium", "description": "Hours worked between 19:00 Friday and 08:00 Monday, when most of the shift falls in that window. Paid on top of the evening or night premium", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2023-06-29", "amount": 4 } ] }, { "name": "Standby", "description": "Not paid if you don't report when called", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2023-06-29", "amount": 4 } ] }, { "name": "Designated Unit Premium", "description": "RNs on shift work (not Monday to Friday day shifts) in the 24/7 units the memorandum lists. Extended on 3 April 2025 until a new agreement is signed", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2023-06-29", "amount": 1.25 } ] }, { "name": "Full-Time Incentive", "description": "RNs and NPs who commit to a 1.0 FTE for a year, paid every two weeks while you hold full-time hours for the whole pay period. Extra shifts don't count. Extended on 3 April 2025 until a new agreement is signed", "unit": "Per Year", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2023-06-29", "amount": 5000 } ] }, { "name": "Mentor Premium", "description": "Hours worked with an assigned mentee during an approved mentorship", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2023-06-29", "amount": 5 } ] }, { "name": "OR First in Charge", "description": "QEH and PCH operating room call teams, for the first name on the call sheet: Monday to Friday 15:00–23:00, 12-hour day shifts on Saturday and Sunday, and all on-call periods", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2023-06-29", "amount": 1 } ] }, { "name": "In Charge (rural sites)", "description": "An RN1 put in charge on evenings, nights, holidays or weekends at Western Hospital, Community Hospital O'Leary, the Provincial Addictions Facility, Kings County Memorial Hospital, Souris Hospital or Home Care", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2023-06-29", "amount": "Halfway between RN1 and RN2" } ] }, { "name": "Uniform Allowance", "description": "Reimbursed against receipts for a uniform or lab coat with the RN/NP logo, when the employer doesn't provide one", "unit": "Per Year", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2023-06-29", "amount": "Up to $100.00" } ] }, { "name": "Vehicle Allowance", "description": "When the employer requires you to provide a vehicle, you travel on at least 80% of your work days and drive under 6,000 km a year: an optional monthly allowance plus half the kilometre rate", "unit": "Per Month", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2023-06-29", "amount": 300 } ] }, { "name": "Casual Retired Nurse Bonus", "description": "A retired RN or NP hired as a casual who works 375 hours in a calendar year, or 180 hours between 15 June and 15 September", "unit": "Bonus", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2023-06-29", "amount": 500 } ] } ], "penalties": [ { "name": "Overtime", "rate": "150%", "description": "After 7.5 hours a day (11.25 on 12-hour shifts) or 37.5 hours a week averaged over 4 weeks (6 on 12-hour rotations). Casuals and part-timers also after 75 hours in a pay period" }, { "name": "Double Shift", "rate": "200%", "description": "Once the working day passes 15 hours. Overtime on any holiday and work during your vacation are also double time" }, { "name": "Unknown Shift Vacancy", "rate": "+50%", "description": "An extra shift you take when the employer learns less than 48 hours before it starts that the rostered nurse won't work. Permanent and temporary staff, not casuals" }, { "name": "Holiday Worked", "rate": "150%", "description": "Plus a rescheduled day off. Or choose straight time plus half the hours banked as time in lieu" }, { "name": "Christmas Day", "rate": "200%", "description": "Plus a rescheduled day off. Or straight time plus the same hours banked as time in lieu" }, { "name": "Unscheduled Holiday Work", "rate": "200%", "description": "Asked to work a holiday with less than 48 hours' notice, plus a rescheduled day off. 300% on Christmas Day and New Year's Day" }, { "name": "Christmas Eve Evening", "rate": "150%", "description": "Work 17:00–24:00 on 24 December when most of the shift is in that window, with no day off in lieu. On a night shift into Christmas, the Christmas Eve hours are paid at the overtime rate" }, { "name": "Call-Back", "rate": "150%", "description": "Only while on standby: at least 3 hours per call-back, then double time after 7.5 consecutive hours. Phone or computer support from home is 150% with a 1-hour minimum" }, { "name": "Casual Loading", "rate": "12%", "description": "On the step rate, in lieu of statutory holidays and vacation" }, { "name": "Weekend RN Positions", "rate": "125%", "description": "Weekend-only positions: 30 hours worked are paid as 37.5, with no weekend premium" } ], "notes": [ "Rates are hourly, as printed in Appendix \"A\". Full-time is 37.5 hours a week (75 a fortnight): an 8-hour shift pays 7.5 hours and a 12-hour shift pays 11.25 hours. The yearly figures shown are the hourly rate × 1,950 hours (37.5 × 52), the agreement's own full-time year.", "The last rises in this agreement were 1.75% from 1 April 2024 and 1% from 1 October 2024. The 1 October 2024 rates are the latest; no later rates have been agreed.", "The agreement expired on 31 March 2025 and stays in force until a new one is reached (Art. 58.3). Bargaining began on 24 June 2025; PEINU left the table on 18 September 2026 and a conciliation officer was appointed in October 2026. Nurses can't strike, so an impasse goes to binding arbitration. Any increase is likely to be back-paid.", "You move up one step for every 1,950 paid hours, not counting overtime. New hires get a step for each 1,950 hours of experience in the last 5 years.", "The 10-year and 15-year rates replace the step rate for permanent nurses with 10 or 15 years as an RN and/or NP, from the first full pay period after you reach the years and tell your employer. Nurse practitioners must first finish NP Steps 1 to 6.", "A province-wide reclassification placed every RN position into one of eight new groupings, effective 23 June 2025 and back-dated to 1 April 2024, with a pay rise for nurses placed at a higher level. Payslips now show your grouping rather than RN1 to RN4. The new grouping-to-rate tables are on PEINU's members-only portal, so this page shows the RN1 to RN4 grid as printed; check which grid rate your grouping is paid with PEINU or Health PEI.", "Casual nurses get 12% on top of their step rate instead of statutory holidays and vacation. Part-time nurses get vacation, sick leave and holidays pro rata to their hours.", "Premiums are flat dollar amounts. The weekend premium stacks with the evening or night premium, and shift and weekend premiums are also paid on overtime, call-back hours, the unknown-vacancy premium and holiday pay.", "Holidays: New Year's Day, Islander Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Labour Day, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Thanksgiving, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, plus a floating holiday taken before 30 November. Easter Monday and the August civic holiday aren't holidays under this agreement.", "Two 2025 memorandum premiums, the Critical Shift premium and the premium for extra evening, night, weekend and holiday shifts (both an extra half of the regular rate), ran from 1 April to 15 September 2025 only and weren't renewed.", "Source: Collective Agreement between Health PEI and the Prince Edward Island Nurses' Union, April 1, 2021 – March 31, 2025 (Appendix \"A\", Schedule \"A\" Wage Rates) — https://peinu.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/April-1-2021-March-31-2025-Collective-Agreement-Signed-06-30-23-searchable.pdf (memoranda of agreement for the designated unit premium, full-time incentive and mentorship: https://peinu.com/memorandums-of-agreement/)" ] }, { "agreementName": "Collective Agreement between Health PEI and the Prince Edward Island Union of Public Sector Employees, April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2026", "agreementStatus": "Term ended 31 Mar 2026 — renews year to year (Art. 52.01); no new agreement published", "datasetCode": "canada-prince-edward-island", "region": "Prince Edward Island", "country": "Canada", "currency": "CAD", "fullTimeHoursPerWeek": 37.5, "weeksPerYear": 52, "sourceFrequency": "hourly", "effectiveDates": [ "2025-02-20", "2025-03-31", "2025-04-01", "2025-10-01" ], "sourceUrls": [ "https://www.peiupse.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2023-2026-HEALTH-PEI-FINAL-PDF.pdf", "https://www.peiupse.ca/members/agreements/" ], "roles": [ { "title": "Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN 13A)", "description": "The grid starts at Step 2", "grade": "Level 13A", "payPoints": [ { "id": "2", "label": "Step 2", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 28.82, "weekly": 1080.75, "annual": 56199 }, { "effectiveDate": "2025-03-31", "hourly": 31.47, "weekly": 1180.13, "annual": 61366.5 }, { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "hourly": 31.86, "weekly": 1194.75, "annual": 62127 }, { "effectiveDate": "2025-10-01", "hourly": 32.42, "weekly": 1215.75, "annual": 63219 } ] }, { "id": "3", "label": "Step 3", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 30.22, "weekly": 1133.25, "annual": 58929 }, { "effectiveDate": "2025-03-31", "hourly": 33, "weekly": 1237.5, "annual": 64350 }, { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "hourly": 33.41, "weekly": 1252.87, "annual": 65149.5 }, { "effectiveDate": "2025-10-01", "hourly": 33.99, "weekly": 1274.63, "annual": 66280.5 } ] }, { "id": "4", "label": "Step 4", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 31.57, "weekly": 1183.88, "annual": 61561.5 }, { "effectiveDate": "2025-03-31", "hourly": 34.47, "weekly": 1292.63, "annual": 67216.5 }, { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "hourly": 34.9, "weekly": 1308.75, "annual": 68055 }, { "effectiveDate": "2025-10-01", "hourly": 35.51, "weekly": 1331.63, "annual": 69244.5 } ] }, { "id": "5", "label": "Step 5", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 32.96, "weekly": 1236, "annual": 64272 }, { "effectiveDate": "2025-03-31", "hourly": 35.99, "weekly": 1349.63, "annual": 70180.5 }, { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "hourly": 36.44, "weekly": 1366.5, "annual": 71058 }, { "effectiveDate": "2025-10-01", "hourly": 37.08, "weekly": 1390.5, "annual": 72306 } ] }, { "id": "6", "label": "Step 6", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2024-10-01", "hourly": 34.37, "weekly": 1288.88, "annual": 67021.5 }, { "effectiveDate": "2025-03-31", "hourly": 37.53, "weekly": 1407.38, "annual": 73183.5 }, { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "hourly": 38, "weekly": 1425, "annual": 74100 }, { "effectiveDate": "2025-10-01", "hourly": 38.67, "weekly": 1450.13, "annual": 75406.5 } ] }, { "id": "10yr", "label": "10-year rate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-02-20", "hourly": 35.06, "weekly": 1314.75, "annual": 68367 }, { "effectiveDate": "2025-03-31", "hourly": 38.28, "weekly": 1435.5, "annual": 74646 }, { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "hourly": 38.76, "weekly": 1453.5, "annual": 75582 }, { "effectiveDate": "2025-10-01", "hourly": 39.44, "weekly": 1479, "annual": 76908 } ] }, { "id": "15yr", "label": "15-year rate", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-02-20", "hourly": 35.76, "weekly": 1341, "annual": 69732 }, { "effectiveDate": "2025-03-31", "hourly": 39.05, "weekly": 1464.38, "annual": 76147.5 }, { "effectiveDate": "2025-04-01", "hourly": 39.54, "weekly": 1482.75, "annual": 77103 }, { "effectiveDate": "2025-10-01", "hourly": 40.23, "weekly": 1508.62, "annual": 78448.5 } ] } ] } ], "allowances": [ { "name": "Shift Premium (evening and night)", "description": "Every hour of an evening or night shift. A shift starting between 05:00 and 11:00 is a day shift. On 12-hour shifts it's paid on every hour outside the usual 8-hour day shift", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-02-20", "amount": 3.2 } ] }, { "name": "Weekend Premium", "description": "Every hour worked from midnight Friday to midnight Sunday, from the date of signing (20 February 2025). Paid on top of the shift premium, including on call-back, holiday and overtime hours", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-02-20", "amount": 3.45 } ] }, { "name": "Standby", "description": "Not paid for the whole standby period if you don't report when required", "unit": "Per Hour", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-02-20", "amount": 2.75 } ] }, { "name": "Workplace Clothing (LPN)", "description": "Paid on request", "unit": "Per Year", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-02-20", "amount": 120 } ] }, { "name": "Safety Footwear", "description": "When safety footwear is required", "unit": "Per Year", "rates": [ { "effectiveDate": "2025-02-20", "amount": "Up to $125.00" } ] } ], "penalties": [ { "name": "Overtime", "rate": "150%", "description": "Before or after your daily hours or beyond your weekly hours. Part-time and casual staff after their agreed 7.5 or 11.25-hour shift, or 75 hours in a pay period" }, { "name": "Overtime after 7.5 Hours", "rate": "200%", "description": "After 7.5 hours of overtime at time and a half, until you've had 8 hours' rest" }, { "name": "Holiday Worked", "rate": "150%", "description": "Plus a rescheduled holiday, taken within 60 days or paid out" }, { "name": "Christmas Day", "rate": "200%", "description": "Plus a rescheduled holiday. Called in on Christmas Day as an overtime shift: 300%" }, { "name": "Unscheduled Holiday Work", "rate": "200%", "description": "Asked to work a holiday you weren't scheduled for, plus a rescheduled holiday. Overtime on any holiday is also 200%" }, { "name": "Christmas Eve Evening", "rate": "150%", "description": "Work 17:00–24:00 on 24 December when most of the shift is in that window, with no day off in lieu. A 12-hour night into Christmas pays its 19:00–24:00 hours at the overtime rate" }, { "name": "Call-Back", "rate": "150%", "description": "At least 2 hours per call-back, then double time after 7.5 consecutive hours. On Christmas Day: at least 2 hours at 200% on standby, or 300% when not on standby" }, { "name": "Casual Loading", "rate": "12%", "description": "On the step rate, in lieu of vacation, holidays and sick leave. A casual working a holiday gets the holiday rate for the shift's regular hours, then double time" }, { "name": "Weekend Positions", "rate": "125%", "description": "Weekend-only positions: 30 hours worked are paid as 37.5, with no weekend premium" } ], "notes": [ "Rates are hourly, as printed in Schedule A-1 for Level 13A. Full-time is 37.5 hours a week: an 8-hour shift pays 7.5 hours and a 12-hour shift pays 11.25 hours. The yearly figures shown are the hourly rate × 1,950 hours (37.5 × 52).", "The LPN grid starts at Step 2, so there are five steps (2 to 6). You move up one step for every 1,950 hours of work or paid leave, not counting overtime.", "The 10-year and 15-year rates replace the step rate for permanent employees with 10 or 15 years of service with Health PEI (a year is 1,950 regular hours), from the date of signing, 20 February 2025.", "Schedule A-1 prints a separate 31 March 2025 column for LPNs, the day before the 1 April 2025 rise. The 20 February 2025 column is the date of signing, when the 10-year and 15-year rates and the premiums shown began; Steps 2 to 6 in that column are the 1 October 2024 rates still in force.", "The agreement's term ended on 31 March 2026. It renews from year to year unless either side gives notice to bargain (Art. 52.01); no new agreement has been published.", "A holiday runs for 24 hours from midnight. Holidays: New Year's Day, Islander Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Labour Day, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (30 September), Thanksgiving, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, plus a floating holiday taken before 30 November.", "Only one premium is paid for the same hours (Art. 49.01), except that the weekend premium is paid on top of the shift premium. Overtime is counted to the nearest quarter hour, and periods under 15 minutes aren't claimed.", "The same agreement covers other Health PEI classifications (for example resident care workers and patient care workers); only the LPN rates are shown here. RNs and NPs are on the PEINU agreement.", "Source: Collective Agreement between Health PEI and the Prince Edward Island Union of Public Sector Employees, April 1, 2023 – March 31, 2026 (Schedule A-1, Level 13A) — https://www.peiupse.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2023-2026-HEALTH-PEI-FINAL-PDF.pdf (listed at https://www.peiupse.ca/members/agreements/)" ] } ] }