Canadian Labour Reporter

7 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2019 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS linen services Step 1: $22.53 Step 2: $25.11 Stores worker Step 1: $21.49 Step 2: $24.01 Pharmacy assistant Step 1: $21.62 Step 2: $22.42 Step 3: $23.23 Step 4: $24.02 Step 5: $24.83 Therapy attendant Step 1: $20.24 Step 2: $20.83 Step 3: $21.42 Step 4: $21.99 Step 5: $22.59 Step 6: $22.59 Recreation assistant Step 1: $22.17 Step 2: $23.12 Step 3: $24.06 Step 4: $25 Step 5: $25.97 Step 6: $26.84 Therapy assistant Step 1: $23.56 Step 2: $24.58 Step 3: $25.56 Step 4: $26.59 Step 5: $27.57 Step 6: $28.53 Medical-device reprocessing technician Step 1: $21.42 Certified medical-device repro- cessing technician Step 1: $22.55 Step 2: $23.38 Step 3: $24.13 Step 4: $24.88 Step 5: $25.68 Working lead, medical device reprocessing Step 1: $26.30 Step 2: $26.95 Step 3: $27.63 Step 4: $28.31 Step 5: $28.92 Maintenance worker 1 Step 1: $22.37 Step 2: $24.77 Maintenance worker 2 Step 1: $25.88 Step 2: $28.25 Maintenance worker 3 Step 1: $29.93 Step 2: $32.62 Electrician Step 1: $41.18 Step 2: $44.46 Editor's notes: On-call pay: $3.30 per hour on regularly scheduled days of work. $4.50 per hour on scheduled days off, named holidays. GOVERNMENT Government of Newfoundland and Labrador Provincewide, Newfoundland and Labrador (3,470 government-service employees) and the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE) Renewal agreement: Effec- tive March 31, 2018, to March 31, 2020. Signed on March 31, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2018: 0% Effective April 1, 2019: 0% Shift premium: $2.30 per hour for each hour worked between 4 p.m. and 8 a.m., other than employees whose shifts times begin and end between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. $2.55 per hour shall be paid for each hour worked between 12:01 p.m. Saturday and midnight Sunday. Paid holidays: 13 days. Vacations with pay: 105 hours to start, 140 hours after 18,200 hours, 175 hours after 45,500 hours. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work in excess of sched- uled work week or work day. $2,998 per year (previously $2,911 per year) for conserva- tion officers involved in de- livering full range of regional programs in lieu of overtime compensation. Medical benefits: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employ- ee pays 50% of premiums. Vision: Coverage is provided at 80%, maximum $70, for eye examinations performed by ophthalmologist or optometrist when medicare plan does not cover such services. 100% of maximum covered expense of $150 for single-vision lenses and frames; $200 for bifocal lenses and frames; $250 for tri- focal and progressive adaptive lenses and frames every 3 years. Sick leave: 14 hours for each month of service; 7 hours per month for employees hired after May 4, 2004. Maximum 3,360 hours per 36,400-hour period of service; 1,680 hours for employ- ees hired after May 4, 2004. Life insurance: Coverage of 2 times current salary, maxi- mum $1,000,000. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of mother, father, brother, sister, child, spouse, legal guard- ian, common-law spouse, chil- dren of common-law spouse, grandmother, grandfather, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, near relative liv- ing in same household. 1 day for death of son-in-law, daughter- in-law, brother-in-law, sister- in-law. 2 additional days where extraordinary circumstances prevail. 1 additional day if death occurs outside Labrador and employee resides in Labrador. Seniority – recall rights: 24 consecutive months. Call-in pay: Minimum of 3 hours at overtime rate if pe- riod worked is not contiguous to scheduled working hours. $10 for transportation for each callback or appropriate kilome- tre rate. Probationary period: 910 hours. Severance: After 1 year of service, pay equal to amount obtained by multiplying num- ber of years of employment by weekly salary, maximum 20 weeks' pay. Effective March 31, 2018, no further accumula- tion of service for severance pay purposes. Safety shoes: $75 per year em- ployees required to wear safety boots. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide safety hats, safety- hat liners, safety knee pads, goggles, smoke masks, dust masks, other safety equipment necessary for safety and health of employee. Mileage: $31.54 per kilometre. Sample rates of hourly pay (current): CG-08 Step 1: $16.41 Step 2: $16.95 Step 3: $17.48 CG-09 Step 1: $16.55 Step 2: $17.09 Step 3: $17.58 CG-10 Step 1: $16.67 Step 2: $17.18 Step 3: $17.73 CG-11 Step 1: $16.76 Step 2: $17.32 Step 3: $17.88 CG-12 Step 1: $16.94 Step 2: $17.50 Step 3: $18.01 CG-37 Step 1: $32.08 Step 2: $33.96 Step 3: $35.83 CG-38 Step 1: $33.25 Step 2: $35.17 Step 3: $37.10 CG-39 Step 1: $34.36 Step 2: $36.39 Step 3: $38.45 CG-40 Step 1: $35.47 Step 2: $37.61 Step 3: $39.69 CG-41 Step 1: $36.32 Step 2: $39.58 Step 3: $42.83 CG-42 Step 1: $37.26 Step 2: $40.57 Step 3: $43.91 Editor's notes: Standby: $20.40 for each 8-hour shift for employee on standby duty; $22.60 when standby is on statutory holiday. Personal loss: When employee, in performance of duty, suffers personal loss, if such loss was not due to employee's negligence, employer may compensate employee, maximum $1,000.

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