Canadian Labour Reporter

Shift premium: $6 per shift for maintenance employees work- ing shift starting at 6 p.m. and finishing at 8 a.m. Paid holidays: 10 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 5 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 11 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 20 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for hours worked in excess of 88 over 2-week period and hours worked on paid holiday. Medical benefits: Employee pays premiums to start; em- ployer pays 50% of premiums after completion of year 1; 75% of premiums after year 2. Sick leave: 4 paid days maxi- mum of 24 per year upon com- pletion of probationary period. Pension: Employees are eli- gible to join employer's pension plan after 2 years of service; employees contribute 5% of earnings and employer matches at 5%. Bereavement leave: 2 con- secutive paid days for death of parent, current spouse, child, ward, parent-in-law, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, guardian. Can be taken only between date of death and date of funeral. Seniority – recall rights: 12 consecutive months of layoff; 24 months when employee is absent from work due to ac- cident or illness for becomes permanently disabled. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours' pay. Probationary period: 6 months. May be extended up to 3 additional months where employer's expectations are not being met. 3 months when transferring to new classifica- tion. Severance: In accordance with Employment Standards Act. Safety shoes: $160 per year for maintenance employees for footwear (3/4" height of boots) from company supplier. Uniforms/clothing: Employer provides 3 shirts, 2 pants, 1 tie per year to operators plus 1 winter parka and 1 lighter jacket every 4 years. New driv- ers will be issued additional 2 shirts on 1-time basis. Replace- ment uniforms will be provided to each active employee on anniversary of date of last hire. Employees responsible for maintaining uniforms in clean and pressed condition and in good repair. Employer provides 10 clean coveralls per 2-week period for maintenance clas- sifications. Tool allowance: Mechanics receive $668 in first year, rising annually to $764 in fourth year. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4.2% increase): Driver (probation): $19.62 ris- ing in 2 steps to $20.45 Driver after probation): $21.81 rising in 2 steps to $22.74 Driver after year 1: $23.40 ris- ing in 2 steps to $24.39 Driver after year 2: $24.92 ris- ing in 2 steps to $25.97 Driver after year 3: $30.13 ris- ing in 2 steps to $31.41 Utility driver: $23.36 rising in 2 steps to $24.35 Cleaner FT: $18.54 rising in 2 steps to $19.33 Shop apprentice year 1: $24.15 rising in 2 steps to $25.18 Shop apprentice after year 1: $26.21 rising in 2 steps to $27.32 Shop apprentice after year 2: $29.29 rising in 2 steps to $30.83 Licenced mechanic FT proba- tion 310T: $37.83 rising in 2 steps to $39.43 Licenced mechanic FT after probation 310T: $39.40 rising in 2 steps to $41.07 Licenced mechanic FT 310S: $31.54 rising in 2 steps to $32.88 Lube tech: $24.81 rising in 2 steps to $25.86 Service person: $24.63 rising in 2 steps to $25.68 Farebox technician: $27.39 ris- ing in 2 steps to $28.56 Tire man: $34.45 rising in 2 steps to $35.91 Editor's notes: Circle check time: All operators will be provided 15 minutes following takeover of bus during shift to allow for walkaround time. Drive time maximum: Operators are limited to maximum of 13 hours driving time following at least 8 consecutive hours off-duty. Training: When employee attends seminar or training course outside of employee's regularly scheduled hours of work, employee will be paid at training rate of pay for all hours in attendance at seminar or course (hours will not be considered hours of work and will not be used in calculation of overtime). Take 2 program: Lump-sum payment of $100 per quarter, maximum $400 per year in years 1, 2 and 3. Commencing in year 4, increase quarterly payment to $110 per year maximum of $440. RETAIL GROCERY STORES Buy-Low Foods Provincewide, Alberta (130 grocery workers) and the Logistics, Manufacturing, and Allied Trades Union, CLAC, Local 56 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2023. Signed on Dec. 22, 2020. Shift premium: $2 per hour (previously $1.75 per hour) for all hours worked where major- ity of hours are between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. $1.50 per hour (previously $1.25 per hour) for each hour worked in freezer for employees assigned to work in freezer. $0.50 per hour for emergency first aider; $1 per hour for standard first aider Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 17 years, 6 weeks after 22 years. Vacations must be scheduled and completed not later than end of 12-month period following 12-month period in which vacation is earned; vacations may not be accumulated from anniversary date to anniversary date. Overtime: Time and one-half for work after 8 or 10 hours per day; double time after 3 hour of overtime (on 8-hour work- day) or 2 hours of overtime (on 10-hour workday). Time and one-half for work after 40 hours per week; for all work on employee's sixth day of work per week (fifth day when em- ployee works modified 4 by 10- hour workweek). Double time for all time worked in excess of overtime hours specified by employer at time of inverse overtime call. Employees may bank overtime hours maxi- mum $5,000; employees must use banked overtime within 6 months of posting. Meal allowance: $10 when unscheduled overtime of 3 or more hours is worked consecu- tively with basic daily hours of work. Medical benefits: Employer pays 60% of premiums, em- ployee pays 40% of premiums. Dental: 80% reimbursement of basic services; 50% for major restorative services, maximum $2,000 per person per year ; 50% reimbursement of ortho- dontics for dependent children lifetime $1,500 maximum per child. Sick leave: 4 hours for each 160 regular and overtime hours worked, maximum 40 hours accrual. STD: Employee pays 100% of < from pg. 1 Take 2 program: Lump-sum payment of $100 per quarter, maximum $400 per year. 3 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media Canada (HR) Ltd. business 2021

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