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Shift premium: $1 per hour over highest rate supervised when employer designates lead- hand. $50 per month, in lieu of shift premium, for employees who work on rotating 2-shift acetylene schedule on regular basis (at employee's choice). $1.25 per hour (previously $1.15 per hour) for all employ- ees who work after 6 p.m. and before 6 a.m. $120 per week for 4 junior cylinder truck/delivery drivers who will be on call on rotational basis. Paid holidays: 11 days. Overtime: Time and one-half for work after 8 or 10 hours per day, double time after 12 hours of work. Double time for all hours worked (if em- ployee is working more than 6 hours) on first day of rest; double time for any employee required to work on second day of rest. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for Al- berta Healthcare. STD: Employer pays 100% of premiums. LTD: Employee pays 100% of premiums. AD&D: Coverage of 2 times flex salary. Life insurance: Coverage of 2 times flex salary. Pension: Employees will partic- ipate in company pension plan. Bereavement leave: Employer may give additional 3 days of personal leave with pay. Seniority – recall rights: 9 months for layoffs. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours of pay. Probationary period: 90 cal- endar days of employment. Severance: 1 week's pay for each year of service, maximum 18 weeks for employees ter- minated due to technological change. Safety shoes: Employer will supply approved safety foot- wear to each employee from selected list from employer's approved local supplier. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide hard hats of suit- able type; gloves of suitable type; leather or rubber aprons; rubber boots; suitable win- ter clothing for employees required to work outside; rainwear protection for truck drivers, cylinder handlers. Driver's clothing will be re- placed every 2 years: 5 shirts; 3 pants; 1 each winter jacket, summer jacket, winter pants (insulated). For employees who require coveralls, shop coats, employer will provide adequate uniforms and laun- der them at no cost. Appropri- ate jackets for cold weather will be provided to employees upon request. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after $1.75-per-hour increase): Plant Cylinder handler: $28.52 rising 2 steps to $30.02 Cylinder processor: $33.23 ris- ing 2 steps to $34.73 Dispatch/tractor-trailer: $33.23 rising 2 steps to $34.73 Cylinder truck/delivery (class 3): $33.23 rising 2 steps to $34.73 Plant service technician: $40.05 rising 2 steps to $41.55 Spec-gases lab Analyst gas: $34.59 rising 2 steps to $36.09 Administration Admin support: $25.87 rising 2 steps to $27.37 Process support: $27.63 rising 2 steps to $29.13 Editor's notes: Ear protection: At employee's request, employer will provide custom-fitted earplugs for employees who have preference for hearing protection and will be replaced every 3 years. Employer will offer custom earplug fitting twice per year (after 1 year of service). Prescription safety glasses: Employer will supply 1 pair of employer-approved prescription safety glasses with permanently attached side shields to employees with corrective lenses whose jobs require safety glasses (will be replaced when necessary). Medical exams: Employer will pay for all driver medical exams required to maintain license class. Longevity premium: Lump-sum payment in recognition of service in December of anniversary year: $575 (previously $550) after 5 years of service; $575 after 10 years; $575 after 15 years; $575 after 20 years; $575 after 25 years; $575 after 30 years; $575 after 35 years; $575 after 40 years. Travel expenses: Employees who stay away from home overnight on employer busi- ness will be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses incurred (fares, meals, lodgings). GOVERNMENT City of Kamloops Kamloops, B.C. (645 inside, outside workers) and the Canadian Union of Public Employee (CUPE), Local 900 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2023. Signed on May 23, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 2.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 2.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2023: 2% Shift premium: 10% when crew leader or union supervi- sor relieves exempt supervi- sor. $1.23 per hour (previ- ously $1.21 per hour) for hours worked on scheduled shifts beyond normal workday. $0.75 per hour for level 2 first-aid attendants; $0.25 per hour for level 2 intermediate first-aid attendants. $0.75 per hour for employees now holding desig- nated first-aid positions with valid industrial first-aid ticket. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 1.5 days for each month of service to start, 15 days after 10 months, 20 days after 8 years, 25 days after 16 years, 26 days after 21 years, 27 days after 22 years, 28 days after 23 years, 29 days after 24 years, 30 days after 25 years. 5 additional days (1-time allotment) on 30th anniversary; 5 additional days (1-time allot- ment) for every 5-year incre- ment after 30 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for time worked outside normal workday; double time after 2 hours of overtime. Employees may consider paid time off in lieu of worked overtime. Un- used banked time will be paid out once yearly at time to be de- termined by employer. Double time for employees required to work during promised 32 hours free for employees assigned to new workweek with change in days of rest. Vision: $300 every 2 years. Paramedical: Combined $1,000 per year. Sick leave: 1.5 days for every month of service. May be ac- crued, maximum 150 days. Em- ployee having accrued health leave will, upon retirement on pension plan or death, receive salary grant of 80% of accrued health leave, maximum 120 days. Life insurance: Coverage of 1.5 times employee's annual salary, minimum $12,000. Bereavement leave: 3 days' for death of close relative in family (wife, husband, son, daughter, mother, father, sister, brother, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, stepchildren, stepparents, foster-parents, foster-children, common-law spouse, same- sex partner). One half-day to attend funeral as pallbearer. If additional leave is required, em- ployee may use up to 3 days per year from their sick-leave bank; should more than 6 days total be required for leave, residual amount may be claimed in fol- lowing year, maximum 3 days per year. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months after absence due to sickness, accident, leave of ab- sence approved by employer, transfer to non-bargaining-unit position, layoffs. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours of pay at overtime rates. Probationary period: 4 months for employees selected < from pg. 1 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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