Canadian Labour Reporter

July 30, 2018 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS HVAC MANUFACTURING Rheem Canada Brampton, Ont. (30 drivers, shippers, maintenance, production workers) and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers Intl. Union (USW), Local 9042-109 Renewal agreement: Effective Nov. 18, 2017, to Nov. 17, 2020. Signed on Nov. 18, 2017. Shift premium: $0.35 per hour for hours worked between 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. $0.40 per hour for all hours worked between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Paid holidays: 12 days (in- cludes day before Christmas Day, day before New Year's Day), plus 1 floater day. Vacations with pay: 1 week or 4% to start, 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 5 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 10 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 20 years, 6 weeks or 12% after 25 years, 1 additional day per year of service after 25 years, max- imum 5 days. To encourage em- ployees to take vacations during December, January, February, March, vacation bonus of $40 per full week of vacation taken will be paid to employees who take vacation during aforesaid months. Overtime: Time and one-half for work after 8 hours per 24- hour period or after 40 hours per week or for work on Satur- day. Double time for work on Sunday or after 12 hours per 24-hour period or after 8 hours on Saturday. Meal allowance: $10 for em- ployees who work more than 2 hours directly after regular shift. Medical benefits: Employer will provide major medical plan to provide benefits for such items as private-duty nursing and dental treatment in case of accident. Dental: Employer will pay for dentures and maintenance of them at 50%. Employer will pay 50% of orthodontic billing, lifetime maximum $2,500 per employee dependant. Vision: $225 every 2 years for glasses. Weekly indemnity: Coverage of $540 per week (previously $525 per week). Effective Dec. 1, 2019: $555 per week. AD&D: Coverage of $30,100. Life insurance: Coverage of $34,500. Pension: DB plan for employ- ees hired prior to Nov. 17, 2008. Employees who have completed probationary period, including employees in DB Plan, will receive annual company contri- bution of $2,550 to RRSP pay- able on Nov. 17, 2018; $2,600 on Nov. 17, 2019; $2,650 on Nov. 17, 2020. Bereavement leave: 7 days for death of spouse, child. 4 days for death of mother, father. 3 days for death of mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother, sister, grandparents, grandchildren. 1 day for death of sister-in-law, brother-in-law. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year with less than 5 years of seniority, 2 years after 5 years of seniority. Probationary period: 720 hours worked. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months. Employee's disciplin- ary record will be frozen during periods of layoff due to lack of work. Severance: 1 week's wages per year of service, maximum 30 weeks for planned relocation of operations or planned perma- nent closure. Safety shoes: $145 per year. Additional $10 allowance for employees purchasing boots with metatarsal guards. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3.5% increase): Tier 1 Parts: $23.94 rising 3 steps to $24.84 Maintenance/janitor/utility material handler: $24.38 rising 3 steps to $25.28 Cycle counter/utility teardown/ utility commercial assembly/ utility (Rheem/Raypak): $24.60 rising 3 steps to $25.50 Truck driver/utility receiver/ utility: $24.82 rising 3 steps to $25.72 Lead-hand/shipper: $25.48 ris- ing 3 steps to $26.38 EDUCATION Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Separate Regional Division No. 4 Lethbridge, Alta. (224 education assistants, receptionists, administrative, library, accounting employees) and the CUPE Local 1825 Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 1, 2017, to Aug. 31, 2020. Ratified on March 28, 2018. Signed on May 14, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective Sept. 1, 2019: 2% Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 1.25 days per month to start, 15 days after 1 years, 20 days after 6 years, 25 days after 15 years, 30 days after 24 years, 35 days after 30 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 7 hours per day. May be taken as time off in lieu. Any overtime hours outstanding will be paid out by Aug. 31 of each school year. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for Alberta Health Care Insur- ance. Employer will implement health-spending account of $350 per employee, accrued at rate of $35 per month from Sep- tember to June in each year. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums for ASEBP Dental Plan 3. Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums for ASEBP Vision Care 3. Sick leave: 2 days per month, maximum 24 days in first year. 2 days per month, maximum 75 days in second year. LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for long-term-dis- ability plan D. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for ASEBP Life Insurance Plan 2. Pension: Local Authorities Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of father, mother, husband, wife, son, daugh- ter, brother, sister, parents of spouse. 2 days for death of grandparents, grandchild, in- laws. 1 day for death of uncle, aunt, cousin, nephew, niece, acting as pallbearer. 2 addition- al days if funeral is held outside city. Probationary period: 6 months. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 2% increase): Casual Start rate: $18.74 rising 1 step to $19.11 Group 1 (education assistant, early learning assistant, recep- tionist - St. Basil, speech lan- guage assistant) Start rate: $19.06 rising 1 step to $19.44 Overnight trips: When employee attends school outing which requires overnight stay, employee will be given 1 day off with pay for each overnight stay.

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