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3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 for shifts starting between 6 a.m. and 4:59 a.m. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 2 years, 4 weeks after 7 years, 5 weeks after 17 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for first 4 hours after regular shift, double time thereafter. Double time for all work after 8 hours or Saturday or all work on Sunday. Meal allowance: Employer will provide meal after 3 hours of overtime or $15 if no meal can be supplied. Employer will not provide frozen meals except in cases of emergency. Medical benefits: Employer will contribute $1 per hour (previously $0.80 per hour) to Alberta Carpenters Health and Wellness Plan. Pension: Employer will con- tribute 3.5%, employees will contribute 3.5% to grand- fathered Alberta Carpenters and Allied Workers Pension Plan or employer-sponsored pension plan. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (spouse, mother, father, chil- dren (including common-law, stepchildren), sisters, brothers, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandfathers, grandmothers, grandchildren). Seniority – recall rights: 9 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay at applicable rate. Probationary period: 4 months of time worked. Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months. Safety shoes: $0.15 per hour for CSA-approved safety footwear. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will supply all employees work- ing outside with winter jackets, head gear, gloves. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3.8% increase): Production worker 1 (a): $21.56 rising 2 steps to $22.38 Production worker 1 (b): $22.58 rising 2 steps to $23.43 Production worker 2 (a): $23.60 rising 2 steps to $24.49 Production worker 2 (b): $24.50 rising 2 steps to $25.42 Production worker 3 (a): $25.40 rising 2 steps to $26.36 Production worker 3 (b): $26.39 rising 2 steps to $27.39 Tradesperson 1: $27.38 rising 2 steps to $28.42 Tradesperson 1 (b): $28.36 ris- ing 2 steps to $29.43 Tradesperson 2 (a): $29.34 ris- ing 2 steps to $30.45 Tradesperson 2 (b): $30.63 ris- ing 2 steps to $31.79 Tradesperson 3 (a): $31.92 ris- ing 2 steps to $33.13 Tradesperson 3 (b): $33.18 ris- ing 2 steps to $34.44 Tradesperson 4: $34.45 rising 2 steps to $35.75 SENIOR CARE Compass Group Canada/Marquise Hospitality Provincewide, British Columbia (600 cooks, aides, food-service workers) and the Hospital Employees' Union (HEU) Renewal agreement: Effective Oct. 1, 2016, to Sept. 30, 2020. Signed on April 2, 2018. Shift premium: $0.30 per hour (previously $0.20 per hour) on afternoon shift. $0.75 per hour for night shift. $0.65 per shift laundry premium. Paid holidays: 10 days. Vacations with pay: 4% to start, 10 days or 4% after 1 year, 12 days or 4.8% after 5 years, 15 days or 6% after 6 years, 17 days or 6.8% after 9 years, 20 days or 8% after 11 years, 25 days or 10% after 16 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for first 4 hours after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week, double time thereafter. Time and one-half for all work on scheduled day off. Meal allowance: Employees are allowed amount of food and drink for personal consump- tion during shift, to be paid by employee through automatic payroll deduction of $2. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for B.C. Medical Plan. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums for basic prevention coverage. Vision: $250 per employee every 24 months. $50 every 24 months for eye exams. Sick leave: 8 days per year. 50% of unused sick leave from pre- vious year, maximum 3 days, will be paid out to employees in February. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $25,000. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $25,000. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (parent, stepparent, foster-par- ent, spouse, child, stepchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, legal guardian, legal ward). Additional 2 days with- out pay for travel more than 250 kilometres. Seniority – recall rights: 6 months. Call-in pay: Minimum of 2 hours' pay at applicable rate. $0.40 per kilometre for call-ins. Probationary period: 450 hours worked. Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months. Safety shoes: $0.10 per shift worked for employees required to purchase non-slip shoes. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will supply appropriate number of uniforms including shirts, pants, hair covering, aprons if required. Mileage: $0.40 per kilometre, minimum $40. Sample rates of pay (current, after increase): Laundry/housekeeping aide: $15.85 rising 7 steps to $17.10 Laundry/housekeeping lead- hand: $17.05 rising 7 steps to $18.30 Food general help: $15.85 rising 7 steps to $17.10 Food lead-hand: $17.05 rising 7 steps to $18.30 Cook: $18.91 rising 7 steps to $20.16 Editor's notes: Medical notes: Employer will reimburse employees for any costs incurred, maximum $15, if required by employer to prove sickness. COAL MINING Teck Coal (Cardinal River Operations) Hinton, Alta. (350 tradespersons, operators, labourers, apprentices) and the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), Local 1656 Renewal agreement: Effective July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2022. Signed on June 30, 2017. Wage adjustments: Effective July 1, 2017: 0% Effective July 1, 2018: 2% Effective July 1, 2019: 2% Effective July 1, 2020: 2% Effective July 1, 2021: 2% Shift premium: For employees working 8-hour shifts: $0.20 per hour for employee working 2 shifts (day shift plus night shift or afternoon shift); $0.25 per hour for employee working 3 shifts or steady afternoon and night shift only or steady night shift. For employees working 12-hour shifts: $0.45 per hour for employees working 2 shifts, CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1