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September 24, 2018

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3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 greater than 2%). Shift premium: $1 per hour for all shift work starting between 8 p.m. and midnight. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 6% per pay period. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 44 hours per week or 88 hours per 2 weeks. Medical benefits: Employer will contribute $2 per employee per hour to Electrical Industry Insurance Benefit Trust Fund of Alberta. Pension: Employer will con- tribute 5% to RRSP plan Probationary period: 3 months. Uniforms/clothing: Em- ployees will report for work equipped with safety boots (must be CSA-approved, grade 1 (green triangle), in good con- dition, at least 6 inches high from sole of boot). Employer will provide adequately fitting protective clothing where acids, chemicals, grease, dust or fibres prevail; cleaning of protective clothing before re-issue; fire-re- tardant coveralls will be provid- ed where required. Tool allowance: Employer will supply all power tools, instru- ments and other tools, includ- ing appropriate toolboxes for storage. Employer will replace employee's personal tools when destroyed by fire on employer's premises, lost by theft or forced entry, damaged beyond repair in course of work assignment. Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Gen. foreman: $48.75 Foreman: $45.76 Sub-foreman: $42.39 Lead certified communication technician: $39.40 Certified communication tech- nician: $37.53 Uncertified level A communi- cation technician: $35.66 Uncertified level B communica- tion technician: $33.79 Fourth-year apprentice: $30.05 Shallow utility-worker level A: $28.18 Shallow utility-worker level B: $26.31 Third-year apprentice: $24.44 Second-year apprentice: $20.17 First-year apprentice: $18.83 Editor's notes: Safety equipment: Employer will provide following to all employees on as-required basis: safety glass- es and flash glasses (non-prescription), hearing protection, respirator, hard hat, voltage detector/sniffer, appropriate work gloves. Industry fund: Employer will contribute $0.12 per hour to Electrical Contractors Industry Fund. SENIOR CARE Drumheller and District Seniors Foundation (Sunshine Lodge) Drumheller, Alta. (50 cooks, kitchen aides, health-care aides, maintenance staff ) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 715 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2018, to Dec. 31, 2020. Ratified on June 12, 2018. Signed on July 20, 2018. Shift premium: $1.90 per hour when 5 or more hours fall be- tween 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. $2.30 per hour when employee works midnight shift between 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 10 days to start, 15 days after 3 years, 20 days after 8 years, 25 days after 16 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked after 7.5 hours per day or 37.5 hours per week. Medical benefits: Employer will pay maximum $250 per month (previously $225 per month) as contribution towards health benefits for regular employees only. Employer will make following available to employees through Sun Life or equivalent (dental plan, basic medical, employee life insur- ance ($50,000 per employee), dependant life insurance, acci- dental death and dismember- ment, long-term disability). $200 per year for health and wellness benefit. Sick leave: 11.25 hours for each month of employment, max- imum 900 hours accumulated. Pension: Nursing Homes and Related Industries Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of father, mother, legal guardian, spouse, same-sex spouse, common-law spouse, child, son-in-law, daugh- ter-in-law, brother, sister, grandparents, grandchildren, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepparent, stepgrandparents, stepchild. 2 additional days for travel more than 250 kilometres away. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours' pay at basic rate. Probationary period: 675 hours (previously 66 shifts). Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3.5% increase): Maintenance supervisor Start rate: $24.85 rising 2 steps to $25.72 Job rate: $29.59 rising 2 steps to $30.63 Maintenance worker 2 Start rate: $17.40 rising 2 steps to $18.02 Job rate: $20.43 rising 2 steps to $21.15 Maintenance worker 1 Start rate: $19.90 rising 2 steps to $20.60 Job rate: $23.66 rising 2 steps to $24.50 Food-services cook Start rate: $21.90 rising 2 steps to $22.67 Job rate: $24.30 rising 2 steps to $25.16 Food-services assistant 2 Start rate: $16.58 rising 2 steps to $17.17 Job rate: $18.09 rising 2 steps to $18.73 Food-services assistant 1 Start rate: $17.76 rising 2 steps to $18.39 Job rate: $19.28 rising 2 steps to $19.96 Kitchen/housekeeping aides Start rate: $15.70 rising 2 steps to $16.26 Job rate: $17.04 rising 2 steps to $17.64 Health-care aide Step 1: $16.75 rising 4 steps to $17.34 Step 2: $18.21 rising 4 steps to $18.86 Step 3: $19.36 rising 4 steps to $20.04 Step 4: $21.01 rising 4 steps to $21.75 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1 On-call: Employer will pay employee $100 per week while on-call and provide company cellphone. Industry fund: Employer will contribute $0.12 per hour to Electrical Contractors Industry Fund.

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