Canadian Labour Reporter

October 8, 2018 6 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS will pay $1.60 for each hour worked by each employee into Operating Engineers Local 955 Health and Wellness Trust Fund. Effective first Sunday in March 2019: $1.65 per hour. Effective first Sunday in March 2021: $1.70 per hour. Pension: Employees will have choice of contributing to either employer's group RSP plan or Operating Engineers Pension Trust Fund. Employer will pay 5% of regular base rate for all hours worked into Operating Engineers Pension Trust Fund. Bereavement leave: 24 hours off for death of spouse, child, stepchild, sister, sister-in-law, brother, brother-in-law, mother, father, mother-in-law, father-in- law, grandchild, grandparent, aunt, uncle. Seniority – recall rights: 4 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' work or 4 hours of pay at over- time rate provided work is not contiguous with employee's regular shift. Probationary period: 90 days. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months for warnings; 30 months for suspensions. Safety shoes: $225 per year for boots and clothing. Effective Jan. 1, 2019: $300 per year. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will supply goggles, gloves, welder's gloves, rubber clothes and boots, coveralls, hardhats, moulded hearing protection, safety glasses. Employer will provide 10 pairs of coveralls to each employee through coverall service that launders, repairs, replaces worn-out coveralls. Employer will maintain 6 pairs of spare coveralls if employee requires spare set. Tool allowance: Employer will pay for recalibration of mechanic torque wrenches as required. $1 per hour for mech- anics, apprentice mechanics. $0.50 per hour for welders, ap- prentice welders. Mileage: $40 when an em- ployee is assigned to field work outside of travel-free zone (es- tablished from Acheson shop at 45 kilometres by shortest public road). Applies only for sites within 100 kilometres from Acheson shop. $0.54 per kilometre for kilometres driven outside travel-free zone. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 6.4% increase): Certified mechanic 3: $44.21 rising 4 steps to $47.04 Certified mechanic 2: $42.71 rising 4 steps to $45.54 Certified mechanic 1: $41.21 rising 4 steps to $44.04 Certified welder 3: $44.21 rising 4 steps to $47.04 Certified welder 2: $42.71 rising 4 steps to $45.54 Certified welder 1: $41.21 rising 4 steps to $44.04 Yardperson 2: $38.32 rising 4 steps to $40.77 Yardperson 1: $35.38 rising 4 steps to $37.63 Shop benchhand 3 (85%): $35.03 rising 4 steps to $37.43 Shop benchhand 2 (75%): $30.91 rising 4 steps to $33.03 Shop benchhand 1 (65%): $26.79 rising 4 steps to $28.63 Labourer 1 and temporary em- ployees: $22.72 rising 4 steps to $24.17 Labourer 2: $25.42 rising 4 steps to $27.05 Labourer 3: $28.76 rising 4 steps to $30.60 Truck-driver heavy: $44.21 ris- ing 4 steps to $47.04 Truck-driver light-heavy: $38.32 rising 4 steps to $40.77 Truck-driver light: $35.38 rising 4 steps to $37.63 Apprentice mechanic fourth- year (100%): $41.21 rising 4 steps to $44.04 Apprentice mechanic third- year (90%): $37.09 rising 4 steps to $39.64 Apprentice mechanic second- year (80%): $32.97 rising 4 steps to $35.23 Apprentice mechanic first-year (70%): $28.85 rising 4 steps to $30.83 Apprentice welder third-year (90%): $37.09 rising 4 steps to $39.64 Apprentice welder second-year (80%): $32.97 rising 4 steps to $35.23 Apprentice welder first-year (70%): $28.85 rising 4 steps to $30.83 Summer students: $21.40 rising 4 steps to $22.77 Editor's notes: Overnight stays: $60 per diem ($15 for breakfast; $15 for lunch; $30 for dinner), maximum $175 per night for accommodations, when camp accommodations are not available. Prescription safety glasses: Maximum $185 every 2 years, or earlier if employee's prescription changes. SENIOR LIVING Pioneer Complex Lloydminster, Alta. (75 cooks, dietary aides, housekeeping aides, laundry aides, activity aides, healthcare aides, licensed practical nurses) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 1015 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive March 1, 2018, to Feb. 28, 2021. Ratified on June 28, 2018. Signed on March 1, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective June 25, 2018: 1.5% Effective March 1, 2019: 1.5% Effective March 1, 2020: 2% Shift premium: $2 per hour for all hours worked between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. $1.50 per hour for all hours worked between 8 p.m. and 11 a.m. $1.50 per hour for all hours worked between 11 p.m. on Friday and 11 a.m. on Sunday. $4 per hour for all work as sole staff member in complex. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 10 days or 4% after 1 year, 15 days or 6% after 4 years, 20 days or 8% after 10 years, 25 days or 10% after 20 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 or 8.25 hours per day or more than 160 hours per 4-week period. Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% of premiums, em- ployee pays 25% of premiums. 80% of expenses covered. $300 per year ($150 per year for part- time employees) for health- spending account. Dental: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums. 100% of expenses covered (based on Alberta den- tal fee guide). Sick leave: 1 1/4 days per month, maximum 60 days ac- cumulated. Life insurance: Employee pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $25,000. Pension: After 1,040 hours of service, employer, employee will make matching contribu- tions to RRSP. Maximum 4% after 1 year of service; maxi- mum 5% after 5 years of service; maximum 6% after 10 years of service; maximum 7% after 15 years of service. Bereavement leave: 4 days for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law spouse, partner, daughter, son, sister, brother, mother, father, parent- in-law, brother or sister-in-law, niece, nephew, aunt, uncle, grandparents, step-family members). 2 additional days if funeral is 250 miles away. One half day to attend funeral as pallbearer. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Probationary period: 4 months for full-time employ- ees; equivalent number of hours worked for part-time employ- ees. Discipline: Disciplinary no- tices will have expiration date that is relevant to severity of discipline. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 5% increase): Cook Probation: $16.42 rising 3 steps to $17.25 690 hours: $16.91 rising 3 steps to $17.77 2,080 hours: $17.47 rising 3 steps to $18.36 3,120 hours: $17.99 rising 3 steps to $18.90 4,160 hours: $18.50 rising 3 steps to $19.44 6,240 hours: $19.03 rising 3

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