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October 15, 2018 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS TRANSPORTATION Verspeeten Cartage Provincewide, Ont. (84 mechanics, drivers, warehouse personnel) and Teamsters, Local 879 and Local 938 Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2018, to Sept. 30, 2022. Signed on May 1, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective Oct. 1, 2017: 3% Effective Oct. 1, 2019: 1% Effective Oct. 1, 2021: 2% Shift premium: $0.50 per hour for drivers assigned to shunt- ing. $0.40 per hour for drivers assigned to garbage runs under threshold mileage. $0.75 per hour for mechanics and stock personnel who are assigned to work 8-hour shifts Monday to Friday. Paid holidays: 9 days, plus 1 float holiday for employees with more than 24 months of service. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 5 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 15 years. Effective Oct. 1, 2020: 4 weeks after 12 years. Effective Oct. 1, 2021: 4 weeks after 10 or years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week for mechanics, tire men. Time and one-half for all work after 60 hours per week or 2,750 miles for highway drivers. Time and one-half for all work after 9 hours per day or 45 hours per week for shuttle drivers. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. 80% coverage, maximum $1,250 per person per year. Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $200 every 24 months. Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums. LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage maxi- mum $1,000 per month, maxi- mum 24 months. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $25,000. Pension: After 1 year of service, each full-time employee is en- titled to contribute maximum 10% of employee's gross salary per year to registered pension plan. Employer will match contributions, maximum 1.5% after 1 years of service; maxi- mum 2% after 3 years of service; maximum 3.5% after 5 years of service. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law spouse, mother, father, children, sisters, brothers, father-in-law, mother- in-law) after 3 months of em- ployment. Additional 25 days' unpaid time off may be granted on request. 1 day for death of grandmother, grandfather, and grandchildren. Seniority – recall rights: Length of employee's seniority or 12 months, whichever is less. Probationary period: 90 days. Discipline: Sunset clause is 3 years. Safety shoes: $150 per year (including tax) at boot retailer of employer's choice, for em- ployees who are classified as mechanics, tire men, wash-bay personnel, stockroom person- nel, full-time shunters. Effec- tive Jan. 1, 2019, employer will provide to drivers, once every 2 years, boot allowance of maxi- mum $150. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide 2 pairs of gloves and 2 raincoats for use by employees when required to work in terminal yard or other shunt operations in inclement weather. Tool allowance: Employer will pay 100% of present monthly billed premium rate for tool in- surance for mechanics. Deduct- ible of $250 which employee is responsible to pay. $340 per year for mechanics after 12 months of service. Mileage: Effective Oct. 1, 2017, $0.561 per mile. Effective Oct. 1, 2019, $0.567 all-inclusive per mile. Effective Oct. 1, 2021, $0.578 all inclusive per mile. For trips more than 500 miles: Effective Oct. 1, 2017, $0.443 per mile. Effective Oct. 1, 2019, $0.447 per mile. Effective Oct. 1, 2021, $0.456 per mile. For garbage trips more than 500 miles: $0.69 per mile. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase): Apprentices - tractor mechanic Basic 70%: $21.64 rising 2 steps to $22.30 Basic to intermediate 80%: $24.74 rising 2 steps to $25.48 Intermediate to advanced 90%: $27.83 rising 2 steps to $28.67 Apprentices - trailer mechanic Basic 70%: $19.62 rising 2 steps to $20.21 Basic to intermediate 80%: $22.42 rising 2 steps to $23.10 Intermediate to advanced 90%: $25.22 rising 2 steps to $25.99 Drivers: $19.23 rising 2 steps to $19.81 Maintenance mechanics Class 1: $30.92 rising 2 steps to $31.85 Class 2 truck mechanic: $28.46 rising 2 steps to $29.31 Class 3 trailer mechanic: $28.03 rising 2 steps to $28.88 Stock room: $17.08 rising 3 steps to $18.12 Wash bay: $16.23 rising 3 steps to $17.22 Tire man: $21.38 rising 3 steps to $22.69 SENIOR HOUSING Wheatland Lodge Strathmore, Alta. (25 cooks, coordinators, aides) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 8 Renewal agreement: Effect- ive May 1, 2018, to April 30, 2020. Ratified on June 11, 2018. Signed on July 20, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective May 1, 2018: 2% Effective May 1, 2019: 2% Shift premium: $2 per hour for any hours worked between 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. $3 per hour for any hours worked between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. $3.25 per hour for all work between 11 p.m. on Friday until 7 a.m. on Monday. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 1 day per month, maximum 10 days to start, 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 3 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 6 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 10 years, 6 weeks or 12% after 15 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Medical benefits: Employer pays 70% of premiums, employ- ee pays 30% of premiums (pre- viously employer pays 60% of premiums, employee pays 40% of premiums). Dental: Employer pays 70% of premiums, employee pays 30% of premiums. Sick leave: 12 days per year. STD: Employer pays 70% of premiums, employee pays 30% of premiums. LTD: Employer pays 70% of premiums, employee pays 30% of premiums. AD&D: Employer pays 70% of premiums, employee pays 30% of premiums. Life insurance: Employer pays 70% of premiums, employee pays 30% of premiums. Pension: Nursing Homes and Related Industries Pension Plan. Employer, employee will each contribute 4% to plan. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of father, mother, child, spouse (including adult interdependent relation- ship-partner). 3 days for death of legal guardian, brother, sister, grandparents, grandchildren, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law. 2 additional days for travel more than 322 kilometres away. One- half day to attend funeral as pallbearer.

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