Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1 on Feb. 25, 2018 Effective Oct. 20, 2019: $0.50 per hour Lump-sum payment: $1,400 for employees who are on payroll on Oct. 18, 2020 Shift premium: $0.65 per hour for hours worked between beginning of afternoon shift and end of night shift. $0.60 per hour for work in freezer plant. $0.25 per hour for work between midnight Friday and midnight Saturday. $0.60 per hour for work between mid- night Saturday and midnight Sunday. $3 per hour for all work Saturday and Sunday. $0.50 per hour for lead-hand checkers. $0.50 per hour for lead-hands. Paid holidays: 10 days, plus last half of shift immediately prior to Christmas Day, New Year's Day. After 3 months of service, employees may take personal holiday once per year in month of birthday (except for Decem- ber birthday, in which case personal holiday must be taken between Nov. 16 and Dec. 15). Vacations with pay: 80 hours after 1 year, 120 hours after 5 years, 160 hours after 9 years, 200 hours after 16 years, 240 hours after 23 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or in excess of regular work week. Time and one-half for all work on day which should have been day off. Meal allowance: $3.75 if em- ployee works 10 hours or more. Dental: Employer will pay $0.41 per hour (previously $0.36 per hour) for all hours worked in distribution centres ($0.01-per-hour increase at call of trustees after Oct. 23, 2019), into Retail Wholesale Canada Multi-Employer Dental Benefit Trust Fund. Vision: $300 (previously $250) over 2 years for frames, lens, prescription glasses. $200 over 2 years for artificial eyes, vis- ual-training services, non-cos- metic prescriptions contact lens resulting from visual acuity of less than 20/40 or corneal disease. $50 per year for eye examinations. LTD: Coverage of 70% of basic earnings, maximum $2,500 per month (previously $2,210 per month). Pension: Employees hired after May 4, 2014, will contribute 1% on regular hours worked to pension plan. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of father, mother, child, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, stepparents, step- children, grandparent, grand- child, brother-in-law, sister-in- law, great-grandparents. Seniority – recall rights: 24 months. Call-in pay: Paid at time and one-half. Maximum 2 hours for call-ins before scheduled starting time. For call-ins after shift ends, minimum of 4 hours' pay at regular rate or time and one-half for number of hours worked, whichever is greater. Probationary period: 450 hours worked. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months. Safety shoes: $160 over 2 years, after 3 months of service. Ef- fective Jan. 1, 2019: $225. Uniforms/clothing: Employ- er will continue to provide protective clothing. Employer will provide gloves, smocks (to permanent receivers, selectors, checkers handling produce, and to general warehousemen who regularly load at grocery distri- bution centre). Coveralls will be provided to permanent porters. Protective jacket will be provid- ed every 2 years to employees at perishable products distribu- tion centre. Tool allowance: Employer will replace tools broken or worn out by maintenance department employees while performing regular maintenance duties at distribution centres. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after $0.50-per-hour increase): General progression rates for employees hired after May 4, 2014 Start rate: $16.75 rising 1 step to $17.25 After 1,100 hours worked: $17.50 rising 1 step to $18 After 2,200 hours worked: $18.25 rising 1 step to $18.75 After 3,300 hours worked: $19 rising 1 step to $19.50 After 4,400 hours worked: $19.75 rising 1 step to $20.25 After 5,500 hours worked: $20.50 rising 1 step to $21 After 6,600 hours worked: $21.25 rising 1 step to $21.75 General warehouseman: $26.21 rising 1 step to $26.71 Porter: $26.21 rising 1 step to $26.71 Selector: $26.36 rising 1 step to $26.86 Forklift operator: $26.46 rising 1 step to $26.96 Checker: $26.47 rising 1 step to $26.97 Receiver: $26.54 rising 1 step to $27.04 Banana handler: $27.04 rising 1 step to $27.54 Maintenance department Building maintenance Start: $20.36 rising 1 step to $20.86 6 months: $25.41 rising 1 step to $25.91 12 months: $26.71 rising 1 step to $27.21 Maintenance mechanic Start: $20.36 rising 1 step to $20.86 6 months: $25.41 rising 1 step to $25.91 12 months: $26.71 rising 1 step to $27.21 Stationary engineer Start: $20.36 rising 1 step to $20.86 6 months: $25.41 rising 1 step to $25.91 12 months: $26.71 rising 1 step to $27.21 Mechanic, first-class: $26.91 rising 1 step to $27.41 Senior stationary engineer: $26.91 rising 1 step to $27.41 Editor's notes: December bonus: After 12 months of service, on Dec. 1 of each year, employees will receive bonus of 1 week's pay. Education fund: Employer will contribute $0.05 per regular hour worked to education trust fund for life of collective agreement. Social justice fund: Employer will contribute $0.05 per regular hour worked to Unifor Social Justice Fund. WHEAT MILLING ADM Milling Port Colborne, Ont. (55 production, maintenance, laboratory, boat-crew employees) and the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada (UFCW), Local 175 Renewal agreement: Effective Dec. 15, 2017, to Nov. 30, 2022. Signed on Feb. 21, 2018. Shift premium: $0.70 per hour for second shift. $1 per hour for third shift. $1 per hour for fourth shift or swing shift. $1.25 per hour for employee assigned as relief supervisor. $1 per hour for employee assigned as lead-person. $0.50 per hour for operator 1 employees in mill- line of progression. Paid holidays: 10 days, plus day before New Year's Day and 2 personal holidays. Vacations with pay: 1 day per month worked, maximum 10 days 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 18 years, 6 weeks or 12% after 26 years. Employees hired after March 1, 1997, will not be eligible for a fifth or sixth week of vacation. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Double time for all work on second scheduled day off, provided 40 hours have been worked that week. Pension: All employees on seniority list on Jan. 1, 2015, will be grandfathered in current pension plan. All new hires starting Jan. 1, 2015, will be in new pension plan. Employees may contribute 1% to 18% of before-tax earnings. Employer will contribute $1 for $1 on first 4% and $0.50 on dollar for the

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