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5 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS years. Unused vacation pay will be paid out in case of layoff. Overtime: Double time for all work in excess of regular hours. May be used as time off in lieu. Overtime capped at $3,500. Maximum 16 hours' overtime per 7-day period. Meal allowance: $13.80 (previ- ously $13.53) after more than 2 hours of overtime. Effective 2019: $14.08. Medical benefits: Company will pay $920 per month (previ- ously $826 per month) per of- ficer, in lieu of providing health- benefit plan, which includes life insurance, AD&D, weekly in- demnity, extended health-care, LTD, dental coverage. Employer pay 100% of premiums for B.C. Medical Services Plan. Pension: Employer will con- tribute 8.5% monthly of each officer's basic rate of pay to Canadian Merchant Service Guild Western Branch Pension Plan. Employer will contribute 7% monthly and 1% to money- purchase provision of plan. Bereavement leave: 4 days for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law part- ner, father, mother, spouse or common-law partner of father or mother, children, children of officer's spouse or common- law partner, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, grandmother, grandfather, father and mother of spouse or common-law part- ner, any relative who resides with employee). Seniority – recall rights: 6 months. Probationary period: 6 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 4 years. Severance: 1 week's pay per year of service. Safety shoes: $150 per 12 months. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide any protective clothing or equipment required by applicable federal or provin- cial regulatory requirements for handling of specific cargo. Employer will provide work gloves, rain jackets, rain pants, 2 pairs of overalls. Employer will provide DOT-approved or U-VIC-style floater coat. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4% increase): 12-hour masters/8-hour masters Group 2: $45.21 rising 3 steps to $47.04 Group 3: $46.66 rising 3 steps to $48.54 Editor's notes: Legal-defence fund: Employer will provide legal-defence coverage, paid by employer, at $36.21 per month (previously $35.50 per month). Effective Oct. 1, 2019: $36.93 per month. Marine disaster: Maximum $1,600 when officer suffers loss of clothing, personal effects, navigational equipment, tools because of marine disaster or shipwreck. Medical exam: Employer will pay maximum $150 (previously $125) of doctor's charge for Transport Canada required medical exam for continued proficiency or STCW 95 certification. Education: Employer will pay each officer who successfully completes required proficiency certificate and STCW 95 certificate: $146.78 per day for attendance in course. Allowance will be increased by 5% on each anniversary date of collective agreement. Allowance will be paid, maximum 15 days every 5 years not including medicals. SENIOR HOUSING River Ridge Seniors Village Medicine Hat, Alta. (105 aides, cooks, LPNs) and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Al- lied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW), Local 1-207 Renewal agreement: Effect- ive April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2020. Ratified on March 6, 2018. Signed on March 6, 2018. Shift premium: $2 per hour when there is no RN on site and LPN is in charge of facility. $2.50 per hour (previously $2.25 per hour) for all hours worked between 11 p.m. on Friday and 11 p.m. on Sunday. $2.25 per hour (previously $2 per hour) for all hours worked between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. (in addition to weekend premium, if applicable). $0.75 per hour (previously $0.50 per hour) for all hours worked between 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. (in addition to weekend premium, if applic- able). $1.50 per hour to employ- ees designated as bus-drivers. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 1 day per month, maximum 10 days to start, 15 days or 6% after 1 year, 20 days or 8% after 6 years, 25 days or 10% after 15 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 7.5 or 7.75 hours per day. Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employ- ee pays 25% of premiums for Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan. Dental: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums. 80% for basic services. 50% for extensive services. 50% for orthodontic services. Maximum $2,500 per insured person per year for basic and extensive services. $1,500 lifetime maximum for orthodontics. Sick leave: 1 day per month of employment, maximum 120 days. AD&D: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums for coverage of $35,000. Life insurance: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums for coverage of $35,000. Pension: Employer will provide DC plan. Twice per month, em- ployer and employee will make 3% contribution to plan. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (chil- dren, parents, brothers, sisters, spouse, common-law spouse, grandparents, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in- law, sister-in-law, grandchild, fiancée, guardian, stepparent, stepchildren, stepbrother, stepsister). Additional 2 days if funeral is more than 300 kilo- metres away. Leave without pay may be granted for death of other relatives or close friends. Seniority – recall rights: 24 months. Probationary period: 487.5 hours worked. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase): Food-services aide Step 1: $15.37 Step 2: $15.91 Step 3: $16.47 Step 4: $17.05 Step 5: $17.64 Step 6: $18.26 Step 7: $18.89 Step 8: $19.55 Housekeeping aide Step 1: $15.37 Step 2: $15.91 Step 3: $16.47 Step 4: $17.05 Step 5: $17.64 Step 6: $18.26 Step 7: $18.89 Step 8: $19.55 Laundry aide Step 1: $15.37 Step 2: $15.91 Step 3: $16.47 Step 4: $17.05 Step 5: $17.64 Step 6: $18.26 Step 7: $18.89 Humanity fund: Employer will deduct $0.05 per hour.