Canadian Labour Reporter

7 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER ARBITRATION AWARDS Manufacturing technician: $20.60 rising 4 steps to $21.70 Level 1 Shipping/receiving/CLT (cen- tral lab technician)/sanitarian/ PO (process operator)/PMO (packaging-machine operator): $21.47 rising 4 steps to $22.62 Level 2 Shipping/receiving/CLT (cen- tral lab technician)/sanitarian/ PO (process operator)/PMO (packaging-machine operator): $23.87 rising 4 steps to $25.15 Level 3 Shipping/receiving/CLT (cen- tral lab technician)/sanitarian/ PO (process operator)/PMO (packaging-machine operator): $28.65 rising 4 steps to $30.18 Maintenance level 1: $29.82 ris- ing 4 steps to $31.42 Maintenance level 2: $41.02 ris- ing 4 steps to $43.22 Maintenance level 3: $43.19 ris- ing 4 steps to $45.50 Driver level 1: $22.36 rising 4 steps to $23.56 Driver level 2 (terminal work): $25.52 rising 4 steps to $26.89 Retroactive pay: 1-time lump- sum payment of 1.5% of hourly rate on all hours paid from March 18, 2018 until new wage is implemented Editor's notes: Personal-leave days: Employees with 90 days of service will be entitled to 2 paid personal-leave days and 3 unpaid personal-leave days per calendar year. Truck-driver layovers: Employer will reimburse driver, maximum 3 meals per 24-hour layover. Maximum $10 per meal will be paid: First meal after 4 hours on layover; second meal after 8 hours on layover; third meal after 12 hours on layover. $7 shower allowance for second night out. GOVERNMENT Westlock County Westlock, Alta. (40 inside, outside employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 3007 Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 1, 2018, to Dec. 31, 2020. Ratified on Sept. 7, 2018. Signed on Oct. 5, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective 2018: 1% Effective 2019: 1.75% Effective 2020: 1.75% Shift premium: 10% increase over regular wage rate for employee acting in temporary capacity as lead-hand for more than 1 day. 3.5% for second journeyman certification; 1.5% for third journeyman certifica- tion; maximum 5% for addition- al journeyman certifications. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 15 days af- ter 1 year, 20 days after 8 years, 25 days after 15 years, 30 days after 21 years. 2 weeks accumu- lated days may be carried over into following year; must be used within first 4 months. Overtime: Time and one-half for work in excess of regular hours of work. May be taken as time off in lieu. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for Al- berta Health Care. Dental: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. Vision: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. Sick leave: One-half day per month, maximum 18 days per year. Unused days may be car- ried forward into following year, but employee may only use maximum 18 sick days per year. STD: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. LTD: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. AD&D: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums for coverage of $100,000. Life insurance: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums for cov- erage of $100,000. Pension: Employer, employee will make contributions to Lo- cal Authorities Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law partner, parent, grandparent, grandchild, guardian, parent of current spouse, child, ward, brother, sister, niece, nephew, brother-in- law, sister-in-law, fiancé, related dependant). Additional half-day for travel may be given. One-half day may be given for funeral of relative not specified. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Call-in pay: Minimum of 3 hours' pay at overtime rates. Probationary period: 3 months or 550 hours, depend- ing on employee classifications. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. Employer may only de- fine longer period after major incidents related to: workplace health and safety, workplace substance abuse, theft or fraud, workplace bullying or harass- ment or human-rights offenses. Safety shoes: After 12 months of service, employees will be re- imbursed for 100% of purchase cost of approved safety boots, maximum $200. Reimburse- ment may be accumulated, maximum $300 over 2 years of service. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide all employees (ex- cept for clerical staff ) with 2 pairs of coveralls at commence- ment of employment. Employ- ees will do own cleaning and maintenance of coveralls and will be provided with replace- ment coveralls as required. Employees who require winter coveralls will be provided with 1 pair upon request and will be provided with replacement cov- eralls as required. Employer will pay $100 clothing allowance, on first pay day in July, to all motor- grader operators, truck drivers. Tool allowance: $100 per month (previously $75 per month) for mechanics who sup- ply own hand tools. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3.5% increase): Mechanic or welder: $34.67 ris- ing 2 steps to $35.90 Lead mechanic: $38.46 rising 2 steps to $39.81 Heavy-equipment operators: $30.55 rising 2 steps to $31.62 Motor-grader operators: $30.55 rising 2 steps to $31.62 Truck drivers: $30.55 rising 2 steps to $31.62 Labourer 1: $19.72 rising 2 steps to $20.42 Labourer 2: $22.13 rising 2 steps to $22.91 Labourer 3: $23.17 rising 2 steps to $21.57 Labourer 4: $25.74 rising 2 steps to $26.65 Public works lead-hand: $33.61 rising 2 steps to $34.80 Public works operations assistant: $27.20 rising 2 steps to $28.16 Administrative assistant: $27.20 rising 2 steps to $28.16 Financial assistant: $32.17 ris- ing 2 steps to $33.30 Receptionist 1 accounting clerk: $26.48 rising 2 steps to $27.41 Transfer-station attendant 1: $18.39 rising 2 steps to $19.04 Transfer-station attendant 2: $25.73 rising 2 steps to $26.64 Transfer-station attendant 3: $28.68 rising 2 steps to $29.69 Tax assessment/ IT clerk: $31.54 rising 2 steps to $32.65 Utility-operator level 1: $29.35 rising 2 steps to $30.38 Utility-operator level 2: $31.26 rising 2 steps to $32.37 Utility-operator level 3: $33.18 rising 2 steps to $34.35 Utility-operator level 4: $34.45 rising 2 steps to $35.66 Development officer: $35.53 rising 2 steps to $36.78 Shift premium: 10% increase for employee acting as lead-hand for more than 1 day.

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