Canadian Labour Reporter

November 26, 2018 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS FIRE FIGHTING Corporation of the City of Vaughan Vaughan, Ont. (200 firefighters, clerk-typists, communications operators, mechanics, technologists) and the Vaughan Professional Fire Fighters Association, International Association of Fire Fighters (IAAF), Local 1595 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2018, to Dec. 31, 2020. Signed on April 27, 2018. Shift premium: 10% for fire- fighter (first-class or lower rank) who instructs in defibril- lation, trench rescue, confined space rescue, hazmat. 110% for platoon instructors when deliv- ering training. Paid holidays: 12 days, plus 1 floating day. Vacations with pay: 1 day per month, maximum 2 weeks after 6 months; 2 weeks after 1 year; 3 weeks after 3 years; 1 additional day for each year of service after 5 years, maximum 4 weeks; 1 additional day for each 2 years of service after 20 years, max- imum 5 weeks; 1 additional day for each 1 years of service after 25 years, maximum 6 weeks; 7 weeks after 30 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for any employee called-in for emergency duty on normal day- off, minimum 3 hours. May be banked, maximum 126 straight- time hours. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for Ontario Health Insurance Plan. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Orthodontic: $1,500 maximum per child per year, $3,000 lifetime maximum per adult. Major restorative: 50% reimbursement, maximum $1,500 per person per year. Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums. $450 every 2 years (previously $400 every 2 years); can be used for eye exams effective Jan. 1, 2019. 50% to- wards cost of laser-eye surgery, maximum $1,500. Paramedical: Maximum $2,500 per year for psycholo- gist's services. $50 per visit for all other services, excluding psychological services. Sick leave: 1 1/2 days per month, after 6 months' proba- tionary period. LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of max- imum $8,000. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of maximum $300,000. Pension: Employees will be- come members of Ontario Municipal Employees Retire- ment System Plan. Bereavement leave: 5 days or 2 24-hour shifts for death in immediate family (husband, wife, child, foster-child, mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, sister, brother, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent, common-law spouse, (includ- ing spouse's immediate family)). Probationary period: 12 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years, except for repetition of major offence within 48 months. Uniforms/clothing: Employ- er will provide full-uniform package to firefighters, mech- anics, communications oper- ators, probationary fire-preven- tion inspectors, fire-protection technologists. Uniformed employees will be paid cleaning allowance of maximum $150 per year. Sample rates of annual pay (current, after increase): First-class firefighter: $99,100 rising 3 steps to $103,204.52 (all other salaries are based on percentage of first-class fire- fighter's salary) Candidate (3-month recruit training program): 55% Fifth-class firefighter (9 months/remainder of the year): 60% Fourth-class firefighter: 70% Third-class: firefighter: 80% Second-class firefighter: 90% Platoon chief: 130% District chief: 125% Captain: 120% Training officer: 120% Chief training officer: 130% Chief fire-prevention officer: 130% Fire-prevention captain: 120% Fire-prevention inspector (fifth-class): 60% Fire-prevention inspector (fourth-class): 70% Fire-prevention inspector (third-class): 80% Fire-prevention inspector (second-class): 90% Fire-prevention inspector (first- class): 100% Fire protection technologist (fourth-class): 70% Fire protection technologist (third-class): 80% Fire protection technologist (second-class): 90% Fire-protection technologist (first-class): 100% Chief mechanical officer: 130% Fire-department mechanic (year 1): 80% Fire-department mechanic (year 2): 90% Fire-department mechanic (year 3): 100% Clerk-typist (year 1): 50.8% Clerk-typist (year 2): 55.8% Clerk-typist (year 3): 60.8% Communications operator (year 1): 75% Communications operator (year 2): 80% Communications operator (year 3): 85% Communications operator (Year 4): 90% Communications supervisor: 130% of rate for communica- tions operator Editor's notes: Recognition pay: 3% after 8 years of service; 6% after 17 years of service; 9% after 23 years of service. Paid on each cheque. Attending court: Employees who are required to attend court in relation to duties as member of VFRS — during time that they would otherwise have been off-duty — will receive overtime pay at time and one-half for actual time spent, minimum of 4 hours. Standby pay: $115 per 7-day period of standby duty for fire-prevention inspectors scheduled to standby for after-hours call-in. Smoking-cessation drugs: Maximum $500 lifetime. Travel outside of Vaughan: Any employee attending assigned courses outside City of Vaughan will be paid expense allow- ance: $15 per day to cover out-of-pocket expenses, plus mileage for two or more days overnight; $15 per day, plus mileage for daytime courses no overnight; mileage at corporate rate. EDUCATION Dalhousie University Halifax (1,000 librarians, professional counsellors, research staff, instructors) and the Dalhousie Faculty Association (DFA) Renewal agreement: Effective April 18, 2018, to June 30, 2020. Signed on April 18, 2018. Paid holidays: 12 days, plus one-half day for Dartmouth Natal Day. Vacations with pay: Time off determined by ratio of months of service to start, 1 month after 1 year. Overtime: Double time for librarians working on holidays, maximum accumulation of 19.5 hours. Medical benefits: Employer pays 60% of premiums, em- ployee pays 40% of premiums for all employee who participate in major-medical insurance (Blue Cross) plan. Employer

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