Canadian Labour Reporter

January 2, 2019 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2019 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS 6 HEALTH AND SAFETY TRAINING Northern Safety Network Yukon Whitehorse, Yukon (4 administrative assistants, coordinators) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2018, to Dec. 31, 2021. Signed on April 27, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 1.75% Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 1.75% Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 1.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 1.5% Paid holidays: 14 days. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 5 years, 5 weeks after 8 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for first 8 hours, double time thereafter. Double time for all work on second day of rest. May be taken as time off in lieu. Medical benefits: Yukon Building Trades Health and Welfare Plan (group benefit plan). Sick leave: 1 1/4 days per month, maximum 45 days. Pension: As condition of employment, employees will open RRSP account at financial institution located within City of Whitehorse. Employer will match employee contributions, minimum 2%. Bereavement leave: Call-in pay: Greater of com- pensation at appropriate overtime rate or compensation equivalent to 4 hours' pay at straight-time rate. Probationary period: 6 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. Uniforms/clothing: Employ- er will provide and pay for all protective devices, clothing, other equipment necessary to properly protect employees from injury and unhealthy conditions. Employer will make provisions for cleaning and maintenance of all safety equipment, devices, clothing at no cost to employees. Sample rates of annual pay (current, after 4.8% increase): Administrative assistant Step 1: $48,556 rising 3 steps to $50,899 Step 2: $50,498 rising 3 steps to $52,935 Step 3: $52,518 rising 3 steps to $55,053 Step 4: $54,619 rising 3 steps to $57,255 Step 5: $56,804 rising 3 steps to $59,545 Coordinator operations Step 1: $57,112 rising 3 steps to $59,868 Step 2: $59,397 rising 3 steps to $62,263 Step 3: $61,772 rising 3 steps to $64,753 Step 4: $64,244 rising 3 steps to $67,344 Step 5: $66,814 rising 3 steps to $70,038 Training coordinator Step 1: $59,452 rising 3 steps to $62,320 Step 2: $61,829 rising 3 steps to $64,813 Step 3: $64,303 rising 3 steps to $67,405 Step 4: $66,875 rising 3 steps to $70,102 Step 5: $69,551 rising 3 steps to $72,907 COR coordinator Step 1: $67,735 rising 3 steps to $71,003 Step 2: $70,444 rising 3 steps to $73,843 Step 3: $73,262 rising 3 steps to $76,797 Step 4: $76,192 rising 3 steps to $79,868 Step 5: $79,241 rising 3 steps to $83,065 Editor's notes: Duty travel: Employer will compensate employees for accommodation, mileage, meals, incidentals as per Government of Yukon travel policy. Northern travel allowance: Employer will allocate 8% of salary as northern travel allowance on employee's T-4 slips. Social justice fund: Employer will contribute $50 per year to PSAC Social Justice Fund. RETAIL ALCOHOL SALES Sobeys Western Cellars Leduc, Alta. (10 store employees) and the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada Union (UFCW), Local 401 Renewal agreement: Effective Dec. 24, 2017, to Dec. 26, 2020. Ratified on July 30, 2018. Signed on July 30, 2018. Shift premium: $0.50 per hour for employee appointed as clerk-in-charge on shift when facility manager or assistant manager is not on shift. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 4% to start, 6% after 5 years. Employer will provide up to 2 weeks off between April 1 and Sept. 30 of each year. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours on 1 shift or 40 hours in 1 week. Medical benefits: Employer will contribute $0.20 per hour to Safeway UFCW Part Time Health and Welfare Trust Fund for each regular hour worked. Dental: Employer will contrib- ute $0.43 per hour to United Food and Commercial Workers Dental Care Plan for each regu- lar hour worked. Pension: Employer will con- tribute $1.25 per hour to Can- adian Commercial Workers Industry Pension Plan for each hour worked, including over- time. Bereavement leave: Employee will be granted leave of absence without pay, with consideration given to travel time, to attend funeral for death in immedi- ate family (spouse, parent, stepparent, child, stepchild, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandmother, grandmother-in-law, grand- father, grandfather-in-law, and grandchildren, relative living in household of employee). Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay at regular hourly rate. Probationary period: 220 hours worked. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase): Hours 0 to 1,000: $15 1,001 to 2,000: $15 rising 2 steps to $15.10 2,001 to 3,000: $15 rising 2 steps to $15.15 3,001 to 4,000: $15 rising 2 steps to $15.20 4,001 to 5,000: $15 rising 2 steps to $15.25 5,001 to 6,000: $15 rising 2 steps to $15.30 6,001 to 7,000: $15 rising 2 steps to $15.40 7,001+: $15 rising 2 steps to $15.50 Signing bonus: $200 for em- ployees who have averaged between 0 and 19 hours worked per week since contract ex- piry to Aug. 6, 2018; $300 for employees who have averaged more than 19 hours worked per week since contract expiry to Aug. 6, 2018. Editor's notes: Meetings: Employees will be paid for all time spent in attendance at meetings at regular hourly rate of pay. Education and training fund: Employer will contribute $0.04 per hour for each regular hour worked to United Food and Commercial Workers Canada Union, Local No. 401 Education and Training Fund.

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