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January 7, 2019

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Part-time Start: $16.32 rising 2 steps to $16.48 6 months: $16.62 rising 2 steps to $16.79 12 months: $16.93 rising 2 steps to $17.10 18 months: $17.58 rising 2 steps to $17.75 24 months: $18.19 rising 2 steps to $18.37 30 months: $18.82 rising 2 steps to $19.01 36 months: $19.64 rising 2 steps to $19.83 Editor's notes: Safety glasses: Employer will cover cost of all prescription safety glasses, maximum $300 (previously $200) every 2 years. Paid education leave: Retroactive to June 24, 2011, employer will contribute $0.06 per regular hour worked to education-leave fund. Social-justice fund: Employer will contribute $1,000 per year to Unifor Social Justice Fund. Standby: $65 per week for maintenance-department employee on standby. BAKERY RETAIL Bimbo Canada (Bread Basket Stores) Edmonton (7 sales associates) and Unifor, Local 445 Renewal agreement: Effect- ive Oct 1, 2018, to Sept. 30, 2021. Ratified on Oct. 30, 2018. Signed on Nov. 7, 2018. Paid holidays: Holidays rec- ognized in accordance with Alberta legislation, plus Boxing Day, August Civic Holiday. Vacations with pay: Vacations will be scheduled according to company policy. Vacation pay accumulated during vacation year will be paid out in 1 lump- sum on third pay day of year. Overtime: Paid according to Alberta legislation. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in family, after 90 days of service. Consideration will be given for travel time, includ- ing additional unpaid time for travel more than 500 kilometres away. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Probationary period: 3 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4% increase): Sales associates 0 to 500 hours: $15 rising 2 steps to $15.64 501 to 1,000 hours: $15.48 ris- ing 2 steps to $16.12 1,001 to 1,500 hours: $15.95 ris- ing 2 steps to $16.59 1,501 to 2,000 hours: $16.43 ris- ing 2 steps to $17.07 2,001 to 2,500 hours: $16.90 ris- ing 2 steps to $17.54 2,501 + hours: $17.38 rising 2 steps to $18.02 Editor's notes: Start-rate adjustment: Employer may hire new sales associates above start rate. If this clause is invoked, all current associates will receive lump-sum payment of $100. EDUCATION Laurentian University Sudbury, Ont. (400 librarians, archivists, educators) and the Laurentian University Faculty Association (LUFA) Renewal agreement: Effective July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2020. Signed on July 1, 2017. Wage adjustments: Effective June 30, 2017: 1.5% Effective June 30, 2018: 1.6% Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 25 days af- ter 11 months, additional 2 days per year after 5 years, maximum 35 days. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Vision: $400 per person (previ- ously $350 per person) in any 24 consecutive months. Effective Jan. 1, 2019: $500 per person in any 24 consecutive months. Paramedical: Maximum $2,200 per person per year for audiologist, chiropractor, kine- siologist, massage therapist, na- turopath, osteopath, podiatrist, and speech therapist. Effective Jan. 1, 2019: Maximum $3,000 per person per year. Effective Nov. 1, 2008: Maximum $4,000 per person per year for certified psychologist. Sick leave: 2 weeks per term. LTD: Employee pays 100% of premiums for maximum $5,300 per month. Effective July 1, 2019: Maximum $6,000 per month. AD&D: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums for maximum cov- erage of $400,000. Life insurance: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums for maxi- mum coverage of $400,000. Pension: Retirement Plan of Laurentian University of Sud- bury and its Federated and Af- filiated Colleges. Employer will contribute amount required to fund current service costs and any unfunded liabilities and sol- vency liabilities, or 7.5%, which- ever is greater. Bereavement leave: 10 days for death of partner, son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, child of partner. 5 days for death of an- other member of family (broth- er, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, mother, father, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandparent, guardian, grandchildren, daughter-in-law, son-in-law). 1 day for death of nephew, niece, grandparent-in-law, aunt, uncle. Probationary period: Maxi- mum 5 years. Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months; 5 years for student evaluations. Sample rates of pay, per 3 credit courses (current): Sessional lecturers without es- tablishment: $7,255 Sessional lecturers with estab- lishment and retirees: $7,618 Sample rates of pay, per 3 credit courses (current, after 1.7% increase): Sessional lecturers without seniority: $7,371 rising 1 step to $7,497 Sessional lecturers with senior- ity and retirees: $7,740 rising 1 step to $7,872 Sample rates of pay, per 2.25 credit courses (current): Sessional lecturers without establishment teaching activity courses in the School of Human Kinetics: $5,442 Retirees; or sessional lecturers with establishment teaching activity courses in the School of Human Kinetics: $5,714 Sample rates of pay, per 2.25 credit courses (current, after 1.7% increase): Sessional lecturers without seniority teaching activity courses in the School of Human Kinetics: $5,529 rising 1 step to $5,622 Retirees or sessional lecturers with seniority teaching activity courses in the School of Human Kinetics: $5,466 or sessional lecturers with seniority rising 1 step to $5,904 Sample rates of hourly pay 5 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2019 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS

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