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February 4, 2019
N.B. smelter worker fired
for ongoing absenteeism
A LONG-TIME employee with
multiple disability leaves in the
past was eventually terminated
after he failed to improve his at-
tendance.
Jean-Louise Arseneau worked
for Glencore Canada at the
Belledune, N.B., smelter since
1980. He took multiple months
of sick leave in 2005 and 2006
and entered into the weekly in-
demnity and long-term disability
plans beginning in 2007.
Arseneau was off work for
Viagra prescription reimbursement
denied by B.C. equipment supplier
AN EMPLOYEE at a heavy equipment dealer-
ship tried to claim the customary 80 per cent cov-
erage for 14 Viagra prescriptions between August
2017 and November 2018, but he was told the
company's insurance plan did not cover the drug.
Jason Gibson, who worked for SMS Equipment
in Elkford, B.C., paid $1,170.41 for the prescrip-
tions.
In May 2008, three former companies merged
to create SMS so three separate collective agree-
ments had to be consolidated into one by May 1,
2009.
The benefits part of the agreement called for
coverage for prescription drugs "which legal-
ly require a written prescription." The company
also offered a health spending account to make
up for some of the drugs that weren't covered via
the regular benefits process, and it specified that
it could be used for certain "drugs not covered
under certain plans such as fertility drugs."
GOVERNMENT
Town of Taber
Taber, Alta.
(94 inside, outside employees) and the Canadian Union
of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 2038
Renewal agreement: Effective
Jan. 1, 2018, to Dec. 31, 2020.
Signed on Jan. 10, 2019.
Shift premium: $1 per hour
for senior employee filling relief
assignment in position outside
bargaining unit. For communica-
tion operators only, $1 per hour
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Strike mandate
About 1,000 workers at Ajax,
Ont., Loblaws distribution centre
voted 98 per cent to walk
off jobs if talks fail
Electrical Safety Authority — Ontario pg. 3 Matthews Equipment —
Alberta pg. 4 University of Windsor — Ontario pg. 5 Health PEI —
Prince Edward Island pg. 6 Parmalat Canada — Alberta pg. 7
RothLochston Industrial — Alberta pg. 7
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
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Learn more:
Labour Relations Foundations: March 3-8 2019: Kingston
Negotiation Skills: April 7-12, 2019: Kingston
Labour Arbitration Skills: May 26-30, 2019: Kingston
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