Canadian Labour Reporter

February 11, 2019 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2019 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS 6 ELECTRICITY Qulliq Energy Iqaluit, Nunavut (300 electrical employees) and the Nunavut Employees Union (NEU) Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2020. Signed on Sept. 5, 2017. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 1% Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 1% Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 2% Shift premium: $2.50 per hour for all hours worked, including overtime hours, where half or more of hours are regularly scheduled between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. $2 per hour for all hours worked as lead-hand. Paid holidays: 11 days, plus in communities where Hamlet Day is designated municipal holiday, employer will allow employees one-half day or 4 hours to participate in events. Vacations with pay: 1.375 days per month or 16.5 days to start, 1.79 days per month or 21.5 days after 2 years, 2.08 days per month or 25 days after 12 years, 2.92 days per month or 35 days per year after 20 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after regular hours, double time after 4 hours of overtime. May be taken as time off in lieu, maximum 25 days' leave accumulated. Meal allowance: Employee will be provided with meal or meal allowance after 3 hours of overtime. Medical benefits: Great West Life Group Benefit Program. Dental: Coverage of 100% for basic, 80% for major treatment. Maximum $3,000 per dependant for orthodontic services, $2,000 for services other than orthodontic. Sick leave: 1.25 days per month. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family, plus additional 3 days for travel (father, mother, stepfather, step- mother, foster-parent, brother, sister, spouse, child, stepchild, ward, father-in-law, mother-in- law, grandparent, grandchild, relative residing in employee's household). 1 day for death in family, plus additional 1 day for travel (son-in-law, daughter-in- law, brother-in-law, sister-in- law, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, any person after whom employ- ee is named, either formally or by custom). 4 hours to attend funeral of elder in employee's community or to perform duties of pallbearer at funeral in employee's community. Call-in pay: Pay at overtime rate or 3 hours' pay at time and one-half, whichever is greater. Probationary period: 6 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months. Severance: 2 weeks' pay for each of first and second years of continuous service; 1 week's pay for each succeeding year of service, maximum 30 weeks of pay. 2 weeks' pay for each year of service on second and subsequent layoffs, maximum 30 weeks of pay. Uniforms/clothing: $1,300 per year (previously $800 per year) for personal-protective clothing. Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Grade A Step 1: $28.74 Step 2: $29.54 Step 3: $30.33 Step 4: $31.13 Step 5: $31.95 Step 6: $32.73 Step 7: $33.55 B Step 1: $30.74 Step 2: $31.65 Step 3: $32.56 Step 4: $33.49 Step 5: $34.39 Step 6: $35.31 Step 7: $36.25 C Step 1: $32.87 Step 2: $33.90 Step 3: $34.97 Step 4: $36 Step 5: $37.05 Step 6: $38.09 Step 7: $39.14 D Step 1: $35.16 Step 2: $36.34 Step 3: $37.53 Step 4: $38.71 Step 5: $39.90 Step 6: $41.11 Step 7: $42.27 E Step 1: $37.59 Step 2: $38.94 Step 3: $40.27 Step 4: $41.63 Step 5: $42.97 Step 6: $44.31 Step 7: $45.66 F Step 1: $40.20 Step 2: $41.72 Step 3: $43.25 Step 4: $44.77 Step 5: $46.28 Step 6: $47.80 Step 7: $49.32 G Step 1: $42.98 Step 2: $44.71 Step 3: $46.42 Step 4: $48.14 Step 5: $49.85 Step 6: $51.57 Step 7: $53.27 H Step 1: $45.97 Step 2: $47.88 Step 3: $49.82 Step 4: $51.77 Step 5: $53.69 Step 6: $55.62 Step 7: $57.54 I Step 1: $49.13 Step 2: $51.31 Step 3: $53.48 Step 4: $55.64 Step 5: $57.82 Step 6: $60 Step 7: $62.16 J Step 1: $52.53 Step 2: $54.97 Step 3: $57.41 Step 4: $59.84 Step 5: $62.27 Step 6: $64.71 Step 7: $67.14 K Step 1: $56.15 Step 2: $58.88 Step 3: $61.61 Step 4: $64.34 Step 5: $67.07 Step 6: $69.79 Step 7: $72.51 L Step 1: $60.04 Step 2: $63.09 Step 3: $66.13 Step 4: $69.18 Step 5: $72.24 Step 6: $75.27 Step 7: $78.32 M Step 1: $64.18 Step 2: $67.58 Step 3: $70.97 Step 4: $74.39 Step 5: $77.80 Step 6: $81.20 Step 7: $84.61 N Step 1: $68.60 Step 2: $72.39 Step 3: $76.18 Step 4: $79.98 Step 5: $83.78 Step 6: $87.58 Step 7: $91.37 Editor's notes: Bilingual bonus: $1,500 per year when employee is required during course of employment to use 2 or more of official languages in Nunavut. Special circumstances: 5 days where exceptional circumstances not directly attributable to employee prevent employee reporting to duty (transportation problems, including: being stuck out on land caused by weather; search and rescue, civil air search and rescue association and civil defense duties; serious community emergencies, where employee is required to render assistance). Child-care expenses: Maximum $50 per day per child if employee, due to requirement to travel on behalf of employer, incurs child-care expenses which exceed those which would have normally been incurred. Resignations: Employee who submits written resignation to employer may, within 3 working days, withdraw resignation. Employer will not process resignation until this period has elapsed. Continuous-service bonus: $2,000 after 6 months (prorated); $2,000 after 1 year; $2,250 after 3 years; $2,500 after 6 years; $3,000 after 10 years; $4,000 after 15 years; $5,000 after 20 years.

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