Canadian Labour Reporter

February 18, 2019 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2019 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Overtime: Double time for all work after 7.75 hours per day or 77.5 hours per 2-week period. Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% of premiums, em- ployee pays 25% of premiums. Employer will provide $750 per year for flexible health spend- ing account (quality-of-life account) effective Jan. 1 of each year. Unused funds may be car- ried forward, maximum 1 year. Dental: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums. 80% reimburse- ment for basic services. 50% re- imbursement for extensive services, maximum reimburse- ment of $3,000 per insured per- son per year. 50% reimburse- ment for orthodontic services, lifetime maximum $3,000 per insured person. Sick leave: 1.5 days per month, maximum 120 days or 930 hours. STD: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums for coverage of 66.67% of weekly earnings, maximum 120 days. LTD: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums for coverage of 66.67% of weekly earnings, after 120 days. AD&D: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums. Life insurance: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums. Pension: Local Authorities Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law spouse, same sex-relationship, child, parent, brother, sister, moth- er-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, guardian, fiancé, stepparent, stepchildren, stepbrother, stepsister). 2 additional days for travel more than 200 kilometres away. 1 day off for death of an- other relative or close friend. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Call-in pay: Double time, min- imum 3 hours, or time worked, whichever is greater. Employer will be reimbursed for reason- able, necessary, substantiated transportation expenses. Probationary period: 1,007.5 regular hours worked exclusive of overtime. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. Severance: 2 weeks' regular pay for each year of employment, maximum 40 weeks pay. Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Occupational therapist/physio- therapist Step 1: $38.99 Step 2: $40.20 Step 3: $41.44 Step 4: $42.72 Step 5: $44.82 Step 6: $46.10 Step 7: $47.39 Step 8: $48.29 Social worker Step 1: $37.49 Step 2: $38.72 Step 3: $39.98 Step 4: $41.30 Step 5: $43.42 Step 6: $44.74 Step 7: $46.06 Step 8: $46.97 Recreation therapist Step 1: $32.83 Step 2: $33.91 Step 3: $35.01 Step 4: $36.19 Step 5: $37.37 Step 6: $39.27 Step 7: $40.47 Step 8: $41.70 Editor's notes: On-call duty: $3.30 per hour for each hour that employee is on-call duty; $4.50 per hour on scheduled days off and named holidays. Professional or registration fees: Employer shall reimburse each employee maximum $200 per year (previously $150 per year) to contribute to annual professional licensing fees. Driver's license: When employer requires employee to obtain or maintain class 4 driver's license, cost of medical examination, maximum $75, will be reimbursed by employer. SEAFOOD PACKING Connors Bros., Clover Leaf Seafoods Company Saint John, N.B. (550 manufacturing, warehouse, maintenance employees) and the Charlotte Seafood Employees Association (CSEA) Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2018, to Dec. 31, 2021. Signed on Jan. 1, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 2.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 2.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 2.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 2.5% Shift premium: $0.50 per hour for all hours worked (when scheduled) at 3 p.m. or later. Effective Jan. 1, 2020: $0.55 per hour. $0.70 per hour for all hours worked (when sched- uled) at 11 p.m. or later. Effect- ive Jan. 1, 2020: $0.80 per hour. $0.50 per hour for all hours as working lead-hand. Paid holidays: 11 days. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 40 hours per week (50 hours per week for long-haul tractor-trailer drivers). Medical benefits: Employer pays 60% of premiums, employ- ee pays 40% of premiums. AD&D: Employer pays 60% of premiums, employee pays 40% of premiums for coverage of $50,000 per employee (previ- ously $35,000 per employee), $10,000 per spouse, $5,000 per child. Life insurance: Employer pays 60% of premiums, employee pays 40% of premiums for coverage of $50,000 per em- ployee (previously $35,000 per employee), $10,000 per spouse, $5,000 per child. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, common-law partner, child (includes still- born child, child of spouse who currently resides with em- ployee). 3 days for death in im- mediate family (mother, father, sister, brother, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandmother, grandfather, grandchildren, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, current stepparents). 1 day for death of brother-in-law, sister- in-law. 8 hours for employees other than immediate family who are required to serve as pallbearers (excluding honorary pallbearers). Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Probationary period: 600 hours worked (must be completed within 18 months of date of hire or within subse- quent calendar year or new pro- bationary period will begin). Safety shoes: Employer will provide 50% less than cost, maximum $65 (previously $60) for 2 pairs of CSA-approved safety boots. Effective 2020: $70. Effective 2021: $75. For employees in sealing room, fishmeal, all maintenance de- partments, wet-end workers, employer will provide 50% less than cost, maximum $65 (previously $60) for 4 pairs of CSA-approved safety boots. Effective 2020: $70. Effective 2021: $75. Uniforms/clothing: All employ- ees working in food-processing areas will be provided 1 free uniform or smock per year. Employee will be required to purchase additional uniforms or smocks as required by employer. Employees in other areas will be provided up to 1 free uniform per year upon purchase of uni- form. Baader machine operators will receive nylon gloves, rubber gloves as required and 2 aprons every 100 department-days worked. Precooker workers, Standby pay: 1 hour of pay for any maintenance employee on standby.

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