Canadian Labour Reporter

HEALTH CARE Ontario Hospital Association Provincewide, Ontario (61,000 registered nurses) and the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) Renewal agreement: Effec- tive April 1, 2018, to March 31, 2020. Signed on April 1, 2018. Shift premium: $2.25 per hour (previously $2.15 per hour) for each hour defined as evening shift; $2.65 per hour (previously $2.55 per hour) for each hour defined as night shift, provided such hours are more than 2 hours if worked in conjunction with day shift. $2.80 per hour (previously $2.70 per hour) for each hour worked between midnight Friday and midnight Sunday. $1.50 per hour when employer temporarily assigns registered nurse to carry out responsibilities of higher clas- sification for 1 full tour or more. $2 per hour when employee is assigned additional responsibil- ity to direct, supervise, oversee work of employees within own classification, be assigned over- all responsibility for patient care on unit, ward, area for 1 tour of duty. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 1.25 days per month to start, 3 weeks af- ter 1 year, 4 weeks after 3 years, 5 weeks after 11 years, 6 weeks after 20 years, 7 weeks after 25 years. Additional 5 days after 30, 35 years, for employees hired before Sept. 8, 2005. Overtime: Time and one- half for all work after normal daily hours or after 60 hours per 2-week period. Double time for all overtime on paid holiday. Meal allowance: Employer will provide hot meal or $6 for nurse who works second consecu- tive full tour or after 2 hours of overtime. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for On- tario Health Insurance Plan and for Liberty Health semi-private plan (comparable to Blue Cross Plan). Dental: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums for Liberty Health Dental #9 dental plan. Vision: Maximum $450 every 24 months, with ability to use coverage for laser surgery. 1 eye exam per insured person every 24 months. Paramedical: Maximum $400 per insured person per year for chiropractic, massage therapy, physiotherapy for each service. $800 per year total combined coverage for mental health ser- vices by psychologist, registered psychotherapist, social workers. LTD: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums for HOODIP (Hospitals of Ontario Disability Income Program) or equivalent plan. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Bereavement leave: 4 days for death in immediate family (par- ent, brother, sister, spouse, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter- in-law, mother-in-law, father- in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in- law, grandparent, grandparent of spouse, grandchild). 1 day for death of aunt, uncle, niece, nephew. Employer may extend leave, with or without pay, par- ticularly where extensive travel is required. Employee will be granted flexibility to distribute bereavement leave entitlement over 2 occasions, maximum 4 days in total, in order to ac- commodate religious and cul- tural diversity. Seniority – recall rights: 36 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay at time and one-half. Probationary period: 70 tours worked from date of last hire; 525 hours of work for nurses whose regular hours of work are other than standard work day. Severance: 2 weeks' salary for each year of service, maximum of 16 weeks' pay, and $3,000 reimbursed for tuition fees within 12 months within 30 days of layoff notice. 4 weeks' salary for each year of service and $1,250 reimbursed for tuition fees within 12 months after 30 days of layoff notice. Mileage: $0.22 per kilometre or taxi far when nurse travel to hospital or to return home between midnight and 6 a.m. or at any time while on standby. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 1.75% in- crease): Registered nurse Start: $32.66 rising 1 step to $33.23 1 year: $32.81 rising 1 step to $33.39 2 years: $33.36 rising 1 step to $33.94 3 years: $35 rising 1 step to $35.62 4 years: $36.66 rising 1 step to $37.30 5 years: $38.72 rising 1 step to $39.40 6 years: $40.80 rising 1 step to $41.52 7 years: $42.89 rising 1 step to $43.64 8 years: $45.94 rising 1 step to $46.75 25 years: $46.76 rising 1 step to $47.57 Editor's notes: Standby pay: $3.45 per hour (previously $3.30 per hour) for period of standby scheduled by hospital. $5.05 per hour (previously $4.90 per hour) for paid holiday. Hearing aids: Maximum $700 per person every 36 months. EDUCATION Livingstone Range School Division No. 68 Fort Macleod, Alta. (91 administrative assistants, educational assistants, learning commons facilitators, technicians, child and youth care workers, custodial, bus drivers) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 2133 Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 1, 2018, to Aug. 31, 2022. Ratified on Jan. 9, 2019. Signed on March 13, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective Sept. 1, 2018: 2% Effective Sept. 1, 2019: 2% Effective Sept. 1, 2020: Increase equal to percentage increase to base funding in each year Effective Sept. 1, 2021: Increase equal to percentage increase to base funding in each year Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 1.25 days per month — to be taken in August — to start, 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 6 years, 5 weeks after 14 years, 6 weeks after 20 years. Holidays for cus- todians, housekeepers will be taken during July and August of school year in which they were earned. Overtime: Time and one- half for all work after 7, 7.5 or 8 hours per day or 35, 37.5 or 40 hours per week. Double time 5 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2019 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Standby pay: $3.45 per hour for period scheduled by hospital.

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