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May 13, 2019

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3 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2019 Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 1.5% Shift premium: $1.50 per hour training ($2 per hour for job rate) for lead-hands. Effective Jan. 1, 2020: $2.50 per hour. $2 per hour for trainer, pesti- cide applicator, welding course (minimum 24-hour basic course). 10% above regular rate for employees relieving non- union position. Paid holidays: 12 days, plus last working day before Christmas. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 2 years, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 15 years, 6 weeks after 20 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8, 9 hours per day or 40, 44 hours per week, depending on time of year. Double time after 4 hours of overtime on weekday. Time and one-half for first 8 hours, double time thereafter, for work on regularly scheduled day off or on holiday. May be taken as time off in lieu, maximum 72 hours for permanent employees, 36 hours for seasonal employees, 18 hours for casual employees. Meal allowance: $30 in lieu of meal for employee who works 3 consecutive hours or more of overtime per day. Medical benefits: After 6 months of service, employer pays 75% of premiums, employ- ee pays 25% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums. Sick leave: 1.5 days per month worked, maximum 90 working days. Employees will be given days off with pay for not using sick time: 3 days if no time used; 2 days if 1 sick day used. 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: 4 days for death in immediate family (mother, father, grandparent, sister, brother, child, steppar- ent, brother-in-law, niece, nephew, stepchild, sister-in- law, aunt, grandchild, spouse, uncle). Additional 2 days if em- ployee travels more than 482 kilometres (300 miles) from residence for funeral or burial. 1 day to attend a funeral as pall- bearer. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Call-in pay: Time and one-half for minimum 2 hours. Probationary period: 6 months. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3.5% increase): Class 1 equipment operator Start rate: $18.19 rising 3 steps to $18.83 Job rate: $20.46 rising 3 steps to $21.18 2 equipment operator Training rate: $22.58 rising 3 steps to $23.38 Start rate: $24.09 rising 3 steps to $24.94 Job rate: $25.61 rising 3 steps to $26.51 3 equipment operator Training rate: $25.61 rising 3 steps to $26.52 Start rate: $27.13 rising 3 steps to $28.09 Job rate: $28.64 rising 3 steps to $29.66 4 equipment operator/ assistant agricultural fieldman/ level 1 water and wastewater operator Training rate: $28.64 rising 3 steps to $29.66 Start rate: $30.14 rising 3 steps to $31.20 Job rate: $31.99 rising 3 steps to $33.12 5 equipment operator/level 2 water and wastewater opera- tor Start rate: $32.61 rising 3 steps to $33.77 Job rate: $34.44 rising 3 steps to $35.66 6 journeyman electrician/jour- neyman heavy-duty mechanic Start rate: $38.78 rising 3 steps to $40.15 Job rate: $40.61 rising 3 steps to $42.05 Airport airfield-equipment operator trainee: $25.61 rising 3 steps to $26.52 Airport airfield-equipment operator Start rate: $27.13 rising 3 steps to $28.10 Job rate: $28.64 rising 3 steps to $29.66 Certified airport airfield-equip- ment operator Start rate: $30.14 rising 3 steps to $31.20 Job rate: $31.99 rising 3 steps to $33.12 Editor's notes: Standby pay: $40 per day for each scheduled workday, Monday through Thursday; $80 per day for Friday through Sunday; $120 per day for general holidays. Safety audit: $2,230 for employees — who are accredited as safety auditor — completing annual safety audit. LIVE THEATRE eatre Calgary Calgary (46 stage crew employees) and the International Alliance of eatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States its Territories and Canada (IATSE), Local 212 Renewal agreement: Effective June 1, 2019, to May 31, 2022. Ratified on March 22, 2019. Signed on April 25, 2019. Shift premium: Time and one- half for work between midnight and 8 a.m. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 6% (for employees who have worked for 2 consecutive seasons) after 3 years, 5% (for employees who have worked for 5 consecutive seasons) after 6 years, 10% (for employees who have worked for 9 consecutive seasons) after 10 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day; double time for all work after 12 hours per day. Time and one-half for all work after 40 hours per week; double time for all work after 60 hours per week; triple time for all work after 65 hours per week. Meal allowance: If half hour meal break is not allowed by employer, employer will pay $17 for first half hour, $30 for each subsequent half hour of meal break infringement, until meal break is provided. Medical benefits: Employer will contribute 4.55% (previ- ously 4%) of gross earnings of each employee for health and welfare benefits to union. Em- ployer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premi- ums for Alberta Heath Care. Sick leave: Maximum of 12 working days per year. Pension: Employer will con- tribute 4% to RRSP established by employer. Bereavement leave: After 3 months of employment, 5 days for death of spouse, parent, father-in-law, mother- in-law, child, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, for- mer guardian, ward, fiancée, any other relative who has been residing in same household (relative includes person related by marriage, adoption, hetero- sexual or same-sex common- CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1 Standby: $40 per day for Monday through Thursday; $80 per day for Friday through Sunday; $120 per day for holidays.

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