Canadian Labour Reporter

of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. LTD: Benefits are mandatory after completion of probation- ary period. Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. Life insurance: Benefits are mandatory after completion of probationary period. Employer pays 80% of premiums, employ- ee pays 20% of premiums. Pension: Every employee will join Local Authorities Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of mother, father, brother, sister, wife, husband, common-law spouse, same- gender partner, child, foster- child, guardian, mother-in-law, father-in-law, stepchildren, stepparents, grandparents, em- ployee's spouse's grandparents; 5 days for travel in excess of kilometres 1 way. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours pay at overtime rate or ac- tual time worked, whichever is greater. Probationary period: 3 months (or full-time hour equivalent). Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months. Severance: 1 after 3 months of service; 2 weeks' after 2 years of service; 4 weeks' after 4 years of service; 5 weeks' after 6 years of service; 6 weeks' after 8 years of service; 8 weeks' after 10 years of service. Safety shoes: $200 per year for protective footwear. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide safety equipment including approved eye protec- tion, safety goggles, hearing protection, gloves, hard hats, safety vests, coveralls as re- quired. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3.7% increase): Steps Level 1 facility monitor 1: $15.26 rising 2 steps to $15.83 2: $15.71 rising 2 steps to $16.31 3: $16.19 rising 2 steps to $16.80 4: $16.67 rising 2 steps to $17.30 5: $17.17 rising 2 steps to $17.82 Level 2 children services atten- dants (day camp) 1: $15.96 rising 2 steps to $16.56 2: $16.44 rising 2 steps to $17.06 3: $16.93 rising 2 steps to $17.57 4: $17.44 rising 2 steps to $18.10 5: $17.96 rising 2 steps to $18.64 Level 4 life guards or instructor 1: $17.60 rising 2 steps to $18.26 2: $18.13 rising 2 steps to $18.81 3: $18.67 rising 2 steps to $19.38 4: $19.23 rising 2 steps to $19.96 5: $19.81 rising 2 steps to $20.56 level 5 children services atten- dants 1 1: $18.48 rising 2 steps to $19.18 2: $19.03 rising 2 steps to $19.75 3: $19.60 rising 2 steps to $20.34 4: $20.19 rising 2 steps to $20.95 5: $20.80 rising 2 steps to $21.58 Level 7 PW and parks labourer (seasonal), life guards or in- structor (higher) 1: $20.37 rising 2 steps to $21.14 2: $20.98 rising 2 steps to $21.78 3: $21.61 rising 2 steps to $22.43 4: $22.26 rising 2 steps to $23.10 5: $22.93 rising 2 steps to $23.80 Level 9 custodial 1 1: $22.46 rising 2 steps to $23.31 2: $23.13 rising 2 steps to $24.01 3: $23.83 rising 2 steps to $24.73 4: $24.54 rising 2 steps to $25.47 5: $25.28 rising 2 steps to $26.23 Level 10 aquatics shift supervi- sor 1: $23.58 rising 2 steps to $24.47 2: $24.29 rising 2 steps to $25.21 3: $25.02 rising 2 steps to $25.97 4: $25.77 rising 2 steps to $26.74 5: $26.54 rising 2 steps to $27.55 Level 11 parks operator 1, FCSS assistant, custodial 2 1: $24.76 rising 2 steps to $25.70 2: $25.50 rising 2 steps to $26.47 3: $26.27 rising 2 steps to $27.26 4: $27.06 rising 2 steps to $28.08 5: $27.87 rising 2 steps to $28.92 Level 12 guest services reps, municipal clerk 1 1: $26.00 rising 2 steps to $26.98 2: $26.78 rising 2 steps to $27.79 3: $27.58 rising 2 steps to $28.63 4: $28.41 rising 2 steps to $29.49 5: $29.26 rising 2 steps to $30.37 Level 13 facilities and PW op- erator 1 1: $27.30 rising 2 steps to $28.33 2: $28.12 rising 2 steps to $29.18 3: $28.96 rising 2 steps to $30.06 4: $29.83 rising 2 steps to $30.96 5: $30.73 rising 2 steps to $31.89 Level 14 aquatics, FCSS, event, fitness, recreation and culture and children services program- mers; CSD admin assistant, de- velopment and planning clerk; municipal clerk 2, parks opera- tor 2, RCMP clerk 1: $28.66 rising 2 steps to $29.75 2: $29.52 rising 2 steps to $30.64 3: $30.41 rising 2 steps to $31.56 4: $31.32 rising 2 steps to $32.51 5: $32.26 rising 2 steps to $33.48 Level 16 PW operator 2 1: $31.60 rising 2 steps to $32.80 2: $32.55 rising 2 steps to $33.78 3: $33.53 rising 2 steps to $34.80 4: $34.53 rising 2 steps to $35.84 5: $35.57 rising 2 steps to $36.91 Level 17 facilities operator 3, information technology techni- cian, landscape horticulturist, municipal clerk 3, PW opera- tor 3 1: $33.18 rising 2 steps to $34.44 2: $34.18 rising 2 steps to $35.47 3: $35.20 rising 2 steps to $36.54 4: $36.26 rising 2 steps to $37.63 5: $37.35 rising 2 steps to $38.76 Level 18 aquatics and fitness coordinator, peace officer 2 1: $34.84 rising 2 steps to $36.16 2: $35.89 rising 2 steps to $37.24 3: $36.96 rising 2 steps to $38.36 4: $38.07 rising 2 steps to $39.51 5: $39.21 rising 2 steps to $40.70 Level 20 development officer 1 1: $38.41 rising 2 steps to $39.87 2: $39.57 rising 2 steps to $41.06 3: $40.75 rising 2 steps to $42.29 4: $41.97 rising 2 steps to $43.56 5: $43.23 rising 2 steps to $44.87 Level 21 peace officer 1 1: $40.33 rising 2 steps to $41.86 2: $41.54 rising 2 steps to $43.12 3: $42.79 rising 2 steps to $44.41 4: $44.07 rising 2 steps to $45.74 5: $45.40 rising 2 steps to $47.11 Editor's notes: Driver's abstracts: New employees will, at own expense, provide employer with driver's abstract. Employer will pay for abstract if current employees are required to produce driver's abstract. Standby duty: $210 per week. Minimum 2 hours' pay at overtime rate or actual time worked, whichever is greater, when employee is called to work. Employee will be paid at overtime rate if performing facility, equipment checks. Minimum of 1 hour of pay at overtime rate or actual time worked for employees who do daily (rounds) maintenance checks. CONSTRUCTION Nova Scotia Construction Labour Relations Association Provincewide, Nova Scotia (1,400 journeymen, plumbers, steamfitters, pipefitters, apprentices) and the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing, Steamfitting and Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada (UA), Local Union 56 Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2018, to April 30, 2021. Signed on June 8, 2018. Shift premium: 10% of ap- plicable journeyman's rate for working foremen. 15% of ap- plicable journeyman's rate for non-working foremen. 10% for all work between 4:30 p.m. to midnight. 15% for all work between midnight to end of shift. 5% for employees work- ing under abnormal conditions involving such things as gas, extreme heat, excessive dirt, prefab, installation of fibreglass and similar physical circum- stances which make work un- usually exhausting, distasteful or hazardous. Paid holidays: 10 days. Vacations with pay: 10% per paycheque for vacations, holi- days. Overtime: Time and one-half for first 2 hours of overtime (after 8-hour work day). Double time after 2 hours of overtime or on Saturdays, Sundays, holi- days. Meal allowance: Employer will provide adequate meal after 2 hours of overtime and every 4 hours thereafter. In lieu of meals, employer will pay $26. Medical benefits: Employer will contribute $2.05 per hour into professionally adminis- tered benefit fund. Pension: Employer contributes 5 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2019 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS

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