Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2019 specifically maintaining blast freezers, shipping/receiving freezer. Paid holidays: 10 days, plus 1 floating day holiday (addition- al floating day after 2 years of seniority). Vacations with pay: 1 day per month, maximum 10 days, or 4% to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 18 years, 6 weeks after 25 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 40 hours per week. Meal allowance: $8 for em- ployee who works 2 hours or more outside of scheduled shift. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Dental: 100% coverage for basic dental services. 80% coverage for major dental services. 50% coverage for orthodontics for dependent children only ($2,000 per covered child life- time maximum). Maximum $2,000 per year per covered person. Vision: $300 every 24 months. $80 every 24 months for eye examinations. Paramedical: $1,500 per cal- endar year per family for all practitioners combined (chiro- practor, chiropodist/podiatrist, osteopath, naturopath, occupa- tional therapist, registered mas- sage therapist, clinical psychol- ogist, physiotherapist, speech therapist, when treatment is prescribed by licensed doctor as to duration and type). STD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 70% of weekly earnings, maximum 37 weeks. LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $1,000 per month. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 2 times annual earnings. Pension: Teamsters DC pension plan. Employer will contribute 4.7% of pensionable earnings per month. Effective March 1, 2020: 4.8% of pensionable earnings per month. Effective March 1, 2021: 4.9% of pensionable earnings per month. Effective March 1, 2022: 5% of pensionable earnings per month. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (wife, husband, son, daughter, sister, brother, parent, moth- er-in-law, father-in-law, step- mother, stepfather, stepbrother or step sister, grandchild, grandparent). 1 day for death of sister-in-law, brother-in-law. Leave may be extended without pay, maximum 14 days in total. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Probationary period: 90 worked days. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months (does not apply to infractions under article 16 (intoxication, substance abuse, harassment, violence-free workplace) or serious health and safety infractions, which in- cludes food-safety infractions). Severance: 1 week's pay per year of service to start; 1 week's pay plus 1 week's pay per year and part year of service after 5 years of service; 8 weeks' pay plus 1 week's pay per year of service after 8 years of service, maximum 26 weeks. Maximum 34 weeks for any employee. Safety shoes: $150 per year for CSA-approved safety footwear or rubberized safety boots ($180 per year for maintenance classifications). Uniforms/clothing: Employ- er will supply aprons, rubber gloves, launderable work cloth- ing, gloves, hairnets and head coverings. Employer will supply protective-clothing (freezer suit and special freezer mitts and/ or gloves) to freezer workers, including shipping/receiving/ general-palletizing employees). Employer will supply thermal suits to employees who work in the freezer at SDC and gloves on as-needed basis. Tool allowance: Employer will supply knives, steels, scabbards (new employees will be charged for tools but will be reimbursed after probationary period). $300 per year for maintenance classifications (skilled-trades group); $200 per year all other maintenance classifications. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 10% increase): Wage group A: $20.50 rising 5 steps to $22.75 B: $20.40 rising 5 steps to $22 General mechanic: $26.10 rising 5 steps to $29.10 Production mechanic: $27.32 rising 5 steps to $30.32 Skilled trades: $28.29 rising 5 steps to $31 Electrician (licenced): $28.75 rising 5 steps to $31.75 Chief operator: $29.70 rising 5 steps to $32.70 Apprenticeship program First year: 80% of classification rate Second year: 85 % of classifica- tion rate Third year: 90 % of classifica- tion rate Fourth year: 95 % of classifica- tion rate Fifth year: 100% of classification rate Editor's notes: Orthopedic shoes/orthotics: Combined maximum of $550 every 2 years. Hearing aids: $350 every 5 years. AUTOMOTIVE TRANSPORTATION Jack Cooper Canada Multiprovince (80 drivers, shop, yard employees) and Teamsters Canada, Locals 362, 395, 979 Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 30, 2018 to Sept. 30, 2022. Signed on April 16, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective Oct. 1, 2018: $1 per hour Effective Oct. 1, 2019: $1 per hour Effective Oct. 1, 2020: $1 per hour Shift premium: $1 per hour for all shifts beginning between 11:59 p.m. and 5:59 a.m. (in- cludes all yard personnel). Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 4 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 15 years, 6 weeks or 12% after 20 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day; double time after 2 hours of overtime. Time and one-half for all work on sixth day, double time after 8 hours of work. Double time for all work on seventh day. Medical benefits: Employer will operate Jack Cooper Canada LP1 Health and Welfare Plan, to provide benefits for employees who have completed 90 calendar days of employment. Employer pays 75% of premiums, employ- ee pays 25% of premiums. Dental: 100% reimbursement for basic extractions, fillings, X-rays. 70% reimbursement for major restorative crowns, bridges, dentures. 70% reim- bursement for dental implants, maximum $1,500 per year. 50% reimbursement for orthodontia, $2,000 lifetime maximum per patient. Vision: $250 for glasses cover- age every 24 months and 1 eye exam per year. Paramedical: $350 per year for massage. $350 per year for physiotherapy. CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1 Tool allowance: Employer will supply knives, steels, scabbards. $300 per year for maintenance classifications.

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