Canadian Labour Reporter

October 21, 2019 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2019 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS After 1 year: $21.82 rising 2 steps to $22.71 Start: $20.80 rising 2 steps to $21.64 Mechanic Full-rate: $35.38 rising 2 steps to $36.81 480/6 rate: $33.67 rising 2 steps to $35.03 Office clerk Full-rate: $18.88 rising 2 steps to $19.65 480/6 rate: $18.01 rising 2 steps to $18.74 Dispatcher Full-rate: $22.84 rising 2 steps to $23.77 480/6 rate: $21.54 rising 2 steps to $22.41 Bus cleaner Full-rate: $17.01 rising 2 steps to $17.70 480/6 rate: $15.99 rising 2 steps to $16.64 Editor's notes: Transit pass: Employer will provide, at no cost, to each retired employee and to each current employee and 1 dependant, 1 transit pass for use on transit system. Paid education leave: Employer will pay $1,800 each January into Unifor Leadership Training Fund to provide paid education leave. GOVERNMENT Town of Canmore Canmore, Alta. (7 public-works employees, mechanics, ) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 37 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2020. Ratified on June 27, 2019. Signed on Sept. 24, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective period pay 1, 2019: 1.5% Effective period pay 1, 2020: 1.5% Shift premium: $2.75 per hour (previously $2.50 per hour) for employee assigned to on-call rotation. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 5 years, 5 weeks after 10 years, 6 weeks after 20 years. Maximum 50% of time may be carried over under special circumstances. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work in excess of sched- uled daily shift or more than an average of 40 hours per week over shift cycle; double time after 3 hours of overtime. May be taken as time off in lieu, maximum 40 hours, and must be taken with 90 days of time being earned. Sick leave: 12 days per year. Pension: Employer contributes 10.22%, employee contributes 5.5% into RRSP. Bereavement leave: 1 work week for death in immediate family (spouse, including com- mon-law or same-sex; parents, including stepparents; children, including stepchildren; siblings, including stepsiblings; in-laws, including mother in-law, father in-law, brother in-law, sister in- law, son in-law, daughter in-law; grandparent, grandchild). 1 day to attend funeral services of someone who is not immediate family member. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Probationary period: 90 accumulative working days. Safety shoes: $300 per year for CSA-approved safety boots or shoes. Tool allowance: $600 per year for journeyman heavy-duty mechanics. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 1.5% increase): Public works operator 1: $23.30 rising 1 step to $23.65 Public works operator 2: $31.37 rising 1 step to $31.84 Public works operator 3: $33.18 rising 1 step to $33.67 Journeyman heavy-duty mech- anic 1: $40.92 rising 1 step to $41.53 Journeyman heavy-duty mech- anic 2: $42.91 rising 1 step to $43.55 Journeyman heavy-duty mechanic 3: $44.67 rising 1 step to $45.33 Apprentice fourth-year: $36.83 rising 1 step to $37.38 Apprentice third-year: $32.74 rising 1 step to $33.23 Apprentice second-year: $28.64 rising 1 step to $29.07 Apprentice first-year: $24.55 rising 1 step to $24.92 Effective June 1, 2019: $500 lump-sum payment Effective June 1, 2020: $500 lump-sum payment Apprentice heavy-duty mech- anics (percentage of wages of heavy-duty mechanic 1) 60% in first period of appren- ticeship program 70% in second period of apprenticeship program 80% in third period of appren- ticeship program 90% in fourth period of appren- ticeship program PROPERTY ASSESSMENT Municipal Property Assessment Corporation Provincewide, Ontario (1,300 specialists, analysts, IT, administration employees) and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, (OPSEU) Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2022. Signed on Dec. 12, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 1.9% Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 1.9% Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 1.9% Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 1.75% Paid holidays: 10 days, plus yearend shutdown between noon on Dec. 24 and New Year's Day. Vacations with pay: 15 days (1.25 days per month) to start, 20 days (1.67 days per month) af- ter 8 years, 25 days (2.08 days per month) after 15 years, 30 days (2.5 days per month) after 21 years. Additional 5 days (to be taken within 12-month period) after 25 years. Maximum 1 year's entitlement may be carried over into following year. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work in excess of regular- ly scheduled hours and for work on sixth day of week. May be taken as time off in lieu. Double time for all work on Sunday. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for current health benefits plan and employee and family assistance plan. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. 85% coverage for preventative. 60% coverage, maximum $2,500 per year, for major restoration (crowns, bridges, dental implants). 50% of costs, lifetime maximum $5,000, for adults and children for orthodontic. 75% of costs, lifetime maximum $5,000, for prosthodontic services (dentures). Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of prescription eyewear max- imum $400 over 2-year period, including cost of 1 eye exam- ination within 2-year period ($400 over 2-year period can be allocated for laser eye surgery). Paramedical: Coverage of $1,200 per practitioner per year for Ontario-licensed chiro- practor, osteopath, chiropodist, podiatrist, naturopath, speech therapist, masseur, physiother- apist, acupuncturist. Coverage of $2,000 per year for psych- ologist for psychotherapy and testing. Sick leave: 100% pay for 6 days per year (unused days do not carry forward). STD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 75% pay for 124 days per year. LTD: Employer pays 85% of premiums, employee pays

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