Canadian Labour Reporter

November 18, 2019 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2019 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums (pre- viously employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums). Vision: $350 every 2 years. Sick leave: 1.25 days for each month worked, maximum 72 days, after 3 months of ser- vice. LTD: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums (previously em- ployee pays 100% of premiums) for coverage of 2/3 of salary, maximum $3,000 per month. Pension: Municipal Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 4 days for death in immediate family (spouse (including com- mon-law), parents, spouse of father or mother (including common-law children, sister, stepsister, brother, stepbroth- er, father-in-law (including common-law), mother-in-law (including common-law), grandparents (including com- mon-law), grandchild (includ- ing common-law), son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in- law, sister-in-law, any relative residing in employee's house- hold). Leave may be taken in single period of 4 days or may be taken in 2 periods, max- imum 4 days. Additional 3 days for travel related to death. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year for continuous layoffs. Call-in pay: Greater of 4 hours' pay at applicable overtime rate or applicable rate of overtime compensation for time worked, provided that period worked is not contiguous to employee's normal hours of work. Probationary period: 3 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months. Severance: 2 weeks' pay for first year of service (effective July 1, 1997); 1 week's pay for each additional year of employ- ment, maximum 30 weeks' pay. Safety shoes: $200 per year for employees who are required to wear safety footwear. All footwear will comply with stan- dards in Canada Occupational Safety and Health Regulations. Employer will provide sun- glasses to employees who work outdoors on regular basis. Uniforms/clothing: Protect- ive clothing will be provided on as-needed basis due to wear and tear to employees who are required to wear them on duty as per clothing policy. Technicians will be issued with shirts, pants, coveralls; rainwear (hats, coats, pants, rubber boots) will be provided as required. Employer will pro- vide 1 jacket every 3 years to employees who work outdoors on regular basis. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 7.9% increase): Janitor: $24.67 rising 3 steps to $26.63 Airport technician in training: $25.76 rising 3 steps to $27.81 Airport technician 2: $31.12 rising 3 steps to $33.59 Airport technician 2 (mechanic): $33.43 rising 3 steps to $36.09 Airport technician 3: $34.39 rising 3 steps to $37.13 Administration clerk/business manager: $29.64 rising 3 steps to $32 Editor's notes: Standby: $20 (previously $15) for each 8 consecutive hours on standby when employee is on standby during off-duty hours. FOOD PRODUCTION Maple Leaf Foods (Lethbridge Pork) Lethbridge, Alta. (401 production maintenance, sanitation, engineering employees, mechanics, electricians, plumbers, millwrights, welders) and the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada Union (UFCW), Local 401 Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2022. Ratified on Jan. 25, 2019. Signed on Jan. 25, 2019. Shift premium: $0.55 per hour ($0.50 per hour) for all hours worked between 4 p.m. and 7 a.m. (premium to be continued for hours worked after 7 a.m. when employee was entitled to premium for hours immediately before 7 a.m.). Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks af- ter 1 year, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 20 years, 6 weeks after 25 years. Employee with more than 4 weeks of vacation may accumulate those in excess of 3 from year-to-year (accumula- tion for up to 3 years at time). Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Double time after 13 continuous hours or on Sunday (except where work regularly falls on Sunday). Meal allowance: Meal will be provided by employer for em- ployee who works more than 1.5 hours after end of regular shift (to be eaten on company time, maximum 20 minutes). Second meal will be provided by em- ployer (to be eaten on company time, maximum 20 minutes) af- ter 13 hours of continuous work. Meal will be provided by em- ployer for employee who works more than 5 hours non-sched- uled days. $5 when meal is not furnished by employer. Dental: 85% reimbursement for basic services, maximum $1,800 per year. Effective April 1, 2021: $500 orthodontic coverage will be added. Vision: $250 every 2-year per- iod. $100 every 2 years for eye exams. Paramedical: $300 per year for massage therapy. Weekly indemnity: $300 per week for employees whose rate is $10.50 per hour or less; $320 per week for employees whose rate is more than $10.50 per hour; $340 per week for em- ployees whose rate is more than or equal to $11.99 per hour; $355 per week for employees whose rate is more than or equal to $12.39 per hour; $370 per week for employees whose rate is more than or equal to $13.04 per hour; $410 per week for employees whose rate is more than or equal to $14.80 per hour; $430 per week for em- ployees whose rate is more than or equal to $16.62 per hour; $450 per week for employees whose rate is more than or equal to $17.53 per hour; $463 per week for employees whose rate is $18.44 per hour. LTD: Coverage of 60% of monthly earnings. Life insurance: Coverage of employee's annual salary. Pension: Employer will con- tribute $0.96 per hour, max- imum 2,000 hours per year for each employee, after 6 months of seniority into pension plan. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of sister, brother, husband, wife, son, daughter, grandfather, grandmother, grandchild, moth- er, mother-in-law, father, father- in-law, stepmother, stepfather, stepsister, stepbrother. 1 day for death of spouse's grandmother, spouse's grandfather, sister-in- law, brother-in-law. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay at job rate or for hours actually worked at overtime rate, whichever is greater. Probationary period: 65 days of employment on plant work, within consecutive 9-month period. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years (employee must have Vision: $250 every 2-year period. $100 every 2 years for eye exams.

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