Canadian Labour Reporter

7 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2019 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS hours' at straight-time rates or at applicable overtime rate for time worked, whichever is greater. Probationary period: 600 hours. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months. Safety shoes: $150 for CSA- approved safety footwear to each employee who wear footwear when performing daily normal and regular work duties. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will supply protective clothing for employees working in machine rooms in administration and technical services unit. Employer will supply water and wastewater services employees with 5 sets of pants and shirts or 4 sets of pants and shirts and 1 pair of coveralls, 1 winter parka or 1 bomber jacket, 1 insulated bib overall. Employer will supply surveys and mapping section employees with 2 pairs of pants, 2 long-sleeve shirts, 3 polo shirts or T-shirts, 1 winter parka and snow pants and coveralls will be supplied where deemed necessary. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4.5% increase): Customer-service associate/ customer-service rep/fleet- equipment custodian/fleet clerk/stock keeper assistant/ program assistant, corridor safety management/landfill- site attendant/skilled labourer/ skilled labourer, winter/ receptionist/office assistant, children's/office assistant/ tinting and mail services assistant Start rate: $23.73 rising 4 steps to $24.79 3-months rate: $25.05 rising 4 steps to $26.17 Accounts payable clerk/ procurement assistant/ immunization records clerk/EMS scheduler/EMS purchasing assistant/volunteer resources administrator/ accounts payable program assistant PW/program assistant/wastewater area clerk/water operations clerk/ operations clerk/program assistant transportation services Start rate: $25.14 rising 4 steps to $26.31 3-months rate: $26.55 rising 4 steps to $27.76 Court-services collections clerk/facilities-services coordinator/junior buyer/ EMS supply technician lead-hand/truck driver/road marker 2 lead-hand/technical trades apprentice/housing- program accountant/housing- operations accountant/printing technician, print shop Start rate: $26.91 rising 4 steps to $28.17 3-months rate: $27.68 rising 4 steps to $28.97 1-year rate: $28.45 rising 4 steps to $29.78 Programmer analyst 1/ technology-support analyst/ surveys and mapping analyst/ facilities-certified electrician/ facilities-certified plumber/ arborist 1/sign maker 2 lead-hand/winter patroller/ flow-monitoring technician/ environmental-enforcement officer Start rate: $29.58 rising 4 steps to $30.96 3-months rate: $30.13 rising 4 steps to $31.54 1-year rate: $30.70 rising 4 steps to $32.13 2-year rate: $31.28 rising 4 steps to $32.74 Signals lead-hand/signals communications lead-hand/ WWW operations project lead-hand/signals-electrician technician/SCADA technician/ instrumentation/PLC technician Start rate: $32.96 rising 4 steps to $34.96 3-months rate: $33.32 rising 4 steps to $35.37 1-year rate: $33.66 rising 4 steps to $35.72 2-year rate: $34.36 rising 4 steps to $36.46 2-year rate: $35.05 rising 4 steps to $37.20 Editor's notes: Standby: 2 hours of pay per day for Monday to Friday inclusive; 3 hours of pay per day for Saturday, Sunday, holidays. All hours actually worked by standby employee will be paid at overtime rates. Adult-education allowance: Employer will pay, maximum $1,200 per year, including tuition and required texts, for any academic or technical course of study approved by employer. Hearing aids: $1,500 every 36 months. EDUCATION Wild Rose School Division No. 66 Rocky Mountain House, Alta. (75 caretakers, maintenance, trades staff ) and the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 955 Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 1, 2018 through Aug. 31, 2020. Ratified on Sept. 24, 2019. Signed on Nov. 26, 2019. Shift premium: Additional $34.63 biweekly for each extra ticket approved by employer for employee classified as tradesman who possesses extra journeyman tickets related to employee's work Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 10 days to start, 15 days after 1 year, 20 days after 8 years, 25 days after 15 years, 27 days after 20 years. Employee may request to carry forward unused earned vacation entitlements from 1 year to next, only if carried-over vacation time does not exceed annual entitlement. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. May be taken as time off in lieu. Medical benefits: Employer pays 92.5% of premiums, employee pays 7.5% of premiums for A.S.E.B.P. Extended Health Care Plan 1; Alberta Health Care. Employer will provide $250 per year, contributed in equal monthly installments, for health spending account. Dental: Employer pays 92.5% of premiums, employee pays 7.5% of premiums for A.S.E.B.P. Dental Plan 3. Vision: Employer pays 92.5% of premiums, employee pays 7.5% of premiums for A.S.E.B.P. Vision Plan 3. Sick leave: 1.5 days per month worked. Unused days may be accumulated, maximum 90 days. AD&D: Employer pays 92.5% of premiums, employee pays 7.5% of premiums for A.S.E.B.P. AD&D Plan 2. Life insurance: Employer pays 92.5% of premiums, employee pays 7.5% of premiums for A.S.E.B.P. Group Life. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, common- law spouse, child, stepchild or multiple members of immediate family (parent, sister, brother, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, mother-in-law, father-in- law, stepfather, stepmother). Maximum 1 half-day (up to 4 hours with pay) may be given to attend funeral for death of relative who is not immediate family. Seniority – recall rights: 9 months for layoffs; 24 months for absence on long-term disability. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours of pay at employee's overtime rate. Employee will also receive travel reimbursement at employer's kilometrage rate when employee uses own vehicle. Probationary period: 6 months. Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Steps Caretaker 0: $19.52 1: $20.39 2: $21.25 Head caretaker 0: $21.53 1: $22.36 2: $23.24 Maintenance man 0: $24.51 1: $25.49 2: $26.47 Tradesman 0: $33.64 1: $34.82 2: $36.14 Casual caretaker 0: $19.52

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