Canadian Labour Reporter

5 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2020 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS regular scheduled hours per day or per week and 80 hours in any 1 pay period. Meal allowance: $7.50 for em- ployees who work more than 2 hours after regular scheduled shift. Medical benefits: Effective first of month following 960 hours worked per 12-month period, employees will be entitled to full health, welfare benefits as provided by employ- er. Employer pays 100% of prov- incial coverage premiums. Dental: Coverage of 80% for basic services; 50% for major restorative. Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $250 every 2 years (previously $225 every 2 years), $50 every 2 years (previously $35 every 2 years) for eye exams. Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 60% of weekly base rate for up to 26 weeks, max- imum $635. Sick leave: 40 hours per year. Employee who works complete previous calendar year and did not receive warnings regarding attendance that year, will re- ceive payout of 100% of unused sick leave; employee who works complete previous year, and did not receive warnings regarding attendance that year and who has not used any sick leave will receive payout of 125% of un- used sick leave. LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 60% of weekly base rate. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 1 times base annual wage. Pension: Employer contrib- utes $2.28 per hour, employee contributes $2.01 per hour to pension trust fund. Effective May 1, 2020: Employer contrib- utes $2.32 per hour, employee contributes $2.07 per hour. Effective May 1, 2021: Employ- er contributes $2.35 per hour, employee contributes $2.13 per hour. Effective May 1, 20222: employer contributes $2.40 per hour, employee contributes $2.22 per hour. Effective May 1, 2023: Employer contributes $2.45 per hour, employee con- tributes $2.32 per hour. Bereavement leave: 3 days, if employee is scheduled to work, for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law partner, parent, stepparent, child, step- child, brother, sister, grandpar- ent, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law). Additional 2 days, without pay, may be given if funeral is more than 350 kilo- metres away (consideration will be given for travel time). 1 day, if employee is scheduled to work, for death of brother-in-law or sister-in-law. Seniority – recall rights: 6 months to start; 12 months af- ter 10 years of service. Probationary period: 45 work- ing days from date of hiring. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months. Severance: 1 week's pay for each year of service for em- ployee who is permanently laid off due to discontinuance of operation or lack of work; 1 week's pay for each year of service, maximum 15 years, for employee in department affected by permanent lay-offs who would not otherwise lose employment. Safety shoes: Employer will reimburse employees $110 on first pay period following May 1 each year (or $220 for 2 years) for employer-approved safety footwear. Uniforms/clothing: All deliv- ery personnel will wear only employer-approved uniforms which will be maintained in clean and presentable condition at all times. Annual entitle- ment for full-time employees is jacket, 4 shirts, 2 pairs of pants. Winter parka will be supplied by employer once every 2 years. Employer will provide suitable cold-weather clothing for those required to work in yard and cooler. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 7.5% increase): Pasteurizer: $31.99 rising 4 steps to $34.38 Wholesale driver: $31.99 rising 4 steps to $34.38 Shunt driver: $31.99 rising 4 steps to $34.38 Serac: $30.67 rising 4 steps to $32.96 Blender operator: $29.93 rising 4 steps to $32.16 Fluid relief: $29.93 rising 4 steps to $32.16 CIP operator: $29.93 rising 4 steps to $32.16 Lab technician sr. (12 months plus): $29.93 rising 4 steps to $32.16 Dispatcher $29.93 rising 4 steps to $32.16 Fluid-packing operator: $29.21 rising 4 steps to $31.39 Caser/stacker: $29.21 rising 4 steps to $31.39 Milk receiver: $29.21 rising 4 steps to $31.39 Forklift: $29.21 rising 4 steps to $31.39 Dock loader: $29.21 rising 4 steps to $31.39 Shipper: $29.21 rising 4 steps to $31.39 Holiday relief: $29.21 rising 4 steps to $31.39 Yard forklift: $29.21 $29.65 $30.09 $30.70 $31.39 Stock counter: $29.21 rising 4 steps to $31.39 Lab technician (0-12 months): $29.21 rising 4 steps to $31.39 Dry-goods receiver: $29.21 ris- ing 4 steps to $31.39 0 to 6 months Load builder/shipper: $27.74 rising 4 steps to $29.81 Load-in verification: $27.74 ris- ing 4 steps to $29.81 Case-return receiver: $27.74 rising 4 steps to $29.81 Sanitation worker: $27.74 rising 4 steps to $29.81 Load builder/shipper: $28.47 rising 4 steps to $30.59 (6 months+) Load-in verification: $28.47 ris- ing 4 steps to $30.59 Case return receiver: $28.47 ris- ing 4 steps to $30.59 Sanitation worker: $28.47 rising 4 steps to $30.59 Labourer: $26.78 rising 4 steps to $28.77 Labour pool: $26.78 rising 4 steps to $28.77 Jug supply: $26.78 rising 4 steps to $28.77 Relief: $24.10 rising 4 steps to $25.89 Editor's notes: Driver training: Should employee be successful in posting to position requiring class 1 license and pass employer-approved driving test, employee will receive 100% of cost of training portion of license reimbursed by employer. Medicals required for license will be paid by employer. EDUCATION ompson Rivers University Kamloops, B.C. (1,071 academic assistants, support employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 4879 Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2022. Signed on Sept. 18, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2019: 2% Effective April 1, 2020: 2% Effective April 1, 2021: 2% Shift premium: $0.60 per hour Safety shoes: Employer will reimburse employees $110 on first pay period following May 1 each year (or $220 for 2 years) for employer-approved safety footwear.

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