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April 6, 2020
ONTARIO environmental of-
ficers don't face unreasonable
risks to their health and safety
if they follow policies that are in
place to protect them, according
to an arbitrator.
The Ontario Ministry of the
Environment, Conservation and
Parks employs senior environ-
mental officers (SEOs) to enforce
environmental legislation and
regulations. Because SEO orders
for compliance can lead to heavy
fines or jail time, the SEOs' union
was concerned about potential
violence.
This concern was fueled by
Relief at hand
Lacking washroom facilities,
Teamsters installed eight
units at Vancouver port
EMPLOYEES WHO AGREED TO be on a vol-
untary after-hours call-out list were not entitled to
standby pay when they weren't working, according
to an arbitrator.
Tracy MacIntosh and Frank Snow worked in the
operations and maintenance (O&M) division of the
University of Calgary's facilities management de-
partment — MacIntosh as a plumber/steamer/gas-
fitter with 14 years of service and Snow as an electri-
cian with 20 years of service.
The university's collective agreement provided
for call-out pay and standby pay. The former was
payable to employees "called to work at a time out-
side normal working hours" for a minimum of four
hours at the applicable overtime rate, while standby
pay involved one-half hour's pay or time in lieu at
the employee's regular rate for the first five hours
on standby and an additional one-half hour's pay for
each subsequent three hours or portion thereof —
COMMUNICATIONS
Bell Canada
Montreal, Verdun, Que./Ottawa, Toronto,
Mississauga, Ont.
(690 sales, marketing employees) and Unifor
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive Jan. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2022.
Signed on March 27, 2019.
Wage adjustments:
For direct-marketing associates,
consumer market loyalty resolu-
tion/sales representatives
Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 1.75%
Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 1.75%
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Collective agreements > pg. 3
pg. 2
Imperial Oil, Strathcona Refinery — Alberta pg. 3 Halton Regional
Police Services Board — Ontario pg. 4 Anixter Canada – Alberta
pg. 5 Greater Toronto Sewer and Watermain Contractors
Association — Ontario pg. 6 Tidewater Midstream and
Infrastructure — Alberta pg. 7
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
jewhyte
(iStock)
see Union > pg. 8
see Voluntary > pg.8
Call : 1-888-858-7838
Email: irc@queensu.ca
Website: irc.queensu.ca
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University of Calgary workers strike out
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