Canadian Labour Reporter

Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2020 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS LSI: $6,233 Operational-resource devel- oper Step 1: $4,191 Step 2: $4,487 Step 3: $4,784 Step 4: $5,080 Step 5: $5,375 Step 6: $5,672 Step 7: $5,969 Step 8: $6,266 LSI: $6,642 Editor's notes: Christmas leave: 3 days of leave each year. Employer will set days to cause office to be closed between Christ- mas, New Year's. STATIONERY AND OFFICE SUPPLIES Grand & Toy Vaughan, Ont. (181 drivers, order fillers, cleaners, receivers, shippers, clerks, operators, mechanics, millwrights, maintenance employee) and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers Intl. Union (USW) Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2021. Signed on April 1, 2018. Shift premium: $0.75 per hour in year 1 ($0.85 per hour in year 2; $0.90 per hour in year 3 of collective agreement) for work on afternoon shifts. $1 per hour for work on night shifts. Paid holidays: 10 days. Vacations with pay: 1 day per month, maximum 10 days, or 4% to start, 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 5 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 10 years, 4 weeks plus 1 day or 8.4% after 16 years, 4 weeks plus 2 days or 8.8% after 17 years, 4 weeks or 9.2% after 18 years, 4 weeks or 4 days or 9.6% after 19 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 20 years, 6 weeks or 12% after 25 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or on Saturdays and Sun- days. Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employ- ee pays 25% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Vision: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums for coverage of $250 every 24 months. Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Sick leave: 3 shifts per year plus additional 2 shifts (can be used as sick leave or personal leave days provided days are pre- booked 24 hours in advance) per year. AD&D: Employees contribute $9 per month for coverage of 2 times annual salary. Life insurance: Employees con- tribute $9 per month for coverage of 2 times annual salary. Pension: Employees will be en- titled to participate in employ- er's group registered retirement savings plan (RRSP). Employer will match employee's RRSP contribution, maximum 3% of earnings, plus 50% of next 3% of earnings. Maximum contribu- tion is 4.5% of earnings when employee contributes 6% of earnings to RRSP. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, father, mother, sister, brother, son, daughter. 3 days for death of grandfather, grandmother, grandchildren, mother-in-law, father-in-law. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months to start; 18 months af- ter 5 years of service. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours at time and one-half, provided employee is willing to perform any work assigned to employee. Probationary period: 60 working days within 6-month period. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months for all notices of disci- plinary nature. Severance: 1.5 weeks (7.5 days) of pay for every year of service for permanent layoffs; sever- ance based on Employment Standards Act 2000 to start, 2 weeks for every year of service for partial or full closure of fa- cility, or if sale is approved, and results in full or partial closure of facility. Safety shoes: $170 per year (previously $160 per year) for full-time, part-time employees; $170 (previously $160 twice yearly) twice yearly for drivers, driver-helpers. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide protective clothing, including back belts, gloves, other devices, (excluding safety shoes) necessary to protect all employees from injuries arising from employment. Employer will provide $30 per month (previously $20 per month) uniform-cleaning allowance for drivers, driver's helpers, maintenance technicians, maintenance mechanics, main- tenance helpers, millwrights, apprentices. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after $1.05-per-hour increase): Driver's helper/packer/order filler/bunker/cleaner Start: $20.33 rising 2 steps to $21.38 Step 1: $20.65 rising 2 steps to $21.70 Step 2: $21.02 rising 2 steps to $22.07 Top: $21.46 rising 2 steps to $22.51 Receiver/returns/repairs/bulk order picker Start: $20.64 rising 2 steps to $21.69 Step 1: $20.98 rising 2 steps to $22.03 Step 2: $21.34 rising 2 steps to $22.39 Top: $22.19 rising 2 steps to $23.24 Receiving clerk/shipping clerk/ DZ driver's helper/stock placer, replenisher/out-of-town ship- per/in-town shipper Start: $21.38 rising 2 steps to $22.43 Step 1: $21.73 rising 2 steps to $22.78 Step 2: $22.13 rising 2 steps to $23.18 Top: $22.60 rising 2 steps to $23.65 High bay/forklift operator/ shunt driver Start: $21.91 rising 2 steps to $22.96 Step 1: $22.38 rising 2 steps to $23.43 Step 2: $22.83 rising 2 steps to $23.88 Top: $23.37 rising 2 steps to $24.42 Cycle counters/profiler/ware- house person Start: $22.07 rising 2 steps to $23.12 Step 1: $22.53 rising 2 steps to $23.58 Step 2: $23.02 rising 2 steps to $24.07 Top: $23.57 rising 2 steps to $24.62 Driver/checker Start: $22.50 rising 2 steps to $23.55 Step 1: $22.92 rising 2 steps to $23.97 Step 2: $23.33 rising 2 steps to $24.38 Top: $23.85 rising 2 steps to $24.90 3-ton driver Start: $22.90 rising 2 steps to $23.95 Step 1: $23.32 rising 2 steps to $24.37 Step 2: $23.73 rising 2 steps to $24.78 Top: $24.25 rising 2 steps to $25.30 Service coordinator/service person/furniture Start: $22.99 rising 2 steps to $24.04 Step 1: $23.48 rising 2 steps to $24.53 Step 2: $23.98 rising 2 steps to $25.03 6 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS April 13, 2020 April 13, 2020 AD&D: Employees contribute $9 per month for coverage of 2 times annual salary.

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