Canadian Labour Reporter

5 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2020 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Time and one-half regular rate for work performed in excess of 12 hours per day Monday to Friday and all Saturday work, except for work done on shift basis, where shift premium will apply. Board areas 9, 10, 11, 12, Muskoka district: Time and one-half regular rate for work performed in excess of 10 hours per day Monday to Friday and all Saturday work. Double time for Sundays and holidays. Medical benefits: Employer contributes $3.30 per hour to Local 183 Members' Benefit Fund. Effective May 1, 2020: $3.45 per hour. Effective May 1, 2020: $3.60 per hour. Dental: Employer contributes $3.30 per hour to Local 183 Members' Benefit Fund. Effect- ive May 1, 2020: $3.45 per hour. Effective May 1, 2020: $3.60 per hour. Weekly indemnity: Employer contributes $3.30 per hour to Local 183 Members' Benefit Fund. Effective May 1, 2020: $3.45 per hour. Effective May 1, 2020: $3.60 per hour. LTD: Employer contributes $0.60 per hour to Local 183 Members' Benefit Fund. Life insurance: Employer con- tributes $3.30 per hour to Local 183 Members' Benefit Fund. Effective May 1, 2020: $3.45 per hour. Effective May 1, 2020: $3.60 per hour. Pension: Employer contributes $9.25 per hour to Labourers' Pension Fund of Central and Eastern Canada. Effective May 1, 2020: $9.40 per hour. Effect- ive May 1, 2020: $9.70 per hour. Safety shoes: Maximum $250 per year per employee. Uniforms/clothing: Every employee will, as condition of employment, own and wear suitable protective footwear and other personal protective equipment required in normal course of duties (does not in- clude raincoats, other protect- ive clothing where employee is required to work under abnormal conditions or during inclement weather). Tool allowance: Company provides all tools necessary to perform work except pouch, hammer, tape, knife (previously employer paid $30 per month as tool allowance). Employees will be reimbursed, maximum $300, for loss of tools related to job, clothing and other personal property, due to fire or theft in areas designated for storage of such items. Mileage: $0.45 per kilometre for travelling outside specified area with own vehicle, $15 per day for travelling outside specified area with company vehicle. Employer will provide transportation to all employees from employer's yard to job site, and back to yard (additional $25 per day for employee driving employer-supplied truck). Sample rates of pay (current, after $1.41 increase): Board area 8, Whitby, Oshawa, Simcoe County Foreman: $43.96 rising 2 steps to $45.37 Form-setter, brush coat leader, steel installer: $39.96 rising 2 steps to $41.37 Form-setter helper, boom truck driver, slinger driver: $38.96 ris- ing 2 steps to $40.37 Labourer, brush coat, roll off driver: $37.96 rising 2 steps to $39.37 Board areas 9 (excluding Whit- by and Oshawa), 10, 11, 12, and District of Muskoka Foreman, boom truck operator/ pump truck: $35.56 rising 2 steps to $36.87 Form-setter: $31.82 rising 2 steps to $33.23 Form-setter helper 3 (1,600 to 2,400 hours): $28.64 rising 2 steps to $29.91 Form-setter helper 2 (801 to 1,600 hours): $25.46 rising 2 steps to $26.58 Form-setter helper 1 (0 to 800 hours): $19.09 rising 2 steps to $19.94 Labourer/roll off/brushcoater: $28.92 rising 2 steps to $30.33 Trainees First 400 hours: 60% of regular wage rate 401 hours to 800 hours: 80% of regular wage rate 801 to 1,200 hours: 90% of regu- lar wage rate After 1,200 hours: regular wage rate Editor's notes: Shelter: Employer will provide proper, adequate place of shelter sufficiently heated in which employees may eat lunch (company trucks will suffice if heated). Where employees are required to report to shop or yard prior to commenc- ing work, employees will be provided with clean and sanitary change area separate from any other equipment. Employer will provide cool, fresh drinking water as required by Occupational Health and Safety Act. Travel allowance: For travel requiring employees to be out of town overnight, $100 per day, maximum $500 (or $600 for 6-day week). Reporting pay: 2 hours of paid reporting time if employee is directed to job site and work is not available because of inclement weather, if employee remains on site for 1 hour after designated starting time to determine if weather will change. Non-payment of wages: Upon any failure by employer to pay wages, employer will pay amount to union equivalent to 20% of employees' pay, maximum $1,000, as liquidated damages and not as penalty for breach (75% of damages will be donated by union to charity mutually selected by parties). Central and Eastern Canada Organizing Fund (CECOF): Employer will contribute $0.25 for each hour worked to CECOF. Prepaid legal plan: Employer will pay $0.10 for each hour worked by each employee to Labourers' Local 183 Prepaid Legal Benefits Fund. Parking: Employer will provide safe, secure parking at its yard for employee vehicles. EDUCATION University of Western Ontario London, Ont. (1,600 academic staff members) and the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) Renewal agreement: Effective July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2022. Signed on July 1, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective July 1, 2018: 1.5% Lump-sum payment: After scale adjustment, base salaries will be increased by $750 Differential lump-sum increase: $300 for employees whose June 30, 2018 salaries falls below $122,274 or above $155,879; $600 for employees whose June 30, 2018 salary falls between $122,274 and $155,879 Effective July 1, 2019: 1.5% Lump-sum increase: After scale adjustment, base salaries will be increased by $1,000 Effective July 1, 2020: 1.5% Lump-sum increase: After scale adjustment, base salaries will be increased by $1,000 Effective July 1, 2021: 1.75% Paid holidays: Any day de- clared as holiday by univer- sity president or as statutory holiday by federal or provincial authorities; any other day on which university premises are declared closed by university president. Vacations with pay: 22 days per year. Medical benefits: Employees will be given $2,500 (previ- Safety shoes: Maximum $250 per year per employee.

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