Canadian Labour Reporter

Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2020 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS CREDIT UNIONS Interior Savings Credit Union Kamloops/Barriere/Chase/Clearwater, B.C. (64 clerks, receptionists, financial services administrators, greeters, administrators, financial services reps, advisors, account managers, technicians) and the B.C. Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU), Component 17, Local 1705 Renewal agreement: Effective March 1, 2018 to Feb. 28, 2021. Signed on March 1, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective March 1, 2018: 2% Effective March 1, 2019: 1.75% Effective March 1, 2020: 1.75% Shift premium: $2 per hour for each hour spent providing in- struction or evaluation to other employees. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 3 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 5 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 10 years, 6 weeks or 12% after 20 years. Employees will be given cash bonus equivalent to 1 week's pay, plus additional 1-week vacation bonus, during 15th year of service and each 5-year multiple thereafter. Additional 20% vacation time will be given if employee elects to take vacation period beginning at first week of October to second week of De- cember or during second week of January to last week of April. Employee may carry maximum days' leave per year, maximum accumulation of 5 days. Overtime: Time and one-half for all time worked in excess of stan- dard day shift for first 2 hours, double time thereafter. Double time for all work on Sunday. Meal allowance: Employee who works more than 2 hours of overtime beyond regular shift will be given option of suitable, wholesome hot meal supplied by employer or payment of one- third of daily meal allowance ($16 for breakfast; $20 for lunch; $32 for dinner). Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Coverage of 75% for part A (basic preventative); 75% for part B (major restorative); 50% for part C (orthodontics). STD: Employer pays 100% of premiums. LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Pension: B.C. Credit Union Em- ployees' Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (em- ployee's spouse, parent, parent's spouse, legal ward of employee, child, stepchild, foster-child, child's spouse, sibling, mother- in-law, father-in-law, grandpar- ent (including in-laws), grand- children, spouse's grandchildren, sister-in-law, brother-in-law). Seniority – recall rights: 6 months to start; 1 year after 1 year of service; 18 months after 5 years of service. Call-in pay: Minimum of 3 hours of pay or pay for ac- tual time worked, whichever is greater. Probationary period: 90 calen- dar days; 180 calendar days for FSR 2, account manager 1, ac- count manager 2, account man- ager 3. After probation, employ- ees will have trial period of 60 days worked (122 days worked for FSR 2, account manager 1, account manager 2, account manager 3). Severance: 1 week for each year of service, maximum 26 weeks. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 5.6% increase): Group 1 Training/file clerk: $18.79 rising 3 steps to $19.85 Group 2 Teller: $22.38 rising 3 steps to $23.64 Group 3 Inventory clerk/receptionist: $23.37 rising 3 steps to $24.68 Group 4 Financial services administra- tor/member information officer (greeter)/central operations ad- ministrator: $24.13 rising 3 steps to $25.48 Group 5 Financial services rep 1/member services advisor: $25.18 rising 3 steps to $26.59 Group 6 Financial services rep 2: $28.58 rising 3 steps to $30.18 Group 7 Account manager 1/systems support technician: $29.85 rising 3 steps to $31.52 Group 8 Account manager 2: $31.67 ris- ing 3 steps to $33.45 Group 9 Account manager 3: $33.87 ris- ing 3 steps to $35.77 Signing bonus: $250 paid directly to RRSP of choice Editor's notes: Travel meals: When employee travels to other than normal work location and travel requires employee to leave prior to 7 a.m., employee will be entitled to breakfast allowance. When travel keeps employee away from home past 6:30 p.m., employee will be entitled to dinner allowance ($16 for breakfast; $32 for dinner). Retirement bonus, pre-retirement leave: Em- ployee who retires between 55 and 65 (with 10 years of service) will receive special paid leave for 5 weeks or special payment equivalent to 5 weeks of gross salary (employee may elect to have amount deposited directly into RRSP account). CONSTRUCTION Residential Framing Contractors' Association of Metropolitan Toronto and Vicinity Toronto (4,000 carpenters) the Labourers' International Union of North America, Local 183 (LiUNA) Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2022. Signed on Nov. 19, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective May 1, 2020: $0.59 per hour to $0.60 per hour Effective May 1, 2021: $0.63 per hour to $0.64 per hour Shift premium: $0.50 per square foot on third floor and above. $2.50 per hour rising 2 steps to $2.70 per hour for loft floor areas. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks; maximum 8 weeks' leave of ab- sence every 3 years Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 9 per day Monday to Fridays and 8 on Fridays. No work to be assigned on Sunday except for emergencies, in which case rate will be double time. Medical benefits: Employer will contribute $2.80 per hour (previously $2.65 per hour) to Local 183 Members' Benefit Fund for weekly indemnity, life insurance, major medical, den- tal care, legal-plan coverage. LTD: Employer will contribute $0.60 per hour to Local 183 Members' Benefit Fund. Pension: Employer will contrib- ute $6.42 per hour to Labourers' Pension Fund of Central and Eastern Canada. Safety shoes: Every employee will, as condition of employ- ment, own and wear suitable protective footwear and other personal protective equipment required in normal course of duties. 6 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS May 11, 2020 May 11, 2020

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