Canadian Labour Reporter

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS finishers: $24.88 rising 1 step to $25.34 Group 2 skilled labourers, drill- ers, wagon drills, powderman, truck driver: $24.93 rising 1 step to $25.38 Group 3 and 4 skilled labour- ers, carpenters, linemen, float driver, hydraulic drillers, electricians, tunnel workers in excess of 16 feet long: $25.25 rising 1 step to $25.68: $25.23 rising 1 step to $25.68 Working foreman: $26.26 ris- ing 1 step to $26.72 London Labourers, powderman helper, form strippers, Scoot-Crete and calf portable compressors, small mixer and pump man, mortar man, pipelayers and conduit layers, jack air auger man, concrete finishers, truck driver, mini-excavator, coaxial splicer: $31.77 rising 1 step to $32.59 Form setter/carpenter, line- men, float driver, splicer, hy- drovac unit: $32.77 rising 1 step to $33.59 Drillers, hydraulic drillers, di- rectional boring, wagon drills: $33.27 rising 1 step to $35.34 Working foreman: $33.77 ris- ing 1 step to $34.59 Bruce, Huron, Perth and Grey Counties Labourers, powderman helper, form strippers, Scoot-Crete and calf portable compressors, small mixer and pump man, mortar man, pipelayers and conduit layers, jack air auger man, concrete finishers, truck driver, mini-excavator, coaxial splicer: $25.95 rising 1 step to $28.58 Form setter/carpenter, line- men, float driver, hydraulic drillers, directional boring, splicer, hydrovac unit: $26.95 rising 1 step to $29.58 Drillers, hydraulic drillers, directional boring etc.: $27.45 rising 1 step to $30.33 Working foreman: $28.95 ris- ing 1 step to $30.58 Electrician: $35.82 rising 1 step to $36.64 Editor's notes: Travel allowance: Straight-time rates for all time spent travelling to and from worksite from assembly point in excess of 15 minutes. SENIOR LIVING Points West Living Heritage House Vegreville, Alta. (53 cooks, recreation aides, administration, housekeeping, kitchen staff, health-care aides, LPNs) and the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE), Local 047 Chapter 040 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2022. Ratified on Sept. 24, 2019. Signed on Oct. 31, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2019: 0.5% Effective April 1, 2020: 0.5% Effective April 1, 2021: 0.5% Shift premium: $2.75 per hour for work on shift where majority of shift falls between 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. (premium will be paid in addition to all overtime hours between 3 p.m. to 11 p.m.). $3.50 per hour for work on shift where majority of shift falls between 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. (premium will be paid in addition to all overtime hours between 11 p.m. to 7 a.m.). $2.50 per hour for work on shift where majority of shift falls within 64-hour period begin- ning 3 p.m. on Friday (premium will be paid in addition to all overtime hours within 64-hour period beginning 3 p.m. on Friday). Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 15 days or 6% after 1 year, 20 days or 8% after 8 years, 25 days or 10% after 15 years, 30 days or 12% after 15 years, Overtime: Double time for all work after 7.5, 8 or 12 hours per day or 75, 80 or 84 hours per 2-week period. Time may be accumulated, maximum 37.5, 40 or 42 hours. Time off not taken by March 31 in any year will be paid out. Request to carry over lieu time will be submitted by employee before March 31 and will not be un- reasonably denied. Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% of premiums, em- ployee pays 25% of premiums. Coverage of 80%. Employer will provide health spending account of $300 per year to all full-time employees. Dental: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums. Coverage of 80%. Vision: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums. Coverage of $200 every 2 years. Paramedical: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums. Cover- age of $500. Sick leave: 12 hours for every 160 hours worked (0.075 hours for every hour worked), maxi- mum 90 days accrued. LTD: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums. Coverage of 70% of basic monthly earnings, 120 calendar days elimination period. Pension: Employer will match employee contribution, maxi- mum 3% of employee's gross earnings, into employer-setup voluntary RRSP for benefit- eligible employees. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of mother, father, mother-in-law, father-in-law, husband, wife, son, daughter, stepchildren, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, legal guardian, common-law spouse, same-sex partner, step- parent, son-in-law, daughter- in-law, grandparents of em- ployee or employee's spouse, grandchild, fiancé. 1 day for death of another relative, close friend. Seniority – recall rights: 18 months following layoff. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours' at basic rate or applicable over- time rate, whichever is greater. Probationary period: 500 hours worked or 6 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months for any record of disci- plinary action. Severance: 2 weeks per year of service (will not be paid out to employee who resigned, retired, failed to return to work when recalled or whose employment was properly ter- minated). Mileage: $0.44 per kilometre (previously $0.40 per kilome- tre) if employee uses personal vehicle on employer business or is called back to work. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 1% increase): Cook Step 1: $20.32 rising 2 steps to $20.52 Step 2: $21.36 rising 2 steps to $21.58 Step 3: $22 rising 2 steps to $22.22 Step 4: $22.66 rising 2 steps to $22.88 Kitchen prep Step 1: $18.86 rising 2 steps to $19.04 Step 2: $19.80 rising 2 steps to $20.00 Step 3: $20.40 rising 2 steps to $20.60 Step 4: $21 rising 2 steps to $21.22 Server Step 1: $17.36 rising 2 steps to $17.54 Step 2: $18.21 rising 2 steps to $18.39 Step 3: $18.77 rising 2 steps to $18.95 Housekeeping Paid orientation: Employer will provide paid orientation of maximum 3 complete shifts for new employees. 5 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2020 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER

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