Canadian Labour Reporter

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS or 4% to start, 10 days or 4% after 1 year, 15 days or 6% after 4 years, 20 days or 8% after 9 years, 25 days or 10% after 13 years, 30 days or 12% after 20 years. Employees with 3 or more weeks of vacation may opt to cash out 1 week of vaca- tion per year. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Time and one-half for all work after end of regularly sched- uled shift. Time and one-half for all work on eighth consecu- tive day of work. Medical benefits: Employer will contribute $2.06 per hour (previously $2.01 per hour) to Steelworkers Trusteed Benefit Plan. Employer will contribute $10 per employee per year to Steelworkers Lifeline Founda- tion to provide employee assis- tance program to employees. Sick leave: 3.2% of hours paid, maximum 64 hours of accu- mulation each year. Earned sick leave hours may be accu- mulated and carried over year to year; however all hours ac- cumulated after 64 hours will be paid out to employee on Dec. 15 of each year. Pension: Employer will contribute 4% of employee's total earnings to Steelwork- ers Members' Pension Benefit Plan on behalf of each em- ployee for each pay period. Employees must contribute matching 4% of total earnings to plan. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse, including common- law spouse (including same- sex spouse/partner if residing together at least 6 months), parents (including foster-, stepparents), parent's spouse, grandparents, grandchildren, children (including foster-, stepchildren), brothers, sisters, mother and father-in-law and spouses, legal guardians, any relative permanently residing in employee's household). 2 days for death of brother-in- law, sister-in-law, aunt, uncle, nephew, niece. Additional unpaid leave may be given when funeral is outside airport greater than 500 kilometres. Seniority – recall rights: 90 days for employee promoted to position excluded from bargaining unit. 24 months for layoffs; for employee who has had to be absent from work due to injury or illness. Probationary period: 90 days following completion of certification or 180 days after receipt of Restricted Area Identity Card (RAIC) red pass, whichever occurs first. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will supply uniform which it requires employees to wear; employer will be responsible for ensuring uniform fits prop- erly and will provide for any necessary alterations. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 7.2% in- crease): Level 1 probation: $18.01 ris- ing 3 steps to $19.30 Level 3.1 (0 to 2,080 hours worked): $20.48 rising 3 steps to $21.95 Level 3.2 to (2,081 to 4,160 hours worked): $20.91 rising 3 steps to $22.41 Level 3.3 (4,161 to 6,240 hours worked): $21.32 rising 3 steps to $22.85 Level 3.4 (6,241 and more hours worked): $21.77 rising 3 steps to $23.33 Grandfathered PL/TL: $24.49 rising 3 steps to $26.24 Lump sum: Within 2 weeks of ratification, lump sum will be paid to all employees on payroll as of date of ratification ($1,000 for full-time; $500 for part-time). Editor's notes: Education fund: Employer will contribute $0.01 per hour worked by each employee to union's education fund (funds will be remitted to union within 15 days following each 2 biweekly pay periods). Humanity fund: Employer will contribute $0.01 per hour worked by each employee — maximum 40 straight-time hours per week — to union's humanity fund. Parking: Employer will pay cost of parking at airports on behalf of employees. Effective Sept. 1, 2018: If employee elects to have parking pass, employer will cover 50% of cost; employee will cover 50% of by payroll deductions on each pay period; or employee may elect to be reimbursed for amount equal to 50% of cost of monthly parking pass for transit pass issued by OC Transpo or STO. CATSA certification: Employer will reimburse maximum $25 for periodic medical examination required for maintaining CATSA certification if employees wish to use own physician or employer will cover cost at designated clinic for employees COUNSELLING/HOUSING SERVICES Vantage Community Services Red Deer, Alta. (28 therapists, assistants, counsellors, school support employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 838 Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2022. Ratified on Dec. 2, 2019. Signed on April 1, 2019. Shift premium: 1-step increase from current salary or mini- mum salary for class of higher- level position, whichever is greater for employee perform duties of higher-level position for 2 days or longer. $1 per hour for shift leaders. $0.50 per hour for overnight shifts. $0.50 per hour for single-staffed residen- tial shifts. Paid holidays: 12 days plus Christmas/New Year's/floater day. Christmas floater day will normally be taken in 1 week prior to or following Christ- mas Day (floater day may be banked). Vacations with pay: 15 days to start, 20 days after 5 years, 25 days after 10 years, 30 days after 18 years. Employee entitled to 3 weeks' vacation or more may bank maximum 5 days, but must be taken with next vaca- tion year. Overtime: Time and one-half for working longer than 10 hours per day, 150 hours over 4-week period or on employee's designated day off. Double time after working 13.5 hours per day. May be taken as time off in lieu. Time off in lieu not taken within 6 months of when overtime was worked may be paid out by request of either employee or employer. Medical benefits: Employer pays 60% of premiums, employ- ee pays 40% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 60% of premiums, employee pays 40% of premiums. Vision: Employer pays 60% of premiums, employee pays 40% of premiums. Sick leave: 12 days will be granted at beginning of each year. Employees may accumu- late maximum 20 days of un- used leave which will be banked and only available to supple- ment current entitlement to cover 10-day waiting period for weekly indemnity benefits (20- day bank can never be used for current sick leave). STD: Employee pays 100% of premiums. LTD: Employee pays 100% of premiums. AD&D: Employee pays 100% of premiums for maximum $115,000 coverage. Life insurance: Employee pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 1 times annual earnings. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, common-law spouse, same-gender partner in any relations of employee or spouse (including common-law spouse, same-gender partner): parent, guardian, parent-in-law, grandparent, aunt, uncle, cous- in, grandchild, son, daughter, brother, sister, husband or wife of any of them. Maximum 1 day per year for funeral of friend. Seniority – recall rights: 6 months for layoffs. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours' pay at time and one-half. 5 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2020 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER

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