Canadian Labour Reporter

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS death of sibling-in-law, child- in-law, step-sibling, grandpar- ent, grandchild, guardian. 1 working day for death of aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, spouse's grandparents, close friend. Seniority – recall rights: 26 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours of pay. Severance: 20 working days' notice for employees with less than 5 years of service, 30 working days' notice for 5 years of service, 40 working days' notice for 10 years of service. Safety shoes: $100 for cost of safety footwear that exceeds $100 in cost. Replacements provided on as-needed basis. Uniforms/clothing: Facilities and courier services employ- ees receive 4 uniforms to start and 3 per year thereafter. Sample rates of hourly pay (current minimum/maxi- mum, after 1% increase): Duplicating operator/recep- tionist: $18.71/$20.76 rising 1 step to $18.90/$20.97 TR resource room assistant: $19.35/$21.48 rising 1 step to $19.54/$21.69 Custodian/instructional su- pervising monitor/student monitor: $19.99/$22.19 rising 1 step to $20.19/$22.41 Administrative support as- sistant/LINC childminder/ courier/maintenance 2/TR leger settlement outreach worker/purchasing assistant/ LINC lead childminder/learn- ing commons informationist: $20.64/$21.19 rising 1 step to $20.85/$23.13 SEA administrative support assistant/financial assistant/ accounts payable assistant/ accounting assistant/in- structor/payroll assistant: $21.28/$23.62 rising 1 step to $21.49/$23.86 Building-systems specialist 2/ educational assistant/school support assistant, instruc- tional assistant (academic/ school based)/elementary office assistant, secondary of- fice assistant/administrative assistant (project/facilities): $21.94/$24.32 rising 1 step to $22.16/$24.56 Building-systems specialist 1/ speech-language assistant/ support specialist ITS, tech- nologist/lead custodian/sign language interpreter ASL English/language acquisition support worker: $22.56/$25.04 rising 1 step to $22.79/$25.29 Maintenance 1/software analyst/elementary office ad- ministrator/secondary office administrator/TR leger office administrator: $23.21/$25.77 rising 1 step to $23.44/$26.03 Senior technologist/TR leger team leader/itinerant student support worker: $23.86/$26.47 rising 1 step to $24.10/$26.73 Head custodian: $24.50/$27.19 rising in 1 step to $24.75/$27.46 Registered early childhood ed- ucator: $19.99/$28.32 increas- ing in 1 step to $20.19/$28.60 Editor's notes: Personal leave: 2 days per school year for serious personal reasons. Up to 1 day with pay per calendar year to write an examination relevant to their employment. Notice of layoff: When it is necessary to layoff employees, em- ployer will provide notice in writing or pay in lieu: 20 working days if employee has less than 5 years of service; 30 working days if employee has 5 years of service; 40 working days if employee has 10 years of service or more. Travel time: When employer requires employee to travel between work sites, as part of regular assignment, time spent traveling will be con- sidered part of total workday. Professional development: Employer will provide maximum 2 professional-development days per year for professional development activities for all employees. Employer may elect to offer additional days. Time spent at professional-development activities will be considered time at work. Reimbursement of expenses: Employer will reimburse employee for all reasonable expenses connected with conferences, conventions, workshops, professional development, courses attended by employee at request of employer. Summer hours: Employees in 12-month office, cleri- cal and technical employee groups will have option to participate in 4-day summer work week. Employees will have op- portunity to accumulate maximum 49 hours from September to June each school year by working additional time on regularly scheduled basis. SURVEYING, GEOMATICS SERVICES Centerline Geomatics Edmonton (24 foremen, party chiefs, survey assistants) and the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), Local 955 Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 1, 2019 to March 1, 2023. Ratified on Oct. 16, 2019. Signed on Nov. 20, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective Sept. 1, 2019: 0% Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 1% Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 1% Shift premium: $1.20 per hour for employees required to work scheduled shifts that start between 4 p.m. and 5 am. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% to start, 3 weeks or 6% after 5 years. Overtime: Paid at time and one-half employee's base hour- ly rate. Employee will not work more than 1 straight-time shift per 24-hour period; employee will be paid at overtime rate until break of 8 consecutive hours occurs. Medical benefits: Employers pays $1.60 per hour (previ- ously $1.50 per hour) into Operating Engineers Local 955 Health and Wellness Trust Fund. Effective Jan. 1, 2021: $1.65 per hour. Pension: Employer pays into pension fund based on groups (group 1: $4.23 per hour ris- ing 3 steps to $4.32 per hour; group 2: $3.89 per hour ris- ing 3 steps to $3.97 per hour; group 3: $3.70 per hour ris- ing 3 steps to $3.77 per hour; group 4: $3.21 per hour rising 3 steps to $3.27 per hour; group 5: $2.61 per hour rising 3 steps to $2.66 per hour) Bereavement leave: 36 scheduled hours for death in immediate family (mother, father, brother, sister, spouse, common-law partner (re- gardless of gender), children, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandchildren, grandparents). Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours' pay at applicable rate. Probationary period: 400 hours (employees rehired within 24 months will not be required to serve additional probationary period). Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months. Mileage: $0.51 per kilometre if employee uses own vehicle at request of employer. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 2% increase): Group 1 (working foreman): $42.27 rising 3 steps to $43.12 Group 2 (senior party chief ): $38.89 rising 3 steps to $39.67 Group 3 (junior party chief ): $37.01 rising 3 steps to $37.75 Group 4 (senior survey assis- tant): $32.10 rising 3 steps to $32.75 Group 5 (junior survey assis- tant): $26.13 rising 3 steps to $26.66 Editor's notes: Training fund: Employers pays $0.07 per hour into Operating Engineers Local 955 Training Trust Fund. 5 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2020 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER

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