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September 7, 2020

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COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS in employee's household. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months after layoffs; 3 months if employee accepts position outside bargaining unit. Call-in pay: Minimum of 3 hours' at applicable overtime rate. Probationary period: 3 calen- dar months (employee absent due to illness, injury, approved leave of absence of 5 days or more will have probation pe- riod extended by number of days absent). Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months for discipline memo- randa. Safety shoes: $185 per year (previously $165 per year) for safety footwear. Additional an- nual equivalent allowance will be provided to employees who work outdoors. Uniforms/clothing: All em- ployees will wear uniforms pro- vided by employer. Mileage: $0.50 per kilometre for employee using own vehicle for business use. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 6.4% increase): Packer Start: $19.37 rising 4 steps to $20.61 3 mo.: $19.95 rising 4 steps to $21.22 6 mo.: $20.53 rising 4 steps to $21.84 12 mo.: $21.13 rising 4 steps to $22.48 18 mo.: $21.72 rising 4 steps to $23.10 Operator Start: $23.54 rising 4 steps to $25.04 3 mo.: $24.12 rising 4 steps to $25.66 6 mo.: $24.72 rising 4 steps to $26.30 12 mo.: $25.31 rising 4 steps to $26.92 18 mo.: $25.90 rising 4 steps to $27.55 Utility operator Start: $23.08 rising 4 steps to $24.55 3 mo.: $23.53 rising 4 steps to $25.03 6 mo.: $23.99 rising 4 steps to $25.52 12 mo.: $24.44 rising 4 steps to $26 18 mo.: $24.90 rising 4 steps to $26.49 Maintenance Start: $23.54 rising 4 steps to $25.04 3 mo.: $24.12 rising 4 steps to $25.66 6 mo.: $24.72 rising 4 steps to $26.30 12 mo.: $25.31 rising 4 steps to $26.92 18 mo.: $25.90 rising 4 steps to $27.55 Second-year millwright ap- prentice Start: $25.90 rising 4 steps to $27.55 3 mo.: $26.68 rising 4 steps to $28.39 6 mo.: $27.46 rising 4 steps to $29.21 12 mo.: $28.25 rising 4 steps to $30.06 18 mo.: $29.04 rising 4 steps to $30.89 Third-year millwright appren- tice Start: $29.04 rising 4 steps to $30.89 3 mo.: $29.72 rising 4 steps to $31.62 6 mo.: $30.42 rising 4 steps to $32.36 12 mo.: $31.11 rising 4 steps to $33.10 18 mo.: $31.77 rising 4 steps to $33.80 Fourth-year millwright ap- prentice Start: $31.77 rising 4 steps to $33.80 3 mo.: $32.47 rising 4 steps to $34.54 6 mo.: $33.16 rising 4 steps to $35.28 12 mo.: $33.85 rising 4 steps to $36.01 18 mo.: $34.52 rising 4 steps to $36.72 Licensed millwright Start: $37.26 rising 4 steps to $39.64 Sanitation Start: $20 rising 4 steps to $21.28 3 mo.: $20.60 rising 4 steps to $21.92 6 mo.: $21.19 rising 4 steps to $22.54 12 mo.: $21.78 rising 4 steps to $23.17 18 mo.: $22.36 rising 4 steps to $23.79 Warehouse Start: $20 rising 4 steps to $21.28 3 mo.: $20.60 rising 4 steps to $21.92 6 mo.: $21.19 rising 4 steps to $22.54 12 mo.: $21.78 rising 4 steps to $23.17 18 mo.: $22.36 rising 4 steps to $23.79 $500 signing bonus to all active employees as of ratification Editor's notes: On call: $100 per week when employer elects to have maintenance employee on call (done by rotation of maintenance employees). Employees called in to work will be paid at applicable rate for all hours worked minimum 3 hours of pay. FOAM MANUFACTURING Woodbridge Foam Woodbridge, Ont. (225 manufacturing employees) and Unifor, Local 112 Renewal agreement: Effective June 1, 2019 to May 31, 2023. Ratified in June 2019. Signed on June 3, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective June 1, 2019: 8% Effective June 1, 2020: 1.7% Effective June 1, 2021: 1.7% Effective June 1, 2022: 1.6% Shift premium: Time and one- half for employees requested to change shift during regular workweek with less than 3 days' notice, for first shift of new scheduled shift. $0.50 per hour for team-leads. Paid holidays: 11 days in- cluding 2 floater days during Christmas holiday period. Vacations with pay: ESA mini- mum to start, 1 week after six months, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 5 years (previously 7 years). Overtime: Time and one-half for hours worked in excess of 40 per week and on contractual holidays. Double time for hours worked on Sunday unless em- ployee refuses overtime oppor- tunity on preceding Saturday. Double time for hours worked on statutory holidays. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Examinations and preventative care payable at 100% with annual maximum of $500. Basic restorative (fillings, periodontal, root canals) pay- able at 80% with annual maxi- mum of $900. 50% reimburse- ment for major restorative services, maximum $2,000 per year. 50% reimbursement for orthodontics for dependent children, maximum $3,000 per lifetime. Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Coverage of $325 in any 24-month period for em- ployees and families. Paramedical: Employer pays 100% of premiums. coverage of maximum $60 per visit, com- bined maximum $500 per year for chiropractor, chiropodist, registered massage therapist, acupuncturist, physical thera- pist, child psychologist. Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 66 2/3% for up to 4 weeks. LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 66 2/3% for up to 2 years or return to work. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $25,000. Pension: Employer matches employee contributions maxi- mum 1% of base earnings into Woodbridge Foam's Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), after 1 year of service. Employee will make mandatory 2% contribution. For employ- ees who are participating in pension plan for Kipling hourly employees, employees will contribute $0.50 per hour into 5 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2020 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER

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