Canadian Labour Reporter

regular home while travelling on employer business. $15 if required to work later than 9 p.m. Paid holidays: 11 days, plus 1 Christmas floater day, plus 1 additional floater day (floater day not taken will be paid out by last day of February of each year). Vacations with pay: 1.25 days per month or 15 days to start, 1 2/3 days per month or 20 days after 1 year, 1.875 days per month or 22.5 days after 6 years, 2 1/12 days per month or 25 days after 9 years, 2.5 days per month or 30 days after 14 years. Employees will be given 1-time additional 5 days of vacation upon reach- ing 20, 25, 30 years of service. Vacation credits may be car- ried forward to additional year. Overtime: Paid at double time. May be banked, maxi- mum 70 hours. Maximum 35 hours may be carried forward to following year. Employee will receive payment of un- used hours by last day of Feb- ruary of each year. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Em- ployer will pay 100% of health or fitness club, sport or recre- ation facility membership or fees; purchase of sport or rec- reation equipment (excluding casual wear); smoking cessa- tion; professional develop- ment and related fees; weight- loss program fees, maximum $1,750 per year (previously $1,600 per year). Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 100% for basic; 80% for extensive dentistry; 50% for orthodontics ($2,500 lifetime maximum per family member for orthodontics). Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $250 every 2 years for lenses, frames, contact lenses. Sick leave: 2 days per month for each full month of em- ployment, maximum 180 days (credits will not accrue during health-related absences from workplace, layoffs, leaves of absence, including deferred salary leave, longer than 1 month). LTD: Employee pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 66 2/3% of earnings, maximum $7,500 per month. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 2 times annual earnings or $50,000, whichever is greater. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 2 times annual earnings or $50,000, which- ever is greater. Pension: Employer will con- tribute 13.5% to Operating Engineers Local 955 Pension Trust Fund. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse (including common-law spouse), parent, child, brother, sister, fiancé, mother-in-law, father-in-law, guardian, grandparent, grand- parent-in-law, grandchild, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, uncle-in-law, aunt-in-law (all will include family relation- ships prefixed with word step)). Employer may provide time off with pay for death of another relative, friend. 2 ad- ditional days if travel greater than 320 kilometres 1 way from employee's residence is necessary to attend funeral; 4 additional days if interna- tional travel is necessary. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months after layoff. Probationary period: 6 months (for approved ab- sences from work longer than 3 days, period will be auto- matically extended for length of absence). Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years after occurrence result- ing in discipline. Severance: 3 weeks' salary (or prorated portion) for each year of service at current rate of pay, after 1 year of service. Mileage: $0.58 per kilome- tre, plus additional $0.05¢ per kilometre per passenger when carrying passengers, for all employer business kilometres driven. Employer will pay deductible for re- placement of windshields and windows, or replacement cost of windshield and windows or windshield and window repair, maximum $800 per year (reimbursement is only applicable when damage is in- curred while vehicle was used for employer business). Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Office aide/student: $19.06 Administrative assistant 1 Step 1: $32.97 Step 2: $34.06 Step 3: $35.18 Step 4: $36.34 Step 5: $37.48 Step 6: $39.36 Step 7: $40.52 Accounting assistant Step 1: $35.03 Step 2: $36.07 Step 3: $37.15 Step 4: $38.29 Step 5: $39.43 Step 6: $41.37 Step 7: $42.61 MRC assistant/events planner Step 1: $36.86 Step 2: $38.09 Step 3: $39.51 Step 4: $40.91 Step 5: $42.06 Step 6: $44.17 Step 7: $45.48 Administrative assistant 2 Step 1: $38.36 Step 2: $39.67 Step 3: $41.07 Step 4: $42.49 Step 5: $43.99 Step 6: $46.20 Step 7: $47.55 Database coordinator/MRC team lead Step 1: $39.63 Step 2: $40.96 Step 3: $42.47 Step 4: $43.99 Step 5: $45.23 Step 6: $47.49 Step 7: $48.92 Accounting assistant 2/infor- mation technology technician Step 1: $40.60 Step 2: $41.81 Step 3: $43.06 Step 4: $44.36 Step 5: $45.70 Step 6: $47.96 Step 7: $49.40 Accounting assistant 3/clas- sification analyst/program analyst Step 1: $47.06 Step 2: $48.46 Step 3: $49.92 Step 4: $51.45 Step 5: $52.96 Step 6: $55.59 Step 7: $57.27 Labour relations officer/ communications officer/re- searcher/policy analyst/local unit advisor Step 1: $56.63 Step 2: $59.63 Step 3: $63.51 Step 4: $68.21 Step 5: $70.21 Step 6: $73.59 Step 7: $75.80 Labour relations consultant/ senior labour relations offi- cer/senior advisor health and safety wellness Step 1: $80.94 Editor's notes: Moving costs: If employee requests transfer or is successful candidate on job posting that necessitates trans- fer, moving costs will be paid, maximum twice in any 3-year period, with minimum of 1.5 years between applications. Per- sonal leave: 4 days per year with no carry-over or payment after year ends. Hearing aids: $2,000 every 3 years for purchase, repair, replacement of hearing aids for each family member. Meal allowance: $52 per day ($12 for breakfast; $15 for lunch; $25 for dinner) when on employer's business. Meal allowance: $52 per day ($12 for breakfast; $15 for lunch; $25 for dinner) when on employer's business. 7 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2020 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS

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