Canadian Labour Reporter

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS and spouse, children, sister, brother, grandchildren). 3 days for death of grandparent, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, parent-in-law. Seniority – recall rights: 90 days if employee has been promoted to another clas- sification or transferred to another position outside bar- gaining unit; 4 months after layoff to start; 12 months after layoff after 1 year of employ- ment. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours of work or equivalent thereof in pay, at time and one-half for special call-in; minimum 2 hours of pay at time and one-half for regular call-in. Probationary period: 480 hours worked or 120 days, whichever comes first. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years for reprimands. Severance: 1 week's pay for each year of service (after 1 year of service), maximum 8 weeks' pay. Uniforms/clothing: Employ- er will provide interest-free loans to employees to pur- chase bullet-resistant vests, maximum $800. Mileage: $0.40 per kilometre when employee chooses to use personal vehicle on em- ployer business (employer will cover cost of upgrading ICBC auto insurance for business use). Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after $2-per-hour increase): Probation (new hire): $15.76 rising 2 steps to $17.26 Casual (1 year or more): $18.65 rising 2 steps to $20.15 Regular status After 1 year: $19.55 rising 2 steps to $21.05 After 3 years: $19.78 rising 2 steps to $21.28 After 6 years: $20.18 rising 2 steps to $21.68 After 9 years: $20.50 rising 2 steps to $22 Editor's notes: Gun training: Employer will pay maximum 4 hours' straight time per year for practice or qualification with qualified instructor on approved practice range and will provide adequate ammunition at no cost to employee. Em- ployer will provide 100 rounds for practice; 100 rounds for qualifications each year. Hearing aids: $500 every 5 years. CONSTRUCTIONS Electrical Trade Bargaining Agency (ETBA) of the Electrical Contractors Association of Ontario (ECAO) Provincewide, Ontario (17,000 electrical and wiring installation contractors) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and IBEW Construction Council of Ontario, Local 353 (sample of larger agreement with multiple regional locals) Renewal agreement: Effec- tive May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2022. Ratified February 2019. Signed on May 1, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective May 1, 2019: 2% Effective May 1, 2020: 2.3% Effective May 1, 2021: 2.2% Shift premium: 120% of regular wages for shift work other than regular day shift, between 11 p.m. Sunday and 1 a.m. Saturday, minimum 6 hours of work with 7 hours' pay. 9 hours of pay for 7 hours of work on morning shift; 9 hours of pay for 8 hours of work on evening shift (Niaga- ra Peninsula - St. Catharines). 15% for employees on other than day shift (Quinte-St. Lawrence - Kingston). 125% of regular rate of pay in Locals 1687, 402; 120% of wage pack- age for all other locals, for trouble-shift work for utilities. Time and one-half for all work performed at 40 feet high or more (Thunder Bay). Paid holidays: 10 days. Overtime: Double time for all work performed outside of regular working hours and on Saturdays, Sundays, statutory holidays. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Em- ployer pays $4.31 per hour for each hour earned by each hourly rated journeyman, foreman, apprentice, all other classifications to welfare fund (Greater Toronto). Pension: Employer-funded RRSP and pension fund. Em- ployer pays $8.24 per hour to pension fund (Greater To- ronto). Call-in pay: Double time, minimum 3 hours of pay. Uniforms/clothing: Rainwear will be supplied by employer in wet and muddy condi- tions, including rubber boots. Where required by WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Ma- terials Information System), MSDS (material safety data sheets) working gloves to be available on job. Mileage: $0.56 per kilometre (previously $0.55 per kilo- metre) for travel to job site outside specific boundaries. Effective May 1, 2021: $0.57 per kilometre. Sample rates of pay (current, after 2.2% increase): ICI/High-rise residential agreement Journeyman: $45.17 rising 1 step to $47.65 Foreman: $53.37 rising 1 step to $54.80 Pre-apprentice: $16.24 rising 1 step to $16.68 First-period apprentice (40% of journeyman): $18.56 rising 1 step to $19.06 Fifth-period apprentice (80% of journeyman): $37.13 rising 1 step to $38.12 Shifts Journeyman: $55.68 rising 1 step to $57.17 Foreman: $64.03 rising 1 step to $65.75 Pre-apprentice: $19.49 rising 1 step to $20.01 First-period apprentice (40% of journeyman): $22.27 rising 1 step to $22.87 Fifth-period apprentice (80% of journeyman): $44.54 rising 1 step to $45.74 Editor's notes: Welders: Where electricians are required by employer to be retested for welding, cost of test will be paid by employer. Standby pay: 1 hour of double time for each day on standby; not paid if called in. Crew transportation: When employees are using employer's vehicles for transportation to and from job sites, employees will be paid straight-time rates of pay for all time spent travelling. Stabilization fund: Employer will remit $0.50 per hour paid to IBEW, Local 402 Stabilization Trust Fund (Thunder Bay). Standby pay: 1 hour of double time for each day on standby; not paid if called in. 5 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2020 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER

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