Canadian Labour Reporter

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS years, 7 weeks or 35 days after 19 years. 2 weeks or 8 days to start, 3 weeks or 12 days after 1 year, 4 weeks or 16 days af- ter 2 years, 5 weeks or 20 days after 5 years, 6 weeks or 24 days after 9 years, 7 weeks or 28 days after 19 years for em- ployees working 4-day work- week (35 hours per week). 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 1 years, 4 weeks after 2 years, 5 weeks after 5 years, 6 weeks after 9 years, 7 weeks after 19 years for employees working more than 18 hours but less than 35 hours per week. Upon termination of employment, employees will be paid for any vacation days accrued but not yet taken. Employee may carry forward maximum 35 hours of vacation leave to next vacation year. Overtime: Time and one-half for first 4 hours of work after 7 or 8.75 hours per day or 44 hours per week; double time after 4 hours of overtime. May be taken as time off in lieu; must be taken within 30 days of earning. Time and one-half for all work on first scheduled day off (with less than 7 days' notice); double time for all work on second scheduled day off and all subsequent days. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for government-operated hos- pital medical insurance plan. Employer will reimburse employee $75 per month for cost of non-group family health and dental premiums when employee has individu- ally obtained non-group (not through employer) family health and dental benefits (such as through Blue Cross). Sick leave: 7.58 hours per month, maximum accrual of 91 hours in any 1 year. Sick time not used by end of year can be rolled over into new year but may not exceed maximum entitlement. Dur- ing employee's first year, after probation, employee may taken maximum 3 days as wellbeing days. After 1 year of service, maximum 8 days per year may be taken as wellbe- ing days. LTD: Employee pays 100% of premiums. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Pension: Employer will con- tribute maximum 4% of em- ployee's gross salary to RRSP of employee's choice (after 9 months of service). Contribu- tions may be increased, on matching basis, to 6% after 6 years of service. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of relative (mother, father, brother, sister, spouse, common-law spouse, child, foster-child, guardian, mother-in-law or father-in- law, grandchild , grandparent of employee or of spouse, common-law spouse, aunt , uncle of employee). 1 day due to death of aunt or uncle of employee's spouse, common- law spouse. 1 additional day of paid leave (before and after 3 days) if required for travel or for executor duties. 1 day to attend funeral as pallbearer or mourner. Seniority – recall rights: 60 calendar days for employees who post into temporary po- sition outside of bargaining unit; 1 year after layoff. Probationary period: First 90 days of employment for full-time or part-time em- ployees; 180 calendar days for relief employees. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months for any record of discipline. Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Counsellors Counsellor Probation: $26.72 Step 1: $26.99 Step 2: $28.07 Step 3: $29.14 Step 4: $30.21 LSI: $31.09 Professionals Early childhood Probation: $20.51 Step 1: $20.72 Step 2: $21.36 Step 3: $21.99 Step 4: $22.64 LSI: $23.31 Therapists Therapist Probation: $35.27 Step 1: $35.62 Step 2: $37.74 Step 3: $39.80 Step 4: $41.88 LSI: $43.14 Support staff Administrative assistant/cook Probation: $20.51 Step 1: $20.72 Step 2: $21.36 Step 3: $21.99 Step 4: $22.64 LSI: $23.31 Editor's notes: Professional fees: Employer will reimburse employees 50% per year of cost of 1 designation required by position employee holds. Paid personal days: Full-time, part-time employees will receive on Jan. 1, 2020 entitlement to take additional allotment of paid time off as follows: full-time employees will receive 2 paid personal days; part-time employees will receive 1 paid personal day. Employees must use paid personal days prior to expiry of collective agree- ment. SPECIALTY STEEL MANUFACTURING EVRAZ Red Deer, Alta. (165 production, maintenance, technical employees) and the Shopmen's Local 805 of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2018 to Dec. 31, 2022. Ratified on June 6, 2018. Signed on Jan. 1, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 0% Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 1% Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 3% Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 3% Shift premium: $0.40 per hour to each employee for hours worked during third (or after- noon) shift. $0.45 per hour for hours worked during first (or night) shift. $0.50 per hour for 12-hour night shifts. $1.25 per hour for all straight-time hours worked during 24-hour period beginning at start of regularly scheduled shift on Sunday. Paid holidays: 11 days plus New Year's Eve ( holiday will be split between Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve except for employees on straight days shift schedule). Vacations with pay: 1 day per month of service, maximum 10 days, or 4% to start, 3 weeks or 6% after 1 year, 4 weeks or 8% af- ter 5 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 12 years, 6 weeks or 12% after 25 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for first 2 hours worked beyond end of normal scheduled shift; double time after 2 hours of overtime. Time and one-half for first overtime shift on scheduled days off; double time on second overtime shift worked. Paid for all work after 160 hours in any 28-day period. Meal allowance: $15 or hot meal if employee works 3 hours past end of scheduled shift. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for Al- Pension: Employer will contribute maximum 4% of employee's salary to RRSP of employee's choice. October 19, 2020 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2020 4

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