Canadian Labour Reporter

ENERGY GENERATION Heartland Generation Calgary (178 administrative, production employees) and the Canadian Energy Workers Association (CEWA) Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2021. Ratified on Nov. 22, 2019. Signed on Nov. 25, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 2.35% Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 2.25% Shift premium: 5% for employ- ee assigned to direct or oversee: project involving 2 or more contracted employers; 2 or more employees of contracted employer; 2 or more concur- rent projects, each involving contracted employer; project team of 8 or more. Double time, for first 48 hours of 168-hour notice period, if employer does not give employee 168 hours' notice of change to hours of work. $2.91 per hour (previous- ly $2.84 per hour) for all hours worked outside regular day shift (8 or 10 hours Monday to Sunday). Effective 2021: $2.98 per hour. Double time, min- imum 2 hours, for employee who climbs stack more than 25 metres above ground level. Paid holidays: 11 days, plus 1 civic holiday. Vacations with pay: Pro-rated, based on employee's date of hire, of 3 weeks or 15 days to start, 4 weeks or 20 days after 5 years, 5 weeks or 25 days after 13 years, 6 weeks or 30 days af- ter 21 years for 7.5 hour per day employees. Pro-rated, based on employee's date of hire, of 120 hours to start, 160 hours after 5 years, 200 hours after 13 years, 240 hours after 21 years for 8-hour-per-day employees. Employee may apply for per- mission to carry over any part of vacation eligibility to next year. Overtime: Double time for any time that exceeds normal hours of work. If employee is scheduled to work overtime on scheduled day off and overtime work is cancelled with less than 48 hours' notice, employee will be paid $160. Time may be banked, maximum 96 hours of banked time. Employer will pay out accumulated time that re- mains in bank as of Dec. 31. Meal allowance: Employer will provide reasonable meal (or $15 for breakfast; $18 for lunch; $30 for dinner) in third hour and every 4 hours thereafter when employee works more than 2 hours beyond scheduled quitting time. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (parent, sibling, spouse (in- cluding common-law), child, parent-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent (including spouse's), grand- child, steprelatives at same levels, any dependent relative living in employee's household, employee's dependent child's other parent). 2 additional un- paid days for travel (days will be paid if travel 1-way is greater than 500 kilometres). Call-in pay: Employees will be paid at overtime rate when called in to perform work out- side normal working hours (ap- plies to situations where em- ployee has less than 12 hours' notice prior to beginning of overtime work), minimum 2 hours of work. Travel time to jobsite will be added to time actually worked. If employee is called in to work outside normal working hours and that call-in work is cancelled before employee leaves, employee will be paid $80. Probationary period: 3 months; may be extended ad- ditional 3 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months for disciplinary letters. Severance: 2.2 weeks' of pay for each year of service to start; 2.4 weeks' of pay for each year of service after 5 years of ser- vice; 2.6 weeks' of pay for each year of service after 10 years of service; 2.8 weeks' of pay for each year of service after 15 years of service; 3 weeks' of pay for each year of service after 20 years of service. Safety shoes: Employee will be reimbursed for 100% of cost of safety footwear, maximum $400 per year (footwear must meet applicable CSA standard or ANSI equivalent). Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase): Minimum/maximum Office jobs (7.5 hours) Summer student: $20.59/$28.97 rising 2 steps to $21.54/$30.32 Administrative assistant 2: $20.59/$28.97 rising 2 steps to $21.54/$30.32 Administrative assistant 3: $29.04/$34.51 rising 2 steps to $30.39/$36.11 Administrative Assistant 4: $31.08/$38.38 rising 2 steps to $32.53/$40.16 Administrative assistant 5: $34.65/$41.95 rising 2 steps to $36.26/$43.91 Administrative assistant 6: $38.05/$45.59 rising 2 steps to $39.82/$47.71 Office jobs (8 hours) Purchasing coordinator: $42.09/$52.67 rising 2 steps to $44.05/$55.12 Draftsman trainee: $28.06/$32.05 rising 2 steps to $29.37/$33.54 Draftsman 1: $29.87/$38.18 ris- ing 2 steps to $31.26/$39.96 Draftsman 2: $39.90/$47.20 ris- ing 2 steps to $41.76/$49.40 Draftsman 3: $45.28/$53.85 ris- ing 2 steps to $47.38/$56.36 Engineering assistant 1: $29.87/$38.18 rising 2 steps to $31.26/$39.96 Engineering assistant 2: $39.90/$47.20 rising 2 steps to $41.76/$49.40 Engineering assistant 3: $45.28/$53.85 rising 2 steps to $47.38/$56.36 Steam plant non-office jobs Assistant steam-plant operator: $23.10/$34.39 rising 2 steps to $24.17/$35.99 Steam-plant operator 1: $29.26/$40.77 rising 2 steps to $30.62/$42.67 Steam-plant operator 2: $40.71/50.02 rising 2 steps to $42.61/$52.35 Plant utility man 1: $22.61/$36.73 rising 2 steps to $23.66/$55.78 Plant utility man 2: $36.68/$45.15 rising 2 steps to $38.38/$47.25 Station inspector: $48.52/$58.01 rising 2 steps to $50.78/$60.71 Non-office jobs Labourer/Grounds man: $22.70/$34.95 rising 2 steps to $23.75/$36.57 Summer student: $22.70/$34.95 rising 2 steps to $23.75/$36.57 Warehouseman: $25.90/$35.49 rising 2 steps to $27.11/$37.14 Senior warehouseman: $34.15/$39.62 rising 2 steps to $35.74/$41.46 Stockkeeper: $38.79/$47.33 ris- ing 2 steps to $40.59/49.53 Materials management coor- dinator: $42.09/$52.67 rising 2 steps to $44.05/$55.12 Editor's notes: Extra rest: If employee works 16 or more hours in any 24-hour period, employee will be allowed 9 consecu- tive hours of rest. If employee's 9 hours of rest extends into last hours of their next regularly scheduled shift, employee will not be required to work those hours; double time if employee agrees to return to work during those hours. Standby: 1 hour of regular pay for each period that begins on scheduled working day; 2.5 hours of pay for each period that begins on weekend; 4 hours of regular pay for each period that begins on holiday (minimum $23.48 on regularly scheduled day; $61.30 on day of rest or holiday). Employee who is scheduled to standby for more than 110 days in 1 year will be paid 1.5 times applicable rate; 2.5 times for employee scheduled to standby for more than 150 days in 1 year. Meals: When employee is working away from headquarters, employee may be reimbursed actual cost of meal or: $15 for breakfast; $18 for lunch; $30 for dinner. Employee may also claim per-diem allowance of $125 for each full day of work away from headquarters for meals, accommodation, incidental expenses. 7 Canadian HR Reporter, a HAB Press business 2020 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS

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