Canadian Labour Reporter

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS LONG-TERM CARE HOME Tabor Manor Grimsby, Ont. (216 health care workers) and the Niagara Health Care and Service Workers Union, CLAC Local 302 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive Aug. 20, 2019 to Aug. 19, 2022. Ratified in September 2020. Signed on Aug. 20, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective Aug. 20, 2019: 1% Effective Aug. 20, 2020: 1% Effective Aug. 20, 2021: 1% Shift premium: $0.30 per hour for shift in which majori- ty of hours fall between 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. $0.40 per hour for shift in which majority of hours fall between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. $0.35 per hour for all hours worked on Saturdays and Sundays. Paid holidays: 12 days in- cluding 3 float days. Employ- ees must work either Christ- mas Day/Boxing Day or New Year's Eve/New Year's Day. Vacations with pay: Employ- ees: 2 weeks prorated to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 4 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 15 years, 6 weeks after 24 years, 7 weeks after 28 years. RNs and RPNs: 3 weeks prorated to start, 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 4 years, 5 weeks after 10 years, 6 weeks after 24 years, 7 weeks after 24 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work performed in ex- cess of 7.5 hours in 1 day, 75 hours in 1 pay period, within 15 hours of previous shift work unless voluntarily ac- cepted, or 7 consecutive days. Meal allowance: Meal pro- vided for double shift or $10 if second shift is night shift. Medical benefits: Employer pay 100% of premiums for ex- tended health plan. Dental: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums for dental plan. Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums. $300 total for glasses (or elective contact lenses or laser procedures) and eye exams every 24 months per person (every 12 months for dependants younger than 18.) Sick leave: 7.5 days per month, maximum 75 hours per year. Cannot be carried forward. LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 1 times salary. Pension: Employer, employee each contribute 4% of em- ployee wages to joint RRSP. Bereavement leave: 5 paid days for death of spouse, child, stepchild. 3 paid days for death of parent, parent- in-law, sibling, sibling-in-law, legal guardian, grandparent, grandparent-in-law, grand- child, child-in-law. 2 days if employee is not able to attend funeral. 1 paid day to attend funeral of aunt, uncle, niece, nephew. Seniority – recall rights: 24 months for layoffs or due to workplace injury and there is no reasonable likelihood employee will return to work within near future; 45 days for casual employees. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay at applicable regu- lar or overtime rate. Probationary period: 600 hours or 8 months of employ- ment, whichever comes first. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months. Severance: 9 weeks' notice after 9 years of service, 10 weeks' notice after 10 years of service, 11 weeks' notice after 11 years of service, 12 weeks' notice after 12 years. Uniforms/clothing: Em- ployer provides employees in dietary department with aprons free of charge. $130 per year for all full-time em- ployees. Mileage: $0.42 per kilometre for authorized use of personal vehicle on behalf of employer or to attend training or events away from facility when at- tendance is required by em- ployer. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 1% increase): Dietary/housekeeping/laun- dry (start): $19.34 rising 1 step to $19.53 Dietary/housekeeping/laun- dry (6 years): $20.80 rising 1 step to $21.01 Cook 1 (start): $21.15 rising 1 step to $21.36 Cook 1 (6 years): $22.70 rising 1 step to $22.93 HCA/PSW pool/TR/St. nurse/supportive housing (start): $20.03 rising 1 step to $20.23 HCA/PSW pool/TR/St. nurse, supportive housing (6 years): $21.65 rising 1 step to $21.87 RPN (start): $24.93 rising 1 step to $25.18 RPN (6 years): $26.71 rising 1 step to $26.98 Maintenance (start): $20.31 rising 1 step to $20.51 Maintenance (6 years): $21.87 rising 1 step to $22.09 Assistant chaplain (start): $25.13 rising 1 step to $25.38 Assistant chaplain (6 years): $27.75 rising 1 step to $28.03 Student: $13.41 rising 1 step to $13.54 RN (start): $30.55 rising 1 step to $30.86 RN (4 years): $34.81 rising 1 step to $35.16 RN (8 years): $43.31 rising 1 step to $43.74 Editor's notes: Weekends: Full-time employees will be scheduled off at least 2 weekends in 4-week period. Employer will also endeavour to schedule part-time employees off for 2 weekends out of every 4, maximum of 3 weekends in row unless volunteered. Responsibility premiums: $1 for each hour worked when assigned to carry out responsibilities of salaried employee outside bargaining unit for more than one-half of shift. $1.13 per hour for in-charge RN when no supervisor on duty and RPN assigned RN duties. $0.50 per hour for food-service working performing cook duties and employees assigned team leader in supportive housing duties. $1 per hour to employees orienting newly-hired em- ployee. COAL MINING SunHills Mining, Highvale Mine Wabamun, Alta. (580 mining employees) and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers Intl. Union (USW), Local 1595 Renewal agreement: Effective March 1, 2019 to March 31, 2027. Ratified on Feb. 22, 2019. Signed on March 1, 2019. Shift premium: $0.50 per hour for afternoon shift. $1.10 per hour for midnight shift. $2 per hour for lead-hands. $2 per hour for employees act- ing as relief dispatchers, relief planners. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 80 hours after 1 year, 120 hours after 3 years, 160 hours after 9 years, 200 hours after 19 years, 208 5 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media Canada (HR) Ltd. business 2021

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