Canadian Labour Reporter

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS for crew leader and union su- pervisory positions; 6 months for external hires for these posi- tions and newly hired and exist- ing employees as apprentices; 30 worked days for all other positions. Discipline: Sunset clause is 3 years for disciplinary letters. Severance: 1 week's pay for each year of seniority, maxi- mum 10 weeks' pay for em- ployees who are displaced by contracting-out of job. Tool allowance: $1,000, paid quarterly, for mechanic/welders who use own tools. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 8.6% increase): Caretaker (LOU): $22.07 rising 4 steps to $23.97 Courier/customer relations representative/landfill clerk: $26.21 rising 4 steps to $28.45 Caretaker 1/clerk typist: $26.94 rising 4 steps to $29.26 Museum clerk: $27.70 rising 4 steps to $30.07 Central file clerk/city hall cus- tomer service clerk/operations clerk DES/print shop clerk: $28.54 rising 4 steps to $30.99 Development, engineering, and sustainability clerk/finance clerk/GIS word processing op- erator RCMP/legislative servic- es clerk/payroll clerk/planning clerk/real estate clerk/records management clerk/word pro- cessing operator RCMP: $29.34 rising 4 steps to $31.87 Bylaw services clerk/engineer- ing clerk/lead-hand caretaker/ office services clerk civic opera- tions/office services clerk KFR/ permit processing clerk/PRCS clerk/RCMP clerk/traffic clerk RCMP: $30.17 rising 4 steps to $32.75 Accounting clerk 3 accounting/ accounting clerk 3 operations/ business licensing clerk/court and information coordinator/ data technician RCMP/exhibit control officer/finance techni- cian/inventory/transportation clerk/junior archivist/museum interpreter/pay and benefits clerk/police accounts clerk RCMP/records management systems (RMS) clerk/watch clerk RCMP: $30.65 rising 4 steps to $33.27 Communication services as- sistant/communications and community engagement assis- tant/community policing office services clerk/disclosure clerk RCMP/planning assistant/proj- ect assistant civic operations/ purchasing technician: $31.19 rising 4 steps to $33.87 Assistant business license in- spector/court liaison officer/ crime analyst 1/crime preven- tion liaison/engineering design technician 1/environmental services coordinator/finance analyst/graphic designer/infor- mation officer RCMP/records reviewer RCMP/solid waste services analyst/survey techni- cian 1/sustainability educator/ sustainability program coordi- nator/traffic tech 1: $32.75 ris- ing 4 steps to $35.55 Active living coordinator/ archivist/arts, culture, and heritage coordinator/claims and insurance coordinator/ communication services co- ordinator/community events coordinator/community de- velopment coordinator/engi- neering utilities tech 1/healthy living and wellness coordina- tor/IT helpdesk technician/ legislative assistant/museum curator/museum educator/ plan checker 1/PRIME and records coordinator/property use inspector/RCMP office support coordinator/recre- ation program coordinator/so- cial development coordinator/ software coordinator PRCS/ sport development coordina- tor/tournament capital and community events coordina- tor: $34.27 rising 4 steps to $37.21 Building official 1/plumbing official: $35.63 rising 4 steps to $38.68 Lifeguard (LOU)/labourer 1 (LOU): $21.79 rising 4 steps to $23.67 Custodial guard (LOU): $24.16 rising 4 steps to $26.24 Labourer 2: $27.14 rising 4 steps to $29.47 Lifeguard 1/utilities mainte- nance technician: $27.54 rising 4 steps to $29.90 Custodial guard (red-circled)/ equipment operator 1 parks/ integrated pest manage- ment technician/painter 2/ recreation facilities attendant aquatics: $27.87 rising 4 steps to $30.26 Sample rates of pay (current): Apprentices (% of journeyper- son rate) No pre-apprenticeship program achieved Starting wage: 50% After completion of first year: 60% After completion of second year: 70% After completion of third year: 80% After completion of fourth year: 100% Pre-apprenticeship program achieved: Starting wage: 55% After completion of first year: 65% After completion of second year: 75% After completion of third year: 85% After completion of fourth year: 100% Editor's notes: Hearing aids: $800 every 5 years; $800 every 2 years for dependants younger than 18. Employee parking: Em- ployer will provide parking space free of charge for city hall and parks department employees in area at Riverside Park des- ignated for parking by permit provided that space will be available only as long as designated area is not required for park purposes. RETAIL GROCERY Sobeys Capital (Safeway Operations/Northern Meats & Deli) Camrose, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Grand Prairie, Hinton, Red Deer, Wetaskiwin, Alta. (724 meat, fish, delicatessen department employees) and the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada Union (UFCW), Local 401 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive Aug. 10, 2020 to Aug. 9, 2025. Ratified on Aug. 10, 2020. Signed on Aug. 10, 2020. Shift premium: $2 per hour for each full hour worked between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. Time and one-half for time worked prior to expiry of 10-hour interval for employee who is not allowed 10-hour intervals between shifts. $1 per hour for each hour worked on Sunday. Double time for work performed longer than 5 hours without meal period. $1 per hour for assistant deli manager in delicatessen depart- ment. $0.85 per hour or appli- cable manager rate, whichever is greater, when employee is as- signed to relieve meat manager (head meat cutter) for 2 days or more in 1 week. $1 per hour for each full hour worked on float pool for meat cutters, meat clerks. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 3 years, 4 weeks or 8% af- ter 8 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 13 years, 6 weeks or 12% after 18 years, 7 weeks or 14% after 23 years. Overtime: Time and one- half for all work in excess of daily hours or basic workweek; double time after 2 hours of overtime. Compensating time off will not be given in lieu of overtime pay. Dental: Employer will contrib- ute $0.43 per hour, maximum $17.20 per week, for all hours paid to Alberta retail meat in- dustry dental plan. Vision: $200 per person every 24 months for prescription lens, frames (every 12 months for children younger than 14). Reimbursement for eye exam (maximum $60 and for corrective lenses will be com- bined maximum of $200) per 24-month period. Weekly indemnity: Coverage of 70% of straight-time weekly wage. Sick leave: 4 hours for each month of employment, maxi- mum 208 hours after 13 weeks of service. LTD: Coverage of 50% of week- ly earning, maximum $2,000 April 5, 2021 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media Canada (HR) Ltd. business 2021

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