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April 19, 2021

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for standard evening shift (ma- jority of hours between 3:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.). $2.50 per hour for standard night shift (majority of hours between 11:30 p.m. and 7:30 a.m.). $2.65 per hour for all hours worked on shifts where majority of hours fall between midnight on Friday and midnight on Sunday. $0.50 per hour when performing role of sleep-lab team leader. Paid holidays: 12 days includ- ing 2 float days designated by employer. Vacations with pay: 1.25 days per month to start, 3 weeks af- ter 1 year, 4 weeks after 3 years, 5 weeks after 12 years, 6 weeks after 21 years, 7 weeks after 27 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for authorized time worked in excess of 7.5 hours per day or 75 hours averaged over 2-week paid period. Double time for additional overtime hours contiguous with full 7.5-hour overtime shift. For heart and vascular labora- tories, time and one-half for hours worked in excess of 7.5 hours per day or 37.5 hours per week. May be taken as time off in lieu but time off must be taken within suc- ceeding 90 days of occurrence of overtime. Meal allowance: Meal voucher or $6 (if employer is unable to provide voucher) for employees who work more than 2 hours of overtime following scheduled hours of work. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for extended health care benefits plan. Dental: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums. Coverage of recall oral examination once every 6 months; complete and partial dentures, crowns, bridgework, implants and repairs to same at 50/50 co- insurance, maximum $2,000 per person per year; orthodon- tics 50/50 co-insurance with lifetime maximum $2,000 per insured. Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $300 plus 1 eye exam every 24 months. Paramedical: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Includes coverage for chiropractic, mas- sage therapy, physiotherapy, speech pathologist, psycholo- gist, psychotherapist, social worker; maximum $1,000 per year total for combined servic- es for each insured person. Sick leave: Up to 15 weeks for permanent full-time em- ployees with at least 3 months' service. Employees with 4 or more years of service get full salary. 90% for 3 years' service, 80% for 2 years' service, 70% for 1 year's service, 66 2/3% for 3 months' service. LTD: Employer pays 75% of premium, employee pays 25% of premiums. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for group life insurance plan. Employees can contribute to additional voluntary life insurance plan. Pension: Healthcare of Ontar- io Pension Plan (HOOPP). Bereavement leave: 4 con- secutive paid working days for death of spouse, child, or par- ent. 3 consecutive paid work- ing days for death of sibling, child-in-law, parent-in-law, sibling-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, guardian, step- parent. 1 paid day for death of aunt, uncle, niece, nephew. Seniority – recall rights: 24 months for layoffs; 3 months for employee who is transferred to position outside bargaining unit. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay when called into work outside regular work hours after leaving work. If successive 4-hour call-ins overlap with each other or with regular shift, time and one-half for period of overlap. Probationary period: 675 hours of work. May be extend- ed up to 452.5 hours. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months for any disciplinary documents (all leaves of ab- sences will not count towards calculation of 18-month pe- riod). Severance: 2 weeks' pay for each year of continuous service up to 16 weeks' pay for resigna- tion. For employees with more than 5 years of service, $3,000 reimbursement of tuition fees within 12 months of resigna- tion. For voluntary exit/early retirement, 2 weeks' salary for each year of service up to 35 weeks, plus an additional pay- ment of $1,500 for employees with 5 years or less of service and $3,000 for employees with more than 5 years of service. Mileage: $0.45 per kilometre (or greater amount that hospi- tal may in its discretion deter- mine for each trip) when em- ployee is required to travel to hospital or return to home, due to being called back to work outside of regularly scheduled hours. Sample rates hourly of pay (current): Lab assistant/lab-support work: $22.72 (start)/$25.25 (year 3) Cardiology technologist/ general duty/ECG techni- cian/lab technician: $28.34 (start)/$32.14 (year 5) Cath lab technician/team- leader specimen management/ pacemaker technologist: $32.92 (start)/$37.13 (year 5) Polysomnographic technolo- gist/cardiac-device technolo- gist/technologist arrhythmia service: $38.58 (start)/$43.85 (year 8) Medical lab technologist/ cath lab technologist: $39.80 (start)/$45.59 (year 8) Medical technical specialist: $42.20 (start)/$47.45 (year 8) Vascular ultra-sound tech- nologist: $40.92 (start)/$45.46 (year 3) Editor's notes: Pre-paid leave plan: Employees may spread 4 years' salary over 5-year period to enable them to take 1-year leave of absence following 4-year salary deferral. Influenza vaccination: Employees may be required to be vaccinated but have right to refuse. In event of refusal, employee may be placed on unpaid leave of absence during any influenza outbreak. Lieu time or vacation time may be used. Standby: $3.30 per hour for standby time; $4.90 per hour on holidays. Required training: When employee is required by employer to engage in any learning opportunities outside of regularly scheduled working hours, employee will be paid for all time spent on such learning opportunities at regular straight-time rate of pay. Hearing aids: Maximum $400 per person. METAL CONSTRUCTION COMPONENTS Canam Group Calgary (101 production employees) and the Iron Workers Shopmen's Local, 805 of the International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers Renewal agreement: Effective June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2025. Ratified on Sept. 18, 2020. Signed on June 1, 2020. Wage adjustments: Effective June 1, 2020: 1.25% Effective June 1, 2021: 1.5% Effective June 1, 2022: 1.5% Effective June 1, 2023: 2% Effective June 1, 2024: 2% Shift premium: $0.20 per hour for designated first-aid atten- dants with valid ticket. $1.15 per hour for employees work- ing on second and third shifts. Paid holidays: 11 days plus last 4 regular work hours on last regular workday before New Year's Day and Christmas Day. Vacations with pay: 14 days or 4% to start, 14 days or 5% after 1 year, 21 days or 7% after 4 years, 28 days or 9% after 10 years, 28 days or 10% after 15 < from pg. 1 3 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media Canada (HR) Ltd. business 2021

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