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COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Vacations with pay: 9.375 hours per month or 3 weeks af- ter 1 year, 12.5 hours per month or 4 weeks after 8 years, 15.625 hours per month or 5 weeks after 18 years, 18.75 hours per month or 6 weeks after 29 years for 37.5-hour average work- week. 10 hours per month or 3 weeks after 1 year, 13.333 hours per month or 4 weeks after 8 years, 16.666 hours per month or 5 weeks after 18 years, 20 hours per month or 6 weeks af- ter 29 years for 40-hour average workweek. Overtime: Time and one-half for first 4 hours worked after normal scheduled daily hours; double time thereafter. Time and one-half for work on first day of rest; double time for each hour worked in excess of employee's normal daily hours worked on that day of rest. Double time for each hour worked on second or subse- quent day of rest. Employer will pay overtime compensa- tion within 4 weeks of submis- sion of overtime claim unless employee has requested com- pensatory leave with pay. Time may be taken as compensatory time off, maximum 50 hours per year, but time off not used by Dec. 31 will be paid for in cash. Meal allowance: $13 for em- ployee who works 3 or more hour of overtime immediately before of after scheduled hours of work; 1 additional $13 for each 4-hour period of over- time worked thereafter (except where free meals are provided or when employee is being compensated on some other basis). Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Sick leave: 9.375 hours per month for employee who aver- ages 37.5 hours per week; 10 hours per month for employee who averages 40 hours per week. LTD: Employer pays 85% of premiums, employee pays 15% of premiums. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Life insurance: Employee pays 100% of premiums. Pension: Saskatoon Airport Authority Pension Plan for eli- gible employees prior to April 1, 2013; Saskatoon Airport Authority RBC Group Retire- ment Savings Plan for eligible employees hired after April 1, 2013. Bereavement leave: 4 days for death in immediate family (fa- ther, mother, stepfather, step- mother, foster-parent, brother, sister, spouse, child, stepchild, ward, father-in-law, mother-in- law, grandparent, grandchild, relative residing in employee's household). 1 day for death of son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law. 1 day to employee to attend fu- neral as pallbearer. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year when employer appoints employee to position outside bargaining unit on acting basis. Call-in pay: Greater of 4 hours at applicable overtime rate of pay for each call in, maximum 8 hours of compensation per 8-hour period, or compensa- tion at applicable overtime rate for actual time worked, provid- ed that period worked by em- ployee is not contiguous to em- ployee's normal hours of work. Compensation for time actually worked or minimum of 4 hours of pay at applicable overtime rate, whichever is greater, for employee who reports for work as directed on day of rest. Em- ployee will be reimbursed for use of vehicle each time they are called in to work. Probationary period: 6 months. For airfield mainte- nance specialists, probation period is not complete until employee has completed 1 full winter season's operations or achieved 6 months of service, whichever is greater. Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months for any documents or written statements related to disciplinary action. Severance: 4 months' regular pay (exclusive of premiums), plus 1 month's regular pay per year of service rounded up to next full year, total maximum of 2 year's regular pay. Safety shoes: $290 (CSA- approved only) per year (previ- ously $135 per year). Uniforms/clothing: Rain wear (hats, coats, pants and boots) will be provided as required. After 6 months of service, em- ployees will receive: 2 pairs of pants, 4 shirts, 1 jacket, work gloves, winter gloves, 2 sweat- shirts, 1 winter hat, 1 ball cap. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4% increase): Airport operations officer: $45.42 rising 2 steps to $47.26 Mobile/surface supervisor: $44.06 rising 2 steps to $45.84 Airfield maintenance specialist: $33.93 rising 2 steps to $35.30 Buildings supervisor: $49.64 rising 2 steps to $51.64 Electrician: $42.44 rising 2 steps to $44.15 Computer and electronic sys- tems technician: $40.33 rising 2 steps to $41.96 Carpenter: $39.08 rising 2 steps to $40.66 Mechanic: $39.08 rising 2 steps to $40.66 Building technician: $37.12 ris- ing 2 steps to $38.62 Trades helper: $29.13 rising 2 steps to $30.31 Project and airport develop- ment officer: $40.42 rising 2 steps to $42.05 Administrative assistant: $35.68 rising 2 steps to $37.12 Marketing research: $32.99 ris- ing 2 steps to $34.32 Guest services coordinator: $32.99 rising 2 steps to $34.32 Public safety administrator: $29.38 rising 2 steps to $30.57 Coordinator customer rela- tions: $39.47 rising 2 steps to $41.07 Editor's notes: Overtime travel expenses: Employee will be reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred such as kilometre allowance pursuant to employer's travel and business expenses management practice or out-of-pocket expenses for other means of pre-authorized commercial transportation (travel time is not considered to be time worked) when employee is re- quired to work overtime, not contiguous to employee's scheduled hours of work, and is required to use transportation other than normal public transportation services. Standby: 1 hour's pay for each 4-hour period or portion thereof that employee is on standby. Registration fees: Employer will reimburse employee for payment of membership or registration fees to organiza- tion or governing body when payment of fees is requirement of performance of duties SENIOR LIVING e Heartland Retirement Residence Okotoks, Alta. (45 licensed practical nurses, health-care aides) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 8 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2019 to Dec. 31, 2022. Ratified on Dec. 17, 2020 . Signed on March 28, 2021. Shift premium: $2 per hour for all hours worked between 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. (evening shift). $2.50 per hour shift premium for all hours worked between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. (night shift). $2.25 per hour (previously $2 per hour) shift premium for all hours worked between Friday at 11 p.m. and Monday at 7 a.m. (weekend premium is in addition to any other shift premium). $1 per hour for employees assigned to distribute medication (med shift). $1 per each hour worked between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday when employer as- signs LPN to be responsible for delivery of resident care. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 1 day per month, maximum 10 days, or 4% to start, 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 3 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 8 years. 5 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media Canada (HR) Ltd. business 2021