Canadian Labour Reporter

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS disability plan providing 70% of monthly income up to $4,000 after waiting period of 120 days. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for group life insurance plan with minimum amount of $15,000 for full-time employees. Pension: Employer and employees share contribu- tions to Ontario Municipal Employee's Retirement System Plan (OMERS). Bereavement leave: 5 paid days for death of spouse, child, stepchild, parent, stepparent. 3 paid days for death of grand- child, grandparent, sibling, stepsibling, parent-in-law, sibling-in-law. Seniority – recall rights: 15 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay at time and one-half for call-in outside of normal hours of work. Effective Jan. 3, 2022: 1 hour of pay at straight- time for reporting and appro- priate overtime rates. $25 per day (previously $22 per day) while on-call for traffic signal electricians, compliance inspectors – wastewater, water compliance technicians, and employees in traffic mainte- nance – signs during winter operations. Probationary period: 90 worked days or such other extended period of time as may be mutually agreed upon (previously 45 worked days in 4-month period). Safety shoes: Up to $160 per year for employees who require CSA-approved safety footwear. Up to $130 once during employment for co-op students who require CSA-approved footwear. Uniforms/clothing: All personnel will be supplied with protective clothing or safety apparel as required. Building inspection and outside traffic employees receive rain suits. Active full-time wastewater compliance inspectors, traffic department employees, construction inspector/opera- tors, development inspectors, development inspector/coordi- nators, development/inspector/ operators, landfill inspec- tors, collection inspectors, operational services inspec- tors, surveyors, and surveyors' assistants receive $450 per year (previously $430) to select items from clothing and footwear list provided by employer for active traffic employees and certain inspectors, along with following at start of their employment: 5 pairs work pants, 3 long-sleeve work shirts, 3 short-sleeve work shirts, 1 winter coat or spring jacket. New municipal law enforcement officers and prop- erty standards officers receive 5 pairs work pants, 10 work shirts, 2 work sweaters, 1 work winter coat, and 1 work spring jacket plus 2 pairs of work pants and 2 work shirts annually. New full-time facilities maintenance operators, water compliance technicians, and building inspectors receive 5 work shirts, 1 work winter coat, and 1 work spring jacket plus 2 work shirts annually. Sample rates of hourly pay (current minimum/ maximum, after 2% increase): Surveyors assistant (start): $23.04/$25.60 rising 1 step to $23.50/$26.11 Administrative assistant child care/building services assis- tant/business resource clerk/ mailroom duplicating clerk/ parks design and develop- ment assistant/urban forestry support (start): $25.07/$25.57 rising 1 step to $25.57/$28.41 Accounts payable clerk/bylaw enforcement assistant/cemete- rian/collection inspector/ community recreation clerk/ corporate records duplicating clerk/corporate records clerk/ customer service tax clerk/ fields events booking clerk/ operational services clerk/ parking administrative assis- tant/parks operations clerk (start): $27.13/$30.14 rising 1 step to $27.67/$30.74 Administrative support specialist public works/assis- tant buyer/compliance techni- cian/customer contact centre representative/facilities main- tenance operator/IT project coordinator/junior financial analyst/licensing representa- tive/metering and administra- tive coordinator/operational services inspector/parking bylaw enforcement coordi- nator/support services assis- tant (fire)/traffic maintenance signs: $29.17/$32.41 rising 1 step to $29.75/$33.06 Accounting coordinator/ billing and collections repre- sentative/CADD operator/ child care representative/ landfill representative/landfill inspector/POA administra- tion clerk/POA collection clerk/POA court monitor/ small business consultant/ survey technician/systems administrator/systems analyst admin coordinator/technology help desk support analyst/ transportation technician: $31.25/ $34.72 rising 1 step to $31.87/$35.41 AMANDA administrator/ application specialist/ building services technolo- gist/capital fund analyst/ development coordinator inspector/development inspector/GIS technologist/ IT asset management admin- istrator/knowledge specialist CRM/licensing compliance officer/programmer analyst SharePoint/technical systems specialist/traffic signal electri- cian/traffic systems technolo- gist/water compliance techni- cian: $33.26/$36.95 rising 1 step to $33.92/$37.69 Buyer/CADD coordinator/ compliance inspector (waste- water)/customer information systems coordinator/data- base administrator/develop- ment inspector operator/ environmental engineering technologist/environmental technologist-solid waste/envi- ronmental services technolo- gist/facilities management coordinator/GIS specialist/ infrastructure planning technologist/municipal law enforcement property stan- dards officer/project coordi- nator/project management coordinator/transportation technologist: $35.30/$39.22 rising 1 step to $36/$40 Building inspector property standards officer/construc- tion inspector operator/ design technologist/develop- ment engineering reviewer/ financial analyst/plumbing inspector/project manage- ment specialist/security tech- nical specialist/transportation planning project coordinator/ waste reduction coordinator: $37.34/$41.49 rising 1 step to $38.09/$42.32 Coordinator construction in inspector operator/senior plans examiner/water and wastewater infrastructure planner: $39.39/$43.77 rising 1 step to $40.19/$44.65 Summer student: $16.79 rising 1 step to $17.13 Co-op student: $18.40/$20.78 rising 1 step to $18.76/$21.20 Editor's notes: Orthotics: 1 pair every 2 years, maximum $400. Hearing aids: Maximum $500 every 60 consecutive months. CONSTRUCTION Construction Labour Relations Alberta Provincewide, Alberta (550 ironworkers) and the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Ironworkers, Local 720 and 725 Renewal agreement: Effective June 2, 2019 to April 30, 2023. Signed on June 3, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective May 2, 2021: CPI change for 2020 Effective May 1, 2022: CPI change for 2021 Shift premium: $3.50 per hour (previously $3 per hour) for employees working on other than day shift on 2- or 3-shift operation. $1.50 per hour for foremen and general foremen who are industrial May 17, 2021 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media Canada (HR) Ltd. business 2021

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