Canadian Labour Reporter

6 a.m. $1.50 per hour (previ- ously $1.25 per hour) for employees regularly scheduled to work complete shift on weekend. $0.25 per hour for first-aid attendants. $0.30 per hour for all hours worked for employees working in plant performing job that requires them to work for more than 1 continuous hour in tempera- tures below 2 degrees Celsius. $0.50 per hour to reach opera- tors. $0.50 per hour for pork cut, kill floor, shipping lead- hands and trainers; $0.20 per hour for all other lead-hands. Paid holidays: 9 days, plus 2 floater holidays each year in recognition of Family Day and Remembrance Day, after 1 year of service. Vacations with pay: 1 week may be taken after 6 months of service with other week to be taken before end of first year to start, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 17 years, 6 weeks after 24 years, 7 weeks after 30 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week; double time after 11 hours of work per day. Mandatory overtime will be limited to 2 hours per day; 8 hours per week for each employee. Time may be banked, maximum 40 times employee's regular rate of pay. Double time for all work on Sunday, except where work regularly falls on Sunday. Employee will be paid double time if they work on day off in lieu of Sunday. Time and one- half for first 4 hours on Saturday; double time thereafter. Meal allowance: $10 if due to circumstances employer does not provide regular meal during second meal period. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Employer will provide health care spending account of $500 for individual status; $1,000 for family status. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Coverage of 80% for basic preventative dentistry. $1,500 per year maximum for basic and major dentistry. 50% coverage for orthodontic expenses for dependent chil- dren, employees, lifetime maximum of $1,500. Paramedical: Employer pays 100% of premiums. $750 per insured for each of 2 specialists: physiotherapist and psychologist. Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Coverage of 66.67% of regular weekly earnings. LTD: Employee pays 100% of premiums. Coverage of 65% of pre-disability earnings, maximum monthly benefit of $3,000. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $30,000. Pension: Employer will contribute 3% per year, employee will contribute 2% per year into DC plan (previously DB plan) to start; employer will contribute 5% per year, employee will contribute 1% per year after 5 years of service. Employee may make additional contributions into plan. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, child. 3 days for death in immediate family (mother, father, sister, brother, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepparents, stepchildren, grandparents, grandchildren). 1 day for death of grandpar- ents-in-law. Seniority – recall rights: 6 months to start; maximum 2 years after 1 year of service. Probationary period: 480 hours worked from date of last hire. Discipline: Sunset clause is 6 months for all verbal warnings attached to progressive disci- plinary actions. Severance: 1 week of pay after 1 year of service; 1.5 weeks' after 2 years; 2 weeks' after 3 years; 3 weeks' after 5 years; 3.5 weeks' after 6 years; 4.5 weeks' after 7 years; 5.5 weeks' after 8 years; 6.5 weeks' after 9 years; 7.5 weeks' after 10 years. Additional 1.5 weeks' pay for each year of service after 10 years. Uniforms/clothing: Launderable outer work clothing, oilskin aprons and oilskin sleeves, specified by employer, will be supplied to employees. Employer will supply rubber boots to employees (worn out boots must be returned to employer before new pair will be issued). Employee who chooses not to wear employer-provided rubber boots will be given $175 per year. $400 per year freezer-apparel allowance for employees who hold freezer or shipping posting. $220 per year for employees holding pack- off and export-jack operators postings. Employer will supply warm apparel for employees who work in cooler. Tool allowance: $400 per year (previously $300 per year) for tools — either broken on job or worn out — for maintenance bargaining unit employees Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase): Base rate: $18.20 rising 5 steps to $20.30 Level 1: $19.20 rising 5 steps to $21.30 Level 1.5: $20.20 rising 5 steps to $22.30 Level 2: $21.20 rising 5 steps to $23.30 Level 2.5: $21.70 rising 5 steps to $23.80 Level 3: $22.20 rising 5 steps to $24.30 Level 3.5: $22.70 rising 5 steps to $24.80 Level 4: $23.20 rising 5 steps to $25.30 Level 5: $27.70 rising 5 steps to $29.80 Level 6: $28.65 rising 5 steps to $30.75 Level 7: $29.55 rising 5 steps to $31.65 Level 7.5: $39.81 rising 5 steps to $41.91 Maintenance group 1: $47.74 rising 5 steps to $49.84 Maintenance group 2: $37.85 rising 5 steps to $39.95 Maintenance group 3: $40.85 rising 5 steps to $42.95 Maintenance group 4: $40.97 rising 5 steps to $43.07 Maintenance group 5: $34 rising 5 steps to $36.10 Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Journeyman power engineer class 2/refrigeration mechanic: $47.74 Journeyman power engineer class 3: $37.85 Ticketed electrician/mill- wright/welder/refrigeration operator: $40.85 I.T.: $40.97 Fourth-class power engineer: $34 Editor's notes: Licensing: Employer will reimburse employees for renewal of all necessary licenses required in performance of duties. Training fund: Employer will contribute $0.06 per hour to UFCW, Local 401 education and training trust fund for each hour that all employees work. Effective Feb. 1, 2026: $0.10 per hour. Annual bonus: All employees hired on or before April 22, 2016, and who previously qualified for bonus, will receive $100 per year of service in December of each year of agreement. ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION Electrical Power Systems Construction Association Provincewide, Ontario (300 construction trades workers) and Labourers International Union of North America (LiUNA), Ontario Provincial District Council Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2020 to April 30, 2025. Ratified in December 2020. Wage adjustments: Effective May 1, 2020: 2.4% Effective May 1, 2021: 2.3% Effective May 1, 2022: 2.2% Effective May 1, 2023: 2.2% Effective May 1, 2024: 2.2% Shift premium: 1/7 shift differential rate (previously 1/8) for normal scheduled < 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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