Canadian Labour Reporter

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS does not meal during second meal period (which will be one- half hour on employer's time and supplied free of charge by employer). Medical benefits: Employer pays 50% of premiums, em- ployee pays 50% of premiums. Vision: $400 per 24-month period. AD&D: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums. Coverage of 100% of earnings, maximum $250,000. Life insurance: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums. Cover- age of 100% of earnings, maxi- mum $250,000. Pension: Employer contributes 3.3%, employee contributes 2.25% into DC HyLife Employ- ees Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (spouse of same or opposite sex, daughter, son, parent, sister, brother, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, foster-child, stepson, stepdaughter, aunt, uncle, grandparents-in-law). 1 day for employee who is asked to be pallbearer or to perform official function at funeral. Additional 2 days, without pay, for travel more than 500 kilometres 1-way from place of residence. Seniority – recall rights: Min- imum 6 months or equivalence of length of service to start; 3 years after 3 years of service for employees absent from work because of accident or sickness. 60 working days for employee accepting promotion outside bargaining unit. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours of pay. For work per- formed on Saturdays, Sun- days, general holidays, em- ployee will receive guaranteed 4 hours of pay or pay for hours actually worked at applicable overtime rate, whichever is greater. Probationary period: 90 days worked. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months for disciplinary entries or adverse reference to employ- ee's conduct. Disciplinary en- tries or adverse reference may be used in disciplinary action for up to 24 months if similar incidents occurring within 18 months. Safety shoes: Employer will provide each employee with 1 pair of quality safety boots or safety rubber boots each year and earlier due to wear and tear. Employees working in freezer, shipping/receiving departments or employees working outside will be pro- vided with winter boots and replacement liners as needed. $200 per year (previously $175 per year) for employee who chooses not to wear employer-provided rubber boots. Uniforms/clothing: Laun- derable, outer work clothing (oilskin aprons, oilskin sleeves) will be supplied to employees. Employer will supply rubber boots, hair nets, rubber gloves where required, to all employ- ees. Tool allowance: $600 per year for mechanical tradesmen of mechanical department. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 8.5% increase): Bracket 0 Start: $15.15 rising 4 steps to $16.45 6 months: $15.30 rising 4 steps to $16.60 12 months: $15.50 rising 4 steps to $16.80 18 months: $15.75 rising 4 steps to $17.05 24 months: $16 rising 4 steps to $17.30 Bracket 1 Start: $15.30 rising 4 steps to $16.60 6 months: $15.45 rising 4 steps to $16.75 12 months: $15.65 rising 4 steps to $16.95 18 months: $15.90 rising 4 steps to $17.20 24 months: $16.15 rising 4 steps to $17.45 Bracket 2 Start: $15.60 rising 4 steps to $16.90 6 months: $15.90 rising 4 steps to $17.20 12 months: $16.30 rising 4 steps to $17.60 18 months: $16.45 rising 4 steps to $17.75 24 months: $16.75 rising 4 steps to $18.05 Bracket 3 Start: $17.50 rising 4 steps to $19.25 6 months: $17.85 rising 4 steps to $19.60 12 months: $18.20 rising 4 steps to $19.95 18 months: $18.65 rising 4 steps to $20.40 24 months: $18.80 rising 4 steps to $20.55 Bracket 4 Start: $18.60 rising 4 steps to $20.45 6 months: $18.90 rising 4 steps to $20.75 12 months: $19.35 rising 4 steps to $21.20 18 months: $19.70 rising 4 steps to $21.55 24 months: $19.95 rising 4 steps to $21.80 Bracket 5 Start: $20.15 rising 4 steps to $22.20 6 months: $20.50 rising 4 steps to $22.55 12 months: $20.90 rising 4 steps to $22.95 18 months: $21.25 rising 4 steps to $23.30 24 months: $21.50 rising 4 steps to $23.55 Bracket 6 Start: $20.45 rising 4 steps to $22.50 6 months: $20.70 rising 4 steps to $22.75 12 months: $21.25 rising 4 steps to $23.30 18 months: $21.80 rising 4 steps to $23.85 24 months: $22.55 rising 4 steps to $24.60 General maintenance person- nel Start: $20.34 rising 4 steps to $22.02 6 months: $21.27 rising 4 steps to $23.02 12 months: $23.25 rising 4 steps to $25.16 Editor's notes: Apprenticeship program: $1,200 for employees who successfully challenge Red Seal exam. Citizenship leave: Employees who have applied to become Canadian citizen will be given 1 day paid leave to take oath of citizenship. Education and training trust fund: Employer will contribute $0.03 per hour into Manitoba Food & Commercial Workers Local 832, Education and Training Trust Fund. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR O'Connor Electric Cambridge, Ont. (450 electricians) and the Construction Workers Union, CLAC Local 6 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2023. Ratified in April 2020. Signed on April 1, 2020. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2020: $0.55 per hour Effective April 1, 2021: Wage opener (subject to rounding as result of $0.55 hourly wage increase for 2020) Effective April 1, 2022: Wage opener (subject to rounding as result of $0.55 hourly wage increase for 2020) Shift premium: $1.50 per Apprenticeship program: $1,200 for employees who successfully challenge Red Seal exam. 5 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media Canada (HR) Ltd. business 2021

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