Canadian Labour Reporter

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS OIL AND GAS EXTRACTION General Presidents' Maintenance Agreement (Dow Chemical/Shell Canada) Fort Saskatchewan/Prentiss, Alta. (1,500 production employees) and 13 unions including the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and the Allied Workers (HFIAW), and the Labourers International Union of North America (LiUNA), Teamsters Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2022. Signed on Jan. 1, 2020. Shift premium: $1.50 (previ- ously $1) over regular general foreperson and foreperson rates (for all hours worked) for general foreperson and foreperson who have achieved status of industrial construction crew supervisor designation from Alberta ap- prenticeship industry training. $3.50 per hour (previously $3 per hour) worked for employees working afternoon shift (8 a.m. and before 9 p.m.) or midnight shift (9 p.m. and 2 a.m.). Time and one-half for first shift worked when employee is not given 24 hours of advance notice prior to start of new shift. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 6% to start, 7% after 3 years, 8% after 7 years, 9% after 10 years, 10% after 12 years vacation pay for long-term maintenance employees only. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day, Monday to Friday, and on Satur- days; double time after 4 hours of overtime, Monday to Friday, and after 12 hours on Saturday; dou- ble time for work on Sundays and recognized holidays for 5 8-hour day workers. Time and one-half for all work after 10 hours per day, Monday to Thursday, and on Saturdays; double time after 2 hours of overtime, Monday to Thursday, and after 12 hours on Friday, Saturday; double time for work on Sundays and recognized holidays for 4 10-hour day work- ers. Meal allowance: Employer will provide meal for second meal break when employee works overtime more than 10 hours per day. Subsequent meals will also be provided by employer as near to regular 4-hour intervals as possible. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of employee's spouse, child, parent, parent-in-law, grandparent, sibling. Call-in pay: Minimum of 2.5 hours' pay at double basic hourly rate when employee is called in to work on scheduled day off or holiday. Total pay within given 8-hour period will not exceed normal overtime pay for that 8-hour period. Safety shoes: Maximum $150 reimbursement if employee works in areas where abnormal wear to footwear is incurred, as result of normal duties. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will issue up to 2 pairs of cover- alls to long-term employees each 12 months. Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Boilermakers, Local 146 Jour Fort Mac LTM: $44.10 Fort Mac STM: $44.85 Outside Fort Mac: $44.10 Push Fort Mac LTM: $47.25 Fort Mac STM: $48 Outside Fort Mac: $47.25 Fore Fort Mac LTM: $49.60 Fort Mac STM: $50.35 Outside Fort Mac: $49.60 Gen fore Fort Mac LTM: $51.60 Fort Mac STM: $52.35 Outside Fort Mac: $51.60 Apprentice base rates Third-year Fort Mac LTM: $39.58 Outside Fort Mac: $39.58 Second-year Fort Mac LTM: $32.79 Outside Fort Mac: $32.79 First-year Fort Mac LTM: $26 Outside Fort Mac: $26 Helper Fort Mac LTM: $32.79 Outside Fort Mac: $32.79 Carpenters, Local 1325 Jour Fort Mac LTM: $41.38 Fort Mac STM: $42.13 Outside Fort Mac: $41.38 Fore Fort Mac LTM: $45.88 Fort Mac STM: $46.63 Outside Fort Mac: $45.88 Gen fore Fort Mac LTM: $47.88 Fort Mac STM: $48.63 Outside Fort Mac: $47.88 Apprentice base rates Fourth-year Fort Mac LTM: $37.24 Fort Mac STM: $37.92 Outside Fort Mac: $37.24 Third-year Fort Mac LTM: $33.10 Fort Mac STM: $33.70 Outside Fort Mac: $33.10 Second-year Fort Mac LTM: $28.97 Fort Mac STM: $29.49 Outside Fort Mac: $28.97 First-year Fort Mac LTM: $24.83 Fort Mac STM: $25.28 Outside Fort Mac: $24.83 Editor's notes: Standby duty: Whenever employee is scheduled for standby duty on scheduled days off, employee will be reim- bursed with 2 hours of pay at double-time for each period of duty. Each period will not exceed 24 consecutive hours; not more than 3 consecutive standby periods will be permitted. Administration fund: Employer will contribute $0.10 per hour worked to general presidents' maintenance industry administration fund. GOVERNMENT e Corporation of the City of Kingston Kingston, Ont. (990 municipal employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 109 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2023. Ratified in February 2021. Signed on May 27, 2021. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 0.75% Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 1.25% Effective Jan. 1, 2023: 1.5% Shift premium: $1.30 per hour for all hours worked on Satur- day and Sunday, and all hours worked Monday to Friday before 6 a.m. or after 6 p.m. $1.40 per hour for employees who in per- formance of duties are requested by employer to use language other than English. Paid holidays: 12 days for full- time employees (Remembrance Day only when it falls on regu- larly scheduled working day); 9 days for part-time employees. Vacations with pay: 1 working day for each month of employ- ment up to 10 days to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 7 years, 5 weeks after 16 years, 6 weeks af- ter 25 years, 1 additional day per each year after 25 to maximum of 5 additional days. Overtime: Time and one-half for all time worked beyond em- ployee's regular scheduled hours that is not part of shift. Double time for overtime hours on Sun- day. Double time in lieu of day off with pay for time worked on paid holiday that is part of normal scheduled work week. Time and one-half for hours worked when called into work on paid holiday. Meal allowance: $12 for em- ployees who work at least 2 5 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media Canada (HR) Ltd. business 2021

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