Canadian Labour Reporter

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COMMUNICATIONS Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Multiprovince (4,600 broadcast employees) and the Canadian Media Guild (CMG) Renewal agreement: Effec- tive April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2024. Signed on April 1, 2019. Shift premium: $42-per-day hardship pay for foreign corre- spondent while on assignment in war risk zone. 15% for work performed between midnight and 7 a.m. (minimum $7 pay- ment). $1,200 per year for employees of CBC North, who ordinarily work one-half or more of week in position that requires ongoing use of Eng- lish and one or more Indig- enous language, maximum 40 employees. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 4 weeks to start, 5 weeks after 18 years, 6 weeks after 25 years for staff foreign correspondents (leave cannot be carried over from 1 year to next unless managerial authorization has been given and leave not used or autho- rized to carry over will be paid out each year); staff foreign correspondents will also be given maximum 10 days of leave in quarter or quarters during which they are not tak- ing annual leave. 1.25 days per month, maximum 15 days, to start, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 18 years, 6 weeks after 25 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for work after 7.75 hours per day or 38.75 hours per week. Time and one-half for work on scheduled day off; double time on second scheduled day off. Time may be taken off in lieu but unused time will be paid out in September of each year. Meal allowance: Employee will be given meal allowance (equal to lunch per diem) when shift extends to 10 hours and every 4 hours thereafter. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of prevailing hos- pital/medical premiums for employees on foreign assign- ments. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for cover- age of $25,000 or 2 times basic annual salary (whichever is greater). Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, common- law spouse, same-sex partner, son, daughter (including stepchildren). 3 days for death of mother, father (including stepparents), spouse or com- mon-law spouse of mother or father, brother, sister (includ- ing stepsiblings), mother-in- law, father-in-law, spouse or common-law spouse of moth- er-in-law or father-in-law, fa- ther or mother of employee's common-law spouse or same- sex partner, grandparents, grandchildren, dependant, other relative residing in same residence. Employee may re- ceive additional time off for travel. Seniority – recall rights: 15 months after layoffs. Call-in pay: Paid for actual time worked, at time and one- half, minimum of 3 hours (cal- culated from time of call). Probationary period: 9 months (may be extended maximum 3 months). Proba- tionary period may be extend- ed by period equivalent to any absence with or without pay. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years for all documents refer- ring to discipline; 24 months for all documentation per- taining to improvement plans. Severance: 1 week's salary for each 4 months of service; 1 week's salary for each 4 months of service when em- ployee who has been recalled and is then laid off again (calculated from date of most recent recall). Mileage: $0.16 per kilometre per round trip (maximum 40 kilometres) for transmitter technicians or other employ- ees using own automobiles to travel to and from transmitter maintenance base, plus special winter allowance, maximum $20 per month, maximum 6 months per year. Monthly ve- hicle allowance: $475 to cover all costs of operating personal vehicle on employee business for employee who works in sales. Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Band 13 executive producers Start: $39.61 Step 2: $40.82 Step 3: $42.06 Step 4: $43.28 Step 5: $44.47 Step 6: $45.67 Step 7: $46.92 Step 8: $48.33 Step 9: $49.78 Band 13 senior producers Start: $36.66 Step 2: $37.80 Step 3: $38.97 Step 4: $40.14 Step 5: $41.31 Step 6: $42.45 Step 7: $43.61 Step 8: $44.78 Step 9: $46.13 Band 12 (consulting technolo- gist/director/senior reporter/ producer/producer recording engineer/remote area transmit- ter systems technologist/senior host/switcher director) Start: $34.28 Step 2: $35.40 Step 3: $36.51 Step 4: $37.63 Step 5: $38.78 Step 6: $39.89 Step 7: $41 Step 8: $42.11 Step 9: $43.25 Band 11 (art director/host/ integrated account lead/mobile engineer-in-charge/product designer/senior production edi- tor/senior tv post production audio engineer/senior videog- rapher/station technician in charge/supervising scenic art- ist/systems technologist) Start: $32.70 Step 2: $33.80 Step 3: $34.93 Step 4: $36.03 Step 5: $37.16 Step 6: $38.27 Step 7: $39.38 Step 8: $40.49 Step 9: $41.59 Band 10 (colourist/composi- tor/promo producer director/ provincial affairs reporter/ radio recording engineer/se- nior communications officer/ senior lighting director/senior production audio mixer/senior production switcher/senior writer/social editor presenter/ supervising make-up artist hairdresser/supervising remote area transmitter technologist/ supervising special effects tech- nician/tv post production audio engineer/video producer/video- journalist) Start: $30.92 Step 2: $32.14 Step 3: $33.39 Step 4: $34.64 Step 5: $35.90 Step 6: $37.13 Step 7: $38.37 Step 8: $39.61 Step 9: $40.86 Band 9 (announcer operator/ coordinating associate director/ library coordinator/news editor presenter/Newsworld produc- tion coordinator/scenic artist/ senior remote area transmitter technologist/supervising scenic constructor) Start: $29.21 Step 2: $30.42 Step 3: $31.64 Step 4: $32.86 Step 5: $34.09 Step 6: $35.30 Step 7: $36.51 Step 8: $37.75 Step 9: $38.95 Band 6 (administrative spe- cialist/applications support specialist/desktop support specialist/programmer analyst/senior service centre analyst/specialist contract ad- ministration/specialist finance and administration/specialist marketing and sales/specialist pension and benefits admin- istration/specialist pension fund investment administra- tion/telecom network support representative/advertising and layout artist/announcer/ associate art director/associ- ate director/costume cutter/ lighting director/makeup art- ist hairdresser/master control technician/mobile transmis- sion technician/network pre- sentation coordinator/produc- tion audio mixer/production camera/production switcher/ remote area transmitter tech- nologist/senior researcher/ sound reinforcement mixer/ special effects technician/su- pervising mechanical rigger/ October 4, 2021 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media Canada (HR) Ltd. business 2021

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