Canadian Labour Reporter

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS years for written discipline. Severance: 2 weeks' pay to start; 1 additional week of pay, maximum 8 weeks, for each additional year of service after 3 years. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4% increase): Grade A Step 1: $19.52 rising 2 steps to $20.31 Step 2: $20.76 rising 2 steps to $21.60 B Step 1: $20.40 rising 2 steps to $21.23 Step 2: $21.65 rising 2 steps to $22.52 C Step 1: $21.26 rising 2 steps to $22.12 Step 2: $22.55 rising 2 steps to $23.46 D Step 1: $22.11 rising 2 steps to $23 Step 2: $23.49 rising 2 steps to $24.44 E Step 1: $22.95 rising 2 steps to $23.88 Step 2: $24.38 rising 2 steps to $25.37 F Step 1: $23.82 rising 2 steps to $24.79 Step 2: $25.29 rising 2 steps to $26.32 G Step 1: $24.68 rising 2 steps to $25.67 Step 2: $26.21 rising 2 steps to $27.26 H Step 1: $25.53 rising 2 steps to $26.56 Step 2: $27.12 rising 2 steps to $28.21 I Step 1: $26.40 rising 2 steps to $27.47 Step 2: $28.03 rising 2 steps to $29.16 J Step 1: $27.26 rising 2 steps to $28.37 Step 2: $28.94 rising 2 steps to $30.11 K Step 1: $28.10 rising 2 steps to $29.23 Step 2: $29.85 rising 2 steps to $31.06 L Step 1: $28.95 rising 2 steps to $30.12 Step 2: $30.76 rising 2 steps to $32.01 M Step 1: $29.75 rising 2 steps to $30.96 Step 2: $31.68 rising 2 steps to $32.96 N Step 1: $30.63 rising 2 steps to $31.86 Step 2: $32.58 rising 2 steps to $33.89 O Step 1: $31.49 rising 2 steps to $32.76 Step 2: $33.48 rising 2 steps to $34.83 Editor's notes: Employer paid union leave: Chairperson/president of bargaining unit or alternate designated by union will be granted 25% employer-paid time release from full workload per year to facilitate operation of collective agreement and employee-employer relationships. Cost will be borne by employer as general operating expense. Medical certificates: When employer requests medical certificates, employer will pay costs of certificates. Prior learning assessment (PLA) fund: Em- ployer will deposit $2,000 in PLA fund per year; union will deposit $1,200 per year to establish PLA fund. Unused funds will be transferred to career development fund each year. Special leave: Employee may apply for 1 day of paid special leave for marriage of employee; to attend wedding of employee's child; for serious household or domestic emergency; moving house- hold furniture and effects; to attend employee's formal hearing to become Canadian citizen; to attend funeral as pallbearer or mourner; for religious holidays observed by employee. Maximum 3 days' special leave for all causes per year. Hearing aids: Maximum $1,000 every 3 years. Parking: Employer will provide parking for employees at each site. WATER PROCESSING SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions Edmonton (12 chemical operators, shipper/receivers) and Unifor, Local 777 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2022 to Dec. 31, 2025. Ratified on Nov. 5, 2021. Signed on Nov. 5, 2021. Shift premium: $1.80 per hour (previously $1.25 per hour) for all time worked on regular sec- ond and regular third shifts. Paid holidays: 11 days plus 1 floater day. (Either first Mon- day in August or second per- sonal floater will be observed based on decision by majority of all personnel employed at Edmonton site as twelfth paid holiday). Vacations with pay: 4% after 6 months of service, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 18 years, 6 weeks after 25 years. Under special circum- stances, maximum 2 weeks of paid vacation will be allowed to be carried over. Overtime: Time and one-half for work in excess of regular or compressed work schedules. Double time for work on Sun- days. Employee may take time off in lieu, maximum 24 hours. If overtime is accumulated in October, November or Decem- ber, employee can carry over banked overtime into following calendar year, maximum 90 days. Any outstanding over- time that has not been used will be paid out at appropriate premium rate. Meal allowance: $10 per meal for employees who, after re- porting for work, work longer than 2.5 hours after comple- tion of regular scheduled shift (employer may provide meal as alternative to reimbursement of such expenses). Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law-spouse, son, daughter of employee, em- ployee's spouse, mother, father, sister, brother). 3 days for death of father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandchild of employee. 1 day to attend funeral of 1 of grand- parents. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year from last day of work after layoffs. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours' at time and one-half or pay for actual hours worked at over- time rate, whichever is greater. Scheduled or planned overtime on weekends, recognized holi- days or continuous with regular work schedule will not be sub- ject to minimum 3 hours' pay. Probationary period: 126 days worked. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years for disciplinary docu- ments. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide necessary or re- quired personal protective equipment, devices, uniforms to protect employees from in- juries arising from employment at no cost to employee. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3% increase): Employees hired before Jan. 1, 2018 Bulk chemical operator: $35.94 rising 3 steps to $37.03 Shift premium: $1.80 per hour for all time worked on regular second and regular third shifts. 5 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media Canada (HR) Ltd. business 2021

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