Canadian Labour Reporter

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS time rates paid. 1 free meal for employees required to work 4 hours' overtime at end of shift. Double time for employees required to work mandatory overtime immediately follow- ing completion of shift due to unavailability of any other coverage. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums of pre- miums for full-time employees for extended health care plan and Ontario health tax. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums of premiums for coverage of dental plan #9 or equivalent. Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums of premiums for coverage of $300 every 24 months including eye exam. Sick leave: 4.5 days after completion of probationary period and then 1.5 days per month of service, maximum 75 days or 600 hours, whichever is greater. Employee with more than 1 year of service who has exhausted credits and who is off sick for 10 or more consecu- tive days, will be allowed exten- sion to maximum of 10 work- ing days. Upon their return, employee will repay extension at rate of 1.5 days per month. If employee dies, value of one- half of accrued credits will be paid to employee's designated beneficiary. Upon retirement at 55 years old or older, one-half of credits will be paid at rate of pay. LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums of premiums for coverage of 70% of salary up to $4,000 per month to age 65 less 119-day qualifying period. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums of pre- miums for coverage of last 2 years' salary rounded to nearest $1,000. Pension: Multi-Sector Pen- sion Plan (MSPP): Each eligible employee contributes amount equal to 3% (increasing to 3.25% on April 1, 2023) of ap- plicable wages and employer contributes amount equal to 4.75%. Bereavement leave: 5 paid days for death of spouse, child, stepchild, parent, common- law parent, stepparent. May be granted flexibility to distribute bereavement leave over 2 occa- sions to accommodate future funeral/memorial service. 3 paid days for death of parent- in-law, grandparent, stepgrand- parent, great-grandparent, spouse's grandparent, spouse's great-grandparent, grandchild, stepgrandchild, spouse's grand- child, sibling, stepsibling, sib- ling-in-law, child-in-law, niece, nephew, person supported by host family program currently living in home. 1 paid day for death of aunt, uncle. Where burial occurs outside province, up to 7 unpaid days for reason- able travel. Seniority – recall rights: 24 months for layoffs; 120 cal- endar days for relief part time employees. Probationary period: 500 hours worked. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months for letters of repri- mand, suspension or any writ- ten or verbal warnings, other correspondence that employee believes is detrimental; 18 months for letters of expecta- tion and notes to file that are non-disciplinary. For employ- ees on unpaid leave of absence time is suspended until return and not considered to be part of 18 months. Mileage: $0.50 per kilometre for employee using own auto- mobile for employer's business (parking charges to be paid by employer). Sample rates of pay (current, after 1.3% increase): Sleep rate: $14.30 rising in 2 steps to $14.55 Resource consultant part- time relief SCI/part-time SCI/ full-time SC1, full-time SC2, supported living coordinator (probation): $19.12 rising in 2 steps to $19.37 Resource consultant/part-time relief SCI/part-time SCI/full- time SC1/full-time SC2/sup- ported living coordinator: (500 hours): $19.62 rising in 2 steps to $19.87 Resource consultant (2,080 hours): $27.90 rising in 2 steps to $28.15 Part-time relief SCI (2,080 hours): $20.86 rising in 2 steps to $21.11 Part-time SCI (2,080 hours): $22.06 rising in 2 steps to $22.31 Full-time SC1 (2,080 hours): $22.49 rising in 2 steps to $22.74 Full-time SC2 (2,080 hours): $27.45 rising in 2 steps to $27.70 Supported living coordinator (2,080 hours): $28.83 rising in 2 steps to $29.08 EDUCATION Board Of Education of School District No. 79 (Cowichan Valley) Duncan, British Columbia (110 janitors, caretakers and building superintendents) and the United Steelworkers (USW), Local 1-1937 Renewal agreement: Effective July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2022. Signed on Jan. 22, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective July 1, 2019: 2% Effective July 1, 2020: 2% Effective July 1, 2021: 2% Shift premium: $0.30 per hour for employees working afternoon shift. $0.37 per hour for employees working grave- yard shift. $0.45 per hour for lead-hands. $0.125 per hour for employees in category of bus driver front-end, bus driver utility and who regu- larly drive more than 4 hours during normal working hours. $0.40 per hour for employees involved in driver trainer or student bus safety program. $0.25 per hour for employees holding SOFA (St. John Am- bulance safety oriented) first aid certificate; $0.50 per hour for employees holding indus- trial first aid certificate (level two or equivalent); $0.85 per hour for employees holding industrial first aid certificate (level 3 or equivalent). $2 per hour dirty-work premium for plumbers when plumber is working with raw sew- age in maintenance of active sewer lines and spills. $2 per hour dirty-work premium for grounds persons when grounds person deals with col- lection of hypodermic needles, excrement/fecal matter and bodily fluids. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 1.25 days per month or 6.5% to start, 15 days or 6.5% after 1 year, 17 days or 7% after 5 years, 18 days or 8% after 6 years, 19 days or 8.5% after 7 years, 20 days or 8.5% after 8 years, 21 days or 8.5% after 12 years, 22 days or 8.5% after 13 years, 23 days or 8.5% after 14 years, 25 days or 10.5% after 15 years, 30 days or 12.5% after 19 years, 35 days or 12.5% after 30 days. When em- ployee is entitled to 20 or more days' per year, employee may accumulate for 2 years, 5 days of each year's entitlement to be used in third year. When em- ployee has served for 20 years employee will become entitled to 10 days' long-service holiday as reward for long and faithful service (must be taken within 1 year of obtaining 20 years' service). Overtime: Time and one-half for work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Double time after 2 hours of overtime Mileage: $0.50 per kilometre for employee using own automobile for employer's business. December 6, 2021 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media Canada (HR) Ltd. business 2021

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