Canadian Labour Reporter

COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS in 1 day Monday to Saturday inclusive; double time for all Sunday and statutory holiday work. May be taken as time off or banked (all banked overtime must be taken before Dec. 31 of each year). Medical benefits: Public Edu- cation Benefits Trust (PEBT). Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $400 per person (previously $150) in any 24-month period for lenses and frames or contact lenses. Sick leave: Employee's sched- uled daily hours worked, mul- tiplied by 0.6923 for each pay period worked, after 3 months continuous employment. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $45,000. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $45,000. Pension: All employees will become members of Municipal Pension Plan (MPP). Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (spouse, children, parents of employee, parents of spouse, brothers, sisters, brothers- in-law, sisters-in-law, natural grandparents, stepparents, stepchildren, grandchildren). Seniority – recall rights: 6 months to start; 1 year plus 1 additional month for each year's service up to additional 6 months, after 1 year of service. Call-in pay: Employees called in on overtime will receive minimum 2 hours at current overtime rate. Probationary period: 40 working days of service within 6-month period immediately following date of entering em- ployment. Bus drivers' pro- bations shall be served only between Sept. 1 and June 3. Any unfinished probationary periods as of June 30 will carry over to Sept. 1 next. Should bus driving vacancy occur after May 15, postings will be deferred until September, with position being filled by casual employee wherever possible. Severance: 2 weeks' pay to start; 1 additional week's pay for each year of service, maxi- mum 8 weeks' pay after 3 years of service. Safety shoes: $85 per em- ployee per year for appropriate, non-slip safety footwear for custodians. Uniforms/clothing: Coveralls will be supplied by employer for all dual-category jobs and to employees temporarily assigned to extra dirty jobs (re-roofing and roof repair, sewerage work, interior tank clean-out, other work estab- lished by agreement). Rubber gloves, rubber over-boots will be provided for bus washing. Coveralls provided will be maintained on weekly basis for bus driver mechanics and front-end men by employer. $170 per employee per year for safety footwear or raingear to grounds persons, journeyper- sons. Tool allowance: Employer will provide coverage for employees required to provide own tools and equipment with coverage to total of statement of value filed and will be provided with $50 deductible. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4% increase): Student casual: $20.64 rising 2 steps to $21.47 Labourer: $24.60 rising 2 steps to $25.59 Custodian: $24.60 rising 2 steps to $25.59 Custodian engineer: $25.09 ris- ing 2 steps to $26.10 Maintenance person: $27.12 rising 2 steps to $28.22 Grounds: $27.12 rising 2 steps to $28.22 Engineer: $27.23 rising 2 steps to $28.33 Equipment operator: $27.25 rising 2 steps to $28.35 Bus driver: $27.25 rising 2 steps to $28.35 Gardener: $28.93 rising 2 steps to $30.10 Maintenance utility 2: $29.03 rising 2 steps to $30.20 Painter certified: $33.23 rising 2 steps to $34.57 Journeyperson certified: $33.96 rising 2 steps to $35.33 Editor's notes: Retirement: Employee having completed 5 years' service and retiring will receive upon retirement: payout of all accrued sick leave, maximum 120 days; bonus of 1 month's salary. Employee having completed 10 years' service and retir- ing will receive upon retirement: payout of all accrued sick leave; bonus of 1 month's salary. POWER GENERATION Ontario Power Generation Provincewide, Ontario (6,711 employees) and the Power Workers' Union (PWU), the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 1000 (nuclear generating employees) Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022. Ratified in January 2021. Signed on April 1, 2021. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2021: 1% Shift premium: $0.80 per hour for 10-hour shifts worked be- tween 2 p.m. and 2 a.m. $0.75 per hour for employees working 8-hour shifts between 4 p.m. and midnight. $0.95 per hour for employees working 8-hour shifts between midnight and 8 a.m. Paid holidays: 11 days plus 3 floating days for employees who have accumulated 20 weeks' continuous service in any cal- endar year. When Christmas Day falls on Friday or Saturday, additional half-day off will be given on day before. When Christmas falls on Wednesday, Friday following Boxing Day will be given as additional holiday. When New Year's Day falls on Saturday, additional day off will be given on either preceding Friday or following Monday. Employees who are serving or have served in Canadian Forces including reserves receive Re- membrance Day off with pay at straight-time for scheduled hours or equivalent time off within 6 months. Vacations with pay: 1 work- ing day for each full months of service up to 2 weeks to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 16 years, 6 weeks after 25 years. Vacation pay bonus: 1 day's base pay after 26 years, 2 days' base pay after 27 years, 3 days' base pay after 28 years, 4 days' base pay after 29 years, 5 days' base pay after 30 years, 6 days' base pay after 31 years, 7 days' base pay after 32 years, 8 days' base pay after 33 years, 9 days' base pay after 34 years, 10 days' base pay after 35 years and beyond. Overtime: Double time for all work performed outside of normal quitting time, Monday to Friday; all work performed on regular day off, Saturdays, Sundays, statutory holidays. employee who is required to work continuously for more than 16 hours or employee who accumulates 16 hours of working time in any 24-hour pe- riod without minimum 5-hour continuous break between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. will be entitled to 8-hour rest period. If rest period extends into employee's normal scheduled hours of work, employee will be paid at straight-time rates for portion of rest period that extends into normal schedule hours. Should Safety shoes: $85 per employee per year for appropriate, non-slip safety footwear for custodians. 5 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER Canadian HR Reporter, a Key Media Canada (HR) Ltd. business 2021

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