Canadian Labour Reporter

CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER 3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014 n EDUCATION Board of Governors at Keyano College FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA. (150 employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 2157. Renewal agreement: Effective July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2016. Signed in February 2013. Wage adjustments: Effective July 1, 2013: 1.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2014: 1.5% Effective July 1, 2014: 1.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 1.5% Effective July 1, 2015: 1.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 1.5% Shift premium: Additional $1 per hour for night shifts, be- tween 6 p.m. and 7 a.m. $1 per hour for weekend shifts, be- tween 11 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Monday. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 3 years, 5 weeks after 9 years, 6 weeks after 15 years. Vacation days ac- crue up to 22 consecutive days. When 20 extra vacation days are carried over, employees will use at least 10 days within that month. Overtime: Double time for all hours worked in excess of 7 per day or 35 per week. Medical benefits: 80% coverage under the Alberta Health Care Insurance Commission Plan. Dental: 80% coverage for basic services, 50% coverage for major restorative services. Up to $2,500 per person per year. 50% coverage for orthodontic services, up to $2,750 lifetime maximum. Vision: Up to $3,000 per employee and dependent every 2 years. Sick leave: 12 days per year. STD: 100% of salary for first 10 days, 70% of salary for next 50 days. LTD: 70% of salary up to $4,000 per month. AD&D: 10 times regular annual salary rounded to the nearest $1,000, up to $500,000. Life insurance: 2.5 times regular annual salary rounded to the nearest $1,000, up to $250,000. Pension: Local Authorities Pension Plan (LAPP). No other de- tails available. Bereavement leave: 5 days with up to 3 days for travel to attend the funeral of the employee or employee's spouse, par- ents, guardian, grandparents, grandchild, son, daughter, broth- er, sister, a husband or wife of any of the aforementioned or a person permanently residing with the employee. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay at overtime rates. Probationary period: 6 months. Severance: 3 weeks pay after 1 year, 6 weeks after 2 years, 12 weeks after 4 years, 18 weeks after 6 years, 24 weeks after 8 years, 26 weeks after 10 years, 30 weeks after 16 years. Up to $2,500 for moving expenses incurred within 12 months of termination. Uniforms/clothing: Employer provides smocks, coveralls, acid-resistant coveralls, hard hats, work mitts or gloves, rain capes and 3 sets of fire-retardant coveralls or winter coveralls per year. $300 every 2 years for prescription safety glasses. Tool allowance: Employer provides all but specialty tools for tradesmen. Up to $300 per year for replacement. Sample rates of pay, current: Administrative support: $59,132.28 per year, rising in 5 steps to $64,105.85 Institutional support: $59,122.82, rising in 5 steps to $64,098.50 Technical support: $68,745.27, rising in 5 steps to $74,530.08 Trades: $75,345.53, rising in 5 steps to $81,684.13 Instructional support: $62,818.59, rising in 5 steps to $68,104.26 Editor's notes: Stand-by: $35 per day when employee is re- quired to be on stand-by. Personal day: 1 per year. Health spending account: $250 per year, may be carried over for up to 2 years. Personal property insurance: $40,000 insurance cov- erage with $500 deductible for personal property on college premises. n hEALTh CARE Rivercrest Lodge Nursing home FORT SASKATChEWAN, ALTA. (11 nurses) and the United Nurses of Alberta Local 90. Renewal agreement: Effective July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2015. Wage adjustments: $500 signing bonus Effective July 1, 2012: 2% Effective July 1, 2013: 2.5% Effective July 1, 2014: 2.5% Shift premium: $2.25 per hour for evening shifts (beginning at 3 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays). $3 per hour for night shifts (beginning at 11 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. $2.25 per hour for all hours worked on weekends. Paid holidays: 11 days, plus 1 floater. Time and one-half for all hours worked on a named holiday. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 6,025 hours of work, 5 weeks after 12,049 hours of work, 6 weeks after 24,096 hours of work. Overtime: Time and one-half for first 4 hours worked in excess of 8 per day, double time for all hours worked in excess of Collective Agreements Collective Agreements Summaries of economic features of recent collective agreements from all sectors of the economy, public and private. The editor's notes, at the end of each summary, contain interesting tidbits from the collective agreement language.

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