Canadian Labour Reporter

CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER 3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014 n RETAIL Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority PROVINCE-WIDE, SASkATChEWAN (940 office employees) and the Saskatchewan Government and General Employees' Union (SGEU) Local 6080. Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2013, to March 31, 2017. Signed on Nov. 5, 2013. Wage adjustments: Effective April 14, 2013: 2% Effective April 13, 2014: 1.5% Effective April 12, 2015: 1.7% Effective April 10, 2016: 1.75% Shift premium: $1.60 for shifts between 6 p.m. and 8 a.m. $2.20 per hour for shifts between 6 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. Monday. Effective April 1, 2013, $2 per hour for shifts between 10 p.m and 12 a.m. Monday to Friday. Paid holidays: 11 days, plus 1 floater. Double time for all hours worked on a named holiday, or time off in lieu. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 21 years, 6 weeks after 22 years. Overtime: Double time for all hours worked in excess of 7.75 per day. Medical benefits: Employer contributes 2.25% of monthly earn- ings towards the Extended Health Plan Fund, in addition to a yearly lump sum payment of $20,000. No other details provided. Dental: Public Employees Dental Plan. Sick leave: 1.25 days earned per month, sick leave cumulates year-to-year. Pension: Public Employees Pension Plan: 7.25% of regular sal- ary contributed by employee and employer. Effective April 10, 2016, increase to 7.5%. Liquor Board Superannuation Plan: 2.25% contributed by employee and employer. Effective April 10, 2016: increase to 2.5%. Seniority – recall rights: 3 years. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay at overtime rates. Probationary period: 1 year for management positions, 6 months for all other employees. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 year, 5 years for harassment cases. Severance: 1 week's pay for every year of service, up to 19 years. 2 week's pay for each year of service after 19 years, up to 52 weeks, effective April 1, 2013. Mileage: $1.50 per hour when using personal vehicles for busi- ness, or $6 per day, whichever is greater. $3 per day for employ- ees doing banking duties. Sample rates of pay, current (highest rate shown): Liquor store employee: $21.81 per hour, rising in 12 steps to $51.74 Liquor store assistant manager: $30.55 Liquor store manager: $30.55, rising in 2 steps to $35.94 Editor's notes: Earned days off: Employees entitled to earned days off in addition to sick leave and vacation days. Managers get 1 earned day off in a 3-week period. Stand-by: $10 for every 4-hour period employee is on stand-by. Northern district allow- ance: Employees employed north of the 54th parallel entitled to a bi-weekly allowance, to be determined by employer. Compas- sionate care leave: Up to 1 year unpaid for compassionate care of a family member. Employment insurance rebate: First $25,000 coverage of group life insurance will be employees' share of the employment insurance rebate. n EDUCATION Douglas College NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. (500 instructors) and the Douglas College Faculty Association. Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2012, to March 31, 2014. Signed on June 28, 2013. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2012: 1% Effective Jan. 1, 2013: 1% Effective April 1, 2013: 1% Effective Sept. 1, 2013: 1% Effective Jan. 1, 2014: 1% Shift premium: 10% of hourly rate bonus for Sunday work. Paid holidays: 14 days. Vacations with pay: 2 months per year. Up to 20 days may be carried over. Medical benefits: B.C. Medical Services Plan. 100% paid by col- lege. $25 deductible for extended health benefit package. Dental: 100% coverage for routine services (diagnostic, preven- tive, surgical and restorative, prosthetic repairs, endodontics and periodontics). 60% of major treatments (crowns, bridges and dentures). 50% of orthodontic treatment, up to lifetime maxi- mum of $2,500. Vision: Extended health benefit: College pays 80%, up to $500 every 2 years for glasses or contact lenses. Sick leave: 30 days. STD: Short Term Income Protection Plan: 70% of salary, up to $5,000 per month. LTD: 60% of salary, up to $5,000 per month. Life insurance: Provided by college, premiums shared equally by both employer and employee. Voluntary life insurance avail- able, up to $200,000. Pension: College Pension Plan. No other details available. Bereavement leave: 5 days for immediate family of employee or spouse. That includes spouse, common-law spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent or grandchild. Half day to at- tend a funeral as pallbearer. Seniority – recall rights: 2 years. Probationary period: 2 years. 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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