Canadian Labour Reporter

JANUARY 27, 2014 6 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014 Continued on page 8 Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months. Severance: Employees with 9 or more years' service are entitled to severance pay equal to a week's pay for each year of service, to a maximum of 20 weeks pay. Mileage: 31.5¢ per km. Sample rates of pay, current: CH-08: $15.62, rising in 2 steps to $16.64 per hour CH-09: $15.75, rising in 2 steps to $16.74 CH-10: $15.86, rising in 2 steps to $16.87 CH-11: $15.95, rising in 2 steps to $17.02 CH-12: $16.13, rising in 2 steps to $17.15 CH-13: $16.26, rising in 2 steps to $17.36 CH-14: $16.42, rising in 2 steps to $17.56 CH-15: $16.64, rising in 2 steps to $17.79 CH-16: $16.82, rising in 2 steps to $18.02 CH-17: $17.10, rising in 2 steps to $18.38 CH-18: $17.27, rising in 2 steps to $18.62 CH-19: $17.63, rising in 2 steps to $19.03 CH-20: $17.97, rising in 2 steps to $19.49 CH-21: $18.29, rising in 2 steps to $19.93 CH-22: $18.64, rising in 2 steps to $20.43 CH-23: $19.02, rising in 2 steps to $20.89 CH-24: $19.72, rising in 2 steps to $21.72 CH-25: $20.49, rising in 2 steps to $22.60 CH-26: $21.16, rising in 2 steps to $23.42 CH-27: $21.96, rising in 2 steps to $24.30 CH-28: $22.74, rising in 2 steps to $25.20 CH-29: $23.34, rising in 2 steps to $25.92 CH-30: $23.97, rising in 2 steps to $26.62 CH-31: $24.88, rising in 2 steps to $27.64 CH-32: $25.67, rising in 2 steps to $28.54 CH-33: $26.51, rising in 2 steps to $29.49 CH-34: $27.39, rising in 2 steps to $30.52 CH-35: $28.39, rising in 2 steps to $31.68 CH-36: $29.49, rising in 2 steps to $32.91 CH-37: $30.54, rising in 2 steps to $34.11 CH-38: $31.65, rising in 2 steps to $35.31 CH-39: $32.71, rising in 2 steps to $36.60 CH-40: $33.76, rising in 2 steps to $37.77 CH-41: $34.57, rising in 2 steps to $40.76 CH-42: $35.46, rising in 2 steps to $41.79 CH-43: $36.80, rising in 2 steps to $43.39 CH-44: $38.13, rising in 2 steps to $44.98 CH-45: $39.47, rising in 2 steps to $46.62 CH-46: $41.17, rising in 2 steps to $48.66 Editor's notes: Pregnant employees: Pregnant employees are not required to be in contact with patients who have a conta- gious disease which may put her unborn child at risk. Family leave: 3 paid days for employee to attend to family matters such as the temporary care of a sick family member, the at- tendance of meetings with school authorities or attending to needs related to home or family emergencies. Daylight sav- ings time: The changing of daylight savings time to standard time, or vice versa, will not result in overtime or in employees being paid less than normal daily hours. State of emergency: Employees working in a state of emergency declared by the hospital or appropriate provincial/municipal authority will be paid overtime. Immunizations: Immunizations required by the employer are provided free of charge. n GOVERNMENT Municipal Corporation of Iqaluit IqALUIT, NUNAVUT (160 inside and outside employees) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC). Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2013, to Dec. 31, 2015. Signed in May 2013. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2013: 2.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2014: 3% Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 3.5% Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks after 1 year of service, 4 weeks after 2 years, 5 weeks after 8 years, 6 weeks after 15 years, 8 weeks after 30 years, effective Jan. 1, 2013. Sample rates of pay, current: Labourer: $45,454.76 per year, rising in 8 steps to $55,215.08 Assistant lifeguard: $45,454.76, rising in 8 steps to $55,215.08 Motor vehicle mechanic: $53,030.56, rising in 8 steps to $63,997.20 Recreation programmer: $53,030.56, rising in 8 steps to $63,997.20 Program co-ordinator: $62,176.61, rising in 8 steps to $74,852.90 Firefighter: $62,176.61, rising in 8 steps to $74,852.90 Emergency response technician: $62,176.61, rising in 8 steps to $74,852.90 Editor's notes: Casual leave: 2 hours per day to attend appoint- ments effective Jan. 1, 2013. Religious observances: Effective upon ratification, employees allowed time off in annual leave, leave without pay, time in lieu or shift exchange to fulfil religious observances. Civil liability: Committee established to discuss em- ployer's liability insurance program. Assistance from Federal Me- diation and Conciliation Service may be requested. Arbitration Awards Summaries of recent arbitration awards from federal and provincial arbitration boards. For summaries from past issues, visit www.labour-reporter.com for a searchable online archive. Your paid subscription includes unlimited access to the archive. Brewing brouhaha A RECENT RULING saying Sleeman did not pay one of its employ- ees the holiday pay he was owed might be tough to swallow for the Ontario-based brewing company. Though he was on sick leave at the time, Fernando Pires was entitled to the holiday pay he did not originally receive for July 1,

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