Canadian Labour Reporter

CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER 3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014 n HEALTH CARE Government of Newfoundland and Labrador PROVINCE-WIDE, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR (860 laboratory workers) and the Newfoundland and Labrador As- sociation of Public and Private Employees (NAPE). Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2012, to March 31, 2016. Signed on Oct. 22, 2013. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2013: $1,400 signing bonus Effective April 1, 2014: 2% Effective April 1, 2015: 3% Shift premium: $2.30 per hour for each shift worked where the majority of hours are between 4 p.m. and 8 a.m. Paid holidays: 8 days plus 1 additional holiday like Regatta Day or the employee's birthday. Vacations with pay: 1.66 days per month of service to start, 4 weeks after 1 year, 5 weeks after 10 years and 6 weeks after 25 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work performed on 7th consecutive evening or night shift. Double time for all work on the 8th consecutive evening or night shift. Meal allowance: $6 after 3 hours overtime. Sick leave: 2 days earned per month. AD&D: Benefit equal to 2 times employee's annual salary to a maximum of $1 million. Life insurance: The employer will pay 50% of the premiums and the employees will pay 50% of the premiums. Benefit equal to 2 times employee's annual salary rounded to the nearest $1,000 to a maximum of $1 million. Bereavement leave: 3 days for employee's mother, father, brother, sister, child, spouse, common-law spouse, legal guard- ian, grandmother, grandfather, grandchild, mother-in-law, fa- ther-in-law or near relative living in the same household. 1 day for employee's son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law. 4 days when the death of a relative occurs outside the province. Additional 2 days for extraordinary circumstances. Seniority – recall rights: 2 years. Call-in pay: At least 3 hours at time and one-half. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months. Severance: An employee with 9 or more years of service is entitled to severance equal to 1 weeks salary for every year of service to a maximum of 20 weeks pay. Uniforms/clothing: Employer provides protective clothing including 3 new lab coats per year. Employer launders safety clothing free of charge. Sample rates of pay, current: LX10-: $17.46, rising in 5 steps to $19.28 LX-11: $17.67, rising in 5 steps to $19.53 LX-12: $17.91, rising in 5 steps to $20.25 LX-13: $18.13, rising in 5 steps to $20.30 LX-14: $18.37, rising in 5 steps to $20.34 LX-15: $18.43, rising in 5 steps to $21.03 LX-16: $18.60, rising in 5 steps to $21.33 LX-17: $18.88, rising in 5 steps to $21.76 LX-18: $19.16, rising in 5 steps to $22.22 LX-19: $19.53, rising in 5 steps to $22.87 LX-20: $22.11, rising in 5 steps to $26.77 LX-21: $22.12, rising in 5 steps to $27.55 LX-22: $22.83, rising in 5 steps to $28.45 LX-23: $23.59, rising in 5 steps to $29.43 LX-24: $24.09, rising in 5 steps to $30.13 LX-25: $25.22, rising in 5 steps to $31.47 LX-26: $26.18, rising in 5 steps to $32.92 LX-27: $27.19, rising in 5 steps to $33.98 LX-28: $28.29, rising in 5 steps to $35.78 LX-29: $29.09, rising in 5 steps to $36.88 LX-30: $29.96, rising in 5 steps to $37.73 LX-31: $31.25, rising in 5 steps to $39.30 LX-32: $32.23, rising in 5 steps to $40.88 LX-33: $33.52, rising in 5 steps to $42.20 LX-34: $34.78, rising in 5 steps to $44.14 LX-25: $36.16, rising in 5 steps to $45.53 LX-36: $37.76, rising in 5 steps to $48.06 LX-37: $39.27, rising in 5 steps to $49.45 LX-38: $40.83, rising in 5 steps to $51.43 LX-39: $42.46, rising in 5 steps to $53.48 LX-40: $44.16, rising in 5 steps to $55.62 Editor's notes: Standby duty: $20.40 for each 8-hour standby shift. Maternal, adoption and parental leave: 52 weeks. Infec- tious diseases: Employer will provide employees with educa- tional materials on infectious diseases. n EDUCATION University of the Fraser Valley ABBOTSFORD, B.C. (1,120 instructors) and the University of the Fraser Valley Faculty and Staff Association. Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2012, to March 31, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2013: 1% Effective April 1, 2013: 1% Effective Sept. 1, 2013: 1% Effective Jan. 1, 2014: 1% Shift premium: $1 per hour for afternoon shifts between 4:30 p.m. and midnight. $1 per hour for night shifts between mid- night and 8 a.m. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 15 days after 1 year, 16 days after 2 years, 17 days after 3 years, 18 days after 4 years, 19 days after 5 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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