Canadian Labour Reporter

CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER 3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014 n EDUCATION Langara College VANCOUVER (500 instructors) and the Langara Faculty Association. Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2012, to March 31, 2014. Signed Feb. 26, 2013. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2013: 1% Effective April 1, 2013: 1% Effective Sept. 1, 2013: 1% Effective Jan. 1, 2014: 1% Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 44 days per year, typically taken in a 2-month block. Christmas break granted from Dec. 24 to Jan. 1. Spring break granted for 2 days during the latter half of Febru- ary. Dental: 100% coverage for basic dental services, 60% coverage for prosthetics, crowns and bridges, 60% coverage, up to $2,500 per person for orthodontics. Sick leave: 1.5 days earned per month, up to 261 days may be accumulated. STD: 70% of salary to a maximum of $1,000 per week for 52 weeks. LTD: 70% of salary up to $3,792 per week until retirement or otherwise provided. AD&D: 3 times annual salary rounded up to the next $1,000. Life insurance: 3 times annual salary rounded up to the next $1,000. Bereavement leave: 5 days for immediate family. That includes spouse, children, children's spouse, stepchild, stepchild-in-law, siblings, siblings-in-law, parents, step-parents, parents-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, nieces, nephews and any other person living in the same household who is in dependent on the employee. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Probationary period: 1 year. Sample rates of pay, current: Instructors: $54,978 per year, rising in 11 steps to $88,343 Division chair: $6,358.59 per year Department chair: $2,375.37 Assistant department chair: $984.94 Associate director, theatre arts: $984.94 Co-ordinator: $984.94 Editor's notes: Compassionate care leave: 5 paid days to tend to an ill family member, up to 8 weeks unpaid leave. n MAINTENANCE General Electric Canada (Edmonton Service Centre & Sherwood Park Service Centre) EDMONTON (87 workers) and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP) Local 591. Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2011, to April 1, 2014. Signed Feb. 23, 2012. Wage adjustments: Effective May 1, 2012: 4.5% Effective May 1, 2013: 3.5% Shift premium: 5% premium for employees working and living away from home. Paid holidays: 9 days, plus 3 floating days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year of service, 3 weeks after 4 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 20 years, 6 weeks after 30 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 8 per day, or the first 4 hours worked on a Saturday. Double time for all hours worked in excess of 12 per day, or all hours exceeding the first 4 on a Saturday. Meal allowance: Up to $53 per day for employees required to live and work away from home. $10 for breakfast, $19 for lunch, $24 for dinner per day for employees living at home, but work- ing outside service centres. Bereavement leave: 5 days for father, mother, son, daughter, husband, wife or common-law spouse. 3 days for brother, sis- ter, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law or grandchild. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. Safety shoes: Allowance equal to 4 times journeyman Class A rate per year per employee. Tool allowance: Payroll deduction for purchased tools, up to $750. Employees pay minimum 10% down on purchases, re- mainder on payroll deduction a minimum of 10% per week. Minimum amount of purchase is $50. Sample rates of pay, current (highest wages shown): Group leader: $44.27 per hour Helper A: $23.93 Helper B: $26.42 Machinist A: $41.30 Electrical repair A: $41.30 Mechanical repair A: $41.30 Welding repair A: $41.30 Shipper/Receiver/Stores: $26.85 Apprentice, first year: $27.31 Apprentice, second year: $30.96 Apprentice, third year: $34.61 Apprentice, fourth year: $38.23 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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