Canadian Labour Reporter

MARCH 3, 2014 6 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014 Employees who suffer a personal loss in the performance of his/ her duties, and where the loss was not due to negligence, can be compensated up to $1,000. n GOVERNMENT Government of Nova Scotia PROVINCE-WIDE, NOVA SCOTIA (7,500 administrative services employees) and the Nova Scotia Gov- ernment and General Employees Union. Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2012, to March 31, 2015. Signed on Sept. 3, 2013. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2012: 2% Effective April 1, 2013: 2.5% Effective April 1, 2014: 3% Shift premium: $1.75 per hour for time worked between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. and for time worked on Saturday and Sunday. Paid holidays: 12.5 days. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 5 years, 5 weeks after 15 years and 6 weeks after 24 years. Overtime: Time and one-half. An employee must work at least 20 minutes beyond a normal shift to be eligible for overtime compensation. Meal allowance: $10 after 3 hours overtime. Sick leave: 18 days. STD: 100% of salary for the first 20 days and 75% of salary for the next 80 days for employees with less than 1 year of service. 100% of salary for the first 40 days and 75% of normal salary for the next 60 days for employees with more than 1 year of service. Bereavement leave: 5 days for employee's father, mother, step- parents, brother, half-brother, step-brother, sister, half-sister, step-sister, spouse, child, step-child, father-in-law, mother-in- law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, ward of the employee, grand- parent, grandchild or a relative permanently living with the em- ployee. 1 day for employee's brother-in-law, sister-in-law, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, foster parent or the grandparent of the em- ployee's spouse. An additional 2 days may be granted for travel. Seniority – recall rights: 2 years. Call-in pay: 4 hours straight time or the applicable overtime rate, whichever is greater. Probationary period: 1 year with a possible 6-month extension. Discipline: Sunset clause is 4 years. Mileage: 43.66¢/km for distances less than 16,000 km and 38.53¢/km for distances more than 16,000 km. Sample rates of pay (current, after 2% increase): CL 2: $1,034.27 rising in 3 steps to $1,106.31 CL 3: $1,034.27 rising in 4 steps to $1,130.42 CL 4: $1,058.25 rising in 4 steps to $1,154.54 CL 5: $1,082.35 rising in 4 steps to $1,178.49 CL 6: $1,106.31 rising in 4 steps to $1,202.61 CL 7: $1,130.42 rising in 4 steps to $1,226.59 CL 8: $1,154.54 rising in 4 steps to $1,250.72 CL 9: $1,178.49 rising in 4 steps to $1,274.74 CL 10: $1,202.61 rising in 4 steps to $1,298.77 CL 11: $1,226.59 rising in 4 steps to $1,322.88 CL 12: $1,250.72 rising in 4 steps to $1,355.02 CL 13: $1,274.74 rising in 4 steps to $1,387.55 CL 14: $1,298.77 rising in 4 steps to $1,430.05 CL15 : $1,322.88 rising in 4 steps to $1,472.51 CL 16: $1,355.02 rising in 4 steps to $1,515.05 CL 17: $1,387.55 rising in 4 steps to $1,557.51 CL 18: $1,430.05 rising in 4 steps to $1,600.03 CL 19: $1,472.51 rising in 4 steps to $1,642.53 CL 20: $1,515.05 rising in 4 steps to $1,685.02 CL 21: $1,557.51 rising in 4 steps to $1,736.14 CL 22: $1,642.53 rising in 4 steps to $1,816.73 CL 23: $1,736.14 rising in 4 steps to $1,893.97 CL 24: $1,816.73 rising in 4 steps to $1,978.94 CL 25: $1,851.37 rising in 4 steps to $2,077.82 Editor's notes: Student employment: Students employed to backfill in a bargaining unit position will be paid the unit rate. Students employed for more than 10 weeks will be a member of the bargaining unit. Standby: $16.21 for each 8-hour standby period. Family illness: 5 days with pay in the case of illness in the immediate family. Immediate family includes spouse, son, daughter, parent, brother, sister, aunt, uncle or any relative liv- ing with the employee. Pregnancy leave: 17 unpaid weeks. Par- ental leave: 52 unpaid weeks. Adoption leave: 52 unpaid weeks. Birth leave: 1 full shift with pay. Leave for emergency: 2 paid days. Compassionate care leave: 8 unpaid weeks. Volunteer fire- fighters and ground search and rescue: Every consideration will be given to grant leave of absence to employees registered as a volunteer firefighter of ground search and rescue volunteer. Retroactive pay: Employees who left their employment between April 1, 2012, and Sept. 3, 2013, are entitled to full retroactivity of any applicable wage increases. 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. Would-be engineer fired for fraudulent wage claims TIME TO PUNCH out. Mark Hammett — a locomotive engineer trainee with the Canadian Pacific Railway Company — was right- ly terminated for submitting fraudulent wage claims, an arbitra- tor ruled. Hammett was hired in 2007 and worked as a conductor in Fort Steele, B.C., prior to being accepted into the locomotive engineer- ing training program. He was fired on July 30, 2012, for submit- ting fraudulent wage claims during the period between March 3, 2012, and April 15, 2012. After booking off sick on April 8, 2012, Hammett was observed at the Fort Steele Heritage Park Easter event. He was assessed 15 Continued on page 8

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