Canadian Labour Reporter

CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER 3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014 n EDUCATION Black Gold Regional Division No. 18 NISkU, ALTA. (450 administrative and support staff) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3484. Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 1, 2012, to Aug. 31, 2015. Signed on Sept. 27, 2013. Wage adjustments: Effective Sept. 1, 2012: 1% Effective Sept. 1, 2014: 1% Paid holidays: 12 days. Double time for all overtime hours worked on a named holiday. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 10 years of service, 5 weeks after 15 years of service, 6 weeks after 20 years of service. Overtime: Time and one-half for first 3 hours worked in excess of 7 per day, double time for all hours worked after that. Medical benefits: Alberta School Employee Benefit Plan. In- cludes coverage for life insurance, accidental death and dis- memberment, dental, vision, hearing care and extended health care. Effective Sept. 1, 2013, employer pays 94% of premiums. No other details available. Sick leave: 2 days earned per month, up to 20 days per year. Unused days may accumulate up to 75 days. Doctor's note required after 3 consecutive sick days. Pension: Alberta Local Authorities Pension Plan. No other de- tails available. Bereavement leave: 5 days for immediate family. That in- cludes parent, step-parent, former guardian, spouse, common- law spouse, brother, brother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, child, step-child, grandparent, grandchild, daughter-in-law, son-in- law, parent-in-law, spouse's grandparent and any other rela- tive residing in the same household. Up to 5 additional days for travel time (may be unpaid). 1 day for funeral of a close friend. 1 day to serve as a pallbearer. Seniority – recall rights: 2 years. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours' pay at overtime rates or equiv- alent time off in lieu. Probationary period: 3 months for full-time staff, 6 months for part-time staff. Discipline: Sunset clause is 21 months. Severance: 1 week's pay per year of service, up to 24 weeks. Sample rates of pay, current: Beauty culture technician I: $26,144 per year, rising in 7 steps to $33,130 Beauty culture technician II: $28,640, rising in 7 steps to $35,627 Accounting technician I: $26,144, rising in 7 steps to $33,130 Accounting technician II: $28,640, rising in 7 steps to $35,627 Educational transliterator: $31,349, rising in 7 steps to $40,381 Library clerk: $19.08 per hour, rising in 6 steps to $22.40 Head secretary: $20.37, rising in 6 steps to $24.12 Head secretary II: $20.90, rising in 6 steps to $24.79 Education assistant I (uncertified): $18.49, rising in 5 steps to $21.18 Education assistant II (1 year certified): $19.20, rising in 5 steps to $22.09 Education assistant III (2 years certified): $20.39, rising in 5 steps to $23.06 Editor's notes: Wage reopener: Wage review of surrounding like-sized schools to occur within 30 days of March 1, 2014. Health spending account: $500 per year per employee. Com- passionate care: Up to 5 days per year for critical illness of spouse, child, mother, father, step-child or step-parent. Per- sonal days: 1 per school year. Inclement weather: No wages lost if employee, despite reasonable effort, cannot attend work due to inclement weather or impassable road conditions. n TRANSPORTATION Diversified Transportation FORT MCMURRAY, ALTA. (200 bus drivers) and the General Teamsters, Local 362, affili- ated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2013, to Dec. 31, 2015. Signed on Sept. 10, 2013. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2014: 3% Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 3% Paid holidays: 11 days. Time and one-half for all trips made on Remembrance Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 5 years, 5 weeks after 8 years, 6 weeks after 18 years. Vacations limited during July and August. Medical benefits: Prairie Teamsters Health and Welfare Plan. 50% coverage of the Alberta Health and Wellness premiums. Effective Jan. 1, 2013: employer pays 80%, driver pays 20%. Pension: Prairie Teamsters Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: Up to 4 days for immediate family, in- cluding spouse, mother, father, son, daughter, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchildren, common-law spouse, step-mother or step-father. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours' pay. Probationary period: 3 months. Uniforms/clothing: Company provides 1 jacket, 2 ties, 1 cap, 1 three-in-one winter jacket, 3 pairs of pants, 3 shirts. Addi- tional $300 per year allowance for approved uniform items, up to $150 may be carried over from year-to-year, or used toward safety footwear. 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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