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March 31, 2014

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MARCH 31, 2014 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014 Sample rates of pay, current: Drivers, 3-hour trip: $101.72 per trip Drivers, hourly: $33.44 per hour Editor's notes: Portability: Drivers allowed opportunities to transfer from one division to another, as required. Forced work: Time and one-half for employees required to work on their day off. Living allowance: Monthly payment to offset liv- ing costs for drivers residing in Fort McMurray or Wood Buf- falo. $1,300 per month effective upon ratification, $1,325 per month effective Jan. 1, 2015. n RECREATION Tri-Municipal Leisure Facility Corporation SPRUCE GROVE, ALTA. (110 administrative and support staff) and the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Locals 955, 955B and 955C. Renewal agreement: Effective March 1, 2013, to Dec. 31, 2015. Signed on March 26, 2013. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2014: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 2% Shift premium: $1 per hour for custodial night shift (beyond midnight). $1.25 per hour for acting assignments of a higher classification. $2 per hour for employees assigned to duty man- ager position. Paid holidays: 13 days, including 1 floater at Christmastime, designed to allow 5 consecutive days off. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 6 years, 5 weeks after 10 years. Up to half of annual accrued vacation may be carried over to the following year. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 8 or 10 per day, depending on shift schedule. Medical benefits: Alberta Health Care. No other details avail- able. Sick leave: 5.54 hours earned per pay period up to 960 straight time hours. Pension: Alberta Local Authorities Pension Plan. No other de- tails available. Bereavement leave: Up to 3 consecutive days in case of death or serious illness of employee's immediate family. That in- cludes parent, step-parent, guardian, spouse, brother, sister, child, step-child, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, niece or nephew. Maxi- mum 2 additional days if travel for funeral is required. 1 day to attend funeral of a close friend. Seniority – recall rights: 3 months. Call-in pay: 2 hours at straight time or 3 hours at minimum wage for each call-out, whichever is greater. Overtime rates to apply if applicable. Probationary period: 3 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. Safety shoes: $200 every 2 years. Sample rates of pay, current: Child-minding attendant: $12.44 per hour, rising in 5 steps to $14.76 Wellness representative: $15.47, rising in 5 steps to $18.40 Customer experience representative: $16.25, rising in 5 steps to $19.32 Slide attendant: $12 Lifeguard: $16.62, rising in 5 steps to $19.76 Activity facilitator: $13.26, rising in 5 steps to $15.73 Aquatics instructor: $17.44, rising in 5 steps to $20.75 Instructor: $15.50, rising in 5 steps to $18.40 Shift leader: $20.25, rising in 5 steps to $24.08 Labourer: $15 Custodial I: $19.97, rising in 5 steps to $23.52 Custodial II: $16.98, rising in 5 steps to $19.99 Maintenance: $21.71, rising in 5 steps to $25.81 Facility operator: $23.57, rising in 5 steps to $28.03 Editor's notes: Reporting pay: Pay equivalent to at least 2 hours straight time, or 3 hours minimum wage, or for all hours worked at overtime rate — whichever is greatest — when em- ployee is required to leave before scheduled shift ends. On-call pay: 25¢ per hour when maintenance staff are required to be on stand-by. Membership: All employees to receive compli- mentary membership to use all facilities. n PARAMEDIC Ornge Air MISSISSAUGA, ONT. (28 engineers) and the Canadian Office and Professional Em- ployees Union (COPE). Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2012, to March 31, 2017. Signed on Jan. 8, 2014. Wage adjustments: 5% lump sum payout on signing Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 2% Calculated by CLR Shift premium: Employees residing in Moosonee receive an annual allowance of $14,129. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: Prorated as per shift to start, 10 to 15 shifts after 1 year, 13 to 20 shifts after 9 years and 16 to 25 shifts after 13 years. Overtime: Time and one-half. Meal allowance: $12 for breakfast, $15 for lunch and $35 for dinner. Sick leave: 1 shift for every month of service to a maximum of 10 shifts. STD: Unused sick days will be accumulated into the short term disability bank. Bereavement leave: 5 shifts for employee's spouse, father, mother, step-father, step-mother, child, step-child or ward of the employee. 3 shifts for employee's brother, sister, moth- er-in-law or father-in-law. 1 shift for employee's son-in-law,

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