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CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER 3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014 n POLICE Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council WINNIPEG (40 police officers) and the Manitoba First Nations Police Associa- tion. Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2013, to March 31, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2013: 3% Effective April 1, 2014: 3% Shift premium: Time and one-half for court duty, minimum of 6 hours paid per day. $1 per hour for evening and night shift, between 4 p.m. and 7 a.m. $1 per hour when officer performs training duties. Paid holidays: 12 days. Time and one-half for all hours worked on a named holiday. Double time-and-one-half for all overtime hours worked on a named holiday. Vacations with pay: 15 days earned after 1 year, 18 days after 5 years, 24 days after 10 years, 30 days after 20 years. Overtime: Time and one-half. Sick leave: 1 day earned per month. Medical note required if absence exceeds 3 consecutive days. Bereavement leave: Up to 5 days, plus 2 if travel is required in the case of serious illness or death of immediate family. Compas- sionate care leave shall not exceed 12 days. Seniority – recall rights: 2 years. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours paid at overtime rates. Time and one-half for each shift employee is required to be on-call. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years for verbal or informal cau- tions, 5 years for notices, letters or records of any provincial or criminal offences. Safety shoes: $140 per year for suitable work boots. Uniforms/clothing: $1,000 per year, payable in quarterly incre- ments at $250. Non-sworn employees entitled to an additional $200 per year to purchase suitable office attire. Uniforms dry- cleaned twice per year at employer's expense. Mileage: $35 per week. Sample rates of pay, current: Probationary constable: $47,816 per year Fourth-class constable: $55,785.75 Third-class constable: $63,755.28 Second-class constable: $71,724.49 First-class constable: $79,694.02 Senior constable: $84,475.65 Sergeant I: $88,886.77 Sergeant II: $94,654.16 Support staff I: $39,266.18 Support staff II: $40,973.40 Support staff III: $42,680.63 Support staff IV: $44,387.85 Support staff V: $46,095.08 CPIC Supervisor: $50,386.20 CPIC Level I: $40,973.40 CPIC Level II: $42,680.63 CPIC Level III: $44,387.85 CPIC Level IV: $46,095.08 Editor's notes: Civil liability: Employer to pay any costs or dam- ages against an officer served with any legal process. Employer also to pay for legal fees or fines employee may incur. Criminal liability: Employer to pay for all legal fees should complaints be brought against officer with respect to criminal action. Profes- sional development day: 1 day per year for employees to partici- pate in professional development activities. Personal day: Up to 2 days with pay for any personal reason. Cannot accumulate or be carried over year-to-year. n FORESTRy Canadian Forest Products PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. (2,200 mill employees) and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Work- ers International Union. Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial organizations and the Canadian Labour Congress. Renewal agreement: Effective July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2018. Signed in December 2013. Wage adjustments: Effective July 1, 2013: 3% Effective July 1, 2013: $400 lump sum payment Effective July 1, 2014: 2% Effective July 1, 2015: 2.5% Effective July 1, 2015: $1,000 lump sum payment Effective July 1, 2016: 2.5% Effective July 1, 2016: $1,000 lump sum payment Effective July 1, 2017: 3% Effective July 1, 2017: $1,000 lump sum payment Shift premium: 50¢ per hour when working as a scaler, effective July 1, 2013. Effective July 1, 2014, $1 per hour. Paid holidays: 11 days plus 1 floater, up from 10. Family Day now included. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 2 years, 4 weeks after 7 years, 5 weeks after 15 years, 6 weeks after 24 years, 7 weeks after 30 years. Unchanged. Medical benefits: Extended health benefits lifetime limits: effec- tive July 1, 2013: $100,000 (previously $60,000). Effective July 1, 2014: $150,000. Effective July 1, 2015: $200,000. Effective July 1, 2016: $250,000. Effective July 1, 2017: $300,000. Medical travel: $1,000 per year, up to $4,000 over the course of the collective agreement, effective Jan. 1, 2014. Dental: $4,000 lifetime maximum for orthodontics, previously $2,500. White fillings included in dental coverage. Vision: $400 per employee or dependent every 2 years, up from 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.