Canadian Labour Reporter

CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER 3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014 n SOCIAL SERVICES Good Samaritan Society EDMONTON (120 nurses and support services staff) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1031. Renewal agreement: Effective July 1, 2013, to June 30, 2016. Signed on Feb. 26, 2014. Shift premium: $2.75 per hour for support staff working be- tween 3 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Monday. $3.25 for nursing staff working that same shift. $2.25 for support staff work- ing between 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. $3 per hour for support staff working between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. $2.75 per hour for nurses working between 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. $5 per hour for nurses working 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. $1 per hour for drivers required to go on field trips outside the facility. Paid holidays: 11 days, plus 1 floater. Time and one-half for all holidays worked on a named holiday. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 3 years, 5 weeks after 15 years, 6 weeks after 25 years. Supplementary vacation: 5 additional days after 20 years of service. 5 addi- tional days upon reaching 25, 30 and 30 years of employment after that. Supplementary vacation may be paid out as a lump sum bonus. Overtime: Time and one-half for first 2 hours worked in excess of 7.75 per day, double time for all hours worked after that. Medical benefits: Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan. 100% reimbursement under the health care plan, 80% reimburse- ment under prescription plan. Dental: 80% coverage for basic services, 50% coverage for extensive services, up to $1,500 per person per year. 50% of orthodontic services, up to $1,500 lifetime maximum per person. Sick leave: 1.5 days earned per month, to accrue up to 120 days. LTD: 60% of basic monthly earnings. Pension: Local Authorities Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 3 days for immediate family, including spouse, common-law spouse, same-sex spouse, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, aunt, uncle, child, parent, brother, sister, guardian, niece, nephew, step-brother, step-sister, step-child, step-parent or fiancé. Up to 2 additional days if travel for funeral is required. 1 day for the death of any other relative or close friend. Seniority – recall rights: 2 years. Call-in pay: 4 hours paid at straight time rate or overtime rate for actual hours worked, whichever is greater. $1.25 per hour when employee is required to be on-call, $1.75 on a named holiday. Probationary period: 325 hours. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months. Severance: 2 weeks' salary for each year of service, up to 40 weeks. Uniforms/clothing: All required attire to be provided and laundered at employer's expense. Mileage: 52¢ per km. Sample rates of pay, current: Clerk I: $16.57 per hour, rising in 5 steps to $19.88 Clerk II: $20.61, rising in 5 steps to $23.40 Cook I: $18.71, rising in 5 steps to $24.39 Cook II: $20.46, rising in 5 steps to $26.43 Food service aide: $15.13, rising in 4 steps to $18.88 Food service cashier: $13.77, rising in 5 steps to $19.07 Housekeeping aide: $15.13, rising in 4 steps to $18.88 Housekeeping attendant: $15.51, rising in 5 steps to $20.64 Housekeeping leader: $17.69, rising in 5 steps to $23.26 Laundry worker I: $15.13, rising in 4 steps to $18.88 Laundry worker II: $16.38, rising in 5 steps to $21.50 Maintenance worker I: $15.51, rising in 5 steps to $20.64 Maintenance worker III: $19.49, rising in 7 steps to $27.34 Nursing attendant: $18.95, rising in 8 steps to $23.75 Scheduling clerk: $20.61, rising in 5 steps to $23.40 Therapy aide: $18.95, rising in 8 steps to $23.75 Editor's notes: Legal indemnification: Employer to pay all le- gal costs and maintain general liability for medical malpractice insurance. Schedule change: Time and one-half if employee's schedule is changed with less than 7 days notice. Compassion- ate care leave: Up to 6 months unpaid to care for a relative in the end stages of life. Employment insurance: Employment insurance rebate funds to be allocated to employees on a bi- weekly basis. n HOSPITALITy Hospitality Industrial Relations PROVINCE-WIDE, BRITISH COLUMBIA (1,200 hotel employees) and Unite Here Canada. Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Or- ganizations and the Canadian Labour Congress. Renewal agreement: Effective June 1, 2012, to May 31, 2016. Signed on Dec. 12, 2013. Wage adjustments: Tier I hotels: Signing bonus: 50¢ per hour between May 1, 2013, and Oct. 31, 2013. Effective Dec. 12, 2013: 35¢ per hour Effective Nov. 1, 2014: 20¢ Effective April 1, 2015: 20¢ Effective July 1, 2015: 25¢ 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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