Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER ColleCtive Agreements to start, 4 weeks after 6 years, 5 weeks after 13 years, 6 weeks af- ter 22 years. Additional 8 hours of vacation for every 15 12-hour shifts worked in the previous year, to a maximum of 40 hours of vacation. overtime: Double time for all hours worked in excess of 40 per week. May be taken as time off in lieu of pay. Meal allowance: $17 after 3 hours overtime, additional $17 hours per each additional 5-hour period worked after that. Applicable if employer does not provide minimum 12-hour notice of overtime as- signment. Medical benefits: City to pay 100% of premiums. Plan pays 90% of prescription drugs plus provides vision care. Dental: 100% coverage for basic services, 80% coverage of periodontics, 50% coverage of extensive work, 50% coverage of orthodontics. sick leave: 0.0692 hours earned up to 1,600 hours. life insurance: 2 times annual salary, minimum coverage of $10,000. pension: Local Authorities Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 3 days for immediate family, defined as spouse, common-law spouse, child, spouse of child, step- child, parent, sibling, spouse of sibling, grandparent, grand- child, ward, spouse's parent, sibling or grandparent and any relative residing with the em- ployee. Up to 2 additional days if travel outside of 450 km is required for funeral. seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay at overtime rate. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. severance: 2 weeks' pay plus 2.5 weeks for each year of ser- vice, up to 52 weeks. Partial years calculated on a pro-rated basis. safety shoes: $175 per year for permanent employees. $50 ini- tially for temporary employees, additional $25 for every subse- quent year. Unused funds may be carried over, up to $350. Uniforms/clothing: City pro- vides maintenance employees with 5 pairs of non-insulated coveralls, 1 pair of insulated coveralls per year. 1 winter parka and 1 summer jacket provided bi-annually. Plant op- erators provided with 3 pairs of non-insulated coveralls, 1 pair of insulated coveralls per year. 1 winter parka and 1 summer jacket provided bi-annually. City provides laundry service. sample rates of pay, current: Administrative assistant: $25.47 per hour, rising in 4 steps to $33.43 Labourer: $20.11, rising in 1 step to $21.62 Journeyman: $27.59, rising in 11 steps to $51.94 System integrator: $51.95 Maintenance foreman: $57.57 Electrical team leader: $57.12 Power plant operator: $30.48, rising in 4 steps to $50.80 Assistant shift engineer: $56.19 Shift engineer: $60.79 Warehouseman: $36.19 Procurement co-ordinator: $49.78 Water treatment plant opera- tor: $32.58, rising in 4 steps to $44.78 Resource operator: $46.82 editor's notes: Service pay: $5 per month after 10 years of service, $10 per month after 15 years, $15 per month after 20 years, $20 per month after 25 years. Stand-by: 4 hours pay for every 24-hour period employee is on standby. CONSTRUCTION Construction labour Relations association of Manitoba province-wide, Manitoba (130 steelworkers) and the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Ironworkers Union Local 278. Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2013, to April 30, 2016. Signed on May 1, 2013. Wage adjustments: Effective May 1, 2014: 4% Effective May 1, 2015: 4% shift premium: Additional 50¢ per hour for employees working in Nunavut. Effective May 1, 2013, $3.30 per hour for shifts between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. $3 per hour for second and third shift operations. Double time for second and third shifts be- tween 8 a.m. Saturday to 8 a.m. Monday. paid holidays: 10 days. Double time for all hours worked on a named holiday. overtime: Time and one-half for first 2 hours worked in ex- cess of 8 per day, Monday to Friday. Double time for all hours worked after that. Double time for all Saturday and Sun- day shifts. Meal allowance: After first 2 hours of overtime, a hot meal or $22 in lieu. pension: $5 per hour per em- ployee contributed by employer, effective May 1, 2013. Ironworkers Manitoba Central Pension Trust Fund. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay at overtime rates. tool allowance: All tools re- quired to complete a job to be provided. Employees required to furnish: pliers, wire reel, wire cutters, tape measure/ ruler, appropriate rigging belt to carry tools. sample rates of pay, current: Journeyman reinforcing iron- workers: $31.01 per hour Foreman, 3-person crew: $36.01 Foreman, 4-person crew: $38.51 editor's notes: Reporting pay: Minimum 3 hours' pay if employee reports to work but cannot fulfill duties due to in- clement weather or emergencies. Coffee time: Employees permitted in the morning and afternoon to drink coffee or refreshments on the job during regular working hours, done in a manner as to not stop the normal operation of the job. Water/clothes room: Employer to furnish suitable fresh, and where practical, cold drinking water from a clean, covered container having a faucet and disposable cups. Another room to be made available in which employees may change clothes, eat lunch and take coffee breaks. Employer to provide, when necessary, a gang box with lock for safekeeping of personal tools. Welfare trust fund: $1.96 per hour per employee contributed to fund. Ironworkers trade improvement fund: 5¢ contributed per hour per employee by employer. Personal loss: Up to $500 to be reim- bursed by employer for all losses associated with fire at a worksite. eight-hour bonus vacation time for every 15 12-hour shifts worked, up to an extra 40 hours of time off. Coffee time allotted during morning and afternoon shifts, during regular work hours.

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