Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER ColleCtive Agreements paid holidays: 11 days. Time and one-half for all hours worked on a named holiday. Vacations with pay: 120 hours to start, 8 additional hours per year after that, up until 160 hours. overtime: Time and one-half. Overtime may be banked up to 48 hours, may be taken as time off in lieu of pay. meal allowance: $11 after first 3 hours of overtime. medical benefits: Great West Life group insurance plan. Em- ployees pay 100% of the cost of short-term and long-term dis- ability coverage. Company pays 100% of the cost of life insur- ance, dental plan and drug plan. Employees to pay at least 50% of the total cost of all insurance plans and benefits. No other details available. sick leave: 3 hours earned per month. Up to 36 hours may be banked at a time. Medical note required after employee is on sick leave for 3 consecutive days. pension: Company matches up to 5% after 1 year of service. seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: Overtime rates for actual hours worked, or 3 hours paid at straight time – which- ever is greater. probationary period: 6 months. sample rates of pay, current: Dispatcher I: $20.88 per hour, rising in 15 steps to $29.77 Dispatcher II: $17.83, rising in 15 steps to $24.75 Dispatcher I-in-training: $16.50 Dispatcher II-in-training: $15.39 editor's notes: Travel: All expenses related to company business away from home base to be paid. Data recorders: Cockpit and flight data recording systems to be used for incident or accident investigations. May be used for the purpose of managing non-bargaining unit employees. Information from data recorders not to be used for individual employee monitoring, administrative, penal, criminal, disciplinary or discharge action or termination. Competency checks: Employees to receive 48-hour notice of all competency checks performed by Transport Canada. Failure to pass a competency check the first time will result in necessary re-training. Failure to pass a competency check a second time will result in termination, subject to employer's discretion. Legal battles: Company agrees to defend all bargaining unit employees in any legal action, including attaining legal counsel, in connection with their perfor- mance or duties — save in cases of gross negligence or misconduct. EDUCATION northern Lights school Division La ronge, sask. (350 elementary school teachers) and the Northern Area Teachers' Association of Saskatchewan. renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 1, 2013, to Aug. 31, 2016. Signed on Oct. 25, 2013. Bereavement leave: 5 days for serious illness or death of im- mediate family. That includes spouse, common-law spouse, son, daughter, mother, father, sister, brother, grandfather, grandmother, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, foster child, grandchild, parent surrogate, parent-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law. 1 day to at- tend a funeral as a pallbearer, eulogist, soloist or musician. editor's notes: Consultant's allowance: 10% of salary, to be paid annually for teachers assigned as a consultant. Travel: 4 round trips per year, 1 of which to be to and from the community at the beginning and end of each school year for teachers and immediate family (spouse and dependent children) based in fly-in communities. Annual $1,200-freight subsidy for teachers living in fly-in communities. Total expenses for air travel for fly-in communities per year to be $2,000 per teacher. Personal leave: 2 days per year. Emergency leave: 2 days per year for teachers who must attend immediate family specialist or emergency needs. Employment insurance rebate: Employer to remit a cheque to the union for the amount of the premium reduction received for each teacher. Retirement gratuity: $250 per year times the number of years of continuous service up to June 30, 2004. $300 per year times the number of years of continuous service between June 30, 2004 and Aug. 15, 2008. $400 per year times the number of years of continu- ous service beyond Aug. 15, 2008. Only available to teachers with at least 10 years of service. TRANsPORTATION Autobus Citadelles Gatineau, Que. (50 bus drivers) and Teamsters Canada Local 106. renewal agreement: Effective Feb. 27, 2014, to Feb. 26, 2021. Signed on Jan. 29, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective Feb. 27, 2015: 2% Effective Feb. 27, 2016: 2% Effective Feb. 27, 2017: 2% Effective Feb. 27, 2018: 2% Effective Feb. 27, 2019: 2% Effective Feb. 27, 2020: 2% Calculated by CLR shift premium: $2 per hour for all time worked training new employees. paid holidays: 10 days. Vacations with pay: 1 day per month worked to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 4 years and 4 weeks after 10 years. overtime: Time and one-half. sick leave: 3 days. Bereavement leave: 5 days for employee's spouse, child or spouse's child. 3 days for em- ployee's father, mother, brother or sister. 1 day for employee's son-in-law, daughter-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparents or grandchildren. seniority – recall rights: 1 year. probationary period: 3 months Discipline: Sunset clause is 1 year. Uniforms/clothing: Provided by the employer. Uniforms in- clude 2 short-sleeve shirts and 2 long-sleeve shirts. sample rates of pay, current: Drivers: To start: $14.12 per hour After 1 year: $15.60 After 2 years: $17 editor's notes: Union dues: $25 per month. Unpaid leave: Minimum 1 month and maximum 1 year. Birth and adop- tion: 5 paid days. < from pg. 1

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