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June 30, 2014

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5 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER ColleCtive Agreements Human resources co-ordinator: $27.53 Labourer: $19.11 Network administrator: $32.34 Network administrator assistant: $26.45 Occupational health & safety co- ordinator: $38.90 Project administrator: $27.53 Shift operator: $38.09 Supply operative: $21.89 editor's notes: Maternity leave: 17 weeks. Parental leave: 37 weeks. Education leave: 1 year unpaid. Wash-up time: 10 minutes at the end of the day. Language allowance: Employees who are required to be fluent in another language will re- ceive an annual allowance of $2,200. Standby: 1 hour of pay at regular straight time rate for each 8-hour standby shift. LONG-TERM CARE Leisureworld Caregiving Centre Barrie, ont. (75 employees) and the Health Care and Service Workers Local 304, affiliated with the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2012, to March 31, 2015. Signed on June 14, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2012: 1% lump sum payment Effective April 1, 2013: 1% lump sum payment Effective April 1, 2014: 1% Effective Oct. 1, 2014: 1% shift premium: $7.50 per shift, up from $6, for registered nurses in charge. 15¢ per hour for every hour worked between 10 p.m. on Friday and 10 p.m. on Sunday. Paid holidays: 11 days, plus 2 floaters. Time and one-half for hours worked on a holiday. Vacations with pay: 1 week after 6 months, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 15 years, 6 weeks after 23 years, 7 weeks after 28 years. overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 7.5 per day, or 75 in a 2-week period. Time and one-half for all weekend work if employees do not receive 2 weekends off over the course of 4 weeks. dental: $50 deductible per year for Blue Cross No. 9 plan. No other details available. Vision: $185 for glasses and/or lenses every 2 years. sick leave: 9.375 hours earned per 156 hours worked. Sick bank ceiling set at 120 days. 8 hours' notice for 2- to 7-day absences, 48 hours' notice for 8- to 14-day absences, 72 hours' notice for 15-day-plus absences. Ad&d: $30,000. Life insurance: $30,000. Pension: 4% of salary contrib- uted by employee, to be matched by employer. Mandatory opt-in after 6 months. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of a spouse or child. 3 days for parent, grandparent, brother or sister. 1 day for father- or mother-in-law, brother- or sister- in-law, son- or daughter-in-law, aunt, uncle or grandchild. seniority — recall rights: 2 years. Probationary period: 425 hours for full-time employees, 350 hours or 6 months for part-time employees — whichever comes first. uniforms/clothing: 9¢ per hour worked allowance. sample rates of pay, current: Registered nurse: $28.92 per hour to start, rising after 5 years to $40.78 Registered practical nurse: $23.84 to start, rising after 3 years to $25.13 Kitchen: $17.70 to start, rising after 3 years to $19.08 Housekeeping: $17.70 to start, rising after 3 years to $19.08 Dietary nursing: $17.70 to start, rising after 3 years to $19.08 Laundry: $17.70 to start, rising after 3 years to $19.08 Craft aide: $18.45 to start, rising after 3 years to $19.65 Health-care aide: $18.45 to start, rising after 3 years to $19.65 Activity aide: $18.45 to start, ris- ing after 3 years to $19.65 Assistant cook: $18.45 to start, rising after 3 years to $19.65 Seamstress: $18.45 to start, rising after 3 years to $19.65 Cook: $19.15 to start, rising after 3 years to $20.35 editor's notes: Reporting pay: Employees reporting for work, and informed that none is available, will receive one-half of pay for scheduled shift. Union education and assistance fund: 3¢ per hour for per employee contributed by employer to CLAC's fund. CONSTRUCTION saint John Construction Association saint John County, n.B. (500 carpenters) and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC) Local 1386 renewal agreement: Effective March 30, 2014, to June 30, 2016. Signed on March 26, 2014. Wage adjustments: Red Seal carpenters Effective July 1, 2015: 2.4% Scaffolders Effective July 1, 2015: 1.67% Journeyman carpenter Effective July 1, 2015: 2.3% Paid holidays: 10 days. Vacations with pay: Vacation pay is payable at 10%. overtime: Double time for all hours worked on Saturday, Sun- day and statutory holidays. meal allowance: A hot meal or $25 in lieu of a hot meal provided after 2 hours' overtime. Bereavement leave: 7 unpaid days for employee's wife, child, father or mother. 4 unpaid days for employee's brother, sister, grandparent or grandchild. mileage: Employees provide their own transportation when a job is within 15 km of the city or town hall as designated. This in- cludes Saint John, Sussex, St. An- drews and Gagetown. Employees using their own vehicle to travel beyond the free radius zone will receive 46¢ per km. sample rates of pay, current: Red Seal carpenters: $28.29 per hour Scaffolders: $27.47 Journeyman carpenter: $26.93 editor's notes: Tools: 5 minutes provided before quitting time for picking up and storing tools. Loss of tools: The employ- er will compensate or replace tools by their brand name if destroyed or damaged by fire or lost by theft when in the place of storage and under the employer's lock and key. The liability will not exceed the value of the tools or $1,000, whichever is the lesser. Union check-off: Union working dues of 3.5% of gross earnings before deductions for all hours worked by the employees will be deducted from the employees' hourly rate.

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