Canadian Labour Reporter

4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014 ColleCtive Agreements July 7, 2014 MUNICIPALITY Hamlet of Chesterfield Inlet Chesterfield Inlet, nunavut (42 inside and outside workers) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), as represented by its agent Nunavut Employees Union Renewal agreement: Effec- tive April 1, 2013, to March 31, 2016. Signed on March 12, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2014: 2.5% Effective April 1, 2015: 2.5% Paid holidays: 12 days. Time and one-half for first 4 hours worked on a named holiday, double time for all hours after that. Vacations with pay: 18 days to start, 4 weeks after 2 years, 5 weeks after 10 years, 6 weeks after 15 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for first 4 hours worked in ex- cess of 8 per day, double time for all hours worked after that. Double time for any hours worked on a Sunday. Time off may be taken in lieu of com- pensation. Sick leave: 1.25 days earned per year. Pension: Northern Employee Benefits Services Pension Plan. No other details available. Bereavement leave: 6 days for an immediate family member. That includes an employee's father, mother, brother, sis- ter, spouse, common-law spouse, child, step-child, adopted child, grandparent, grandchild, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, sister-in- law, son-in-law and any other relative permanently residing in the employee's household or with whom the employee resides. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay at straight time, or compensation at appropriate overtime rate, whichever is greater. Severance: 2 week's pay for the first year of service, 2 week's pay for the second year of service, 1 week's pay for each succeeding year of service. When an employee resigns, after 4 years of em- ployment, they are entitled to pay by the following formula: number of years of service, multiplied by the weekly rate of pay, divided by 2. If an employee retires, he is en- titled to his weekly rate of pay multiplied by the number of completed years of continuous employment prior to 1993. Uniforms/clothing: For air- port maintainers, assistant mechanics, building main- tainers (water, sewage and garbage), drivers, heavy equip- ment operators, foremen and mechanics: summer coveralls, winter coveralls, summer leather gloves, winter insu- lated gloves, CSA-approved boots for summer and winter. Trades employees to receive hard hats, aprons, welding goggles, dust protection, eye protection (including safety prescription glasses) and ear protection. Tool allowance: 25¢ per hour (at 40 hours per week, $10 per week) for the use of employee's hand tools. Employees to re- ceive the pay are mechanics, assistant mechanics and Ham- let's maintenance man. Sample rates of pay, current: Hamlet clerk typist: $24.11 per hour, rising in 3 steps to $24.95 Alcohol and drug worker: $21.54, rising in 3 steps to $23.53 Liaison officer: $27.83, rising in 3 steps to $30.81 Lands officer: $23.50, rising in 3 steps to $26.02 Economic development of- ficer: $23.50, rising in 3 steps to $26.02 Foreman: $33.63, rising in 3 steps to $36.40 Maintenance person: $30.73, rising in 3 steps to $33.23 Lead mechanic: $37.78, rising in 3 steps to $40.47 Assistant mechanic: $27.71, rising in 3 steps to $29.58 Heavy equipment operator: $29.92, rising in 3 steps to $31.98 Municipal services driver: $24.15, rising in 3 steps to $26.17 Fire chief/By-law officer: $24.83, rising in 3 steps to $26.83 Radio operator: $34.12, rising in 3 steps to $36.87 Airport maintainer: $33.95, rising in 3 steps to $36.87 Janitor: $23.54, rising in 3 steps to $25.70 Recreation leader: $28.86, ris- ing in 3 steps to $31.50 Recreation facility maintainer: $21.32, rising in 3 steps to $23.62 Casual labourer: $21.07, rising in 3 steps to $22.86 Casual municipal truck driver: $21.90, rising in 3 steps to $23.80 Casual heavy equipment op- erator: $22.80, rising in 3 steps to $24.68 Water and sewer helper: $21.07, rising in 3 steps to $22.86 Building foreman: $33.63, ris- ing in 3 steps to $36.40 editor's notes: Compassionate care: 6 paid days if employee is required to care for sick immediate family member. Up to 8 weeks unpaid for the care and support of a gravely ill family member. Medical, dental, school appointments: Up to 4 hours to attend a doctor, dentist, lawyer or school appointment during working hours. Travel: All reasonable expenses while travelling for employer will be reimbursed. Cooling-off period: Employees who willfully terminate their employment as a result of a misunderstanding or argument will be allowed to return to work and remain em- ployed if she does so within 2 working days. Extreme weather: Except in emergencies, employer will not require an employee to work outside under extreme weather conditions. Double time for those employees required to do so in an emergency. Northern travel allowance: Allowance divided between 2,080 8-hour shift employees and 1,950 7-hour shift employees, to assist with travel expenses up north. Effective April 1, 2014: $25,500. Effective April 1, 2015: $26,000. EDUCATION Board of education, School district no. 23 Okanagan, B.C. (670 office employees) and the Central Okanagan School Employees' Union, of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3523 Renewal agreement: Effective July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2015. Signed on Feb. 25, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective July 1, 2013: 1% Effective Feb. 1, 2014: 2% Effective May 1, 2014: 0.5% Shift premium: $25 per month for ongoing worksite, or 20¢ per hour for specific as- signment for Level 1 first aid ticket holders. 55¢ per hour, 68¢ effective Jan. 20, 2014, for Level 2 first aid certificate holders. 50¢ per hour for graveyard shifts, between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 7 years, 5 weeks after 15 years, 6 weeks after 20 years, 1 addi- tional day of vacation per year of service after that.

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