Canadian Labour Reporter

4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014 ColleCtive Agreements September 29, 2014 on a Sunday. Time off may be taken in lieu of payment, must be taken within 6 months of the date overtime was worked. Maximum accumulation is the number of hours normally worked by that employee in a week. medical benefits: Extended Health Benefits Plan lifetime maximum limit increased to $1 million, effective June 3, 2014. $300 per person per year for physiotherapy and massage therapy effective Jan. 1, 2015. $250 per person per year for chiropractor and naturopath, effective Jan. 1, 2016. $200 per person per year for orthotics, effective Jan. 1, 2017. 80% of premiums paid by employer, employee to pay the balance. dental: 100% coverage for basic preventative and restor- ative services, 50% coverage for major restorative services, 50% coverage for orthodontics up to $5,000. Vision: $500 every 2 years. Weekly indemnity: 66.67% of employee's weekly earnings, up to $800 per week for a maxi- mum of 26 weeks. Premiums 100% funded by employer. Sick leave: Up to 10 days per year. Doctor's note may be re- quired if an employee is away for 3 consecutive days or more. Pension: Municipal Pension Plan. No other details available. bereavement leave: 3 days in the 2-week period immediately following the death of an im- mediate family member. Up to 2 additional days if death oc- curs out-of-province. One-half day for mourner's leave. Seniority – recall rights: 6 months for employees with less than 6 months' service, 1 year for employees with more than 6 months of service. call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay. Minimum 2 hours' pay for employees attending staff meetings or in-house training sessions. Probationary period: 60 shifts or 4 months, whichever occurs first. discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years, provided no further dis- ciplinary action has occurred. Severance: 1 week's notice or pay in lieu after 3 consecutive months of service, 2 weeks' notice or pay in lieu after 1 year of service, 3 weeks' notice after 2 years of employment, plus 1 additional week for each year of employment, up to a maximum 8 weeks' notice. Sample rates of pay, current: Assistant librarian: $26.92 per hour, rising after 120 shifts to $28.53 Outreach and community part- nership co-ordinator: $24.41, rising after 120 shifts to $25.99 Technical assistant: $22.64, ris- ing after 120 shifts to $24.24 Administrative assistant: $21.03, rising after 120 shifts to $22.64 Circulation assistant: $19.96, rising after 120 shifts to $21.56 Children's assistant: $19.96, ris- ing after 120 shifts to $21.56 Circulation clerk: $18.89, rising after 120 shifts to $20.49 Editor's notes: Bumping rights: Having received notice, an employee may bump an employee in a classification with the same or lower maximum rate of pay and less seniority instead of being laid off. Off-duty scheduling duties: Up to 10 hours' pay at straight time rates when employees required to perform scheduling duties when they are not scheduled to work. Working alone: Up to 15 hours' pay per day in which a non-scheduled employee is required to monitor other employees working alone. Bonus days: 2 per year. Effective June 3, 2014, bonus days may carry over to the next year, provided an employee takes all carried over days in that year. Compassionate care: Up to 8 weeks when an employee's family member is at risk of dying within 26 weeks. WASTE MANAGEMENT bFI canada calgary (90 truck drivers, loaders and maintenance staff ) and the Teamsters union, Local 362 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 31, 2016. Signed on Aug. 29, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 2% Shift premium: $3.50 per hour for waste tonnage hauled after 18 tonnes per day, after 8 tonnes per day for recycle tonnage. $2 per hour for lead hands. $2 shift differential for employees starting shifts after noon. $1 per hour when op- erating a fork lift or skid steer. $3.50 per driver for any load more than 20 tonnes per day. $50 training premium per day for employees running training sessions. Paid holidays: 11 days. Time and one-half for all hours worked on a named holiday. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 4 years, 4 weeks after 9 years. overtime: Time and one-half for first 2 hours of overtime af- ter 8 per day, double time for all hours worked in excess of that. All hours worked on an em- ployee's designated day of rest to be paid at double time. Pension: 4.7% contributed by employer into the BFI Canada Pension Plan. bereavement leave: 4 days for the death of an immedi- ate family member, including spouse, mother, father, sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, legal guardian, common-law and same-sex partners. Seniority – recall rights: 9 months. call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay at double time. Probationary period: 75 days. discipline: For actions per- taining to safety: 1 to 3 day suspension without pay for a first violation, termination of employment for a second viola- tion. For actions pertaining to job performance: written warn- ing for a first violation, suspen- sion without pay for a second violation, termination of em- ployment for a third violation. Safety shoes: $225 per year. uniforms/clothing: Company provides employees with all required safety gear, such as protective headwear, goggles or gloves. Company provides 1 hat, 1 water-repellant jacket, 2 sweatshirts, and either 3 pairs of pants and 3 shirts or 2 pairs of high-visibility coveralls and 3 t-shirts. Company to replace pants, shirts, t-shirts and cov- eralls once per year. Jackets to be replaced as necessary but not more than once per year. Tool allowance: $424 per year for mechanics, welders and apprentices with at least 1 year seniority. $15,000 insurance coverage for each mechanic's, welder's and apprentice's tools. Sample rates of pay, current: Owner operator: $29.07 per hour Loader operator: $24.07 Labourer: $16.85 Roll-off drivers: $25.27 Front-load drivers: $25.27 Commercial swamper: $18.68 Lead hand residential driver: $28.69 Residential rear load driver: $221.49 per day Residential swamper: $184.46 Residential recycle drivers: $198.46 Residential side-load, summer: $221.49 Residential side-load, winter: $221.49 Residential haul: $198.46 Tandem driver: $28.05 per hour Single driver: $26.01 Haul-all driver: $24.48 Swamper: $22.95

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