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5 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER ColleCtive Agreements Editor's notes: Maternity leave: 17 unpaid weeks. Parental leave: 37 unpaid weeks. Family responsibility leave: 52.5 hours per year to take family members to medical or dental appointments, needs directly related to the birth or adoption of the employee's child, to attend school functions or to attend an appointment with a legal or paralegal representative. Standby: Standby pay is equivalent to the regular hourly rate of an employee for each 4 consecutive hours or portion thereof he or she is on standby. Pyramiding payments: Payments provided under overtime, designated paid holidays, call-back pay and standby pay will not me pyramided. SECURITY L-3 Communication MAS Canada Mirabel, Que. (8 security employees) and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 22, 2011, to Sept. 22, 2016. Signed on May 2, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective September 2012: 2% Effective Sept. 21, 2013: 2% Effective Sept. 20, 2014: 2% Effective Sept. 26, 2015: 2% Calculated by Canadian Labour Reporter. Shift premium: 70¢ per hour for evening shifts and 80¢ for night shifts. Paid holidays: 14 days. Vacations with pay: 4% of an- nual salary to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 10 years and 5 weeks after 18 years. Overtime: Time and one-half. Double time for hours worked on paid holidays. Life insurance: Employer pays 50% of premiums. $3,284 in- dividual coverage and $5,907 family coverage. Rising to $3,581 individual coverage and $6,387 family coverage effective Dec. 1, 2015. No other information available. Bereavement leave: 5 days for employee's spouse or child. 3 days for employee's father, adop- tive father, mother, adoptive mother, father-in-law, mother- in-law, brother, adoptive brother, sister, adoptive sister, son-in-law or daughter-in-law. 2 days for employee's brother-in-law or sister-in-law. 1 day for employ- ee's grandfather, grandmother or grandchild. Seniority – recall rights: 2 years. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours at applicable overtime rate. Discipline: Sunset clause is 1 year. If additional disciplin- ary measures are added to the employee's file during this pe- riod, sunset clause becomes 18 months. Sample rates of pay (current, after 2% increase): Sergeant: $26.65 rising to $27.04 Agent Grade I: $24.22 rising to $24.49 Agent Grade II: $21.38 Agent Grade III: $19.44 Editor's notes: Marriage: 1 pad day for the employee's wedding. 1 unpaid day for the wedding of the employee's child. Birth or adoption: 2 paid days for the birth or adoption of the employee's child. TRANSPORTATION Sydney Airport Authority Sydney, N.S. (8 maintenance of way employees) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Renewal agreement: Effective March , 2014, to Sept. 30, 2017. Signed on March 7, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective Oct. 1, 2014: 65¢ Effective Oct. 1, 2015: 65¢ Effective Oct. 1, 2016: 75¢ Shift premium: $3.50 per hour for lead hand. $1.25 per hour for shifts in which half or more of the hours are regularly scheduled between 4 p.m. and 8 a.m. $1.40 per hour effective Dec. 1, 2014. Additional $1.25 per hour for all regularly scheduled hours at straight time rates worked on weekends. $1.40 per hour effec- tive Dec. 1, 2014. Paid holidays: 12 days. Time and one-half for all hours worked up to regular daily scheduled hours of work on a holiday and double time thereafter. Vacations with pay: 1.25 days per month worked to start, 1.67 days per month after 8 years, 2.08 days per month after 18 years and 2.5 days per month after 28 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for overtime worked on a scheduled work day and on the first day of rest. Double time for overtime worked in excess of 8 hours on a scheduled work day, for hours worked in excess of normal daily hours on the first day of rest and for all hours worked on the sec- ond or subsequent day of rest. Meal allowance: $10 for break- fast, $15 for lunch and $30 for dinner while travelling on busi- ness for the employer. $9 or a free meal after employee is required to work 3 or more hours over- time immediately before or fol- lowing normal hours of work. Sick leave: 1 ¼ days per month worked to a maximum of 150 days. Bereavement leave: 4 days for employee's father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, foster parent, brother, sister, spouse, common-law spouse, child, child of common-law spouse, stepchild, ward of the employee, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandparent, grandchild or rela- tive living with the employee. 1 day for employee's son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours at applicable overtime rate. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. Severance: Layoff: 2 week's pay for the first year of employment and 1 week's pay for each year thereafter prior to Oct. 1, 1997. 1 week's pay for each completed year subsequent to Oct. 1, 1997. Retirement: 1 week's pay for each completed year prior to Oct. 1, 1997. 1 week's pay for each complete year of service to a maximum of 30 weeks' pay sub- sequent to Oct. 1, 1997. Mileage: 50¢ per kilometre. Sample rates of pay, current: Airport Maintenance Worker: $23.32 per hour Seasonal Airport Maintenance Worker: $23.32 Probationary Seasonal Airport Maintenance Worker: $19.66 Working Foreman: $29.22 Plumber: $27.47 Mechanic: $27.47 Electrician: $27.47 Editor's notes: Family responsibilities: ½ day paid leave to take a dependent family member for medical or dental appointments or for appointments with school authorities or adoption agencies. 2 paid days for the temporary care of a sick member of the employee's family. Total leave pay shall not exceed 7 days in a fiscal year. Marriage: 5 paid days.