Canadian Labour Reporter

4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014 ColleCtive Agreements November 10, 2014 COMMUNICATIONS northerntel Limited Partnership Province-wide, Ontario (160 office employees) and Unifor Local 6 Renewal agreement: Effective March 1, 2014, to June 30, 2015. Signed on Sept. 8, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective March 1, 2014: 2.25% Shift premium: 75¢ per hour worked in the off-normal period before 12 a.m. $1 per hour worked in the off-normal period after 12 a.m. Time and one-half for all time worked at height of 50 to 85 feet above the ground. Double time for all time worked at a height above 85 feet. Paid holidays: 9 days. 2 floater holidays after 1 year, 3 days after 3 years, 4 days after 7 years and 5 days after 10 years. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 18 years and 6 weeks after 25 years. Overtime: Time and one-half. Meal allowance: $14 when employees not on temporary transfer are required to work outside their seniority unit. Life insurance: 2 times basic annual wages, rounded to the next higher $1,000. Bereavement leave: 5 days for employee's spouse, common- law partner, son or daughter. 3 days for employee's father, mother, father-in-law, mother- in-law, brother, sister, brother- in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, step child or any de- pendent relative residing with the employee. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year after 3 months seniority and 18 months after 5 years' seniority. Call-in pay: All time worked at applicable overtime rate or a minimum 4 hours straight time, whichever is greater. Probationary period: 3 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 1 year. tool allowance: All new em- ployees will be provided with necessary tools and carrying pouch. Sample rates of pay (current, after 2.25% increase): Plant Employees: $638.88 ris- ing in 12 steps to $1,354.52 per week Clerical Employees: $598.95 rising in 10 steps to $1,146.98 editor's notes: Education fund: Employer will contribute 3¢ per regular hour worked for each employee in the bar- gaining unit. Travel time: During normal working hours, employees traveling at the request of the employer receive their regular hourly rate. Outside normal working hours, employees receive time and one-half. Training: Reasonable laundry expenses will be paid when an employee is required to be away from home more than 1 week for training. Maternity leave: 11 weeks. Parental leave: 37 weeks. Adoption leave: 37 weeks. ELECTRICITY altalink Management Calgary (400 administrative, accounting, communications and trades workers) and the United Utility Workers' Association of Canada (UUWA) Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2013, to Dec. 31, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2013: 3.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2013: Addition- al 50¢ per hour for field techni- cal and trades staff Effective Jan. 1, 2014: 3.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 4% Shift premium: Additional $2.40 per hour for evening and night shifts. Evening shifts start between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m., night shifts start between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. $4.80 plus regu- lar rate per hour for oil process- ing worked outside 7 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 15 days to start, 20 days after 7 years, 25 days after 16 years, 30 days after 24 years, 35 days after 30 years. Overtime: Double time for all hours worked in excess of 37.5 hours per week. Overtime may be banked up to 1 year. Time off in lieu of overtime pay may be taken at the rate of 2 hours' off for every 1 hour of overtime worked. Meal allowance: $14 for break- fast, $17 for lunch, $33 for din- ner when employee required to work away from headquarters on an overnight absence. Pension: Company agrees to match employee's contribu- tions. No other details available. Call-in pay: Double time for employees called in to start their shifts at least 2 hours early. Safety shoes: 60% reimburse- ment up to $200 per year or $400 per 2 years. 100% reim- bursement for conductive boots for lineman. Uniforms/clothing: Fire- resistant parka, summer jacket, summer and winter coveralls, hoodie, 3-in-1 jacket, sum- mer and winter bib coveralls, balaclava, neck tube, hard hat liner, reflective vest, rainwear and outerwear provided by employer. Overalls and smocks provided and reimbursed as required for warehouse and transformer shop employees performing damaging work. Sample rates of pay, current: Senior communications advi- sor: $36.96 per hour, rising in 6 steps to $44.20 Regulatory co-ordinator: $32.36 rising in 9 steps to $43.04 Account representative: $27.45 rising in 8 steps to $36.59 Communications advisor: $24.31 rising in 7 steps to $32.43 Finance specialist: $36.96 rising in 6 steps to $44.20 Payroll analyst: $32.26 rising in 9 steps to $43.04 Financial reporting analyst: $27.45 rising in 8 steps to $36.59 Capital asset accountant: $24.31 rising in 7 steps to $32.43 Field co-ordinator: $38.48 ris- ing in 8 steps to $50.59 Transmission lineman fore- man: $39.42 rising in 8 steps to $51.92 Telecom system tower service- man: $43.59 rising in 3 steps to $47.31 Transformer shop techni- cian: $28.67 rising in 8 steps to $41.36 editor's notes: Stand-by: Applicable overtime rates for call-outs, plus 1 hour paid at top FT4 rate ($49.82 per hour). 2 top FT4 hours' paid for stand-by on a scheduled day off, 3 hours' paid at top FT4 rate for hours worked on a statutory holiday. Travel: $7.75 incidental expense paid for all overnight absences in excess of 20 per year. Retention bonus: Term employees paid 5% upon completion of contract.

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