Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2014 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER ColleCtive Agreements Class 2: 85¢ Class 3: 90¢ Class 4: $1 Foreman: $1.07 Effective May 1, 2016 Probation A: 61¢ Probation B: 66¢ Class 1: 80¢ Class 2: 85¢ Class 3: 90¢ Class 4: $1 Foreman: $1.07 Paid holidays: 10 days. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks per year. Vacation pay at a rate of 8% of total gross wages earned. overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond 9 hours per day or 44 hours per week. Double time for all hours worked on Sunday or on a statutory holiday. medical benefits: Employer contributes $2.25 per hour for each hour worked by each em- ployee to the IUPAT Atlantic Provinces Benefit Trust Fund for the purposes of providing health and welfare benefits. $2.35 effective May 1, 2015. $2.45 effective May 1, 2016. Pension: Employer contrib- utes $2.25 per hour or portion thereof for which an employee received pay. $2.35 effective May 1, 2015. $2.45 effective May 1, 2016. Bereavement leave: 3 days for employee's spouse or child. 2 days for employee's father, mother, brother, sister, father- in-law or mother-in-law. 1 day for employee's brother-in- law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent or grandchild. Discipline: Except in serious cases, no suspension or termi- nation may be imposed unless 2 notices have been previously issued to the employee. Sample rates of pay, current: Probation A: $14.55 per hour Probation B: $15.73 Class 1: $18.90 Class 2: $20.11 Class 3: $21.31 Class 4: $23.79 Foreman: $25.36 editor's notes: Training: Employer contributes 60¢ per hour for each hour worked by each employee to the IUPAT Atlantic Provinces Joint Apprenticeship and Training Fund. Administration: Employer contributes 20¢ per hour worked for each worker to the administration fund. EDUCATION Board of education of Saskatoon (School Division No. 13) Saskatoon (1,040 office employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 8443 Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 1, 2013, to Aug. 31, 2016. Signed on June 9, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective Sept. 1, 2014: 1.5% Effective Sept. 1, 2015: 1.75% Shift premium: 75¢ per hour for educational assistants re- quired to use sign language or braille. $13.10 or 80% of the first step of the appropriate pay class — whichever is greater — for all hours spent supervising a lunch period. $4.37 per hour for maintenance workers assigned to operate a division loader. Paid holidays: 12 days. Time and one-half for the first 2 hours worked on a named holi- day, double time for all hours worked after that. Triple time for boiler checker employees. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks af- ter 1 year, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 16 years, 6 weeks after 24 years. overtime: Time and one-half for first 2 hours of overtime, double time for all hours worked after that. Regular hours of work shall be 35, 37.5 or 40 hours per week, depend- ing on the employee group. Dental: 50% coverage for major restorative and orthodontic services. $2,000 lifetime maxi- mum for orthodontics. $2,000 per person per year for major restorative services. Vision: $250 per person every 2 years. Sick leave: 2 days earned per month, to accumulate up to 180 days. Bereavement leave: 5 days for the serious illness or death of an employee's spouse, child, father, mother, sister, brother, in-laws, grandchild, grandparent. Up to 2 additional days if the funeral is out of province. Up to 3 ad- ditional days if the employee is required to perform the duties of an executor. 1 day for the fu- neral of any other relative. Seniority – recall rights: 18 months. Probationary period: 6 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years, given no further disci- pline has occurred. Severance: 2 weeks' pay after 10 years, 3 weeks' pay after 15 years, 5 weeks' pay after 20 years, 6 weeks' pay after 25 years. Safety shoes: $150 every 2 years for maintenance employ- ees. uniforms/clothing: 5 shirts, 1 pair of rubber gloves, 1 pair of rubber boots, 2 pairs of white coveralls, 1 pair of regular cov- eralls. Cafeteria staff to receive uniform allowance of $350 per year, to be paid in 2 amounts in February and September. tool allowance: Tools broken or damaged during the course of regular work will be replaced by the employer, except in the case of employee negligence. Sample rates of pay, current: Carpenter: $33.30 per hour, ris- ing after 1 year to $34.28 Electrician: $33.97, rising after 1 year to $34.97 Industrial mechanic: $33.97, rising after 1 year to $34.97 Painter: $31.21, rising after 1 year to $33.35 Plumber: $33.97, rising after 1 year to $34.97 HVAC technician: $33.97, ris- ing after 1 year to $34.97 Maintenance scheduler: $24.56, rising after 1 year to $25.38 Driver: $21.03, rising after 1 year to $21.57 HVAC support technician: $32.27, rising after 1 year to $33.22 Preventative maintenance technician: $22.11, rising after 1 year to $23.39 General maintenance worker: $19.57, rising after 1 year to $20.85 Maintenance clerk I: $20.05, ris- ing after 4 steps to $21.79 Rentals clerk: $22.20, rising af- ter 4 steps to $24.30 Maintenance clerk II: $23.94, rising after 4 steps to $26.18 Buyer: $25.89, rising after 4 steps to $28.49 Building operator IV: $26.09 Building operator III: $25.45 Building operator II: $24.18 Building operator I: $23.39 Caretaker fireman: $20.85 Caretaker: $18.27, rising after 1 year to $19.57 Driver instructor: $25.64, rising after 4 steps to $30.16 Educational assistant II: $21.42, rising after 4 steps to $23.23 Educational assistant III: $21.42, rising after 4 steps to $23.23 Electronics repair technician II: $26.80, rising after 1 year to $27.43 Systems support technician II: $30.82, rising after 1 year to $31.43 < from pg. 1 Premiums allotted to educational assistants required to use sign language or braille, as well as instructors supervising a lunch period.

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