Canadian Labour Reporter

5 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER ColleCtive Agreements Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 editor's notes: Clean up: Employees will have 5 minutes before quitting time to pick up and store tools. Working dues: 3.5% per basic hourly rate for all hours worked by employees. Layoff: The employer will provide 2 hours' notice of layoff or termination or 2 hours' pay in lieu of notice. Room and board: Union members referred from outside the geographic area will receive $90 per day. TRANSPORTATION northumberland Ferries Limited Caribou island, n.S. (16 master employees) and the Canadian Merchant Service Guild (CMSG) Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2014, to Oct. 31, 2015. Signed on Aug. 7, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective Aug. 1, 2014: $1.40 Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 2% Shift premium: $1.95 per hour for relief masters. Paid holidays: 10 days. 8 hours' pay at time and one- half in addition to regular wages when employee works on Victoria Day, Canada Day, Labour Day or Thanksgiving Day. Vacations with pay: 4% after 1 year, 6% after 5 years and 8% after 10 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond a regular 40-hour week. Medical benefits: $5 drug co-pay. Mandatory generic substitution. STD: 70% of weekly earnings to a maximum of $750. LTD: Flat $2,000 monthly benefit. AD&D: $75,000. No other information available. Life insurance: $75,000. No other information available. Bereavement leave: 7 days for employee's father, mother, spouse or children. 4 days for employee's brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law or daughter-in- law. 3 days for employee's grandfather or grandmother. 1 day for employee's brother-in- law or sister-in-law. Call-in pay: Time and one- half for all time worked as relief due to sick or compassionate leave. Applicable overtime rate or 4 hours' pay at regular rate, whichever is greater, when employee is recalled on rest day. Probationary period: 720 hours. Safety shoes: Employer provides CSA-approved footwear every 2 years. Uniforms/clothing: Employer provides 1 uniform coat every 4 years, 1 bomber jacket every 2 years, 2 pairs of pants in first year of entitlement and 1 pair every following 2 years, 1 cap with badge every 4 years, 1 baseball cap for headsets each year, 3 white shirts each year, 1 sweater every 2 years, 1 pair of regulation epaulets every 2 years, 1 pair of coveralls each year and 1 heavy coat every 4 years. 3 exposure suits for overboard rescue per ship. 2 storm coats per vessel every 4 years. Mileage: 45¢ per km. Sample rates of pay (current, after 2% increase): Relief master: $45.96 per hour 1st mate: $37.23 1st mate (S): $35.97 2nd mate: $32.34 2nd mate (S): $30.31 editor's notes: Standby: $50 per week for employees serving on a vessel in standby, refit or dry dock. Marine disas- ter: $600 for employees who suffer a loss of clothing and/or personal effects through marine disaster or shipwreck. Operating season: $75 per round trip between Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island for refit, training or joining the vessel prior to the operating season retroactive to Jan. 1, 2014. $80 effective 2015. Free transportation: All employees are granted transportation free for themselves and dependent family members of their immediate household during employment. Employees receiving free transportation cannot displace revenue-producing customers. Retirement: Employees are required to accept mandatory retirement at age 65. TRANSPORTATION John-John Transportation Services windsor, ont. (81 truck drivers) and Teamsters Canada Local 879 and Local 938 Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 11, 2014, to June 30, 2018. Signed on Sept. 11, 2014. Wage adjustments: $1,200 lump sum in 2015 $1,000 lump sum in 2016 $1,000 lump sum in 2017 Paid holidays: 10 days. Time and one-half for all work performed on general holidays. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks' vacation after 1 year, 3 weeks' vacation after 5 years, 4 weeks' vacation after 10 years, 5 weeks' vacation after 18 years and 6 weeks' vacation after 30 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond 10 hours per day or 50 hours per week for hourly rated drivers. Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond 12 hours per day or 60 hours per week for mileage rated drivers. Meal allowance: $26 per sleep when employees are required to lay-over and sleep away from home. Rising to $27 in 2015, $28 in 2016, $29 in 2017 and $30 in 2018. Dental: $1,500 per year. No other information available. Vision: $200 every 2 years for prescription eyeglasses. Rising to $250 effective July 1, 2014, and to $275 effective July 1, 2016. AD&D: $80,000. No other information available. Life insurance: $40,000. No other information available. $10,000 dependant life insurance for spouse and $5,000 for children. Pension: Employees contribute 3% of gross earnings to the company group RRSP plan. Employer contributes 4% of employee's gross earnings. Bereavement leave: Necessary time off and 3 days' pay for employee's father, mother, common-law spouse, legally recognized spouse, son, daughter, brother, sister, Time and one-half in addition to holiday pay when employee works Victoria day, Canada day, Labour day and Thanksgiving.

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