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January 26, 2015

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6 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 January 26, 2015 ColleCtive Agreements step-children, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law or daughter-in-law. Necessary time off and 1 day's pay for employee's grandfather, grandmother, grandchild, step-parent, brother-in-law or sister-in-law. Seniority — recall rights: 15 months. Call-in pay: Employees off duty at his or her home terminal will not be called for work until he or she has been off duty for 10 hours. Probationary period: 45 days. Safety shoes: Employer provides 1 pair per year to a maximum reimbursement amount of $125. Uniforms/clothing: Employer provides 5 shirts, in a combination of employee's choice of short and long sleeve. 3 additional shirts provided each year. Any additional uniforms required will be provided by the employer. No employee will be required to wear a uniform that does not bear the union label. Protective clothing such as rubber clothing and goggles will be provided for employees handling hazardous material. Mileage: 44.9¢ per km effective July 1, 2016. 45.8¢ per km effective July 1, 2017. editor's notes: Medical exams: Employees required to take medical exams after working hours will be paid 1 hour and will receive at least 3 days' notice. No employee will be required to take a medical exam on a Saturday. Cargo: Employees are not responsible to contribute financially to a claim for loss or damage to cargo or equipment. Passen- gers: Employees are not permitted to allow anyone except company employees, or other drivers in distress, to ride in his or her truck. Deadheading: Employees required to deadhead will be paid the driver's regular rate. Employees will not deadhead in vehicles not equipped for passenger seats. Equipment: 40 paid minutes per tour of duty for hook- up, unhooking, fuelling, paperwork and parking. Employees required to switch equipment or break trailer trains at intermediate points will be paid at the regular hourly rate. Moving: Employer bears reasonable cost of moving the furniture and personal belongings of any employee transferred at the company's request to another terminal. Voting: Employees will be granted time off to vote in federal, provincial or municipal elections. SERVICES dynamex Canada ottawa (13 couriers) and Teamster Canada Local 91 renewal agreement: Effective Feb. 2, 2014, to March 31, 2018. Signed on Oct. 30, 2014. wage adjustments: $250 lump sum on ratification. Effective April 1, 2015: Wage increase equivalent to CPI index Effective April 1, 2016: Wage increase equivalent to CPI index Effective April 1, 2017: Wage increase equivalent to CPI index Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 5 years and 4 weeks after 10 years. overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Bereavement leave: 3 days for employee's spouse, common- law partner, child, stepchild, parent, spouse's parent, grand- parent, grandchild, brother, sister, parent-in-law, brother- in-law, sister-in-law or any rela- tive permanently residing in the employee's household. Seniority — recall rights: 2 years. Call-in pay: Time and one-half for all hours worked with a minimum guarantee of 3 hours' pay. Probationary period: 90 days of work in 1 calendar year. discipline: Sunset clause is 1 year. Sample rates of pay, current: Junior messenger: $11.50 per hour Senior messenger: $13.00 Mail opening: $12.80 Front desk: $13.07 External messenger car: $16.05 SERVICES Brink's Canada Provincewide, alberta (220 armoured car services employees) and the Teamsters union renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 20, 2014, to Sept. 19, 2018. Signed in September 2014. wage adjustments: Effective Sept. 20, 2014: 2.4% Effective Sept. 20, 2015: 2% Effective Sept. 20, 2016: 1.6% Effective Sept. 20, 2017: 3.6% Shift premium: $1 per hour for employees who work 4 consecutive 10-hour shifts in a split-days-off work schedule. 45¢ per hour for all shifts after midnight, effective Sept. 20, 2016, previously 35¢ per hour for shifts between 6:30 p.m. and 2:30 a.m. Effective Sept. 20, 2017: 55¢ per hour. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 11 years, 5 weeks after 18 years. overtime: Employees who feel they have been working an excessive amount of overtime will have the option to submit a written request to review such hours worked. Regular hours of work are 40 per week. Meal allowance: Effective Sept. 20, 2014, $47 (previously $46) when required to stay overnight at a location outside the branch. Effective Sept. 20, 2015: $48, effective Sept. 20, 2016: $49, ef- fective Sept. 20, 2017: $50. Medical benefits: Prairie Teamster's Health and Welfare Plan. Effective Sept. 20, 2015, maximum of $320 [$310] per month; Sept. 20, 2016, $330; and, Sept. 20, 2017, $340. LTd: $50,000 effective Sept. 18, 2014. Previously $20,000. ad&d: $50,000 effective Sept. 18, 2014. Previously $10,000. Pension: Employer contribu- tion to Prairie Teamster's Pen- sion Plan as follows: effective Jan. 1, 2015, $2.90 per hour (previously contributions were made to the Pension Plan of Brink's Canada); Sept. 1, 2016, $3.00; Sept. 1, 2017, $3.10. Safety shoes: $125 every 2 years, previously $100. Sample rates of pay, current: Money room clerk: $19.29 per hour Maintenance: $20.38 Cash logistics processor: $20.62 Guard/technician/coin roller: $25.03 Driver: $25.58 editor's notes: Industry advancement fund: 5¢ per hour, effective Sept. 18, 2016.

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