Canadian Labour Reporter

5 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER ColleCtive Agreements Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 full-time employees and 1,248 hours for part-time employees for all other disciplinary action. Safety shoes: $119.26 per year. Sample rates of pay (current, after 0.75% increase): Housekeeping worker: $23.25 per hour Laundry worker: $23.25 Maintenance person: $23.56 Nutritional aide: $23.88 Food services worker: $23.88 Occupational therapist assis- tant: $24.99 Health-care aide: $24.99 Activity worker: $24.99 Lead hand physical services: $25.42 Registered practical nurse: $28.02 Editor's notes: Split shifts: There will be no split shifts. TRANSPORTATION Bombardier Transportation Canada provincewide, ontario (600 trainmen) and Teamsters Canada Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2013, to Dec. 31, 2017. Signed on Aug. 15, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2013: 3% Effective Jan. 1, 2014: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 2.75% paid holidays: 10 days and 2 floating days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 15 years and 6 weeks after 28 years. Medical benefits: Maximum $500 per year for massage therapy. Ad&d: $40,000. Previously $25,000. No other information available. Life insurance: $40,000. Previ- ously $25,000. No other infor- mation available. pension: Employees can con- tribute 1 – 4% of base salary. Previously 2%. No other infor- mation available. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay at applicable overtime rate. Safety shoes: $140 per year. $150 effective Jan. 1, 2015. $160 effective Jan. 1, 2017. Sample rates of pay (current, after 2% increase): Labourer A: $22.87 per hour Train operator A: $46.78 COMMUNICATIONS Communications Security Establishment ottawa (1,360 administrative services employees) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Renewal agreement: Effective Feb. 10, 2012, to Feb. 9, 2015. Signed on Sept. 25, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective Feb. 10, 2012: 1.75% Effective Feb. 10, 2013: 1.5% Effective Feb. 10, 2014L 2% paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks af- ter 1 year, 4 weeks after 8 years, 4 weeks and 2 days after 16 years, 4 weeks and 3 days after 17 years, 5 weeks after 18 years, 5 weeks and 2 days after 27 years, and 6 weeks after 28 years. Sick leave: Employees regain unused sick leave credits if they are rehired within 1 year of term or 2 years after layoff. Bereavement leave: 7 consecu- tive days following the death of a family member. Previously 5 days. Severance: Severance entitle- ments for retirement and vol- untary resignation will cease to accumulate. Employees laid off after 1 year's service are entitled to 3 weeks' pay. Employees with more than 20 years' service are entitled to 4 weeks' pay. Sample rates of pay (current, after 2% increase): UNI-01: $36,323 annually rising to $43,813 UNI-06: $66,529 rising to $78,271 UNI-11: $107,116 rising to $126,019 Editor's notes: Market allowances: Employees classified at the UNI-04 to UNI-11 levels performing computer science administration or engineering functions will receive the market allowance in accordance with wage increases. Effective Feb. 10 in 2012, 2013 and 2014. Family leave: Employees may use up to 7.5 hours of the total family leave provided to at- tend school activities or meet with financial and legal representatives. EDUCATION University of ottawa ottawa (3,500 teaching assistants) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 1, 2013, to Aug. 21, 2016. Signed on Sept. 17, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective Sept. 1, 2013: 1.8% Effective Sept. 1, 2014: 1.8% Effective Sept. 1, 2015: 1.8% paid holidays: 11 days plus the number of days between Dec. 23 and the first day of classes in January. Medical benefits: Employees will be reimbursed $40 per year that can be used towards topping up. Previously an em- ployee-paid health and dental insurance. dental: Employees will be reim- bursed $40 per year that can be used towards topping up. Previ- ously an employee-paid health and dental insurance. Sample rates of pay (current, after 1.8% increase): Undergraduate: $24.73 per hour Marker, graduate: $29.68 Teaching assistant, graduate: $41.19 Editor's notes: Maternity leave: Employees are entitled to the maternity leave benefit if they have a continued contract for the next semester [previously employees were required to have completed 13 weeks of work to be eligible], to a maximum of 75 hours. Previously 62.5 hours. Conference fund: Employer contributes $30,000, previously $20,000, in

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