Canadian Labour Reporter

4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 ColleCtive Agreements February 23, 2015 ColleCtive Agreements months. Safety shoes: $110 per year. Uniforms/clothing: Company to provide 5 shirts, 5 pairs of pants or shorts, 1 two-in-one jacket, 1 hat. Sample rates of pay, current: Sorter: $10.92 per hour to start, rising after 18 months to $13.27 Driver: $12.20 to start, rising after 18 months to $16.71 editor's notes: Education fund: $750 per year provided to the union for education and training of bargaining unit members. HYDRO BC hydro Provincewide, British Columbia (1,710 office employees) and the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union (COPE) Renewal agreement: Effec- tive April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2019. Signed in July 2014. wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2015: 1% Effective April 1, 2016: 0.5% Effective Feb. 1, 2017: 1% Effective April 1, 2017: 0.5% Effective Feb. 1, 2018: 1% Effective April 1, 2018: 0.5% Effective Feb. 1, 2019: 1% Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks plus 1 day after 6 years, 4 weeks after 9 years, 5 weeks after 17 years, 6 weeks after 25 years. Employ- ees with 5 or more years of ser- vice are permitted to bank up to 1 week of vacation entitle- ment for use in the following vacation years. Safety shoes: Employer to re- imburse 100% of cost of safety shoes. Previously only reim- bursed 50%. Sample rates of pay, current: Drawing records clerk II: $2,437 biweekly, rising to $2,923 Purchasing support clerk II: $2,958, rising to $3,544 Database analyst I: $3,986, ris- ing to $4,774 Construction officer III: $4,864, rising to $5,826 Computer network specialist IV: $5,934, rising to $7,107 editor's notes: Economic stability dividend: Effective May 1, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, employees will receive gen- eral wage increases equal to one-half of any percentage gain in real gross domestic product above the forecast of the economic forecast council for the relevant calendar year. For instance, if real GDP was 1% above forecasted real GDP, then employees would be entitled to a wage increase of one-half of 1%, or 0.5%. Living out allowance: $130, previously $48. SERVICES imperial Parking Canada ottawa (100 parking attendants) and the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada (UFCW) Local 175 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive May 2, 2013, to Sept. 1, 2016. Signed on June 19, 2014. wage adjustments: Effective Sept. 2, 2014: 2.5% Effective Sept. 2, 2015: 2.5% Calculated by CLR. Shift premium: 75¢ per hour for all hours worked between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. 85¢ per hour for all time spent training another employee. There will be no pyramiding of overtime or premium pay rates. Where 2 or more provisions are appli- cable, only the greater provi- sion will be paid. Paid holidays: 10 days. Vacations with pay: Vacation pay in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 4 years, 5 weeks after 15 years and 6 weeks after 20 years. overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond 44 hours per week or 10 hours per day. meal allowance: $10 after more than 12 consecutive hours in a shift. Sick leave: 4 paid days after 1 year, 6 paid days after 2 years and 8 paid days after 6 years. The employer will pay out 50% of unused sick leave at the end of each calendar year. Part- time employees are excluded from paid sick day benefits. life insurance: The employer contributes $248 per month for each full-time employee to the United Food and Com- mercial Workers Benefit Trust Fund. The employer will de- duct $60 per month from all qualifying full-time workers for this contribution. Effec- tive May 1, 2015, the employer will deduct $55 per month from workers. Effective Nov. 1, 2015, the employer will contribute $255 per month for each worker and deduct $55 from all qualifying full-time workers. The workers' portion of the premium will pay life in- surance, accidental death and dismemberment and short- term disability policies prior to payment of the extended health care, prescription drugs and dental policies. Bereavement leave: 3 paid and 2 unpaid days in the event of the death of an employee's immediate family. Immediate family includes child, spouse, common-law spouse, father, mother, brother, sister, father- in-law, mother-in-law, grand- parents and grandchildren. 1 day for employee's brother-in- law or sister-in-law. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours at regular rate of pay. Probationary period: 3 months or 40 regular shifts, whichever comes first. Discipline: Sunset clause is 1 year. Safety shoes: $75 allowance. Uniforms/clothing: 1 sea- sonal company jacket, 1 tie, 2 pairs of black trousers, 2 short-sleeved tops and 2 long- sleeved tops for full-time em- ployees. 1 seasonal company jacket, 1 tie, 1 pair of black trousers, 1 short-sleeved top and 1 long-sleeved top for part-time employees. Cover- alls and seasonal jackets for maintenance employees. If employees want to wear a hat, the employer will supply one. All other hats are prohibited. In cases of hot weather with temperatures of 25 degrees Celsius and up, employees in locations exposed to direct sunlight can remove their tie and wear solid coloured, hemmed shorts. In cases of extreme heat, jackets are not necessary but the name badge must be worn. Sample rates of pay (current, after 2.5% increase): Cashier: $10.93 rising in 7 steps to $13 per hour Info desk/lead hand/mainte- nance floater: $11.96 rising in 7 steps to $14.08 Traffic/Jockey/Maintenance: $11.19 rising in 7 steps to $13.26

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