Canadian Labour Reporter

5 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER ColleCtive Agreements and for all hours worked dur- ing an employee's weekend off. Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% of premiums for the Province of New Brunswick Blue Cross Health Plan. dental: Employer pays 50% of premiums for the basic dental plan for full-time employees and their dependents. sick leave: Sick leave accu- mulated at rate of 1.5 days per month worked to a maximum of 240 days. life insurance: Coverage under the Province of New Brunswick Group Life Insur- ance Program equal to em- ployee's annual salary. Pension: Certain Bargaining Employees Shared Risk Pen- sion Plan. No other informa- tion available. Bereavement leave: 7 days for employee's spouse, common- law spouse, child, parent or person acting in loco parentis. 5 days for employee's brother, sister or grandchild. 3 days for employee's grandparent, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law or relative living in the household. 3 day to attend the funeral for employee's brother-in-law, sis- ter-in-law, uncle, aunt, nephew, niece or spouse's grandparent. 1 additional day to travel to at- tend the funeral. seniority – recall rights: 18 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours at applicable overtime rate for employees on stand-by duty called back to work at any time outside normal working hours. Probationary period: 750 hours worked. sample rates of pay (current, after 2% increase): Registered nurse class man- ager: $35.94 rising in 5 steps to $43.73 per hour Registered nurse class supervi- sor: $35.12 rising in 5 steps to $42.73 editor's notes: Stand-by duty: $2.50 per hour for each hour of stand-by. Maternity leave: 17 weeks. Retirement al- lowance: Full-time employees with at least 5 years' continuous service are entitled to a retirement allowance equal to 5 days' pay for each full year of service to a maximum of 125 days. ENERGY algoma Tubes inc. (Tenaris algoma Tubes) sault ste. Marie, Ont. (520 operational employees) and the United Steelworkers renewal agreement: Effective June 1, 2014, to May 31, 2017. Signed on June 5, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective June 1, 2014: 1% Effective June 1, 2015: 2% Effective June 1, 2016: 2% Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year of service, 3 weeks after 6 years, 4 weeks after 11 years and 5 weeks after 16 years. dental: $1,400 per year for or- thodontics. Previously $1,000. Vision: $185 every 2 years. Previously $160. lTd: 60% per month after 26 weeks to a maximum of $2,500. Previously 50% per month af- ter 26 weeks to a maximum of $2,300. Pension: Employer contrib- utes $2.55 per hour effective June 1, 2014. Previously $2.50 per hour. Effective June 1, 2015, the employer will contribute $2.60. sample rates of pay (current, after 1% increase): Supporter: $20.72 per hour Operator: $22.34 Specialized operator: $26.05 editor's notes: Lump sum payment: $1,750 lump sum payment. Classification adjustment: $2.50 per hour for Trade "A" classification with tickets. Previously $4 per hour. On-call: $100 per week. SOCIAL SERVICES William W. Creighton Youth services under Bay, Ont. (110 health service employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3367 renewal agreement: Effec- tive April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2016. Signed on June 6, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2015: 2% Calculated by CLR. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 4 weeks to start, 5 weeks after 5 years and 6 weeks after 10 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond regular work day or work week. Employees can accumulate a maximum of 160 hours. Em- ployees can chose to receive time off in lieu of the appropri- ate overtime rate. Meal allowance: $10 for breakfast, $15 for lunch and $25 for dinner when employees are required to be out of town on the employer's business. Medical benefits: SSQ Ex- tended Health Care Plan including prescription drugs with no deductible. Plan in- cludes the option to combine physiotherapy, chiroprac- tor and massage therapy so employees can use one or all services to a maximum annual total of $900. dental: The employer will pay 60% of billed premiums and the employee will pay 40% of billed premiums for the SSQ Preven- tative Dental Plan, including restorative and orthodontic services. Orthodontics of 19 years of age or younger covered to $3,000 lifetime maximum. Dentures covered at 80%. Vision: $300 every 2 calendar years. sick leave: Sick leave time accumulated at a rate of 18 8-hour days per year. A phy- sician's certificate may be requested after 3 consecutive days of absence due to illness. lTd: The employee pays 100% of billed premiums. Plan provides a monthly benefit in an amount equal to 66.7% of the employee's monthly earn- ings to a maximum benefit of $5,000 per month. The elimi- nation period is 120 days. life insurance: The employer pays 100% of billed premiums for all permanent employees for the Group Life Insurance Plan. Coverage at double the employee's base annual sal- ary, plus accidental death and dismemberment and loss of use benefit to an amount equal the employee's life insurance. The employee's life insurance or AD&D insurance will be reduced by 50% at age 65 and terminated automatically at age 70. Bereavement leave: 2 weeks for employee's spouse or child. 5 days for employee's parent, sibling, fiancé or grandchild. 3 days for employee's grandpar- ent, father-in-law or mother- in-law. 1 day for employee's uncle, aunt, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephew or niece. 1 day if employee is asked to serve as a pallbearer. seniority – recall rights: 3 years. Call-in pay: Minimum of 3

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