Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER ColleCtive Agreements < from pg. 1 per hour for charge hands. 70¢ per hour for all hours worked between 4 p.m. and midnight. 95¢ per hour for all hours worked between midnight and 8 a.m. 95¢ per hour for all hours worked between 5 a.m. and 1 p.m. 55¢ per hour while digging and backfilling graves. $1.05 for employees operating a chainsaw. Paid holidays: 12 days, plus 1 floater for employees who have completed probation. Double time for all hours worked on a named holiday. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start (prorated), 4 weeks after 6 years, 5 weeks after 14 years, 6 weeks after 20 years. 1 additional day per year of service after 25 years. Up to 1 week may be carried over. overtime: Time and one-half for the first 3 hours worked in excess of an employee's regular schedule. Double time for all subsequent hours. Double time for all hours worked on a Sunday. Overtime credits may be banked up to 80 hours per year. medical benefits: Up to $1,000 for hearing aids. dental: 100% coverage for basic services, 80% coverage for major services. 50% reim- bursement, up to $5,000 life- time maximum per person for orthodontics. Vision: $350 every 2 years. $100 for eye exams every 2 years. Paramedical: 50% reimburse- ment for first 12 visits to a chiropractor, physiotherapist, massage therapist, naturopath or podiatrist for an overall maximum of $600 per year. Osteopath, acupuncturist, speech therapist and psycholo- gist limited to an overall maxi- mum of $600 per year. sick leave: 6 days per year. Life insurance: 3 times annual salary. Pension: Municipal Pension Plan. No other details pro- vided. Bereavement leave: 1 work week, plus up to an ad- ditional 1 week if travel for the funeral of an immediate family member is required. Immediate family defined as spouse, common-law spouse, son, daughter, mother, father, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, legal guardian, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, mother-in-law and father-in- law. Immediate family also includes step relatives at the same levels. 1 day to serve as a pallbearer. One-half day to at- tend as a mourner. seniority – recall rights: 6 months for employees with less than 1 year of service. 1 year for all other employees. call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay if employee does not commence work, mini- mum 4 hours' pay if employee commences work. 2 overtime credits for every 8 hours an employee is required to be on emergency standby. Probationary period: 6 months. discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months, assuming no further discipline has occurred. severance: 1 week's pay per year for employees with less than 3 years of service. 3 weeks' pay for the first and second year of employment, one-half week's pay for each year of service after that for employees with more than 3 years of service. Severance pay is limited to 6 months' current pay. safety shoes: 75% of cost of safety boots up to $200 every 2 years. Ex: An employee can claim for more than 1 pair of boots during the 2-year pe- riod, up to $200 every 2 years. uniforms/clothing: 75% cov- erage up to $200 every 2 years for bathing suits and shoes for employees required to wear as such. tool allowance: $600 per year for mechanics who have com- pleted 1,200 hours of service that year. sample rates of pay, current: Recreation leader: $18.68 per hour Sewer jet: $19.22 Animal control I: $21.48 Animal control II: $23.87 Lifeguard I: $22.52 Lifeguard II: $23.97 Lifeguard III: $25.44 Guard: $25.94 Labourer I: $25.94 Refuse disposal attendant: $25.94 Construction maintenance at- tendant: $26.50 Gardener: $27.31 Warehouse person: $27.89 Mechanic I: $29.24 Bylaw compliance officer: $30.86 Mechanic II: $29.24 Design engineer: $33.73 Plant foreman: $38.08 Road foreman: $38.08 TRANSPORTATION immeubles rB Ltée Boucherville Longueuil, Que. (18 shippers) and Teamsters Québec Local 106 renewal agreement: Effec- tive Oct. 1, 2014, to Sept. 30, 2020. Signed on Oct. 1, 2014. wage adjustments: Effective 2015: 2% Effective 2016: 2% Effective 2017: 2% Effective 2018: 2% Effective 2019: 2% Calculated by CLR. shift premium: 50¢ for all hours worked between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. $1 per hour for lead hands. Paid holidays: 10 days. Vacations with pay: 1 day per month worked to a maximum of 2 weeks to start, 2 weeks af- ter 1 year, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 10 years and 5 weeks after 19 years. sick leave: 1 day after 1 year's seniority, 2 days after 3 years and 3 days after 5 years. Bereavement leave: 5 days for employee's spouse, child or spouse's child. 3 days for em- ployee's father, mother, father- in-law, mother-in-law, brother or sister. 1 day for employee's brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, son- in-law or daughter-in-law. seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Probationary period: 2 months worked within a 6-month period. uniforms/clothing: $150 per year. sample rates of pay (current, after 2% increase): Shippers: $15.59 rising in 2 steps to $15.93 editor's notes: Marriage: 1 day to be taken on the day of employee's wedding. EDUCATION université du Québec rimouski, Que. (470 technicians) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1575 renewal agreement: Effec- tive Sept. 30, 2014, to May 31, 2018. Signed on Sept. 30, 2014. shift premium: 68¢ per hour for time worked on the eve- ning shift. $1.04 per hour for time worked on the night shift. 95¢ per hour for lead hands. 56¢ per hour for employees required to regularly use a lan- guage other than French. $12 per hour for supervisors.

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