Canadian Labour Reporter

5 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Effective Oct. 1, 2015: 0.75% Effective April 1, 2016: 1.5% Paid holidays: 10 days. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 5 years, 5 weeks after 10 years and 6 weeks after 25 years. Medical benefits: $5 deduct- ible with drug cap, $6,000 per year drug cap per individual and $25 per visit paramedical. Semi-private coverage and out of Canada coverage. No other information available. Dental: 90% basic, 50% major restorative and 9-month recall. No other information avail- able. Vision: $215 every 2 years. No other information available. Sick leave: 5.25 hours per pay period to a maximum of 10.5 hours per month. STD: Combined with sick leave provides 6-month cov- erage. No other information available. LTD: 6-month elimination period. Premium is employee- paid. AD&D: Double annual salary. No other information avail- able. Life insurance: Double annual salary. No other information available. Bereavement leave: 5 days for employee's spouse, same sex partner, child, spouse or same sex partner's child, par- ent, brother, sister, guardian, grandparent or grandchild. 2 days for employee's father-in- law, mother-in-law, son-in- law, daughter-in-law, brother- in-law, sister-in-law, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours' pay. Probationary period: 6 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months for disciplinary suspensions and 16 months for all other disciplinary action if there are no other instances of similar disciplinary action taken during this period. Sample rates of pay (current, after 0.5% increase): Level A8: $25,319 per year Level B8: $30,256 Level C8: $32,477 Level D8: $34,890 Level E8: $37,492 Level F8: $43,036 Level G8: $46,412 Level H8: $48,294 Level I8: $50,861 Level J8: $54,471 Editor's notes: Cultural days: Permanent full-time employees are entitled to 2 days per calendar year for religious, cultural or personal reasons. 3 days for permanent full-time employees after 5 years of full-time service. On-call: Employees who are on-call will be compensated $15 per day. Additional $40 when employee is on-call on a statutory holiday. CONSTRUCTION Compagnie RockTenn du Canada Sainte-Marie, Que. (130 mill employees) and the Fédération des Employées et Employés de Services Publics (FEESP) Renewal agreement: Effec- tive Dec. 1, 2014, to July 31, 2017. Signed on Dec. 1, 2014. Wage adjustments: Effective Aug. 1, 2015: 2% Effective Aug. 1, 2016: 2% Calculated by CLR. Shift premium: $1.10 per hour for employees servicing equipment. 75¢ per hour for lead hands. Paid holidays: 15 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 10 years and 5 weeks after 18 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for hours worked on Saturday and Sunday. Meal allowance: $10 for breakfast, $14 for lunch and $16 for dinner. Sick leave: 40 hours. Pension: 1 week's salary for each year of service. Bereavement leave: 8 days for the employee's spouse, child or spouse's child. 3 days for employee's father, mother, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in- law, sister-in-law or grand- children. 2 days for employee's grandfather or grandmother. 1 day for employee's spouse's grandfather or grandmother. 1 unpaid day for employee's uncle, aunt or cousin. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year to start, 2 years for em- ployees with at least 1 year of seniority and 3 years for em- ployees with 5 or more years of seniority. Probationary period: 400 hours worked in a 6-month period. Discipline: Sunset clause is 1 year. Uniforms/clothing: Employer provides uniforms when nec- essary. Uniforms include 1 winter coat, 1 summer vest, 2 pairs of winter-grade pants, 2 pairs of summer-grade pants, 3 winter-grade shirts and 3 summer-grade shirts. Sample rates of pay, current: Pressman companion: $29.35 per hour Junior pressman: $26.42 Feeder: $24.82 Designer: $26.42 Matrix maker: $26.12 Cutting press operator: $25.74 Pressman on cutting press: $25.74 Cutting press assistant opera- tor: $23.63 Husker: $23.51 Automatic machine paste op- erator: $26.42 Palletizing attendant: $24.44 Automatic packaging atten- dant: $24.44 Packaging handling: $23.94 Conductor: $24.88 Court conductor: $24.64 Truck driver: $24.64 Daily: $23.51 General aid: $23.51 Service and maintenance at- tendant: $23.51 Sheeting operator: $25.74 Assistant sheeting operator: $24.01 Maintenance engineer: $25.95 Electrician: $25.95 FORESTRY Columbia Forest Products (Woods) Hearst, Ont. (9 employees) and the United Steelworkers (USW) Local 1-2010 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive Oct. 1, 2011, to Sept. 30, 2017. Signed on April 24, 2013. Wage adjustments: Effective at ratification: $1,000 lump sum Effective Oct. 1, 2013: 1.5% Effective Oct. 1, 2014: 1.5% Eight days of bereavement leave in the event of the death of the employee's spouse, child or spouse's child.

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