Canadian Labour Reporter

6 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 April 27, 2015 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS lifetime maximum per child under 19. Vision: Gold plan: $300 per year if under 21, $300 every 2 years if over 21. STD: 60% basic weekly earn- ings up to $600 per week. LTD: 60% of basic monthly earnings up to $2,600 per month. AD&D: Gold plan: $100,000, $50,000 for employees over 65. Life insurance: Gold plan: $100,000. $50,000 for employ- ees over 65. Pension: CLAC Pension Plan. 4% contributed by employer. Bereavement leave: 3 days for the death of an employee's spouse, common-law spouse, child, legal dependant, father, mother, brother, sister, legal guardian, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparents or grandchildren. Seniority – recall rights: 6 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay at prevailing hourly rate for employees who report for duty but find no work avail- able. Minimum 4 hours' pay at prevailing rate or number of hours worked multiplied by the prevailing hourly rate (which- ever is greater) for employees who commence work. Mini- mum 2 hours' pay at appropri- ate rate for employees called back to work in the same day. Probationary period: 3 months. Safety shoes: $200 per year, to be paid first after 6 months of employment. Uniforms/clothing: Employer to supply safety hats, gloves, hearing protection, non- prescription safety glasses, shields, goggles, fire retardant coveralls, rain gear, particulate masks, breathing apparatuses and fall arrest equipment. $300 for the cost of prescription safety glasses, or laser eye sur- gery. Tool allowance: Tradesmen to supply tools common to their trade, specialty tools provided by employer. Mileage: 50¢ per km for em- ployees whose permanent place of residence between 55 and 80 km from base for travel between the employee's resi- dence and the 55-km radius line. Sample rates of pay, current: Provincewide Scaffolder: $49.03 per hour Carpenter: $49.03 Painter: $49.03 Wood-Buffalo Scaffolder: $51.15 Carpenter: $51.15 Painter: $51.15 Alberta maintenance workers Scaffolder: $47.50 Carpenter: $47.50 Painter: $47.50 Commercial workers Scaffolder: $46.01 Carpenter: $46.01 Painter: $46.01 Editor's notes: Drug and alcohol policy: Both parties recognize the need for a safe workplace free from drug and al- cohol use and to that end agree to develop a policy that complies with current legislation. Accommodation allowance: Minimum $125 per day or single occupancy camp accommodations or single occupancy hotel room with kitchen- ette for employees whose permanent place of residence is more than 80 km from base. CONSTRUCTION C.E.C. Services King City, Ont. (48 employees) and the Construction Workers Local 52, Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) Renewal agreement: Effect- ive Jan. 1, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2017. Ratified on Jan. 13, 2015. Signed on April 14, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 3.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 3.5% Paid holidays: 10 days. Time and one-half for al employees working on a named holiday. All employees with more than 3 years of service shall receive as vacation pay and in lieu of holiday pay the amount equal to 10% of employee's total earnings. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 44 per week. Dental: 100% reimbursement for basic, endodontic and peri- odontic services, up to $1,500 per individual. AD&D: $25,000. Life insurance: $25,000. $10,000 for spouse. Pension: 3% contributed each by employee and employer after 1 year of service. 5% after 3 years of service, 6% after 5 years of service, 7% after 10 years of service. Bereavement leave: 5 days for the death of an employ- ee's wife, husband, mother, father, brother, sister, son or daughter. 2 days for the death of an employee's grandparent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchild, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, son-in-law or daughter-in-law. Probationary period: 3 months. Uniforms/clothing: Up to $500 per year for the purchase of safety boots, tools or work- wear. Unclaimed allowance will not carry forward. Up to $400 per year for employees with less than 3 years of service. Tool allowance: All trades- men to supply their own hand tools. Consumable items, such as drill bits, to be replaced as needed by employer. Up to $500 made available as inter- est-free loan from employer for employees to purchase tools, repaid through paycheck re- duction of $25 per pay period. Mileage: Free travel zone for all jobs inside GTA, including Toronto, York and Peel regions, Durham and Halton. When travel for a job is required be- yond the free zone, and 50 km beyond employee's residence, employer and union to meet and discuss appropriate travel pay. Sample rates of pay, current: Senior licensed journeyman: $36.96 per hour Electrician licensed journey- man: $34.72 Editor's notes: Special union funds: 19¢ per hour per employee contributed to union education fund. 15¢ per hour per employee contributed to union industry fund. 19¢ per hour per employee contributed to union education fund.

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