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3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER ColleCtive Agreements < from pg. 1 paid holidays: 10 days. Time and one-half when an employee works on a statutory holiday. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 8 per day or 40 per week. pension: $1 per hour worked contributed to employee's RSP. Bereavement leave: 5 days for the death of an employee's spouse, common-law spouse or children. 3 days for the death of an employee's mother, father, brother, sister, grandmother, grandfather, mother-in-law and father-in-law. call-in pay: Employees who start work but are prevented from completing a normal day will be paid for the minimum 8-hour day. Uniforms/clothing: Safety hats, glasses, gloves and rubber hearing protection furnished by employer. Coveralls provided for mechanics, welders and ser- vicemen. tool allowance: $1 per hour for mechanics and their ap- prentices who supply their own tools. All trades workers to sup- ply tools common to their own trade. Specialty tools provided by employer. sample rates of pay, current (including pension and ben- efit pay): Camp serviceman, uncertified: $32.40 per hour Carpenter, journeyman: $37.49 Crusher operator: $37.81 Dozer operator: $35.36 Driver, winter roads: $33.12 Truck driver: $31.12 Senior electrician: $42.89 Electrician: $41.73 Shovel operator: $39.64 Excavator operator, small shov- el: $37.49 Excavator operator: $34.30 Grader operator: $33.77 Labourer, skilled: $27.68 Labourer, mid-level: $26.64 Labourer, entry: $24.76 Senior loader operator: $36.37 Loader operator: $33.77 Maintenance planner: $40.29 Senior mechanic, journeyman: $45.37 Mechanic, uncertified: $38.18 Millwright: $40.97 Plant operator: $38.37 Tradesman, skilled: $35.40 Tradesman, utility: $33.13 Senior warehouseman: $35.05 Warehouseman I: $32.42 Senior welder: $41.69 Welder, certified: $40.36 editor's notes: Leave of absence: Employer may grant leave of absence without pay for either the employee's marriage, sickness, sickness of immediate family member, death of non-immediate family member (as defined in bereavement clause), miscellaneous union activities. CONSTRUCTION lafarge north America Windsor, Ont. (2 employees) and Teamsters Union Local 880 renewal agreement: Effective March 15, 2013, to March 14, 2018. Signed on Sept. 27, 2013. Wage adjustments: Effective March 15, 2014: 1.96% Effective March 15, 2015: 2% Effective March 15, 2016: 2% Effective March 15, 2017: 1.96% paid holidays: 10 days. vacations with pay: 4% of total earnings to start, 2 weeks after 1 year and 3 weeks after 5 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 8 hours per day. Time and one-half for all hours worked on Saturday. Double time for all hours worked on Sunday. medical benefits: Major Medi- cal Plan provides 85% reim- bursement for prescribed drugs and semi-private hospital care. Dental: 80% reimbursement for basic, endodontic and periodontal expenses. 50% re- imbursement for denture and restorative expenses. $3,000 an- nual maximum. vision: $175 every 2 years for lenses and frames. Weekly indemnity: Weekly benefits equal to 67% of earn- ings up to the EI maximum commencing on the 1st day of accident or the 8th day of illness for a maximum of 26 weeks. AD&D: $48,000. No further information available. life insurance: $48,000. No further information available. Bereavement leave: 3 days off for employee's parent, cur- rent spouse, child, brother, sister, grandparents, steppar- ent, stepchild, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law or daughter-in-law provided the employee attends the funeral. Otherwise, 1 day. seniority – recall rights: 9 months. probationary period: 60 days worked. sample rates of pay (current, after 2% increase): Loader: $24.38 per hour Leadman: $26.42 editor's notes: Part-time employees: Part-time employees will be paid $15.75 per hour and accumulate vacation pay at a rate of 4%. Personal days: 2 paid days per year. CONSTRUCTION callisto construction provincewide, Alberta (410 employees) and the Construction Workers Union, Local 63. Affiliated with the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) renewal agreement: Effective March 1, 2015, to Aug. 31, 2017. Signed on March 10, 2015. shift premium: $2 per hour for Alberta or Red Seal tickets. $3 per hour for night shifts. $1 per hour for stewards, $1.25 for stewards with tool box 1, $1.50 for stewards with tool box 2, $1.75 for stewards with tool box 3, $1.50 for chief stewards with tool box 1, $2.50 for chief stew- ards with tool box 2, $3 for chief stewards with tool box 3. paid holidays: 11 days. Time and one-half for shifts on a des- ignated holiday. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 40 per week. medical benefits: Gold Plus Insurance Plan, optional. 80% coverage up to $3,000 per per- son per year. Dental: 100% coverage for basic services, up to $2,000 per person per year. 50% coverage for comprehensive services, up to $2,000 per person per year. 50% coverage for orthodontic services, up to $3,000 lifetime maximum per child under 19. vision: 50% coverage up to $300 for prescription eyewear. $300-per-year vision coverage for those under 21, $300 every 2 years for those over 21. stD: 60% weekly basic earn- ings to a maximum of $600 per week. ltD: 60% of monthly basic earnings to a maximum of $2,600 per month. AD&D: $100,000 per employee up to age 65, $50,000 from ages 65 to 74. life insurance: $100,000 per employee up to age 65, $50,000