Canadian Labour Reporter

4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 ColleCtive Agreements June 15, 2015 ColleCtive Agreements Heavy duty technician: $54.68 Labourer, entry-level: $28.28 Labourer, intermediate: $31.38 Labourer, skilled: $35.09 Millwright: $54.68 Construction craft labourer: $37.40 Pipefitter: $54.68 Plumber: $54.68 Steamfitter: $54.68 Scaffolder: $51.93 Welder: $51.93 Welder – B pressure: $54.68 Editor's notes: Leave of absence without pay: Employer to grant leave of absence without pay for a mutually agreed upon time for an employee's marriage, sickness of immediate family member, birth or adoption of child, superfluous union business, death of a non-immediate family member, job-related training or other personal reasons as approved by employer. Progression: Entry-level labourers intended for new hires during probationary period. Intermediate classification for employees with adequate experience capable of working with moderate supervision. Skilled labour- ers work at least 1,900 hours or 1 year of experience. TRANSPORTATION Clarke transport Edmonton (19 truck drivers) and the Teamsters Local 362 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive Jan. 1, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2019. Signed on May 3, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective upon ratification: 25¢ Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 40¢ Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 50¢ Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 35¢ shift premium: 75¢ per hour for shifts commencing be- tween 1:59 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 75¢ per hour for lead hand. paid holidays: 10 days. 8 hours' pay at regular rate, plus shift premium and lead hand rate when an employee is re- quired to work on a statutory holiday. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start (pro rata), 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 9 years, 5 weeks after 15 years. Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 6 weeks after 25 years. An employee who accepts gainful employ- ment while on vacation with- out express permission may be terminated. overtime: Time and one- half for the first 2 hours of overtime, double time for any hours worked thereafter. No employee required to work more than 8 hours of overtime per week and every effort will be made to give employees at least 2 hours' notice that they are required for duty. Over- time may be banked as time off in lieu of compensation, up to 40 hours accrued per year. medical benefits: Prairie Teamsters Health and Welfare Plan. No other details avail- able. pension: $3 per hour for all hours worked contributed by employer to Teamsters Prairie Provinces Pension Plan effec- tive upon ratification. $3.25 per hour effective Jan. 1, 2016. Employees become eligible for pension plan after 1 year. Bereavement leave: 3 days for the death of an immedi- ate family member. That includes employee's spouse, mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepsons, step- daughters, grandfather, grand- mother, or employee's spouse's grandfather or grandmother. 1 additional day for travel if fu- neral is out of town, more than 600 miles round trip. seniority – recall rights: 1 year. 18 months for employees with at least 5 years of senior- ity. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' work guaranteed or 2 hours' pay at double time. probationary period: 3 months. safety shoes: $150 per year for CSA-approved boots. Uniforms/clothing: Any re- quired uniform to be supplied by employer. Employee must furnish at own expense appro- priate clothing (shoes, gloves and winter protective wear) in order to perform the job effi- ciently and safely. Gloves, rub- ber or leather aprons and cov- eralls or smocks provided for employees handling fish, meat, frozen butter, hides, creosoted commodities, spun glass, lamp black, barbed wire, acids, dirty oil drums, or ore concentrates in bulk. Protective clothing for employees that may be exposed to hazardous mate- rial when handling noxious or toxic chemicals. Hearing pro- tection to be made available to all employees. sample rates of pay, current: Dockmen, full-time: $22.30 per hour Dockmen, part-time: $18.5 MUNICIPALITY City of Calgary Calgary (290 emergency communications officers) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 254 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive Jan. 1, 2014, to Jan. 1, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective Dec. 29, 2014: 3.2% Effective Dec. 28, 2015: 3.4% Effective Dec. 26, 2016: 4% shift premium: $1 per hour when employee's shift starts after 11:30 a.m. paid holidays: 12 days plus one-half day on the employee's last scheduled working day preceding Christmas Day. Double time for all hours worked on a named holiday. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year of service, 3 weeks after 2 years, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 17 years, 6 weeks after 25 years, 7 weeks after 30 years. Upon 3-week entitlement, employees may request to save and carry for- ward 1 week per year, up to 6 weeks. overtime: Double time for all hours worked in excess of 40 per week. Time off may be taken in lieu of monetary com- pensation, up to 160 hours. Bereavement leave: 7 paid days for the death of an em- ployee's immediate family member, defined as spouse (common-law or same gen- der), parent, stepparent, guardian, brother, stepbrother, sister, stepsister, child, step- child, foster child or ward, grandparents, stepgrandpar- ents, grandchild or step grand- child. seniority – recall rights: 1 year. drivers required to work on a statutory holiday will be paid a shift premium, plus the going lead hand rate.

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