Canadian Labour Reporter

6 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 August 3, 2015 POLICE SERVICES Conseil de la Nation Anishnabe du Lac Simon Lac Simon, Que. (12 police officers) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 5153 Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2016. Signed on April 20, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective 2015: 2.5% Effective 2016: 2.5% Shift premium: $1.50 per hour for all hours worked during the night shift. $2 per hour effective January 2016. Vacations with pay: 8 hours per month worked to a maxi- mum of 96 hours to start, 120 hours after 1 year, 168 hours after 5 years and 216 hours after 10 years. Overtime: Time and one-half. Sick leave: 132 hours per year for sick, personal or family leave. Bereavement leave: 5 days for employee's spouse, child, father, mother, brother, sister, grandparent or grandchild. 3 days for employee's father in law, mother-in-law, brother-in- law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law. 1 day for employee's uncle, aunt, nephew or niece. Seniority – recall rights: 2 years. Probationary period: 500 hours worked. Discipline: Sunset clause is 1 year. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide all employees with bulletproof vests, batons, pep- per spray and service weapons as necessary. Sample rates of pay (current, after 2.5% increase): Officers: $18.98 rising in 6 steps to $31.84 per hour Investigators and supervisors: $20.88 rising in 6 steps to $35.02 Editor's notes: Marriage: 5 days for employee's marriage. 1 day for the marriage of employee's father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister. Fire: 2 days when a fire occurs in employee's primary residence. Birth or adoption: 5 shifts. TRANSPORTATION Island Tug and Barge Vancouver (76 licensed personnel) and the Canadian Merchant Service Guild Renewal agreement: Effective Oct. 1, 2014, to Sept. 30, 2017. Signed on May 5, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective Oct. 1, 2014: 1.5% Effective Oct. 1, 2015: 2% Effective Oct. 1, 2016: 2% Shift premium: $15.23 per day for deckhands working Island Tugger, Island Monarch or similar sized vessel. $8.70 per day for work on smaller vessels. Both rates to be in- creased commensurately with yearly wage adjustments. Time and one-half when employee is required to handle cargo other than for vessel's own use, dou- ble time for all hours worked off-watch. Paid holidays: 12 days. Time and one-half for hours worked on a named holiday. Vacations with pay: 14 days after 1 year, 21 days after 2 years, 28 days after 7 years, 35 days after 15 years, 42 days after 22 years. After 30 years of service, employee will re- ceive an additional 2% of gross wages in the 30th and each succeeding year of service. Overtime: Monthly allow- ances when vessel is at sea for continuous overtime, related to traffic conditions or weather hazards: $467.71 per month effective Oct. 1, 2014. $477.07 per month effective Oct. 1, 2015. $486.61 effective Oct. 1, 2016. Medical benefits: $920 per month in lieu of health plan. Pension: 9% contributed by employer, employee to con- tribute 8%. Additional 1% by employer to be contributed to the money purchase provision of pension on an unallocated basis, to be used for providing benefit to employees on long- term disability. Bereavement leave: 4 days for the death of an employee's spouse, common-law part- ner, father, mother, spouse or common-law partner of father or mother, employee's children and children of employee's spouse or common-law part- ner, employee's grandchildren, employee's brothers and sister, grandfather or grandmother, father and mother of spouse or common-law partner of employee and spouse or common-law partner of father or mother, or any employee permanently residing with the employee. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours' pay at straight time, overtime for every half-hour increment that follows. Probationary period: 6 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months. Severance: 1 week's pay for each year of service given employee has worked at least 1 year. Safety shoes: $250. Uniforms/clothing: Hearing protection provided. Clothing damaged as a result of han- dling dangerous cargo such as battery acid shall be reim- bursed for reasonable cost. $300 for floater coats, $150 for rain gear, $250 for prescription safety glasses, $125 for hearing protection. Mileage: 55¢ per km when employee is required to use personal vehicle for business. Sample rates of pay, current: Mates: $38.29 to start, rising in 9 steps to $44.10 Second engineers: $38.29, ris- ing in 9 steps to $44.10 Second mates: $38.20, rising in 9 steps to $44.01 Third engineers: $38.20, rising in 9 steps to $44.01 Non-certified mates: $37.25, rising in 9 steps to $43.06 Non-certified second engi- neers: $37.25, rising in 9 steps to $43.06 Masters: $42.82, rising in 9 steps to $53.45 Chief engineers: $41.37, rising in 9 steps to $51.91 Editor's notes: Marine disaster and mishap: Up to 1 month's basic pay for an employee who suffers loss of personal effects, clothing, navigational equipment and tools related to the operation of the vessel through wreck or marine disaster. Travel insurance: Insurance up to $200,000 provided by employer when employee is dispatched away from home dock. COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Up to 1 month's basic pay for the loss of personal effects through wreck or marine disaster.

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