Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1 Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 2.65% Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 2.65% Shift premium: $1 per hour for hours worked between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. Paid holidays: 12 days. Time and one-half for shifts on statutory holidays. Vacations with pay: 4 weeks after 1 year for professional librarians, 3 weeks after 1 year for all other staff. 4 weeks after 3 years, 5 weeks after 15 years, 6 weeks after 24 years. After 2 years of service, employees may accumulate up to 2 years' vacation credits, subject to ap- proval. Overtime: Time and one-half for hours worked beyond 7.25 in one day. Double time for all hours worked on a Sunday (full-time employees not al- ready regularly scheduled on Sundays). Life insurance: Basic cover- age: 2 times annual salary. Premiums shared equally by employee and employer. Pension: Saskatoon General Superannuation Plan made available to permanent em- ployees. No other details avail- able. Bereavement leave: Up to 5 days for the death of an employee's husband, wife, brother, sister, father, mother, son, daughter, grandparent, grandchild, or some other relative or person with whom the employee has experienced a very close relationship. Up to 2 additional days if travel is required for the funeral. Seniority – recall rights: 6 months. Probationary period: 6 months. Mileage: 56¢ per km or $9.08 per round trip, whichever is greater, when an employee is required to use personal ve- hicle for business. Sample rates of pay, current: Acquisitions clerk: $17.21 per hour to start, rising in 4 steps to $20.51 Local history support clerk: $17.21 to start, rising in 4 steps to $20.51 Processing clerk: $17.21 to start, rising in 4 steps to $20.51 Paging monitor: $18.01 to start, rising in 4 steps to $21.63 Public services support clerk: $18.86 to start, rising in 4 steps to $22.47 Public service clerk: $18.86 to start, rising in 4 steps to $22.47 Cataloguer: $18.86 to start, ris- ing in 4 steps to $22.47 Community relations clerk: $18.86 to start, rising in 4 steps to $22.47 Branch public service assis- tant: $19.74 to start, rising in 4 steps to $23.72 Circulation discharge supervi- sor: $19.74 to start, rising in 4 steps to $23.72 IT services assistant: $19.74 to start, rising in 4 steps to $23.72 Outreach services assistant: $19.74 to start, rising in 4 steps to $23.72 Children's services assistant: $19.74 to start, rising in 4 steps to $23.72 Children's programming assis- tant: $21.63 to start, rising in 4 steps to $26.03 Fine arts library assistant: $22.65 to start, rising in 4 steps to $27.05 Information services assistant: $22.65 to start, rising in 4 steps to $27.05 Young adult services assistant: $22.65 to start, rising in 4 steps to $27.05 Fiction services assistant: $22.65 to start, rising in 4 steps to $27.05 Graphic production assistant: $22.65 to start, rising in 4 steps to $27.05 SOCIAL SERVICES St. Amant Winnipeg (590 support employees) and the Manitoba Government and General Employees' Union (MGEU) Renewal agreement: Effec- tive April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2018. Signed on June 26, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2015: 2% Effective April 1, 2016: 2% Effective April 1, 2017: 2% Shift premium: $70 per night when an employee is required to perform "sleepovers." Paid holidays: 12 days. Time and one-half for regular shifts on a designated holiday. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 4 years, 5 weeks after 11 years, 6 weeks after 21 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 12 per day. Double time for all overtime hours worked on a general holiday. Pension: Healthcare Employ- ees Pension Plan. No other details available. Bereavement leave: 4 days for the death of an employee's parent, spouse, same-sex partner, child, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, common-law spouse, daugh- ter-in-law, son-in-law, sister or brother of spouse/partner, the wife or husband of spouse's sister or brother, grandpar- ent, grandparent-in-law, grandchild, stepchildren, step- parents, latest foster parents, former legal guardian, fiancé, sister or brother's spouse and any other relative permanently residing with the employee. Up to 2 additional days when travel more than a 250-kilome- tre distance is required. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Sample rates of pay, current: Treatment staff: $15.21 per hour to start, rising in 8 steps to $18.63 Senior treatment staff: $16.52, rising in 8 steps to $19.94 Support worker: $14.66, rising in 8 steps to $18.30 Key worker: $16.24, rising in 8 steps to $19.59 Editor's notes: Compassionate care: Up to 8 weeks unpaid to care for an immediate family member with a risk of death within 26 weeks. CONSTRUCTION JFSL Fabrication Services Territorywide, Northwest Territories (15 ironworkers) and the Construction Workers Union Local 63, Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) Renewal agreement: Effec- tive March 1, 2015, to Oct. 29, 2017. Signed on June 11, 2015. Shift premium: $1 per hour for employees assigned to safety watch. $2.25 per hour for working night shifts. $2 for dual ticket holders. $5 al- loy premium. $1 for stewards, $1.25 for stewards with tool- box II, $1.50 for stewards with toolbox III. Paid holidays: 11 days. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 8 per day. Meal allowance: Meal and half-hour break provided when employee is required to work more than 12 hours in one day. Dental: 100% coverage up to $2,000 per person per year for basic services. 50% cover- age up to $2,000 per person per year for comprehensive services. 50% coverage up to $3,000 lifetime maximum per child under 19. Vision: $300 per year for those under 21, $300 every 2 years for those over 21.

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