Canadian Labour Reporter

4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS August 31, 2015 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Parks custodian: $28.98 Garbage truck driver: $28.98 Bylaw control officer II: $30.40 Equipment operator: $29.86 Chargehand: $29.86 Cemetery caretaker: $29.86 Facility custodian: $29.86 Stores timekeeper: $30.11 Garbage truck operator: $30.27 Storeskeeper: $30.27 Engineering technologist: $30.76 Surveyor: $30.76 Utility inspector: $30.76 Pipefitter: $30.76 Utility operator: $30.76 Roads chargehand: $30.76 Water works operator: $31.20 Office clerk I: $27.21 Office clerk II: $28.19 Office clerk III: $29.25 Clerk dispatcher: $29.25 RCMP guard III: $29.29 Office clerk IV: $30.25 RCMP clerk: $30.25 RCMP watch clerk: $30.25 Public works clerk IV: $30.25 Dispatcher: $31.20 Court liaison: $31.20 Accountant: $32.50 Collector: $32.50 Payroll administrator: $32.50 Building inspector: $32.50 Building inspector II: $37.04 Building inspector III: $38.36 GOVERNMENT City of Medicine Hat Medicine Hat, Alta. (800 inside and outside employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 46 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 31, 2016. Signed on June 4, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 2.2% Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 2% Shift premium: $1.25 per hour when at least 50% of shift falls between 4 p.m. and 8 a.m. Paid holidays: 11 days. Dou- ble time for all hours worked on a named holiday. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start (pro rated in the 1st year), 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 6 years, 5 weeks after 13 years, 6 weeks after 22 years. Overtime: Double time for all hours worked in excess of 40 per week. Time may be taken off in lieu of pay at the rate of time and one-half. Sick leave: 0.0692 hours earned per each regular hour paid, up to maximum equiva- lent of 200 days. LTD: 70% of employee's first $3,000 of monthly salary, plus additional 50% of salary in excess of $3,000, up to $4,500 per month. AD&D: Double annual salary up to $250,000. Life insurance: Double an- nual salary up to $250,000. $10,000 per spouse, $5,000 per child. Pension: Local Authorities Pension Plan. No other details available. Bereavement leave: 3 days for the death of an employee's immediate family member. That includes grandparent, parent, sibling, spouse of sib- ling, spouse, child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandchild and the grandparent, parent and sibling of spouse. Up to 2 additional days for the death of a spouse, child, parent, grandparent or grandchild. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay at double time. $270 when employee is re- quired to be on standby for a consecutive 7 days. $2.11 per hour for all other standby re- quirements. $60 per statutory holiday employee is required to be on standby or $2.50 per hour. Probationary period: 1,000 hours. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. Safety shoes: $150 per year for permanent employees. $50 per year for employees working directly with asphalt or tack oil used in road con- struction. $150 in 1st year for temporary employees, $75 per year after that. Unused entitle- ment to carry over up to $300. Uniforms/clothing: Protec- tive clothing — rubber boots, rain suits, gloves, mitts sup- plied as required. 2 pairs of coveralls per year to facility operators, maintenance and utility workers, gas field la- bourers, gas field operators, gas technicians, employees working on equipment. 5 pairs of summer coveralls, 1 winter jacket, 1 pair of salopettes for solid waste collection em- ployees. Hair nets as required and 5 wash-and-wear tops for senior kitchen staff. Tool allowance: $37.50 per month for heavy duty me- chanics. $8.33 per month for fleet service workers. Sample rates of pay, current: Accounting clerk I: $24.25 per hour to start, rising to $27.10 Accounting clerk II: $26.27 rising to $29.15 Accounting clerk III: $27.64, rising to $30.52 Administrative co-ordinator II: $31.06, rising to $33.94 Administrative support III: $26.27 rising to $29.15 Assessor trainee III: $31.06, rising to $33.94 Carpenter: $31.06, rising to $33.94 Cashier: $23.54, rising to $26.42 Clerk I: $21.51, rising to $24.39 Clerk II: $22.19, rising to $25.06 Buyer III: $37.19, rising to $40.07 Editor's notes: Service pay: Additional $10 per month after 10 years of service, $15 per month after 15 years, $20 per month after 20 years, $25 per month after 25 years. CONSTRUCTION Nuna Contracting Territorywide, Nunavut (19 mine employees) and the Construction Workers Union Local 63, affiliated with the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) Renewal agreement: Effec- tive Jan. 1, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2017. Signed on Feb. 20, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 1.8% Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 1.8% Shift premium: 50¢ for stew- ards, $1 for lead hands. Paid holidays: 10 days. Time and one-half when an em- ployee 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 rub- ber hearing protection fur- nished by employer. Coveralls

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