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October 5, 2015

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3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1 Vacations with pay: 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 15 years, 6 weeks after 25 years. Dental: 100% coverage for basic services, 60% coverage for restorative expenses, 60% coverage up to $2,000 lifetime maximum. Sick leave: 15 days per year earned at 1.25 days per month worked. 5 days may be used to care for a sick relative, in- cluding spouse, common-law partner, father, mother, chil- dren, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, grandparents, father or mother of spouse or common- law partner, or any relative permanently residing with the employee. AD&D: $50,000. Premiums shared equally by employer and employee. Life insurance: $50,000 for employee basic life insurance, $10,000 for dependant basic life insurance (spouse), $5,000 for dependant basic life insur- ance (child). Premiums shared equally by employer and em- ployee. Pension: Municipal Employ- ees' Pension Plan. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay. Probationary period: 6 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. Sample rates of pay, current: Aquatics manager: $17.17 per hour to start, rising after 2,400 hours to $18.94 Concession worker I: $12.34, rising after 2,400 hours to $12.85 Concession worker II: $14.39, rising after 2,400 to $15.86 Janitor: $15.90, rising after 1,600 hours to $16.69 Lifeguard I: $15.15, rising after 1,600 hours to $15.90 Lifeguard II: $15.90, rising af- ter 1,600 hours to $16.69 Playground co-ordinator: $15.83, rising after 1,600 hours to $16.59 Playground supervisor I: $14.26, rising after 1,600 hours to $15 Program supervisor: $15.83, rising after 1,600 hours to $16.59 Public skating cashier: $11.98, rising after 1,600 hours to $12.21 Recreation attendant: $14.26, rising after 1,600 hours to $15 Recreation cashier: $12.94, rising after 1,600 hours to $13.70 Editor's notes: Older worker provision: Employer will make efforts to accommodate and find suitable work for em- ployees unable to perform certain duties as they age. CONSTRUCTION Saipem Canada Calgary (230 fabrication and modularization employees) and the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC), Construction Workers Union Local 63 Renewal agreement: Ef- fective May 1, 2015, to April 30, 2017. Signed on April 27, 2015. Shift premium: $3 per hour for lead hands. $6 per hour for foremen. $1 per hour for dual ticket holders. $1 per hour for steward with no training, $1.25 per hour for steward with tool box I, $1.50 per hour for steward with tool box II, $1.75 per hour for steward with tool box III, $2.50 per hour for chief steward with tool box II, $3 per hour for chief steward with tool box III. 20¢ per hour for mobile crane operators per 10-tonne for a 66-plus tonne. $1.50 per hour senior premium. $3 per hour for night shift. $5 per hour for welders when welding. 25¢ per hour with a valid First Aid ticket. Paid holidays: 11 days. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 8 per day or 40 per week. Pension: CLAC Pension Plan. No other details available. Bereavement leave: 3 days for an employee's spouse, common-law spouse, child, legal dependant, parents, par- ents-in-law, brother, brother- in-law, sister, sister-in-law, grandparents and grandchil- dren. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay at appropriate rate. Uniforms/clothing: Safety hats and boots provided when necessary. 50% reimburse- ment up to $300 for safety eyewear. Tool allowance: All trades- persons to supply tools com- mon to their trade when nec- essary. Specialty and power tools provided by employer. Sample rates of pay, current (base wage, excluding pen- sion and benefit pay): Boilermaker: $42.95 per hour Boom truck operator: $40.74 Carpenter: $40.74 CNC operator I: $36.67 CNC operator II: $32.59 CNC operator III: $28.52 CNC operator IV: $24.44 Crane operator I: $42.95 Crane operator II: $43.20 Electrician: $42.95 Equipment operator I: $40.74 Equipment operator II: $36.67 Equipment operator III: $30.56 Heavy equipment technician: $42.95 Insulator: $40.74 Instrumentation technician: $42.95 Ironworker: $42.95 Labourer, entry: $21.54 Labourer, intermediate: $24.07 Labourer, skilled: $27.03 Labourer, construction craft: $29.55 Materials technician: $40.74 Machinist: $40.74 Millwright: $42.95 Painter: $40.74 Plumber: $42.95 Pipefitter/steamfitter: $42.95 Scaffolder: $40.74 Structural steel fitter: $42.95 Truck driver, basic: $27.56 Truck driver, intermediate: $37.40 Truck driver, heavy: $40.74 Welder: $40.74 Welder, B pressure: $44.24 Fabrication pipefitter: $44.24 FREIGHT Zenith Logistics St. Albert, Alta. (12 truck drivers) and the Teamsters Local 32 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive Jan. 18, 2015, to Jan. 17, 2017. Signed on June 1, 2015. Shift premium: 55¢ per hour for all hours worked in the second (evening) shift. 75¢ per hour for all hours worked on the third (night) shift. 50¢ per hour for lead hands. Paid holidays: 10 days. Time and one-half for all hours worked on a named holiday. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start (pro-rated in first year), 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 15 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for the first 4 hours beyond 8 in one day, double time for all hours worked after that. Bereavement leave: 3 days for the death of an immedi- ate family member, including spouse, father, foster father, mother, foster mother, child, adopted child, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law. Up to 2 additional days with-

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