Canadian Labour Reporter

6 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 October 5, 2015 guardian, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparents or grandchildren. Seniority – recall rights: 6 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay at prevailing hourly rate for employees who report for duty but find no work avail- able. Minimum 4 hours' pay at prevailing rate or number of hours worked multiplied by the prevailing hourly rate (whichever is greater) for em- ployees who commence work. Minimum 2 hours pay at ap- propriate rate for employees called back to work in the same day. Probationary period: 3 months. Safety shoes: $200 per year, to be paid first after 6 months of employment. Uniforms/clothing: Employer to supply safety hats, gloves, hearing protection, non- prescription safety glasses, shields, goggles, fire retardant coveralls, rain gear, particulate masks, breathing apparatuses and fall arrest equipment. $300 for the cost of prescrip- tion safety glasses, or laser eye surgery. Tool allowance: Tradesmen to supply tools common to their trade, specialty tools provided by employer. Mileage: 50¢ per km for em- ployees whose permanent place of residence between 55 and 80 km from base for travel between the employee's resi- dence and the 55-km radius line. Sample rates of pay, current: Provincewide Scaffolder: $49.03 per hour Carpenter: $49.03 Painter: $49.03 Wood-Buffalo Scaffolder: $51.15 Carpenter: $51.15 Painter: $51.15 Alberta maintenance workers Scaffolder: $47.50 Carpenter: $47.50 Painter: $47.50 Commercial workers Scaffolder: $46.01 Carpenter: $46.01 Painter: $46.01 Editor's notes: Drug and alcohol policy: Both parties recognize the need for a safe workplace free from drug and alcohol use and to that end agree to develop a policy that complies with current legislation. Accommodation al- lowance: Minimum $125 per day or single occupancy camp accommodations or single occupancy hotel room with kitchenette for employees whose permanent place of residence is more than 80 km from base. TRANSPORTATION Canada Cartage System Provincewide, British Columbia (160 truck drivers, loaders and maintenance employees) and the Teamsters Local 31 Renewal agreement: Effective Oct. 7, to Dec. 31, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 1% Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 1% Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 1.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 1.75% Shift premium: $1 per hour for lead hands. $1 per hour for performing shunting services. 50¢ per hour for all hours worked between 6 p.m. and 4 a.m. Paid holidays: 11 days. Family Day included effective Feb. 1, 2016. Time and one-half for all hours worked on a named holiday. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 11 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 60 per week for highway drivers, 45 per week for city drivers, or 40 hours per week for dock employees. Medical benefits: Teamsters National Benefit Plan. No other details available. Pension: Employer contrib- utes 2% of earnings. Bereavement leave: 3 days for the death of an immediate family member, including em- ployee's spouse, mother, father, son, daughter, sister, mother- in-law, father-in-law, stepson, stepdaughter, stepfather, step- mother. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. 18 months if the em- ployee has more than 5 years of seniority. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay. Probationary period: 3 months. Safety shoes: $150 per year. Uniforms/clothing: $275 per employee per year to purchase various uniform items. Cover- alls and raingear provided an- nually for highway drivers. Sample rates of pay, current: Tractor driver: $22.22 per hour Tandem axle driver: $20.42 Straight truck driver: $19.82 Warehouse: $18.61 Swamper: $16.16 Editor's notes: Medical ex- aminations: Cost of examina- tions covered by employer, up to $100. TRANSPORTATION Le Groupe Bell-Horizon Trois-Rivières, Que. (65 bus drivers) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 800 Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 1, 2015, to Aug. 31, 2019. Signed on Sept. 1, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective Sept. 1, 2016: 25¢ Effective Sept. 1, 2017: 25¢ Effective Sept. 1, 2018: 25¢ Paid holidays: 9 days. Vacations with pay: 1 day per month worked to a maximum of 10 days to start, 2 weeks af- ter 1 year, 3 weeks after 6 years and 4 weeks after 10 years. Bereavement leave: 5 days for employee's spouse or child. 3 days for employee's father, mother, brother, sister, father- in-law, mother-in-law, son-in- law or daughter-in-law. Seniority – recall rights: 2 years. Probationary period: 120 days worked. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months. Sample rates of pay, current: Bus driver: $14 per hour to start Editor's notes: Marriage: 1 paid day for employee's wedding. 2 unpaid days for the wedding of employee's child, father or mother. Birth or adoption: 2 paid and 3 unpaid days. COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS

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