Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1 Paid holidays: 8 days and 2 floating holidays. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks af- ter 1 year, 3 weeks after 4 years, 4 weeks after 9 years, 5 weeks after 20 years and 6 weeks after 25 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond 9 hours per day or 45 hours per week. Time and one-half for all hours worked on Sunday. Medical benefits: Employer pays 80% of Blue Cross pre- mium for all employees. Dental: Employer pays 75% of premium. Dental Plan 363 provides for payment of 80% of usual and customary fee. Vision: $125 every 2 years for refractions or eyeglasses. $200 every 2 years for contact lenses. Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 75% of premiums. AD&D: $25,000 per eligible employee. Life insurance: $25,000 per eligible employee. Bereavement leave: 5 days for employee's spouse, son, daughter, stepson or step- daughter. 3 days for employee's father, mother, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, grandfa- ther, grandmother, son-in-law, daughter-in-law or grandchild. Seniority – recall rights: 9 months to start, 1 year after 7 months of service, 2 years after 5 years of service and 3 years after 10 years of service. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay. Minimum 6 hours' pay on Sunday. Discipline: Sunset clause is 1 year. Safety shoes: Employees will be reimbursed 20% toward the cost of safety boots. Uniforms/clothing: Employ- ees will be reimbursed 15% toward the cost of safety equip- ment. Mileage: 2 gallons of regular gas per 10 miles. $1.30 per pas- senger per day. Sample rates of pay, current: General labourer: $20.09 per hour Nursery worker: $20.33 Nursery (forklift): $20.78 Spacing saw operator (thinner): %22.49 Editor's notes: Rest period: A 1-week shutdown in operations will be scheduled each summer during the week preced- ing the New Brunswick Day holiday. Jury duty: Employees required to be absent from work for jury duty or to serve as a crown witness will be paid the difference between jury or witness pay and the regular rate of pay. CONSTRUCTION McNally Construction Saint John, N.B. (Construction workers) and the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 946 Renewal agreement: Effective Aug. 10, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2017. Signed on Aug. 10, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective Dec. 31, 2015: $1 Effective Dec. 31, 2016: $1 Shift premium: $1 per hour for employees called upon to act in a temporary supervisory capacity. Paid holidays: 10 days. Vacations with pay: Vacation pay will be paid to employees at 4% of the gross wages earned. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 12 hours per day or 50 hours per week. Double time for all hours worked on Sunday. Double time for all hours worked on a statu- tory holiday. Medical benefits: Employer contributes $1.60 to the Inter- national Union of Operating Engineers, Local 946 Health Insurance Trust Fund for each hour worked by each employee. Pension: Employer contrib- utes $5.05 to the International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 948 Member's Pension Benefit Trust for each hour worked by each employee. Sample rates of pay, current: Journeyman engineers operat- ing cranes, backhoes, derricks, clams, draglines, mobile cranes, suction dredges, dipper oper- ators and leverman: $26.50 per hour Mechanics: $26.50 Boat captains: $26.50 Welders: $21.50 Work boat operators: $21.50 Winchman: $19.50 Oiler: $19.50 Editor's notes: Training: Employer contributes 50¢ per hour worked to the Labourers Training Fund. Commuting, trans- portation, accommodation and travel allowance: $40 per day for distances over 80 km. $85 per day for distances over 120 km. HOSPITALITY Fairmont Le Château Frontenac Quebec City (600 hotel workers) and the Syndicat Démocratique des Salariés du Château Frontenac Renewal agreement: Effective June 11, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2019. Signed on June 11, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 2.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 2.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 2.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 1.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 1.5% Effective July 1, 2019: 1.5% Calculated by CLR. Shift premium: 90¢ per hour for all hours worked between 12 a.m. and 5 a.m. 75¢ per hour for employees providing training. Paid holidays: 12 days and 1 mobile holiday. Vacations with pay: 1 day per month worked to a maximum of 2 weeks to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 7 years and 5 weeks after 14 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Sick leave: 8 hours per 50 days worked to a maximum of 40 hours. Bereavement leave: 5 days for employee's spouse, child or spouse's child. 4 days for em- ployee's father or mother. 3 days for employee's brother or sister. 2 days for employee's father-in- law or mother-in-law. 1 day for employee's brother-in-law, sis- ter-in-law or grandparent. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Probationary period: 360 hours worked in 2 consecutive years. Discipline: Sunset clause is 9 months. Safety shoes: $93 per year. $95 effective Jan. 1, 2016. $100 ef- fective Jan. 1, 2018. Uniforms/clothing: All uni- forms and necessary protective clothing is provided by the employer. Sample rates of pay (current, after 2.5% increase): 1st bellhop: $16.84 per hour Bellhop: $16.35 1st night bellhop: $17.88 Night bellhop: $17.39 1st event chef: $26.39

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