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November 2, 2015

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3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1 after 1 year, 3 weeks plus 1 day after 11 years, 3 weeks plus 2 days after 12 years, 3 weeks plus 3 days after 13 years, 3 weeks plus 4 days after 14 years, 4 weeks after 15 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 8 per day. Employees may bank overtime hours up to 40. Time and one-half for all hours worked on a Saturday. AD&D: $50,000. Life insurance: $50,000. Bereavement leave: 3 days for an employee's immedi- ate family member, including grandparents, mother, father, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother, sister, wife, husband, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, children and grandchildren of employee. Seniority – recall rights: 6 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay at overtime rates. Safety shoes: $300 per year. Uniforms/clothing: $250 every 6 months uniform allow- ance, provided employees have at least 6 months of seniority. Mileage: 48¢ per kilometre. $50 per day when employee is required to stay away from home overnight. Sample rates of pay, current: Journeyman glazier: $34.28 per hour Skilled glazier helper: $14.29 to start, rising after 6 years to $31.44 Glazier helper: $14.16 to start, rising after 5 years to $25.60 Student: $11.59 HEALTH CARE Chartwell Seniors Housing Oakville, Ont. (45 employees) and the Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) Health Care and Service Workers Union Local 304 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive June 1, 2015, to June 1, 2017. Ratified in June 2015. Signed on Sept. 4, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective upon ratification: 1% Effective May 28, 2015: 1% Calculated by CLR. Paid holidays: 11 days. Em- ployees required to work 2 of 4 days over the December holi- day (Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve or New Year's Day). Time and one- half for all hours worked on a named holiday. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 4 years. Dental: Up to $1,500 per year. No other details available. Vision: $140 every 2 years. Sick leave: 5 days per year, earned at rate of 1 day per ev- ery 150 hours worked. AD&D: $10,000. Life insurance: $20,000. Pension: Effective May 28,2015: Employer to contrib- ute 2%, employee to match 2% via payroll deduction. Manda- tory enrolment after 6 months of employment. Bereavement leave: 5 days for the death of a spouse, com- mon law spouse, or child. 3 days for the death of a parent, brother, sister, grandchild, grandparent, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law. 1 day for the death of an aunt, uncle, niece or nephew. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours' pay. Uniforms/clothing: 2 new uniform shirts every year for full-time employees, 1 shirt per year for part-time employ- ees. Sample rates of pay, current: Attendant: $12.52 per hour to start, rising in 3 steps to $14.07 Cook: $15.92 to start, rising in 3 steps to $16.55 RPN: $19.25 to start, rising af- ter probation to $20.88 TRANSPORTATION Autocars Orléans Express Provincewide, Quebec (120 bus drivers) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 800 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive April 1, 2015, to March 31, 2018. Signed on June 30, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective July 5, 2015: 1% Effective Jan. 31, 2016: 1% Effective Aug. 28, 2016: 1% Effective Jan. 29, 2017: 1% Effective Aug. 27, 2017: 1% Effective Jan. 28 2018: 1% Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 1 day per month worked to a maximum of 2 weeks to start, 2 weeks af- ter 1 year, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 9 years, 5 weeks after 17 years and 6 weeks after 26 years. Bereavement leave: 7 days for employee's spouse, child or spouse's child. 3 days for em- ployee's father, mother, broth- er, sister, grandparent, father- in-law or mother-in-law. 1 day for employee's brother-in-law, sister-in-law or grandchild. Seniority – recall rights: 3 years. Probationary period: 60 days. Discipline: Sunset clause is 1 year. Uniforms/clothing: Employer provides uniforms. Sample rates of pay (current, after 1% increase): Bus drivers: $27.90 Editor's notes: Marriage: 3 days for employee's wedding. 1 day for wedding of employee's child, father or mother. Birth or adoption: 2 paid and 3 unpaid days. Baptism: 1 day. Maternity leave: 18 weeks. Parental leave: 52 weeks. MANUFACTURING Les Aliments Parmalat Victoriaville, Que. (330 plant and maintenance employees) and Centrale Des Syndicats Démocratiques Renewal agreement: Effec- tive May 4, 2015, to Oct. 14, 2019. Signed on May 4, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective Oct. 18, 2015: 2.1% Effective Oct. 16, 2016: 2.1% Effective Oct. 15, 2017: 2.1% Effective Oct. 18, 2018: 2.2% Calculated by CLR. Shift premium: 65¢ per hour for all hours worked between 4 p.m. and 12 a.m. 80¢ per hour for all hours worked between 12 a.m. and 8 a.m. 50¢ per hour for all hours worked dur- ing the weekend. Paid holidays: 11 days. 4 mo- bile holidays. Vacations with pay: 1 day per month worked to a maximum

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