Canadian Labour Reporter

5 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS $24.45 to start, rising in 8 steps to $27.51 Community program co-ordi- nator: $24.45 to start, rising in 8 steps to $27.51 Student information co-ordi- nator: $25.78 to start, rising in 8 steps to $29.02 Business co-ordinator: $25.78 to start, rising in 8 steps to $29.02 Office co-ordinator: $25.78 to start, rising in 8 steps to $29.02 Cleaner: $19.80 per hour Custodian: $22.26 Head custodian: $24.66 Journeyman: $35.77 HVAC technician: $35.77 Custodial services co-ordina- tor: $31.26 Summer student: $17.62 Editor's notes: Northern travel allowance: Up to $2,400 per year for permanent employees. Allowance intended to offset travel expenses for medical and other reasons. TRANSPORTATION Clipper Navigation Victoria, B.C. (10 customer service employees) and Unifor Local 114 Renewal agreement: Effect- ive Nov. 1, 2013, to Oct. 31, 2016. Wage adjustments: Effective Nov. 1, 2014: 1.7% Effective Nov. 1, 2015: 1.7% Shift premium: $2 per hour for lead hands. Paid holidays: 11 days. Time and one-half for all work on a named holiday. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 4 years, 4 weeks after 9 years, 5 weeks after 18 years, 6 weeks after 25 years. Meal allowance: $10 for breakfast, $11 for lunch, $18 for dinner when an employee must travel outside of Victoria. Medical benefits: $3.95 per hour paid by employer toward the cost of the B.C. Medical Services Plan and Health and Welfare Plan. Sick leave: 40-hour sick leave credit provided after 1 year of service. Pension: Up to 4% of salary will be matched by employer. Bereavement leave: 5 days for the death of an immediate family member, including spouse, common-law spouse, same-sex spouse, child, foster child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, foster parent, brother or sister. 3 days for extended family, including grandparent, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law. 1 additional day if out-of-town travel is required (defined as outside the mainland and north of Nanaimo). Seniority – recall rights: 15 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay. Probationary period: 135 days. Discipline: Sunset clause is 15 months given that no further discipline has occurred. Severance: 2 weeks' pay per year of service, given employee has been employed for at least 2 years. Uniforms/clothing: 3 shirts, 4 pairs of pants, 1 light-weight jacket, 1 heavy-weight jacket. Sample rates of pay, current: Reservation agent: $17.27 per hour, rising after 3 years to $23.33 Dock hand: $15.89, rising after 3 years to $22.66 Editor's notes: Family responsibility leave: 5 days of unpaid leave per year to meet responsibilities of health, care or education of child in employee's care, care or health of any other member of the employee's immediate family, spouse, or same-sex spouse. Compassionate care leave: Up to 8 weeks for a family member with a serious risk of death. MEDIA CJPM Saguenay, Que. (4 sales employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 4646 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive May 1, 2014, to April 30, 2018. Signed on Aug. 19, 2015. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 1 day per month worked to a maximum of 10 days to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 2 years, 4 weeks after 5 years and 5 weeks after 10 years. Sick leave: 10 days. Bereavement leave: 7 days for employee's spouse or child. 3 days for employee's father, mother, brother, sister, father- in-law or mother-in-law. 1 day for employee's brother-in-law, sister-in-law or grandparent. Seniority – recall rights: 6 months. Probationary period: 90 days. Discipline: Sunset clause is 1 year. Editor's notes: Notice: Employees must provide 2 weeks' notice before quitting. Layoff: Employees will be given 1 month's notice. Birth or adoption: 2 days. Moving: 1 day. Marriage: 3 days. Maternity leave: 18 weeks. Parental leave: 37 weeks. EDUCATION Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Que. (2,010 lecturers) and the Syndicat des Chargées et Chargés de Cours de l'Université de Sherbrooke (SCCCUS) Renewal agreement: Effec- tive May 26, 2015, to March 31, 2018. Signed on May 26, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2014: 2% Effective May 26, 2015: 4% Calculated by CLR.

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