Canadian Labour Reporter

6 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 November 9, 2015 Employees will get 5 days to grieve the death of an immediate family member, up from 3 days in previous agreement. < from pg. 1 Vacations with pay: 8% of an- nual wages. Bereavement leave: 7 days for employee's spouse, child or spouse's child. 3 days for em- ployee's father, mother, father- in-law, mother-in-law, stepfa- ther, stepmother, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepbrother or stepsister. 2 days for employee's grandparent or grandchild. 1 day for employee's uncle, aunt, nephew or niece. 1 additional day if services take place more than 160 km from employee's residence. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Probationary period: 270 lec- turing hours. Discipline: Sunset clause is 3 semesters. Sample rates of pay (current, after 4% increase): Lecturers: $56,415 per year ris- ing in 19 steps to $80,903 Editor's notes: Maternity leave: 21 weeks. Paternity leave: 5 weeks. Parental leave: 52 weeks. Birth: 5 days for the birth of employee's child. Adoption: 5 days. ENERGY Fortis Calgary (880 employees) and the United Utility Workers' Association of Canada Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 31, 2017. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2014: 3.25% Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 3.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 3.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 3.75% Shift premium: Effective Jan. 1, 2014: $2.30 per hour, up from $2, for all hours worked between 6 p.m. (previously 9 p.m.) and 6 a.m. Effective Jan. 1, 2015: $2.38. Effective Jan. 1, 2016: $2.46. Ef- fective Jan. 1, 2017: $2.56. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks after 1 year of service, 4 weeks after 7 years of service, 5 weeks after 16 years of service, 6 weeks after 24 years of service, 7 weeks after 30 years of service. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 37.5 or 40 hours per week, de- pending upon classification. Meal allowance: $16 after 2 hours of overtime immediately before regular shift, 3 hours af- ter regular shift, or when called out and no reasonable time for a meal. Employees called out to work after completing a regular shift will receive meal allowance after minimum of 4 hours' work. While travelling for business: $17 for breakfast, $20 for lunch, $33 for dinner, effective Jan. 1, 2014. Medical benefits: $300 for orthotics and orthopedic shoes (up from $150) per year. Vision: $120 per eye exam per person every 2 years. Previously $91. Bereavement leave: 5 days (previously 3) for the death of a spouse, common-law spouse, parent, child or stepchild. Safety shoes: $375 per year for routine exposure employees, $200 per year for sporadic expo- sure employees. Sample rates of pay, current: Accounting support clerk: $23.40 per hour, rising in 6 steps to $31.18 Customer service assistant: $23.40, rising in 6 steps to $31.18 Service desk technician: $34.68, rising in 8 steps to $46.26 Technical analyst: $34.68, rising in 8 steps to $46.26 Heavy equipment technician: $28.38, rising in 11 steps to $47.28 Power line technician: $30.07, rising in 11 steps to $50.09 GROCERY Real Canadian Superstore Whitehorse (190 retail employees) and the Teamsters Local 31 Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 15, 2014, to Sept. 14, 2020. Wage adjustments: Effective upon ratification: 45¢ per hour Effective Jan. 1, 2015: $1,000 lump sum payment Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 40¢ per hour Effective Jan. 1, 2017: $1,000 lump sum payment Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 40¢ per hour Effective Jan. 1, 2019: $1,000 lump sum payment Shift premium: $1 per hour for part-time employees working the night shift, $2 per hour for full-time employees. 75¢ per hour for lead hands. Paid holidays: 10 days. Time and one-half for all work per- formed on a named holiday. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 16 years, 6 weeks after 20 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 8 per day. Bereavement leave: 5 days for the death of a spouse, com- mon-law spouse, child, father, mother, brother or sister. 3 days for the death of an employee's father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandfather, grandmother or le- gal guardian. 1 day for any other relative. Seniority – recall rights: 6 months. Probationary period: 300 hours. Severance: 1 week's pay for each year of service up to 26 weeks. Employees must have at least 2 years of service. Sample rates of pay, current: Specialist: $10.75 per hour to start, rising to $16.15 Senior specialist: $16.20 to start, rising to $18.65 Baker: $12.60 to start, rising to $19.15 Meat cutter: $12.60 to start, ris- ing to $19.15 Baker trainee: $10.50 to start, rising to $12 Courtesy clerk: $10.75 to start, rising to $12 Assistant: $10.75 to start, rising to $13.85 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS

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