Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 Sunday. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 6% of hours worked at straight-time rate to start, 8% after 5 years, 10% after 15 years and 12% after 25 years. Unused vacation leave will be carried over into the following vacation year. Carry- over beyond 1 year will be by mutual consent. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond 7 1/2 hours per day and double time for all hours worked in excess of 12 hours per day. Time and one-half for the first 7 1/2 hours worked on the first day of rest and double time for all hours worked thereafter. Double time for all hours worked on the second and subsequent days of rest. Meal allowance: $10 after 3 hours of overtime. Additional $10 when overtime extends 4 hours or more. Sick leave: Up to 10 days. Unused sick leave credits will be carried over into the following year. Bereavement leave: 5 days for employee's spouse, father, mother, father-in-law, mother- in-law, stepfather, stepmother, foster parent, brother, sister, child, stepchild, ward of the employee, grandparent, spouse's grandparent, son-in- law, daughter-in-law, brother- in-law, sister-in-law, grandchild, spouse's grandchild or relative living permanently with the employee. Up to 3 additional days for travel. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours at applicable overtime rate. Probationary period: 6 months. 1 year for permanent employees in positions with signing authority. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. Severance: 2 weeks' pay to start, 3 weeks' pay for employees with 10 or more years of continuous employment, 4 weeks' pay for employees with 20 or more years of continuous employment, 1 additional week's pay for each additional complete year of continuous employment. Safety shoes: $150 every 2 years. Sample rates of pay (current, after 1.5% increase): Level 1: $17.80 per hour rising in 5 steps to $21.66 Level 2: $19.95 rising in 5 steps to $24.27 Level 3: $21.94 rising in 5 steps to $26.69 Level 4: $24.13 rising in 5 steps to $29.36 Level 5: $26.55 rising in 5 steps to $32.29 Level 6: $28.66 rising in 5 steps to $24.88 Level 7: $30.96 rising in 5 steps to $37.66 Level 8: $33.44 rising in 5 steps to $40.69 Level 9: $36.12 rising in 5 steps to $43.93 Level 10: $38.28 rising in 5 steps to $46.57 AS-05: $42.16 CS-02: $38.69 FI-01: $$33.39 rising in 4 steps to $38.79 GT-06: $44.52 IS-03: $36.74 Editor's notes: Collective agreement: The employer will print off 300 copies of the collective agreement. The employer will supply each employee with a copy of the collective agreement within 1 month of receipt from the printer. Maternity leave: 18 unpaid weeks. Parental leave: 37 unpaid weeks. Compassionate care leave: Up to 8 unpaid weeks. Wash-up time: 10 minutes before the lunch hour and before the end of the working day. Standby pay: $18 for each 8 consecutive hours on standby. Pyramiding: Payments provided under overtime, call-back pay, standby provisions and holiday pay will not be pyramided. Layoff: 2 weeks' notice to start, 4 weeks' notice after 1 year, 8 weeks' notice after 4 years, 16 weeks' notice after 7 years and 24 weeks' notice after 10 years. FORESTRY AT Limited Partnership Plaster Rock, N.B. (Logging employees) and Unifor Local 114N Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2015, to April 30, 2019. Signed on Oct. 21, 2015. Wage adjustments: $500 signing bonus Effective May 1, 2016: 2% Effective May 1, 2017: 2% Effective May 1, 2018: 2% Calculated by CLR. Shift premium: 40¢ per hour for mechanics with approved F4 welder certificate, 45¢ per hour for qualified F4 welder certificate, 25¢ per hour for approved F3 welder certificate, 35¢ per hour for qualified F3 welder certificate and 20¢ per hour for B welder certificate. Paid holidays: 8 days. 3 floating holidays for employees with at least 1 year of continuous service. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 4 years, 4 weeks after 9 years, 5 weeks after 17 years and 6 weeks after 25 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all time worked in excess of 9 hours per day or 45 hours per week. Medical benefits: Employer pays 80% of medical premiums for all employees. 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 stepdaughter. 3 days for employee's father, mother, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, grandparent, son-in-law, daughter-in-law or grandchild. Seniority – recall rights: 9 months to start, 1 year after 7 months and 2 years after 5 years. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours at regular rate of pay. Discipline: Sunset clause is 1 year. Safety shoes: Employer contributes 20% toward the cost of safety boots. Employees reimbursed 15% toward all other safety equipment. Mileage: 44¢ per km. 45¢ per km effective May 1, 2016. 46¢ per km effective May 1, 2017. 47¢ per km effective May 1, 2018. Sample rates of pay, current: Feller buncher operator: $23.78 per hour Delimber operator: $23.78 Grapple skidder operator: $21.85 Skidder operator: $22.28 Feller or bucker: $21.96 Cable logging crew: $22.55 Slasher operator: $24.25 Spacing saw operator (thinner): $21.96 Grader operator: $23.59 Utility truck with back-hoe operator: $23.37 Plow truck operator: $23.37 Truck driver (semi-trailer): $23.37 Truck driver (general): $21.96 Truck driver helper (general): $21.22 Truck driver P/W (company): $21.96 Truck driver helper P/W (helper): $21.22 Processor operator: $23.78 Forwarder operator: $23.13 Knuckle boom loader operator: $23.59 Front end loader operator: $23.59 Tractor driver (heavy): $23.59 Tractor driver (light): $21.96 Nursery worker: $21.47 Carpenter (qualified): $21.96 Carpenter helper: $21.22 Handy man: $21.47 Garage utility man: $21.66 Marker: $21.63 General labourer: $21.22 Mechanic helper: $21.22 Mechanic 4th class: $21.83 Mechanic 3rd class: $22.93 Mechanic 2nd class: $24.44 Mechanic 1st class: $26.21 Mechanic senior 1st class: $28.76 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1

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