Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 Paid holidays: 8 days and 2 floating holidays. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 2 years, 4 weeks after 1 year and 5 weeks after 20 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond 10 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Medical benefits: Employer pays 50% of premiums. Sick leave: 16 hours earned for each 520 hours worked to a maximum of 1,040 hours. AD&D: Employer pays 50% of premiums. Life insurance: Employer pays 50% of premiums. Bereavement leave: 5 days for employee's parent, spouse, brother, stepbrother, sister, stepsister, child, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in- law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent or grandchild. 1 day for em- ployee's uncle, aunt, nephew or niece. 1 unpaid day to act as pallbearer, flower bearer or reader. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Probationary period: 520 hours. Discipline: Sunset clause is 15 months. Severance: 1 week's pay per year of continuous service to a maximum of 12 weeks. Em- ployees must have 36 months of continuous service to be eligible. Uniforms/clothing: Employer provides uniforms as necessary. Sample rates of pay (current, after 2.5% increase): Wait staff: $10.80 per hour Floor coordinator: $12.82 Engineer A: $13.18 Engineer B: $15.91 Engineer C: $18.94 Room service: $11.31 Wait staff/bartender: $10.80 Host: $12.77 Bell desk: $11.31 Guest service agent: $14.64 House attendant: $12.42 Laundry attendant: $12.42 Room attendant: $12.42 General cook: $11.59 Block 1 cook: $11.62 Block 2 cook: $11.74 Block 3 cook: $12.11 3rd commis: $12.40 2nd commis: $13.44 1st commis: $14.81 Demi chef parti: $16.02 Steward: $11.31 House attendant: $12.42 EMERGENCY SERVICES City of Miramichi Miramichi, N.B. (Firefighters) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 4558 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2012, to Dec. 31, 2016. Signed on April 20, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective January 2013: 2.5% Effective January 2014: 2.5% Effective January 2015: 2.5% Effective January 2016: 2.5% Paid holidays: 11 days and 3 floating holidays. 4 hours on New Year's Eve Day and 4 hours on Christmas Eve Day. Vacations with pay: 1 day per month of service to a maximum of 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 15 years and 6 weeks after 22 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for first 4 hours of overtime and double time for all hours thereafter. Double time for a regular scheduled day off. Time and one-half for time worked on a holiday when employee is scheduled to work, double time for time worked on a holiday when employee was not sched- uled to work. Meal allowance: Meal provid- ed after 2 hours of overtime. Sick leave: 12 hours earned per month to a maximum of 1,092 hours. Bereavement leave: 5 days for employee's spouse, son, daugh- ter, stepchild or parent. 3 days for employee's brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent or grandchild. One-half day to serve as pall- bearer. Seniority – recall rights: 2 years. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours at applicable overtime rate. Probationary period: 1,092 hours, training not inclusive. Severance: 30 days' notice and 4 weeks' pay. Uniforms/clothing: Employer provides uniforms as required. Employer is responsible for the dry cleaning of uniforms to a maximum of $35 per month. Sample rates of pay (current, after 2.5% increase): Divisional chief: $30.52 per hour Captain: $30.23 Lieutenant: $29.94 1st class firefighter: $29.07 2nd class firefighter: $27.61 3rd class firefighter: $26.16 4th class firefighter: $24.71 Part-time firefighter: $20.35 Probationary firefighter: $20.35 Editor's notes: Pagers: Full-time employees will receive up to $1,000 per year to carry a pager. Physical fitness: All employees will be required to undergo the Miramichi Fire Department Fitness Protocol annually. Maternity leave: Up to 15 weeks. Parental leave: Up to 35 weeks. Long-service pay: $100 after 5 years of service, $125 after 6 years, $150 after 7 years, $175 after 8 years, $200 after 9 years, $225 after 10 years, $250 after 11 years, $275 after 12 years, $300 after 13 years, $325 after 14 years, $350 after 15 years, $375 after 16 years, $400 after 17 years, $425 after 18 years, $450 after 19 years, $475 after 20 years and $50 after 21 years. Union labels: Employees can display the CUPE label on their work clothes at no cost to the employer. CUPE labels should not be displayed on employer-owned ve- hicles. MUNICIPAL SERVICES City of Ottawa Ottawa (6,320 inside and outside employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 31, 2015. Signed on March 19, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2014: 1.93% Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 2% Shift premium: 7% weekend premium for all regularly scheduled hours on Saturday or Sunday. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 5 years, 5 weeks after 16 years, 6 weeks after 22 years and 7 weeks after 30 years. Overtime: Time and one-half. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. 100% coverage for semi-private hos- pital room and board. 90% cov- erage for private duty in-home nursing services to a maximum of $25,000 per year. Hearing aids covered at 90% to a maxi- mum of $500 per person in any 5 consecutive years. Vision: 100% coverage to a maximum of $350 for prescrip- tion glasses or elective contact lenses in any 2 calendar years. CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1

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