Canadian Labour Reporter

7 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2015 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Teamsters Health and Welfare Plan. Pension: Burnco RRSP: Up to 6% contributed by employee, to be matched by employer. Bereavement leave: 3 days for the death of an employee's spouse, mother, father, sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, grandchildren, legal depen- dents and corresponding com- mon-law or step-relations. 1 day for the death of an employ- ee's extended family, defined as mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandparents and correspond- ing common-law and step- relations. Employees must have at least 1 year of service to be eligible for time off. Seniority – recall rights: 6 months. Probationary period: 3 months. Period may be extend- ed at discretion of manager. Safety shoes: Up to $100 per year. Mileage: 45¢ per kilometre. Sample rates of pay, current: Tandem truck driver: $34.70 per hour Tri-drive: $35.06 5-axle: $35.46 6-axle: $35.74 Reimer mixer: $35.46 CONSTRUCTION Nova Scotia Construction Labour Relations Association Provincewide excluding Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia (150 iron workers) and the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers (IW) Local 752 Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2015, to April 30, 2018. Signed on Aug. 11, 2015. Wage adjustments: Journeyman rodman – general foreman, journeyman rodman – foreman: Effective May 1, 2016: $1.25 Effective May 1, 2017: $1,25 Pusher, journeyman rodman certified Effective May 1, 2016: $1 Effective May 1, 2017: $1 Paid holidays: 10 days. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond normal working hours Monday through Friday. Time and one- half for all hours worked on Saturday, Sunday and statutory holidays. Medical benefits: Employer contributes $1.50 per hour paid for each employee. Dental: Employer contributes $1.50 per hour paid for each employee. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours at applicable overtime rate. Uniforms/clothing: Glove al- lowance of $2 per day worked. Mileage: 52¢ per km. $120 per day worked when the employee is required to travel more than 100 km for 2 or more consecu- tive days. $125 effective May 1, 2016. $130 effective May 1, 2017. Sample rates of pay, current: Major industrial work Journeyman rodman – General foreman: $48.44 per hour Journeyman rodman – Fore- man: $47.38 Pusher: $45.56 Journeyman rodman certified: $43.98 All other work Journeyman rodman – general foreman: $45.34 Journeyman rodman – fore- man: $44.28 Pusher: $42.44 Journeyman rodman certified: $40.84 Editor's notes: Reporting time: Employees who report to work and for whom no work is provided will be paid for 2 hours at applicable wage rate. Layoff: Layoffs will occur only at noon and 4 p.m. Employees will receive 2 hours' notice of layoff or 2 hours' pay at regular rate in lieu of notice. Organizing fund: Employer will contribute 7¢ per hour paid for each employee to the union's organizing fund. Building fund: Employer will contribute 25¢ per hour paid for each journeyman to the union's building fund. Moonlighting: Employees who undertake extra work similar to or connected with the activities of the employer after their regular working hours will be suspended for 1 week. If an employee is found to have moonlighted on a second occasion within a 1-year period of the last offence, the employee will be subject to immediate dismissal. CONSTRUCTION Nova Scotia Construction Labour Relations Association Provincewide excluding Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia (240 millwrights) and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC) Local 1178 Renewal agreement: Effective Aug. 20, 2015, to April 30, 2018. Signed on Aug. 20, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective May 1, 2016: 2% Effective May 1, 2017: 2% Calculated by CLR. Shift premium: $3 for foremen. Paid holidays: 10 days. Vacations with pay: Vacation pay allowance of 10% of total wages is to be paid weekly. Overtime: Double time for all hours worked in excess of regular working hours Monday to Friday. Double time for all hours worked on Saturday and Sunday. Double time and holi- day pay for all hours worked on a statutory holidays. Meal allowance: Meal or $20 in lieu of a meal provided after 2 hours of overtime. Mileage: 55¢ per km. Sample rates of pay, current: Major industrial work Millwright journeyman: $36.94 per hour base rate Millwright apprentice: $21.80 rising in 3 steps to $33.16 All other work Millwright journeyman: $34.54 Millwright apprentice: $20.35 rising in 3 steps to $31.16 Editor's notes: Union dues check-off: 3.5% of gross wages. Board allowance: Board allowance of $117 per day appli- cable after employee has travelled 100 km. $119 effective May 1, 2016. $121 effective May 1, 2017. Tools: Employees will have 5 to 10 minutes before quitting time for the purpose of picking up and storing tools. Testing: Employees re- quired to take a welding test will do so during regular working hours. Workers to receive two hours' notice of layoff or two hours' pay at regular rate in lieu of notice.

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