Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 Vacations with pay: 4% of wag- es, included as part of employ- ees' regular monthly salary. Medical benefits: Employer to pay the administrative cost and cost of eligible claims for employees enrolled in the ASO Group Drug plan for 5 months after the expiration of the em- ployees' graduate assistantship. Dental: Employer to pay the administrative cost and cost of eligible claims for employees enrolled in the ASO Group Dental Plan for 5 months after the expiration of the employees' graduate assistantship. Vision: Employer to pay the ad- ministrative cost and cost of eli- gible claims for employees en- rolled in the ASO Group Vision Care Plan for 5 months after the expiration of the employees' graduate assistantship. Bereavement leave: Paid leave for up to 4/35 of graduate assis- tantship following the death of an immediate family member. Mileage: 45¢ per km. Sample rates of pay (current, after 1.5% increase): Graduate assistants: $10,415 per 270-hour graduate assis- tantship Editor's notes: GA financial assistance: $840 in the fall and winter terms for domestic students, rising to $888 in the fall of 2016. $1,150 in the fall and winter terms for international students, rising to $1,295 in the fall of 2016. $3,000 for employees registered full-time in the summer. Childcare: Employer will contribute $40,000 to operating costs of the Student Centre Childcare facility. Transexual transition leave: Employees who provide a certificate from a medi- cal practitioner confirming the employee requires a leave of absence in order to undergo medical procedures related to a physical change from one gender to another will suffer no reduction in pay for up to 8/35 of the period of the graduate assistantship. Maternity leave: Paid leave for 17/35 of the graduate assistantship. Adoption leave: Paid leave for 12/35 of the graduate assistantship. HEALTH CARE Canadian Blood Services Centres Toronto (950 health service employees) and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Locals 160, 200, 210, 477 and 5103 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive April 1, 2013, to March 31, 2017. Signed on Jan. 29, 2013. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2013: 1.4% Effective April 1, 2014: 1.4% Effective April 1, 2015: 1.4% Effective April 1, 2016: 1.4% Shift premium: $2 per hour for employees working between 12 a.m. Friday and 12 a.m. Satur- day when the Saturday is sched- uled as part of the employee's regular work week. $1.20 per hour for all time worked be- tween 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. 90¢ per hour for on-the-job trainers. Paid holidays: 13 days. Vacations with pay: 1 1/4 days per month worked to start, 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 4 years, 5 weeks after 10 years and 6 weeks after 25 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all time worked in excess of regularly scheduled hours. Double time for all hours worked on Sunday. Time and one-half effective March 31, 2017. Meal allowance: $7.45 for breakfast, $11 for lunch and $16 for dinner. Sick leave: 37.5 hours. Bereavement leave: 5 days for employee's spouse, child, father, mother, brother, sister, legal guardian, grandparent, grand- child, father-in-law, mother-in- law, son-in-law, daughter-in- law, stepparent or stepchild. 1 day for employee's brother-in- law, sister-in-law, uncle, aunt, nephew or niece. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: 4 hours' pay at reg- ular rate or time and one-half for all hours worked, whichever is greater. Probationary period: 5 months. Severance: 1 week's pay per year of service to a maximum of 26 weeks for employees hired before Jan. 29, 2015. 2 weeks' pay per year of service to a max- imum of 52 weeks for employ- ees hired after Jan. 29, 2015. Safety shoes: $100 every 2 years for the purchase of safety shoes. Uniforms/clothing: $175 per year for uniforms. $55 per year for cleaning. Sample rates of pay (current, after 1.4% increase): Clinic assistant/logistics atten- dant: $18.75 per hour rising in 6 steps to $22.71 Phlebotomist: $22.90 rising in 6 steps to $27.05 Donor services representa- tive: $13.60 rising in 6 steps to $18.32 Laboratory assistant: $21.44 rising in 6 steps to $25.48 Clerk/data entry clerk: $18.63 rising in 6 steps to $22.46 Shipper/receiver I/porter I/util- ity person I: $18.18 rising in 6 steps to $22.10 Shiper/receiver II/porter II/ utility person II: $19.52 rising in 6 steps to $23.45 Driver/timekeeper-scheduler: $19.83 rising in 6 steps to $24.25 Driver II: $22.49 rising in 6 steps to $26.91 Stores accountant/supply tech- nician: $20.14 rising in 6 steps to $23.92 Medical secretary/administra- tive assistant: $19.91 rising in 6 steps to $23.89 Technical support analyst: $29.47 rising in 6 steps to $36.84 Licensed mechanic: $24.31 ris- ing in 6 steps to $29.29 Logistics trainer/logistics dis- patcher: $22.51 rising in 6 steps to $27.12 Editor's notes: Training: 6 months. Layoff: 3 weeks' notice to start, 4 months' notice for employees with at least 1 year of seniority, 8 months' notice for employees with 5 years of seniority, 10 months' notice for employees with 10 years of seniority and 14 months' notice for employees with 20 years of seniority. Retroactivity: Employees who ter- minated their employment between April 1, 2013, and Jan. 29, 2015, will be entitled to retroactivity. The employer will pay the retroactive wages within 90 days of the agreement's ratification. This does not apply to employees who were discharged for cause. On-call pay: $2.75 per hour Monday to Saturday and $3.25 per hour on Sunday. Pyramid- ing: There will be no pyramiding of overtime or premium pay. Pregnancy leave: 17 unpaid weeks. Parental leave: 37 weeks or 35 weeks if employee took pregnancy leave. Special leave: 25 paid hours to attend medical, dental and legal appointments that cannot be arranged outside of working hours. Marriage leave: 3 paid days for employee's mar- riage. CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1 Employees will get 3 paid days to get married.

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