Canadian Labour Reporter

4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS January 12, 2016 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS CONSTRUCTION Nova Scotia Construction Labour Relations Association Provincewide excluding Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia (200 painters) and the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades(IUPAT) Local 1439 Renewal agreement: Effective June 22, 2015, to April 30, 2018. Signed on July 22, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective May 1, 2016: 2.5% Effective May 1, 2017: 2.5% Calculated by CLR. Shift premium: 15% for employees working on the second or third shift. $4 per hour for employees in the spray/painter/abrasive blaster or water blaster category. $3 per hour for foremen in charge of 5 or more employees in possession of a Better SuperVision certificate. Paid holidays: 10 days. Overtime: Time and one-half for hours worked in excess of 8 hours per day Monday to Friday. Double time for hours worked in excess of 12 hours per day Monday to Friday. Time and one-half for all hours worked on Saturday. Double time for all hours worked on Sunday. Meal allowance: $15 after 2 hours of overtime. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay. Mileage: 55¢ per km. Sample rates of pay (current, after 2.5% increase): Painter (major industrial): $33.67 per hour Painter (minor industrial): $30.24 Painter (commercial and residential): $21 Glazier (major industrial and +$50 million total project): $33.36 Glazier (minor industrial and non-residential between $5-$50 million total project): $30.10 Glazier (all residential and all other projects $1 million and under): $28.25 Glass and metal setter: $25.08 Drywall major industrial projects: $34.10 Drywall (all other work): $28.41 Editor's notes: Shift work: No employee will be compelled to work 2 consecutive shifts. Employees have the right to 8 hours off between scheduled shifts. CONSTRUCTION Nova Scotia Construction Labour Relations Association Provincewide excluding Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia (1,200 carpenters) and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC) Local 83 Renewal agreement: Effective July 6, 2015, to April 30, 2018. Signed on Sept. 23, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective May 1, 2016: 2.5% Effective May 1, 2017: 2.25% Calculate by CLR. Shift premium: 15% for time worked between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m. Paid holidays: 10 days. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond regular daily or weekly hours. Double time for hours worked on Sunday or designated holidays. Meal allowance: $20 when employees are required to work more than 10 hours per day. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours at double time. Mileage: 55¢ per km. Sample rates of pay, current: Commercial carpenter (journeyman): $32.29 per hour Commercial carpenter (apprentice): $19.47 rising in 7 steps to $30.57 Commercial carpenter (working foreman): $35.74 ISM commercial carpenter (journeyman): $32.29 ISM commercial carpenter (apprentice): $14.55 rising in 5 steps to $30.57 Major industrial carpenter (journeyman): $34.63 Major industrial carpenter (working foreman): $38.08 Major industrial carpenter (apprentice): $21.21 rising in 7 steps to $32.88 Commercial carpenter (scaffolder journeyman): $32.29 Commercial carpenter (scaffolder apprentice): $19.47 rising in 4 steps to $28.77 Major industrial carpenter (scaffolder journeyman): $34.63 Major industrial carpenter (scaffolder apprentice): $21.22 rising in 4 steps to $31.10 CONSTRUCTION Inland Concrete Edmonton (40 truck drivers) and the Teamsters Local 362 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 31, 2016. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2014: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 2% Shift premium: $8 per hour for drivers who assist in training new employees. $1.50 per hour for lead hand. $1.75 per hour for shifts starting between noon and 5 a.m. Paid holidays: 11 days. Double time for all hours worked on a named holiday. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 12 years, 5 weeks after 20 years. Overtime: Time and one- half for the first 4 hours of overtime, double time for all hours worked in excess of 12 per day. Time and one-half for first 10 hours of overtime on a Saturday, double time for all subsequent hours. Double time for all hours worked on a Sunday. Meal allowance: $15 when an employee is required to work 12 hours or more. Pension: Employer contributes $3.95 per hour worked into employee's retirement plan, effective Jan. 1, 2012. $4.30 per hour effective Jan. 1, 2014. $4.65 per hour effective Jan. 1, 2015. $5 per hour effective Jan. 1, 2016. Bereavement leave: 3 days for the death of an immediate family member. That includes employee's spouse, mother, father, sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandfather, grandmother, grandchildren, grandmother-in-law, grandfather-in-law, stepson and stepdaughter. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay if employee is able to start work, minimum 2 hours' pay if

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