Canadian Labour Reporter

5 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS MANUFACTURING Hudbay Minerals Flin Flon, Man. (180 trade employees) and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2017. Signed in August 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2015: $1 per hour Effective Jan. 1, 2016: $1.75 Effective Jan. 1, 2017: $1.25 Paid holidays: 11 days. Time and one-half for shifts on a statutory holiday. Vacations with pay: 10 days after 1 year, 11 days after 2 years, 12 days after 3 years, 13 days after 4 years, 15 days after 5 years, 16 days after 7 years, 17 days after 9 years, 18 days after 11 years, 19 days after 13 years, 21 days after 15 years, 22 days after 20 years, 23 days after 21 years, 24 days after 22 years, 25 days after 23 years. Medical benefits: Up to $500 per employee for smoking ces- sation programs, effective upon ratification. Up to $250 per year, covered at 50% for chiropractic, orthotic and registered massage therapy. Previously $150. Vision: Up to $250 every 2 years for prescription lenses, frames and contact lenses. Employer to cover cost of eye examination every 2 years. STD: $120 per day for up to 52 weeks. Previously $90 per day. Pension: Basic benefit per month per year of service: $55.50, up from $54, effective upon ratification. $57.50 effec- tive Jan. 1, 2016, $59.50 effective Jan. 1, 2017. Payable for em- ployees at age 58 with at least 30 years of service. Sample rates of pay, current: Mechanical trades helper: $28.14 per hour Industrial mechanic: $31.53 Utilities serviceman: $34.07 Editor's notes: Apprentice bonus: $500 per term for an apprentice's books, travel and other expenses, up from $300. GOVERNMENT City of Medicine Hat Medicine Hat, Alta. (800 employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 46 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 31, 2016. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 2.2% Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 2% Shift premium: $1.25 per hour when at least 50% of shift falls between 4 p.m. and 8 a.m. Paid holidays: 11 days. Double time for all hours worked on a named holiday. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start (pro rated in the 1st year), 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 6 years, 5 weeks after 13 years, 6 weeks after 22 years. Overtime: Double time for all hours worked in excess of 40 per week. Time may be taken off in lieu of pay at the rate of time and one-half. Sick leave: 0.0692 hours earned per each regular hour paid, up to maximum equivalent of 200 days. LTD: 70% of employee's first $3,000 of monthly salary, plus additional 50% of salary in ex- cess of $3,000, up to $4,500 per month. AD&D: Double annual salary up to $250,000. Life insurance: Double annual salary up to $250,000. $10,000 per spouse, $5,000 per child. Pension: Local Authorities Pension Plan. No other details available. Bereavement leave: 3 days for the death of an employee's immediate family member. That includes grandparent, parent, sibling, spouse of sib- ling, spouse, child, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandchild and the grandparent, parent and sibling of spouse. Up to 2 additional days for the death of a spouse, child, parent, grand- parent or grandchild. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay at double time. $270 when employee is required to be on standby for a consecutive 7 days. $2.11 per hour for all oth- er standby requirements. $60 per statutory holiday employee is required to be on standby or $2.50 per hour. Probationary period: 1,000 hours. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. Safety shoes: $150 per year for permanent employees. $50 per year for employees working directly with asphalt or tack oil used in road construction. $150 in 1st year for temporary em- ployees, $75 per year after that. Unused entitlement to carry over up to $300. Uniforms/clothing: Protective clothing – rubber boots, rain suits, gloves, mitts supplied as required. 2 pairs of coveralls per year to facility operators, main- tenance and utility workers, gas field labourers, gas field opera- tors, gas technicians, employees working on equipment. 5 pairs of summer coveralls, 1 winter jacket, 1 pair of salopettes for solid waste collection employ- ees. Hair nets as required and 5 wash-and-wear tops for senior kitchen staff. Tool allowance: $37.50 per month for heavy duty mechan- ics. $8.33 per month for fleet service workers. Sample rates of pay, current: Accounting clerk I: $24.25 per hour to start, rising to $27.10 Accounting clerk II: $26.27 ris- ing to $29.15 Accounting clerk III: $27.64, rising to $30.52 Administrative co-ordinator II: $31.06, rising to $33.94 Administrative support III: $26.27 rising to $29.15 Assessor trainee III: $31.06, ris- ing to $33.94 Carpenter: $31.06, rising to $33.94 Cashier: $23.54, rising to $26.42 Clerk I: $21.51, rising to $24.39 Clerk II: $22.19, rising to $25.06 Buyer III: $37.19, rising to $40.07 Editor's notes: Service pay: Additional $10 per month after 10 years of service, $15 per month after 15 years, $20 per month after 20 years, $25 per month after 25 years. Additional $10 per month after 10 years of pay, $15 per month after 15 years, $20 per month after 20 years and $25 per month after 25 years

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