Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 year, 3 weeks after 6 years and 4 weeks after 20 years. Sick leave: 1 paid day and 4 days paid at 50% for employees with a minimum of 5 years of seniority. AD&D: Employer pays 50% of premiums. Life insurance: Employer pays 50% of premiums. Bereavement leave: 3 paid and 2 unpaid days for employee's parent, spouse, child, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, father-in-law or mother-in- law. 2 paid and 3 unpaid days for employee's brother-in-law, sister-in-law, aunt or uncle. Seniority – recall rights: 9 months. Probationary period: 6 months. Safety shoes: $125 for safety boots. Uniforms/clothing: Employer pays 70% of cost of uniforms. Employees pay 30% of cost by payroll deduction. Tool allowance: $175 for ser- vice technicians and appren- tices. Sample rates of pay, current; Service technician I: $24.32 Service technician II: $22.82 Service technician III: $20.13 Service technician IV: $19.26 Acadia Toyota Scion certified vehicle technician I: $18.44 Acadia Toyota Scion certified vehicle technician II: $16.44 Parts advisor I: $18.71 Parts advisor II: $16.57 Parts advisor III: $14.97 Parts advisor IV: $13.36 Parts advisor trainee: $11.76 Toyota TOUCH detailer spe- cialist: $16.04 Toyota TOUCH detailer I: $14.97 Toyota TOUCH detailer II: $12.83 Toyota TOUCH detailer III: $11.30 Toyota TOUCH vehicle washer: $10.79 Editor's notes: Moonlighting: Any employee undertaking work outside the employer's operation that could be con- strued as being competitive will be subject to immediate discipline including termination without notice. Accidents: An employee whose driving record has been accident-free for the previous 5 years and who is deemed responsible for a traffic violation and is involved in a motor vehicle accident will pay 50% of the employer's insurance deductible. An employee who is deemed responsible for committing a second or subsequent traffic violation and is involved in a sec- ond or subsequent motor vehicle accident within a 5-year period will pay 100% of the employer's insurance deductible. UTILITIES Ontario Power Generation Provincewide, Ontario (5,450 general tradesmen) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees Renewal agreement: Effec- tive April 1, 2015, to March 31, 2018. Signed on May 28, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2015: 1% Effective April 1, 2016: 1% Effective April 1, 2017: 1% Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 16 years and 6 weeks after 25 years. 1 day's pay for each year of service beyond 25 years. Medical benefits: Coverage includes regular employees at existing benefit coverage for out of country coverage. $725 per person, per calendar year para- medical. $775 effective April 1, 2017. Pension: Employees contribute 1% below yearly maximum pen- sionable earnings and 1% above yearly maximum pensionable earnings. 1% and 1% effective April 1, 2016. 0.5% and 1% ef- fective April 1, 2017. Sample rates of pay (current, after 1% increase): Band I: $18.77 per hour rising in 6 steps to $33.20 Band II: $24.54 rising in 8 steps to $40.42 Band III: $31.76 rising in 8 steps to $51.98 Editor's notes: Cost of living allowance: Inactive for the duration of the agreement. Lump-sum payments: 1% of sal- ary for employees contributing to the pension plan as of April 1, 2015. 2% for employees who are still employed April 1, 2016, and contributing to the pension plan. Performance bonus: Employees contributing to the pension plan will participate in a share performance plan with Hydro One. Effective April 1, 2017, employees who are still active with less than 35 years of pensionable service will be allocated a maximum of 15 share awards. Share awards will be cal- culated each April as 2.75% of salary as of the initial share price date of April 1, 2015. The share awards will be paid in Hydro One stock with a value equal to the number of shares awarded multiplied by Hydro One share price at date of award. Employees will have the option of taking 50% of the award in cash. MEDIA Maritime Broadcasting System Sydney, N.S. (11 broadcasting and television employees) and Unifor Local 921-M Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2017. Signed on Jan. 1, 2015. Wage adjustments: $500 signing bonus for full-time employees $300 signing bonus for part- time employees Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 1.5% Paid holidays: 10 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 2 years, 4 weeks after 7 years and 5 weeks after 20 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked on exten- sion of shift. Employees re- quired to work on a scheduled day off will receive a minimum credit of 3 hours paid at time and one-half. Meal allowance: $8 after 3 hours of overtime. Vision: $200 every 2 years. Sick leave: 5 days per year to a maximum of 10 days. Life insurance: $50,000 per employee. Pension: Employer and em- ployee contribute 3% of em- CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1

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