Canadian Labour Reporter

5 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Mileage: 40¢ per kilometre outside a 30-kilometre radius from work site. 40¢ per km when employee is required to transport company material or equipment in personal vehicle. Employees paid at regular rate for time spent travelling in ex- cess of 2 hours per day for any job more than 80 km from work site. Sample rates of pay, current: Construction foreman: $29.15 per hour Maintenance foreman: $29.15 Carpenter foreman: $25.38 Unlicensed carpenter foreman: $24.35 Licensed carpenter: $24.35 Unlicensed carpenter: $21.68 Lead hand labourer: $19 Skilled labourer: $17.70 Labourer: $16.20 RETAIL Atlantic Wholesalers Atholville, Bathurst, Rothesay and Saint John, N.B. (Retail employees) and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Canada (UFCW) Local 1288P Renewal agreement: Effective Oct. 21, 2015, to Jan. 31, 2020. Signed on Oct. 21, 2015. Wage adjustments: Clerks and Senior Clerks Effective Jan. 31, 2016: 15¢ for employees with 5 years of se- niority Effective Jan. 29, 2017: 15¢ for employees with 5 years of se- niority Effective Jan. 28, 2018: 15¢ for employees with 5 years of se- niority Effective Jan. 27, 2019: 15¢ for employees with 5 years of se- niority Meat cutters, Bakers, Pharmacy technicians and Senior cutter/ bakers Effective Jan. 31, 2016: 15¢ for employees with 6 years of se- niority Effective Jan. 29, 2017: 15¢ for employees with 6 years of se- niority Effective Jan. 28, 2018: 15¢ for employees with 6 years of se- niority Effective Jan. 27, 2019: 15¢ for employees with 6 years of se- niority Calculated by CLR Shift premium: $1.25 per hour for employees working a full scheduled shift between clos- ing and 9 a.m. 65¢ per hour for employees responsible for the customer service desk, the cash office or the front end supervi- sion. $1 per hour for licensed pharmacy technicians. Paid holidays: 10 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 10 years and 5 weeks after 20 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond 40 hours per week. Bereavement leave: 4 days for employee's spouse, son, daughter or parent. 2 days for employee's brother, sister, father-in-law or mother-in-law. 1 day for employee's brother-in- law, sister-in-law, grandparent or grandchild. Probationary period: 90 cal- endar days. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide up to 2 uniforms and pay for laundering. Sample rates of pay (current, after 15¢ increase): Full-time clerks: $10.30 rising in 5 steps to $15 Meat cutters: $11 rising in 6 steps to $16 Bakers: $11 rising in 6 steps to $16 Pharmacy technicians: $11 ris- ing in 6 steps to $16 Senior clerks: $10.80 rising in 5 steps to $16.30 Senior cutter/Baker: $11.50 ris- ing in 6 steps to $17.20 Editor's notes: Notice of layoff: 1 week to start, 2 weeks after 2 years of seniority, 5 weeks after 5 years of seniority and 9 weeks after 10 years of seniority. Education leave: If an employee is granted a leave of absence for educational pur- poses for a period of more than 110 days their seniority will be frozen for the duration of their leave. LONG-TERM CARE Piper Creek Foundation Red Deer, Alta. (Office and professional employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 838 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2016, to Dec. 31, 2017. Signed on Jan. 7, 2016. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 2% Shift premium: 75¢ per hour for maintenance employees. 75¢ per hour for weekend work. $1.25 per hour for night shift. Paid holidays: 11 days. Time and one-half for all hours worked on a named holiday. Double time and one-half for all employees working an average of 16 hours per week or less. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 16 years, 6 weeks after 24 years, 7 weeks after 30 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of 40 per week. Time off may be taken in lieu of compensation. Medical benefits: $200 per person per year for health spending account. Dental: 80% coverage for basic, 50% coverage for other services. Up to $1,500 per year. Up to $1,500 lifetime maximum for orthodontics. Vision: $200 per person every 2 years. Sick leave: Up to 120 hours per year, total maximum of 1200 hours. Bereavement leave: 5 days for the death of employee's parent, spouse, child, sibling, grandpar- ent, grandchild of employee or spouse, or any relative residing with employee. One-half day to serve as pallbearer. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay at overtime rate. Probationary period: 3 months. Premiums awarded for maintenance employees that work the night, evening and weekend shifts. Laid-off employees will be given notice commensurate with the number of years of service.

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