Canadian Labour Reporter

4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS February 22, 2016 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS TRANSPORTATION Clarkelink Edmonton (19 truck drivers) and the Teamsters Local 362 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2015, to Dec. 31, 2019. Wage adjustments: Effective upon ratification: 25¢ Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 40¢ Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 50¢ Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 35¢ Shift premium: 75¢ per hour for shifts commencing between 1:59 p.m. and 4:59 a.m. 75¢ per hour for lead hand. Paid holidays: 10 days. 8 hours' pay at regular rate, plus shift premium and lead hand rate when an employee is required to work on a statutory holiday. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start (pro rata), 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 9 years, 5 weeks after 15 years. Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 6 weeks after 25 years. An employee who accepts gainful employment while on vacation without express permission may be terminated. Overtime: Time and one- half for the first 2 hours of overtime, double time for any hours worked thereafter. No employee required to work more than 8 hours of overtime per week and every effort will be made to give employee at least 2 hours' notice that they are required for duty. Overtime may be banked as time off in lieu of compensation, up to 40 hours accrued per year. Medical benefits: Prairie Teamsters Health and Welfare Plan. No other details available. Pension: $3 per hour for all hours worked contributed by employer to Teamsters Prairie Provinces Pension Plan effective upon ratification. $3.25 per hour effective Jan. 1, 2016. Employees become eligible for pension plan after 1 year. Bereavement leave: 3 days for the death of an immediate family member. That includes employee's spouse, mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, mother-in-law, father- in-law, brother-in-law, sister- in-law, stepsons, stepdaughters, grandfather, grandmother, or employee's spouse's grandfather or grandmother. 1 additional day for travel if funeral is out of town, more than 600 miles round trip. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. 18 months for employees with at least 5 years of seniority. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' work guaranteed or 2 hours' pay at double time. Probationary period: 3 months. Safety shoes: $150 per year for CSA-approved boots. Uniforms/clothing: Any required uniform to be supplied by employer. Employee must furnish at own expense appropriate clothing (shoes, gloves and winter protective wear) in order to perform the job efficiently and safely. Gloves, rubber or leather aprons and coveralls or smocks provided for employees handling fish, meat, frozen butter, hides, creosoted commodities, spun glass, lamp black, barbed wire, acids, dirty oil drums, or ore concentrates in bulk. Protective clothing for employees that may be exposed to hazardous material when handling noxious or toxic chemicals. Hearing protection to be made available to all employees. Sample rates of pay, current: Dockmen, full-time: $22.30 per hour Dockmen, part-time: $18.55 MUNICIPALITY City of Calgary Calgary (290 emergency officers) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 254 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2014, to Jan. 1, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective Dec. 29, 2014: 3.2% Effective Dec. 28, 2015: 3.4% Effective Dec. 26, 2016: 4% Shift premium: $1 per hour when employee's shift starts after 11:30 a.m. Paid holidays: 12 days plus one-half day on the employee's last scheduled working day preceding Christmas Day. Double time for all hours worked on a named holiday. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year of service, 3 weeks after 2 years, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks after 17 years, 6 weeks after 25 years, 7 weeks after 30 years. Upon 3-week entitlement, employees may request to save and carry forward 1 week per year, up to 6 weeks. Overtime: Double time for all hours worked in excess of 40 per week. Time off may be taken in lieu of monetary compensation, up to 160 hours. Bereavement leave: 7 paid days for the death of an employee's immediate family member, defined as spouse (common- law or same gender), parent, step parent, guardian, brother, step brother, sister, stepsister, child, stepchild, foster child or ward, grandparents, stepgrandparents, grandchild or stepgrandchild. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: No less than 2 hours' pay at double time when an employee is called out to work. Probationary period: 6 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 1 year. Uniforms/clothing: Initial issue: 4 uniform shirts (long or short-sleeved), 3 pairs of uniform pants, 1 tie, 1 belt, 12 pairs of socks or pantyhose, 1 sweater, 2 pairs of shoes or boots (or 1 pair of each), 1 tie clip, 4 T-shirts. Annual issue: 3 uniform shirts, either long or short-sleeved, 3 pairs of uniform pants or skirts, 1 belt as required, 6 pairs of socks of 12 pairs of pantyhose, 1 pair of shoes or boots, sweater as required, 4 T-shirts. Sample rates of pay, current: Emergency communications officers First 12 months: $27.07 per hour 1st year: $31.84 2nd year: $34.64 3rd year: $37.90 4th year: $40.05 Senior emergency communication officer: $42.05 Lead specialist: $47.64 Dispatchers 1st year: $32.80 2nd year: $35.68 3rd year: $39.04 4th year: $41.25 Senior dispatcher: $43.31 Training specialist: $47.64 Quality improvement specialist: $47.64 Editor's notes: Long-service pay: $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.

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