Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1 National Benefit Plan. Sick leave: Company will con- tinue to pay Health and Wel- fare Plan fees and union dues so employee will be covered. Company will dock pay for con- tributions normally paid by em- ployee. The employee may at no time owe more than 5 months contributions to employer. Bereavement leave: 3 unpaid days for spouse, mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, mother-in-law, father-in-law, stepsons, and stepdaughters. Stepparents are included if they had the status of the employee's father or mother. 3 unpaid days for employee's spouse's grand- parents only if the employee attends the funeral. If notified of the death during a shift, the employee will be excused for the rest of the day. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours. Probationary period: 65 days for new hires. 15-day trial pe- riod for current employees ap- plying to other positions within the company. Discipline: Sunset clause is 15 months. Uniforms/clothing: $275 every year for uniforms. The compa- ny will supply employees with any required safety equipment. Mileage: Owner-operators: $1.185 per km for Loblaws Okanagan. $1.860 for ALC con- tract only. $1.185 for Safeway. $1.260 for CoreMark. $1.260 for Canada Bread. $1.135 for Canadian Mileage. $1.175 for U.S. Mileage. Drivers of owner-operators: 53¢ Category #1 200-300 miles return trip. 49¢ Category #2 301-400 miles return trip. 47¢ Category #3 over 401 miles re- turn trip. Sample rates of pay (current): Owner-operators: $30 per hour for wheels not turning $40 plus 19% fuel surcharge for wheels turning $35 drop rate (per stop) Drivers of owner-operators: $22.22 for class 1 Tractor (work time/wait time/layover time) Editor's notes: Leave: 1 unpaid month upon approval by the company. 1 month leave in conjunction with employee's holidays every 3 years with 6 months' notice. Toll route: Employer will pay tolls if directed to take a toll route. Jury duty: Leave without pay for summons on a day the employee would have worked. Drivers' abstracts: Employees must provide written permission for the company to obtain 1 per year. Shorts: Employee may wear shorts between May and September as long as the customer approves and they are in accordance with the company issued uniform. Trip rates: Owner-operators: $465 for UPS Seattle. $585 for UPS Auburn (Supply Chain Solutions). Drivers of owner- operators: $220 UPS Seattle. $250 UPS Auburn (Supple Chain Solutions). Delays for mileage paid ddrivers (highway): Paid at wheels not turning hourly rate: International border crossing (all time after 1 hour per round trip). Break- down of company/customer equipment (after 1 hour per round trip on the basis of 8 hours paid, 8 hours unpaid). Shops and drops, loading and unloading, coupling and uncoupling, switches (after 1 hour per round trip). Other justifiable delays not attributable to the employee (after 1 hour per round trip on the basis of 8 hours paid, 8 hours un- paid). Rehabilitative employment: Immediately following a period of disability with benefits paid under the plan, an employee can return to work on a trial basis, on full or limited duty, for up to 30 days at regular hourly pay. FINANCE British Columbia Automobile Association Service Centres Provincewide, British Columbia (100 sales employees) and the Canadian Office and Professional Employees Union (COPE) Local 378 Renewal agreement: Effective October 1, 2014, to September 30, 2018. Signed on July 30, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective Oct. 1, 2014: 2% Effective Oct. 1, 2015: 1.5% Effective Oct. 1, 2016: 1.5% Effective Oct. 1, 2017: 1.25% Shift premium: $1.80 per hour for duty officers. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 9 years, 5 weeks after 14 years, 6 weeks after 24 years. 6% to start, 8% after 9 years, 10% after 14 years, and 12% after 24 years for part- time employees, paid out on each paycheque. Overtime: Time and one-half for the first 4 hours worked over 7 hours per day. Double time for hours worked beyond 11 hours per day. Time and one-half for the first 7 hours worked over 35 hours per week and double time for hours worked beyond 42 hours in one week. Time can be banked but hours banked can- not exceed 35 hours. Time and one-half for time worked on a paid holiday. Meal allowance: $11 after 3 or more hours of overtime. Medical benefits: Defined contribution benefit program. STD: Full salary for 1 week at 6 months' service, 1 month at 1 year, 2 months at 2 years, 3 months at 3 years, and 119 days at 4 years. 66 2/3 of earnings for 119 days to start, 112 days after 6 months, 89 days after 1 year, 59 days after 3 years, and 0 days after 4 years. Bereavement leave: 3 days for immediate family which includes the employee's spouse and these relations of the spouse — mother, father, sis- ters, brothers, sons, daughters, grandchildren, grandparents, and any person who lives with the employee as a member of their family. Additional travel- ling time may be provided for an out of town funeral. 1 day for death outside immediate family where employee is serving as a pallbearer. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: 4 hours at regular rate of pay. Probationary period: 120 days for full-time regular service. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. 5 years for serious disci- plinary action including sexual harassment or assault. Severance: 1 week for each full year of service to a maximum of 28 weeks. Mileage: 52¢ per km. Sample rates of pay (current, after 1.5% increase): Grade 1: $1,774.42 rising in 10 steps to $2,365.80 Grade 2: $1,951.76 rising in 10 steps to $2,602.34 Grade 3: $2,147.44 rising in 10 60-day trial period for new positions, after which, if unsuccessful, the employee will return to her former position. Employees may wear shorts between May and September as long as the customer approves.

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