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Unauthorized holiday pay
slips through in equalized pay system
Company stops recognizing
new holiday not included
in collective agreement
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
A BRITISH COLUMBIA company has agreed to
stop pursuing overpayments it accidentally made to
employees when it decided to stop voluntarily recog-
nizing a new statutory holiday that wasn't included in
its collective agreement.
During collective bargaining in 2008, Richmond,
B.C.-based pulp and paper company Catalyst Paper
and its union, Unifor, negotiated an annualized pay
system for employees at the company's mill in Port Al-
berni, B.C.
The payment method was adopted from a simi-
lar technique used in New Zealand, which divided
May 30, 2016
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
Employer incorrectly assumes employee gave two weeks' notice pg. 8
Waterloo Wellington Community Care Access Centre pg. 3 Canadian Film
and Television Production Assoc. pg. 4 Canadian National Railway pg. 4
Bell Information Communication Technology pg. 5 Government of Yukon
pg. 5 Eastland Industries Limited pg. 6 Hilton Canada pg. 6
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
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pg. 2
French railway,
port workers strike
Employees continue to
protest against
labour reforms
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Catalyst > pg. 7
see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Arbitration > pg 8
Employee's miscarriage
a disability: Tribunal
AN ONTARIO employee's mis-
carriage was a disability that may
require accommodation by her
employer, the Ontario Human
Rights Tribunal has ruled.
Winnie Mou of Markham,
Ont., suffered a deep tissue in-
jury in January 2013 that required
heavy pain medication. She had
difficulty moving one side of her
body, so attempts to return to
work were initially unsuccessful.
Her employer, MHPM Project
Leaders, wasn't able to provide
BROADCASTING
Newcap Radio
Halifax
(27 broadcast and television employees) and Unifor Local 920-M
Renewal agreement: Effec-
tive April 1, 2016, to March 31,
2019. Signed on April 1, 2016.
Wage adjustments:
Effective April 1, 2017: 1.75%
Effective April 1, 2018: 2%
Calculated by CLR.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks
to start, 3 weeks after 1 year, 4
