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3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1 Effective July 2017: 1.5% Shift premium: $3 per hour for time worked between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 15 days to start, 20 days after 6 years (previously 8), 22 days after 16 years, 23 days after 17 years, 25 days after 18 years, 27 days after 25 years (previously 27) and 30 days after 28 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond 37.5 hour per week. Time and one-half for all hours worked on Saturday or Sunday. Time and one-half for the first 7.5 hours worked on statutory holidays and double time for all hours worked thereafter. Employees can carry over 37.5 hours of banked overtime each year. Sick leave: 7 days. STD: 15 weeks at 70% of salary to start, 2 weeks' full salary fol- lowed by 13 weeks at 70% after 3 months of service, 4 weeks' full salary followed by 11 weeks at 70% after 1 year of service, 6 weeks' full salary followed by 9 weeks at 70% after 2 years of service, 8 weeks' full salary fol- lowed by 7 weeks at 70% after 3 years of service, 10 weeks' full salary followed by 5 weeks at 70% after 4 years and 15 weeks at full salary after 5 years of service. Bereavement leave: 5 days for member of employee's immedi- ate family. 1 day for employee's son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law or sister-in-law. Up to 3 additional days for the purpose of travel. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours at regular rate of pay. Probationary period: 1 year. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. Severance: Employees with at least 10 years of service will be entitled to 1 week's pay per year of continuous employment to a maximum of 28 weeks. Em- ployees with less than 10 years of service will be entitled to 2 weeks' pay. Sample rates of pay (current, after 1.5% increase): CC1: $32,281 per year rising in 6 steps to $39,249 CC2: $37,336 rising in 6 steps to $45,204 CC3: $41,424 rising in 6 steps to $49,857 CC4: $46,139 rising in 6 steps to $55,463 CC5: $52,277 rising in 6 steps to $63,295 CC6: $57,277 rising in 6 steps to $69,101 CC7: $62,708 rising in 6 steps to $75,618 CC8: $68,707 rising in 6 steps to $82,891 CC9: $74,990 rising in 6 steps to $90,469 Editor's notes: Child care: The employer will reimburse up to $7.50 per hour to a maximum of $52.50 per day for the cost of substitute child care. Maternity, pregnancy and adoption leave: 18 weeks maternity leave. 37 weeks parental leave. Maximum aggregate amount of 52 weeks. Personal leave: 1 unpaid day. Marriage leave: 5 days. TRANSPORTATION Mammoet Canada Western Multiprovince (91 mechanics) and the Teamsters Local 362 Renewal agreement: Effect- ive March 17, 2015, to June 30, 2017. Signed on March 17, 2015. Wage adjustments: Shop employees Effective July 1, 2015: 2% Effective July 1, 2016: 2% Calculated by CLR. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks af- ter 1 year, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 6 years, 5 weeks after 10 years and 6 weeks after 16 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond 9 hours per day or 45 hours per week. Meal allowance: $65 per day. Pension: Employer contributes $6 per hour worked for each employee to the Teamsters Prairie Provinces Pension Plan (previously $5). $7 effective July 1, 2016. Bereavement leave: 3 days for employee's spouse, father, mother, child, stepchild, broth- er, sister, father-in-law, mother- in-law, grandparent, brother- in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather or stepmother. Seniority – recall rights: 6 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours. Sample rates of pay, current: Edmonton Superintendent: $48.31 Supervisor: $45.68 Foreman: $35.82 Senior truck driver: $43.06 Truck driver: $41.73 Truck driver trainee: $32.90 Senior hydraulic trailer oper- ator/SPMT operator: $43.06 Hydraulic trailer operator/ SPMT operator: $41.73 Hydraulic trailer operator trainee/SPMT operator trainee: $32.90 Picker truck driver: $39.30 Picker truck apprentice: $32.90 Senior labourer: $30.47 Labourer: $27.84 Junior labourer: $24.78 Ft. McMurray supervisor: $48.31 Truck driver: $45.68 Hydraulic trailer operator: $45.68 Pilot car: $43.41 Shop employees Work shop foreman (heavy duty mechanic): $22.29 Heavy duty mechanic & welder: $21.62 Automotive mechanic: $20.80 Apprentice mechanic: $13.63 rising in 3 steps to $19.37 Editor's notes: Layover: 9 paid hours when employee is required to layover during a roundtrip or tour away from their home terminal. Lodging allowance: $195. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Hamlet of Whale Cove Yellowknife, NWT (20 workers, inside and outside employees) and Public Service Alliance of Canada (CLC). Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 1, 2015, to Aug. 31, 2019. Signed on Sept. 1, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective Sept. 1, 2015: 2% Effective Sept. 1, 2016: 2% Effective Sept. 1, 2017: 2% Effective Sept. 1, 2018: 2% Shift premium: $1 per hour for regularly scheduled work outside normal hours (8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday). Paid holidays: 14 days Vacations with pay: 1 1/4 days for every month for which 10 days' pay is received to start, 1 2/3 days per month after 2 years of service, 2 1/12 days per month after 7 years, 2 ½ days per months after 15 years, 3