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3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1 Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks and 4% after 1 year, 4 weeks and 6% after 4 years (previously 3 weeks), 5 weeks and 10% after 10 years, 6 weeks and 12% after 15 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for hours over 45 in a week or 9 in a day. After 3 hours of time and one-half in a day, employ- ees get double time. Double time for hours in excess of 60 per week. Meal allowance: TL2 tax forms annually for expenses during trips over 50 km. Medical benefits: 100% of premiums paid by employer for Medical Services Plan of B.C. to employee age of 70. Dental: 100% to a maximum of $2,000 per year for basic services. 50% per year for ma- jor restorative services, with maximum combined with basic services. 50% with a lifetime maximum of $1,500 for depen- dants under 18. Dental recall and recall exams covered for 1 each per year. Vision: $200 every 2 years. $100 per year for eye examinations for children, per 2 years for adults. Paramedical: $300 per prac- titioner per year (previously $500). $500 every 5 years for hearing aids. Weekly indemnity: 66.667% of weekly earnings to EI maxi- mum. Sick leave: Unpaid leave with doctor's note, which employer will pay for up to $25. LTD: 66.667% of monthly earn- ings to a maximum of $5,000 per month and 119 days. Cov- erage to age 65. Employer will pay up to $100 for medical fees related to claim. AD&D: $25,000, dropping by 50% after 65 and ending at 70. Life insurance: $25,000, drop- ping by 50% after 65 and ending at 70. Bereavement leave: 5 days with pay for spouse (includ- ing common law or same-sex partner), parents or steppar- ents of employee and spouse, children, sister or brother, and grandchildren (previously 3 days). 3 days with pay for death of grandparent, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, or parent in law. Employee can request 2 further days without pay. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year for over 1 year of service, 4 months for under 1 year of service. Call-in pay: 2 hours' pay, mini- mum, at time and one-half . Probationary period: 480 hours or 120 days from date of hire, whichever comes first. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years, provided no reoccur- rence of same offence during that time (previously 3 years). Severance: 1 week's pay per year of service up to 8 weeks' pay. Uniforms/clothing: $800 interest-free loan for employees to purchase bullet-resistant vests, paid back in $50 incre- ments on each pay cheque. Em- ployer will provide uniform and any other necessary equipment. Tool allowance: 4 hours straight time per year for gun practice, with 100 rounds for practice and 100 rounds for qualifications provided by em- ployer. Mileage: 40¢ per km and em- ployer pays to upgrade auto insurance for business use. Sample rates of pay (current, after 55¢ increase): $14.71 while on probation, ris- ing in 6 steps to $19.45 after 9 years. Editor's notes: Family responsibility leave: 5 days without pay per year to meet responsibilities related to care, health or education of a child or any other member of immediate family. Maternity/parental/adoption leave: 2 days with pay for birth or adoption of a child, on top of federal government's leave policies. EDUCATION, HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES Revera Long Term Care, operating as McKenzie Towne Care Centre Calgary (140 nurses and support services employees) and CUPE Local 8 Renewal agreement: Effective Nov. 1, 2014 to Oct.31, 2016. Signed June 6, 2016. Agreed Dec. 11, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective Nov. 1, 2014 2% Effective Nov. 1, 2015 1.25% Effective May 1, 2016 1.25% Shift premium: Weekend: $3 per hour where the majority of shift falls during 56-hour period from 11 p.m. Friday until 7 a.m. Monday. Night: $2 per hour from 11 p.m. until 7 a.m. Eve- ning: $2 per hour from 3 p.m. until 11 p.m. Paid holidays: 11 Vacations with pay: Full-time: 1 day for each month for first year, 10 days after 1 year, 15 days after 2 years, 20 days after 6 years, 25 days after 12 years, 30 days after 17 years. Part- time, casual: 4% hours worked for first year, 4% hours worked after 1 year, 6% hours worked after 2 years, 8% hours worked after 6 years, 10% hours worked after 12 years, 12% hours worked after 17 years. Overtime: Full-time: Time and one-half for all hours worked over 7.5 hours in a shift or 75 hours bi-weekly or more than 6 consecutive days. Nurses: Time and one-half for all hours worked over 7.75 hours in a shift or 77.5 hours bi-weekly or more than 6 consecutive days. Part-time: Time and one-half for all hours worked over 7.5 hours in a shift or 75 hours bi-weekly. Part-time nurses: Time and one-half for all hours worked over 7.75 hours in a shift or 77.5 hours bi-weekly or more than 6 consecutive days. Meal allowance: Meal ticket provided for overtime work af- ter 3 hours. Medical benefits: Direct pay drug card: drugs reimbursed at 80%, mandatory generic sub- stitution, maximum dispensing fee of $9.25. Dental: Basic treatments: once per 9 months, 100% coverage. Major treatments: 50% cover- age. Maximum annual $1,200 per person per year (basic, ma- jor treatments combined). Sick leave: Credits accrue at rate of 1.25 shifts for each 162.5 seniority hours and 167.9 se- niority hours for licensed prac- tical nurses, up to maximum 15 full-time shifts credited to sick leave account. Part-time sick leave credits on a pro-rata basis, (i.e. 9.375 hours credited sick leave for each 162.5 hours worked). STD: Benefits commence on the 8 th day of disability (after waiting period of a 7 days) pay- able at 66.67% of earnings. LTD: Benefits commence 17 weeks payable at 66.67% of earnings. AD&D: $25,000 Life insurance: $25,000 Pension: Contributions bi- weekly 2%. Employees eligible after completion of 3,900 se- niority hours; nurses after completion of 4,030 seniority hours. Bereavement leave: 4 days with pay (mother, father, le- gally recognized stepparents, husband, wife, son, daughter, stepchildren, brother, sister, common law spouse and same sex partner). 3 days with pay (grandparents, grandchildren, mother-n-law, father in-law, sis- ter-in-law, brother-in-law, aunt and uncle). 2 more days with pay if needed to travel more than 300 km for funeral. Probationary period: Full- time: 3 months. Part-time: 487.5 hours. Full-time/part- time nurse: 503. 75 hours. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months.

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