Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1 Shift premium: $1.75 per hour for regular hours worked be- tween 5 p.m. and 7 a.m. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 10 hours per calendar month after com- pleting 80 hours' pay; 13.34 hours per calendar month after 5 years; 16.66 hours per calen- dar month after 10 years; 20 hours per calendar month after 20 years. 1 year's entitlement can be carried over. $333.33 monthly vacation travel allow- ance if at least 80 hours' pay is received; $1,100 annual vaca- tion travel allowance after 2 years. 32 hours leave, once per year for vacation travel time if at least 40 hours of vacation leave are used. Overtime: Time-and-one- half for any hours in excess of 8 in one day or 40 in one week. Double time for all overtime hours in excess of 4 consecutive on a normal working day and in excess of 8 consecutive hours on first day of rest. Double time for all hours worked on the second and subsequent days of rest. Can be banked as lieu time up to a maximum of 80 hours per calendar year. Medical benefits: Plan cost shared equally between em- ployer and employees. Dental: Employees cover 25% of cost, employer covers 75%. Sick leave: 10 hours per calen- dar month for which at least 80 hours' pay is earned. Advance credits may be granted up to 120 hours. LTD: Plan cost shared equally between employer, employees. AD&D: Plan cost shared equally between employer and employees. Life insurance: Plan cost shared equally between em- ployer and employees. Pension: Employee contribu- tion to Northern Employees Benefits Services Pension Plan is mandatory. Bereavement leave: 64 hours for death of immediate family member or foster child. 1 work- ing shift for death of son-in-law, daughter-in-law, sibling-in-law. 24 hours for travel to funeral or memorial service. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Call-in pay: Greater of appli- cable overtime rate or at least 4 hours at straight time rate. Probationary period: 6 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months. Severance: 2 weeks' pay for first complete year of continu- ous employment and 1 week for each additional or partial year of continuous employment, if employee has at least 1 year of continuous employment. Safety shoes: Employer pro- vides $500 per year for MED officer 1 and $425 per year for MED officer II. Employer will provide snowmobile boots to employees as needed. Sample rates of pay (current, after 19.6% increase): Med officer II: $64,700.54 rising in 5 steps to $77,389.13 Med officer I: $54,995.45 rising in 5 steps to $65,780.78 Student: 80% of the initial rate. Editor's notes: Medical examination: When employer requires an employee to undergo an examination to maintain or obtain a certification required by the city, there will be no cost to the employee. Employees will be granted leave with pay for such examinations. Long service bonus: $1,000 after 5 years ($16.66 per month if position is terminated after 5 years). Marriage leave: 40 hours. Housing allowance: $116.67 per month, if worked at least 80 hours. ENTERTAINMENT Canadian Media Producers Association B.C. Producers Branch Burnaby, B.C. (835 film technicians) and the Association of Canadian Film Craftspeople ACFC West, Local 2020 Unifor Renewal agreement: Effec- tive April 1, 2016, to March 31, 2019. Ratified on March 20, 2016. Signed on March 21, 2016. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2016: $0.50 per hour Effective April 1, 2017: $0.50 per hour Effective April 1, 2018: $0.50 per hour Shift premium: Turnaround premium: double time. Jour- neyman electrical worker qualification/full entertainment ticket: $2 per hour. Limited entertainment ticket: $1 per hour. First aid qualifications: $1 per hour. Short-term up- grade: Technician working in a higher category for two or more hours, higher category rate or minimum $1 per hour. Meal premium: $5 per quarter hour, if worked 6 or more hours between meal breaks or after crew call. $25 for drivers in lieu of second meal break. Turn- around premium: double time, maximum triple time if worked less than 10 hours after last shift (9 hours for transportation department). $70 per day in lieu for generator operators. Multi- cameras: two or more cameras utilized simultaneously for 50% or more of the shooting time per day, script supervisor is paid $50 per day. Paid holidays: 10 days. Vacations with pay: 4% pay. Overtime: Day 1 through 5: af- ter 8 hours, time and one-half; after 12 hours, double time; after 16 hours, triple time. Day 6: up to 8 hours, time and one- half; after 8 hours, double time; after 16 hours, triple time. Day 7: up to 8 hours, double time; after 8 hours, triple time. Meal allowance: Breakfast $14.50, lunch $20.50, dinner $30 for location work with no turnaround. $65 per day for dis- tant locations. Medical benefits: 5.5% contri- bution. Pension: 2% contribution. Mileage: $5 per day for travel time up to 15 minutes outside the studio zone. $10 per day for travel time over 15 minutes and up to 30 minutes outside the studio zone. 35¢ per kilometre for travelling to a distant loca- tion. Sample rates of pay (current, after $1 per hour increase): Low budget features and televi- sion Accounts Assistant accountants: $28.50 rising in 2 steps to $29.50 Account clerks: $23 rising in 2 steps to $24 Art department Production designer/art direc- tor: negotiable First assistant art director: $25.50 rising in 2 steps to $26.50 Draftsperson/graphics: $25.50 rising in 2 steps to $26.50 Art department coordina- tor: $25.50 rising in 2 steps to $26.50 Art department assistant: $23 rising in 2 steps to $24 Construction Construction coordinator: ne- gotiable Head carpenter: $30 rising in 2 steps to $31 Lead carpenter/sculptor: $28.50 rising in 2 steps to $29.50 Carpenter/buyer: $27.50 rising in 2 steps to $28.50 Assistant carpenter: $23 rising in 2 steps to $24 Labourer: $19.50 rising in 2 steps to $20.50 Continuity Script supervisor: $28.50 rising in 2 steps to $29.50 Costume Costume designer: negotiable Assistant costume designer: $28.50 rising in 2 steps to $29.50 Wardrobe supervisor: $28.50 rising in 2 steps to $29.50 Truck costumer/wardrobe as- sistant/buyer/cutter: $25.50 ris- ing in 2 steps to $26.50 Costumer/seamstress/stitcher/

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