Canadian Labour Reporter

5 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Life insurance: $10,000 paid- up life policy or $5,000 taxable retiring allowance. Pension: Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System and Canada Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (mother, father, partner, child, step-child). 4 days for death of mother-in-law or father- in-law. 3 days for death in ex- tended family (sister, brother, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandchildren, grandparents, stepmother, stepfather, step- brother, stepsister, spouse's grandparents). 1 day for death in other family (aunt, uncle, niece or nephew, spouse's aunt, uncle, niece, nephew). Seniority – recall rights: 15 months. Probationary period: 6 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. Severance: The lesser of: 2 weeks per year of service, maxi- mum 30 weeks or pay from the end of the notice period until the end of the month in which the employee reaches 65th birthday. Safety shoes: Effective Jan. 1, 2017: $230 per year ($240 ef- fective Jan. 1, 2019) (previously $210 per year). Effective Jan. 1, 2017: power line maintainer/ power line maintainer/leading arborist/arborist: $250 per year (effective Jan. I, 2019: $260) (previously $230 per year). Sample rates of pay (current, after 6.5% increase): Level 1: $17.56 rising 3 steps to $18.71 Level 2 (electrical maintenance helper): $18.52 rising 3 steps to $19.73 Level 3 (payment processing clerk): $19.51 rising 3 steps to $20.79 Level 4: $20.42 rising 3 steps to $21.76 Level 5 (electric utility worker): $21.39 rising 3 steps to $22.79 Level 6 (CDM administrative support, meter reader 2, substa- tion technician helper): $22.31 rising 3 steps to $23.78 Level 7 (operations service representative, stock keeper): $23.36 rising 3 steps to $24.78 Level 8 (accounting clerk, con- struction worker, meter data management representative): $24.20 rising 3 steps to $25.77 Level 9A (customer services representative, purchasing assistant, quality systems rep- resentative, radial boom op- erator/ground helper, drafter- junior surveyor, VEE (internal) representative, assistant sys- tems operator): $25.16 rising 3 steps to $26.80 Level 9B: $25.48 rising 3 steps to $27.15 Level 10A (lead payment pro- cessor, leading stock keeper, underground plant locator): $26.07 rising 3 steps to $27.77 Level 10B (equipment op- erator): $26.41 rising 3 steps to $28.14 Temporary employees level 11 or below: $18.95 rising 3 steps to $20.19. Level 11A (collection repre- sentative, customer services representatives group lead, secondary cable servicer, senior accounting clerk): $28.37 rising 3 steps to $30.23 Level 11B (engineering techni- cal assistant): $28.66 rising 3 steps to $30.53 Level 12A (arborist, back office support representative, cus- tomer and community service liaison, customer service ac- count representative, customer support trainer, lead hand meter database management, retailer relationship represen- tative, fixed asset accounting assistant): $29.41 rising 3 steps to $31.33 Level 12B (electric inspector, leading construction worker): $29.71 rising 3 steps to $31.65 Level 13: $30.38 rising 3 steps to $32.37 Level 14A (auto truck and coach technician, shift auto truck and coach technician, GIS surveyor technician, protection and control technician): $31.35 rising 3 steps to $33.40 Level 14B (electric cable splicer, electrician): $31.67 rising 3 steps to $33.74 Level 15A (CDM sales program coordinator, CDM technical program coordinator, leading arborist): $32.42 rising 3 steps to $34.54 Level 15B (cable/URD main- tainer): $32.83 rising 3 steps to $34.98 Level 16A (leading auto truck and coach technician, systems operator): $33.44 rising 3 steps to $35.62 Level 16B (electric engineering technician, powerline main- tainer, shift powerline main- tainer): $33.74 rising 3 steps to $35.94 Level 17A (leading GIS sur- veyor technician): $34.38 rising 3 steps to $36.63 Level 17B (account services technologist, electric meter technician, leading under- ground cable maintainer/ splicer, substation maintenance technician): $34.70 rising 3 steps to $36.97 Level 18A: $35.40 rising 3 steps to $37.71 Level 18B (leading powerline maintainer, quality assurance electric meter technician): $35.69 rising 3 steps to $38.02 Level 19A: $36.48 rising 3 steps to $38.86 Level 19B (leading electric me- ter technician, protection and control technologist): $36.78 rising 3 steps to $39.19 Level 20A: $37.62 rising 3 steps to $40.08 Level 20B (electrical engineer- ing technologist): $37.90 rising 3 steps to $40.38 Editor's notes: Standby pay: Effective Jan. 1, 2017, $230 ($240 effective Jan. 1, 2019) per week (previously $200). Extra $60 on holiday. Sleep time: If employee works 16 hours continuously, or 16 of 24 hours, worker will get 8 hours of paid rest time, if it coincides with regular shift. If employee works 4 hours between 11:30 p.m. and 7:30 a.m., worker will get 4 hours of paid rest time, if it coincides with regular shift. Medical certificate: If required to return from sick time, employer will reimburse, maximum $15. Hearing care plan: $750 every 3 years. Employment of relatives: Employer will not hire persons who are spouse, same-sex partner, child or parent of an employee, excepting employees who become married after they have been employed in a permanent position. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION District of Saanich Saanich, B.C. (120 firefighters) and the International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 967 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2012, to Dec. 31, 2019. Signed on May 9, 2016. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 2.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 2.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 2.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 2.5% Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 1/12 of 2 weeks for each month to start, 21 days after 1 year, 28 days after 10 years, 35 days after 20 years, 42 days after 25 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for first 2 hours, double time thereafter. Time and one-half for court time, minimum 2 hours. Double time and one- half for holiday overtime. Medical benefits: B.C. Medical Services Plan, 100% premium covered by employer. Extended health plan: 75% premium cov- ered by employer, $100 annual deductible. $500 per year for any listed professional practi- tioners costs. Dental: 80% of premium cov- ered by employer. 100% cover- age for basic services, 50% for prosthetic appliance, crown and bridge procedures, 50% for orthodontia, maximum $5,000. Vision: 80% reimbursement covered by employer, $450 maximum every 2 years. $75 every 2 years for eye exam. Paramedical: Orthotics: $300 per year.

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