Canadian Labour Reporter

5 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS employer. $100 per year boot allowance. Uniforms/clothing: Fully sup- plied by the employer (gloves, safety equipment, safety glasses, body harnesses with lanyards, fire-retardant coveralls, rain gear). $300 per year for pre- scription safety eyewear. Mileage: For work outside the 55 kilometre radius, but within the 80 kilometre radius, $1.25 per kilometre. Sample rates of pay (current): General Alberta Carpenter: $49.15 Scaffolder: $49.15 Insulator: $46.79 Plasterer: $49.15 Equipment operator 1: $49.15 Equipment operator 2: $44.19 Equipment operator 3: $39.21 Carpenter first year: $30.27 Second year: $34.99 Third year: $39.71 Fourth year: $44.43 Scaffolder (CLAC/SIA pro- gram) First year: $30.27 Second year: $34.99 Third year: $39.71 Insulator (3-year program) First year: $28.85 Second year: $33.34 Third year: $37.82 Insulator (4-year program) First year: $28.85 Second year: $33.34 Third year: $37.82 Fourth year: $42.30 Plasterer trainee: $30.27 First year: $34.99 Second year: $39.71 Third year: $44.43 Fort McMurray Carpenter: $51.28 Scaffolder: $51.28 Insulator: $48.81 Plasterer: $51.28 Equipment operator 1: $51.28 Equipment operator 2: $46.07 Equipment operator 3: $40.89 Carpenter first year: $31.54 Second year: $36.48 Third year: $41.41 Fourth year: $46.34 Scaffolder (CLAC/SIA pro- gram) First year: $31.54 Second year: $36.48 Third year: $41.41 Insulator (3 year program) First year: $30.06 Second year: $34.75 Third year: $39.44 Insulator (4 year program) First year: $30.06 Second year: $34.75 Third year: $39.44 Fourth year: $44.12 Plasterer trainee: $31.54 First year: $36.48 Second year: $41.41 Third year: $46.34 Editor's notes: Laser eye surgery: One-time payment of $300. Accommodation allowance: When the job site is be- yond the 80-kilometre radius away from the employee's residence, allowance will be paid. MANUFACTURING Olymel Red Deer, Alta. (1,250 plant and maintenance employees) and United Food and Commercial Workers Canada (UFCW) Local 1118 Renewal agreement: Effective Feb. 1, 2016, to Jan. 31, 2021. Signed on April 22, 2016. Wage adjustments: Effective Feb. 1, 2016: $0.35 per hour. Effective Feb. 1, 2017: $0.35 per hour. Effective Feb. 1, 2018: $0.35 per hour. Effective Feb. 1, 2019: $0.35 per hour. Effective Feb. 1, 2020: $0.40 per hour. Shift premium: Training pre- mium: $0.35 per hour, when training new employee. Off- shift premium: $0.55 per hour for work between 4 p.m. and 6 a.m. Weekend premium: $1.25 per hour. First-aid premium: $0.25 per hour. Cold-work premium: $0.30 per hour for working any shift in conditions below 2 degrees Celsius. Lead hands: Greater of job level 4 or $0.20 per hour. Paid holidays: 9 days, plus 2 floater days. Remembrance Day off for 20 most senior employ- ees. Double time and one-half if working on statutory holiday. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 17 years, 6 weeks after 24 years, 7 weeks after 30 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for work after 40 hours per week, double time after 3 hours. Double time on Sunday. Time and one-half for first 4 hours on Saturday, double time thereaf- ter. Maximum 40 hours banked. Banked time may be taken off only in increments of 4 hours or to be paid on next pay period. Meal allowance: $10 if worker does not receive meal break during emergency work. Medical benefits: 100% pre- mium paid by the employer. Dental: 80% basic dental cov- erage, recall exams 1 every 9 months. 60% major dental coverage. Maximum $1,500 per year coverage for basic and major. 50% reimburse for orthodontic, $1,500 maximum lifetime. Paramedical: Physiotherapist, psychologist: $750 per year. Weekly indemnity: 66.67% or regular wages, maximum 25 weeks. LTD: Premiums paid by em- ployees, 65% coverage, maxi- mum $3,000 per month. AD&D: $30,000 benefit. Pension: Defined contribution plan. Employer contributes 3%, maximum 2,080 hours per year. Employee contributes 2%, max- imum 2,080 hours per year. Bereavement leave: 5 days off for death of spouse or child. 3 days for death of extended family (mother, father, sister, brother, mother-in-law, sister- in-law, brother-in-law, father- in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in- law, stepparents, stepchildren, grandparents, grandchildren). I day for death of grandparent- in-law. Call-in pay: 4 hours' minimum. Probationary period: 480 hours. Discipline: Sunset clause is 6 months for verbal warnings, 12 months for written warnings. Severance: For 1 year, 1 week's pay; 2 years, 1½ weeks' pay; 3 years, 2 weeks' pay; 4 years, 2½ weeks' pay; 5 years, 3 weeks' pay; 6 years, 3½ weeks' pay; 7 years, 4½ weeks' pay; 8 years, 5½ weeks' pay; 9 years, 6½ weeks' pay; 10 years, 7½ weeks' pay; 11 and over, 1½ weeks' pay for each year of service above 10 years. Safety shoes: $175 per year for employees opting not to wear company-supplied rubber boots. Part-time employees' allowance is 50% of full time employee's allowance. Uniforms/clothing: $400 per year for freezer apparel. $220 per year for pack off and export jack operators clothing. Tool allowance: $300 per year. Sample rates of pay (current, after $1.80 per hour increase): Base rate: $15.85 rising 5 steps to $17.65 Level 1: $16.85 rising 5 steps to $18.65 Level 1.5: $17.85 rising 5 steps to $19.65 Level 2: $18.85 rising 5 steps to $20.65 Level 2.5: $19.35 rising 5 steps to $21.15 Level 3: $19.85 rising 5 steps to $21.65 Level 3.5: $20.35 rising 5 steps Pork industry: If the pork industry is affected by an epidemic, the company and the union will meet to discuss ways to maximize work hours in the plant.

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