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4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS October 24, 2016 Overtime: Time and one-half for any hours worked after reg- ular hours. Maximum 16 hours overtime in a 7-day period. Meal allowance: $16.82 if working more than 2 hours of overtime. Medical benefits: 100% premi- ums paid by employer for B.C. Medical Services Plan. Pension: Canadian Merchant Service Guild, Western Branch Pension Plan. 8.5% per month contribution by employer. Bereavement leave: 4 days for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law partner, father, mother, spouse or com- mon-law partner of the father or mother, children, children of spouse or common-law partner, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, grandfather, grandmother, father and mother of spouse or common-law partner, spouse or common-law partner of father or mother, any relative who resides permanently with the employee). Seniority – recall rights: 18 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 1-day pay. Minimum one half-day if vessel breaks down, or weather prevents ship from sailing. Probationary period: 6 months or 81 12-hour shifts. Discipline: Sunset clause is 3 years. Severance: 1 week's pay for ev- ery year worked. Safety shoes: 1 pair of rubber caulk boots per year. Uniforms/clothing: $125 per year. Sample rates of monthly pay (current): Masters Group 2: $7,026.65 Group 3: $7,251.36 Group 4: $7,496.33 Group 5: $7,749.92 Group 6: $8,003.58 Group 6 (non-watchkeeping rate): $8,514.53 Mates Group 2: $6,282.97 Group 3: $6,386.75 Group 4: $6,495.00 Group 5: $6,618.20 Group 6: $6,761.22 Non-certified mates Group 2: $6,112.33 Group 3: $6,216.08 Group 4: $6,324.34 Group 5: $6,447.49 Group 6: $6,641.77 Eight-hour vessels (masters) Group 2: $7,026.65 Group 3: $7,251.36 Group 4: $7,496.33 Group 5: $7,749.92 Eight-hour vessels (mates) Group 2: $6,282.97 Group 3: $6,386.75 Group 4: $6,495.00 Group 5: $6,618.20 Editor's notes: Legal defence coverage: $31.37 per month paid by the employer. Marine disaster: $1,600 for shift ves- sels, $2,000 for continuous-operating vessels. Additional $2,000 for loss of electronic equipment. Medical qualifica- tions: Rate per day in attendance in Transport Canada-required medical exam for continued proficiency or STCW 95 certification. (Effective Oct. 1, 2016: $154.12. Effective Oct. 1, 2017: $161.83. Effective Oct. 1, 2018: $169.92. Effective Oct. 1, 2019: $178.42. Effective Oct. 1, 2020: $187.34. Effective Oct. 1, 2021: $196.71. Effective Oct. 1, 2022: $206.55. Effective Oct. 1, 2023: $216.88. Effective Oct. 1, 2024: $227.72). Maximum 15 days every 5 years. Travel insurance: $200,000 insurance coverage when officer is dispatched to another vessel away from home. CONSTRUCTION Cornerstone Industrial Provincewide, Alberta (260 construction employees) and Construction Workers Union (CLAC) Local 63 Renewal agreement: Effective March 1, 2016, to Jan. 31, 2018. Signed on March 22, 2016. Wage adjustments: Effective March 1, 2016: $0.19 per hour. Shift premium: Lead hand: 7.5%. Foreman: 15%. Steward: $0.50 per hour. Steward with tool box 1: $0.75 per hour. Steward with tool box 2: $1 per hour. Steward with tool box 3: $1.25 per hour. Chief steward with tool box 1: $1.50 per hour. Chief steward with tool box 2: $1.75 per hour. Chief steward with tool box 3: $2 per hour. First aid ticket w/CPR: $0.25 per hour. Dual ticket (a jour- neyperson scaffolding ticket and journeyperson insulating ticket): $2.00 per hour. $2 per hour for all hours when major- ity of shift falls between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 6% pay on each paycheque. Overtime: Time and one-half for more than 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week. Time and one-half for working statutory holiday. Meal allowance: For work more than 12 hours per day, 30 minutes' extra pay, and meal provided. Medical benefits: CLAC Health and Welfare Trust Fund. Prescription drugs: 80% cov- erage, maximum $3,000 per person, per year and 100% cov- erage thereafter. Dental: Basic services: 100% coverage, maximum $2,000 per person, per year. Comprehen- sive: 50% coverage, maximum $2,000 per person, per year. Orthodontic: 50% coverage, maximum $3,000 lifetime per child younger than 19. Vision: Younger than 21: $300 per year; older than 21: $300 every two years. Weekly indemnity: Payable after the first day of accident or hospitalization, and the fourth day of illness, maximum 119 days. STD: 60% weekly earnings, maximum $600 per week. LTD: 60% weekly earnings, maximum $2,600 per month, per employee, payable after 119 days until age 65. AD&D: $100,000 per employee younger than 65; $50,000 per employee from age 65 to 74. Life insurance: $100,000 per employee younger than 65; $50,000 per employee from age 65 to 74. Pension: CLAC Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law spouse, child, legal dependant, father, mother, brother, brother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, legal guard- ian, mother-in-law, father-in- law, grandparents, grandchil- dren). Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours. Probationary period: 3 months. Safety shoes: Supplied by the Accommodation allowance: When the job site is beyond the 80-kilometre radius away from the employee's residence, allowance will be paid. Marine disaster: $1,600 for shift vessels, $2,000 for continuous-operating vessels

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