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3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1 shift: $0.50 per hour. Graveyard shift: 8 hours pay for working 7 hours. Industrial first-aid premium (if required by WSIB): $0.75 per hour. Lead hand: 9% on top of regular rate. Charge hand: 14% on top of regular rate. Power engineers (fifth class): $0.75 per hour. Power engineers (fourth class): $1 per hour. Power engineers (third class): $2 per hour. Paid holidays: 11 days. When Christmas falls on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, Christmas Eve is a paid holiday. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 4 years, 4 weeks or 8% af- ter 9 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 17 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for hours worked in excess of 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week. Double time for hours worked in excess of 11 hours per day, 48 hours per week. Meal allowance: $15 for work in excess of 2 hours of overtime. Medical benefits: 100% premi- ums paid by employer. Dental: 80% reimbursement for basic, 60% reimbursement for major, 50% reimbursement for orthodontic. Vision: $400 every 24 months, every 12 months for children. Maximum $90 for eye examina- tions. LTD: 75% of monthly earnings, maximum $3,000 per month. AD&D: Effective Jan. 15, 2016: $80,000. Effective Jan. 15, 2017: $90,000. Effective Jan. 15, 2018: $100,000. Life insurance: Effective Jan. 15, 2016: $80,000. Effective Jan. 15, 2017: $90,000. Effective Jan. 15, 2018: $100,000. Pension: 8% of annual salary contributed to RRSP. Effective Jan. 15, 2017: 8.5%. Effective Jan. 15, 2018: 9.5%. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (spouse, mother, father, brother, sister, son, daughter, mother-in- law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepchildren, stepparents, grandparents, grandparent-in-law, grandchil- dren). Seniority – recall rights: 6 months for employees with less than 1 year of services, 12 months for employees with more than 1 year of service. Call-in pay: 2 hours' minimum. Probationary period: 45 days. Safety shoes: $170 per year. Tool allowance: Company pays for insurance against loss of em- ployee's tools to be used while on the job site. Sample rates of pay (current, after 4% increase): Level 1 (labour including packer, non-production labour, grinder) Start: $15.97 rising 2 steps to $16.62 After 600 hours: $16.80 rising 2 steps to $17.48 After 1,200 hours: $17.61 rising 2 steps to $18.32 Level 2 (printer, assistant ship- per/receiver) Start: $16.52 rising 2 steps to $17.19 After 600 hours: $17.32 rising 2 steps to $18.02 After 1,200 hours: $18.15 rising 2 steps to $18.88 Level 3 (mold changer) Start: $18.50 rising 2 steps to $19.25 After 600 hours: $19.60 rising 2 steps to $20.30 After 1,200 hours: $20.75 rising 2 steps to $21.59 Level 4 (mold changer/mainte- nance, helper, prefoamer) Start: $19.78 rising 2 steps to $20.58 After 600 hours: $20.89 rising 2 steps to $21.74 After 1,200 hours: $22.01 rising 2 steps to $22.90 Level 5 (machine operator) Start: $22.99 rising 2 steps to $23.92 After 600 hours: $24.10 rising 2 steps to $25.07 After 1,200 hours: $25.18 rising 2 steps to $26.19 Level 6 (maintenance, mechan- ic/millwright, process tech.) Start: $26.86 rising 2 steps to $27.95 After 600 hours: $27.92 rising 2 steps to $29.05 After 1,200 hours: $29 rising 2 steps to $30.17 Level 7 (certified millwright) Start: $30.51 rising 2 steps to $31.74 After 600 hours: $31.56 rising 2 steps to $32.83 After 1,200 hours: $34.68 rising 2 steps to $36.08 Editor's notes: Education fund: $0.10 per hour from each employee. Cessation of work: Employees working in imme- diate proximity when a fatal accident occurs may refrain from working the balance of the shift. HEALTH CARE Corporation of the County of Lanark Perth, Ont. (190 health service employees) and Canadian Union of Public Employees(CUPE), Local 2976 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2014, to Dec. 31, 2016. Signed on Jan. 14, 2016. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2014: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2015: 2% Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 2% Shift premium: Maintenance standby: $2 per hour. Shift pre- mium: $1.05 per hour, for hours worked between 3 p.m. and 7 a.m. Weekend premium: $0.40 per hour. Paid holidays: 11 days and 1 floater day. Vacations with pay: 10 days to start, 15 days after 3 years, 20 days after 8 years, 30 days after 25 years, one extra day of salary for each year after 26 years, maximum 5 days' pay. Employee may carry over 10 days per year. Overtime: Time and one-half after 7.5 hours per day, 75 hours per pay period. Time and one-half for working on third consecutive weekend. Time and one-half for work on a holiday. Medical benefits: 100% premi- ums paid by employer. Dental: 100% premiums paid by employer for Blue Cross Comprehensive Dental Plan. Vision: $350 every 2 years, maximum $50 for eye exams. Paramedical: Chiropractic care: $400 per year maximum. Sick leave: 12 days per year. STD: 75% pay, maximum 85 days. LTD: 60% pay, maximum $5,000 per month, up to age 65. AD&D: 100% premiums paid by employer. Life insurance: 100% premi- ums paid by employer for group life plan, payout 2 times salary. Pension: Ontario Municipal Employee's Retirement System. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (par- ent, wife, husband, common- law spouse, brother, sister, child). 3 days for death in other family (niece, nephew, godchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, grandparent, spouse's grand- parent, grandchild, fiance). 1 day for death of aunt, uncle. 1 day for death of relative living in the same household or to be a pallbearer. 7 days' time off with- out pay for death of a friend. Seniority – recall rights: 24 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours at time and one-half. Probationary period: 3 months for full-time employ- ees, 487.5 hours for part-time employees. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months. Safety shoes: $100 per year. Mileage: Lanark County em- ployee's mileage allowance. Sample rates of pay (current, after 5% increase): Support services aide/food ser- vice aide: $20.70 rising 2 steps to $21.74 5% Certified food service aide: $21.53 rising 2 steps to $22.58 seamstress/cook's helper: $21.50 rising 2 steps to $22.68 Maintenance: $22.98 rising 2 steps to $24.42 Cook 1: $23.51 rising 2 steps to $24.90 Health care aide: $22.53 rising 2 steps to $23.81 Recreation level 1 restorative care: $23.40 rising 2 steps to

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