Canadian Labour Reporter

4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2016 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS December 12, 2016 Editor's notes: Family and personal leave: marriage breakdown —up to 5 days; serious fire or flood in one's home —up to 3 days; funeral (other than immediate family) —percentage of a day; moving one's household —maximum 2 days; obtaining citizenship —up to 3 days; marriage of employee —up to 3 days; serious illness or injury in the im- mediate family —1 to 3 days; planned or unplanned major surgery in the immediate family —1 to 3 days; spouse giving birth —1 to 3 days. Leave for religious reasons: Leave with pay will be granted to employees who cannot fulfill religious commitments outside of regular working hours, maximum 2 days per year. Cellphones: When an employee requires a cellphone for work, the employer will provide cellphone or pay a portion of the monthly phone plan. PETROLEUM ATCO Gas & Pipeline Calgary (194 pipeline technicians, office workers) and Natural Gas Employees Association Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2016, to Dec. 31, 2017. Signed on Jan. 1, 2016. Shift premium: $2.37 per hour for working between 4 p.m. and 7 a.m. Odorant handling bonus: $1.28 per hour. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 7 years, 5 weeks after 16 years, 6 weeks after 24 years. Overtime: Double time for all hours worked after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Meal allowance: When em- ployee works an extra 2 hours (before or after regular shift), employer will provide a meal in the third hour and every 4 hours after. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate fam- ily (parent, sibling, spouse, common-law spouse, child, parent-in-law, brother-in- law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent, spouse's grandparent, grand- child, step-relatives of the same relations listed, dependent rela- tives living in the employee's household and the other parent of an employee's child, not re- siding in the same household). 2 additional days for extended travel. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay. Probationary period: 180 days. Severance: 2.5 weeks for every year of service. When employee is older than 50, 4 weeks for every year of severance. When employee is older than 55, 6 weeks for every year of sever- ance. Minimum 13 weeks, maximum 60 weeks. Safety shoes: $400 every 2 years for boots. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase): Foreman – maintenance com- pressor and plants: $51 rising 4 steps to $55.40 Senior district compressor me- chanic: $47.69 rising 4 steps to $51.99 District compressor mechanic electrician: $46.99 rising 4 steps to $49.05 Foreman – construction: $42.81 rising 4 steps to $51.26 Senior crew leader – construc- tion: $40.51 rising 4 steps to $48.26 Heavy equipment operator: $36.38 rising 4 steps to $43.78 Senior construction operator: $35.48 rising 4 steps to $42.23 Construction operator: $29.48 rising 4 steps to $38.40 Labourer – construction: $23.62 rising 4 steps to $29.49 Senior control centre operator: $44.49 rising 4 steps to $53.19 Control centre operator: $42.08 rising 4 steps to $50.18 Control centre operator (entry level): $39.30 rising 4 steps to $46.70 Foreman – transmission: $42.81 rising 4 steps to $51.26 Senior transmission operator: $40.51 rising 4 steps to $48.26 Transmission operator: $37.96 rising 4 steps to $45.31 Junior transmission operator: $29.48 rising 4 steps to $38.40 Labourer – operations: $23.62 rising 4 steps to $29.49 Senior cathodic protection technician: $37.98 rising 4 steps to $48.48 Cathodic protection technician: $37.46 rising 4 steps to $44.46 Control room alarm manage- ment technician/control room commissioning technician: $40.59 rising 4 steps to $47.59 Entry level to job class 060601: $33.34 rising 4 steps to $40.34 Foreman, process control: $47.48 rising 4 steps to $56.98 Senior process control tech- nologist/senior SCADA and real-time model: $46.23 rising 4 steps to $54.08 Process control technologist/ SCADA and system optimiza- tion: $43.44 rising 4 steps to $51.29 Entry level to job class 096500: $33.60 rising 4 steps to $43.41 Sr. measurement integrity tech- nologist: $46.23 rising 4 steps to $54.08 Measurement integrity tech- nologist: $43.44 rising 4 steps to $51.29 Senior building operator: $35.94 rising 4 steps to $42.24 Building operator: $33.55 rising 4 steps to $39.85 Senior material handler: $30.48 rising 4 steps to $39.18 Material handler: $28.25 rising 4 steps to $36.95 Field support C: $32.96 rising 4 steps to $39.36 Field support D: $29.55 rising 4 steps to $35.95 Field support E: $25.99 rising 4 steps to $32.39 Field support F: $20.29 rising 4 steps to $27.48 Junior field support: $18.90 ris- ing 4 steps to $24.09 Office administrative lead: $35.39 rising 4 steps to $42.80 Office senior administrative co- ordinator: $32.88 rising 4 steps to $39.33 Office administrative coordi- nator: $29.47 rising 4 steps to $35.92 Office administrative support: $25.92 rising 4 steps to $32.37 Office summer student: $20.13 rising 4 steps to $27.53 Senior draftsperson: $42.48 ris- ing 4 steps to $50.59 Draftsperson: $37.76 rising 4 steps to $44.48 Entry level to draftsperson (job class 251500 – 251599): $29.33 rising 4 steps to $37.73 Junior draftsperson: $25.96 ris- ing 4 steps to $34.36 Measurement coordinator 4: $41.61 rising 4 steps to $50.09 Measurement coordinator 3: $36.25 rising 4 steps to $43.77 Measurement coordinator 2: $33.52 rising 4 steps to $40.24 Measurement coordinator 1: $30.07 rising 4 steps to $36.79 Editor's notes: Travel time pay: $7.60 per day for 1 to 49 days away; $19.67 per day for each day in excess of 49 days away; $32.78 per day for each day in excess of 99 days away from home base. Standby allowance: For each regular day — $37.34, for each scheduled day of rest and recognized holiday —$97.51.

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