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4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS January 23, 2017 Editor's notes: Fire insurance: $300 for clothing damage by fire or loss due to theft on job site. Downtown parking allowance: $17.25 for parking in Toronto in the following areas: East of Keele Street running south until it becomes Park Side Drive on the west. The south side of Finch Avenue on the north and the Don Valley Parkway South to Lake- shore Avenue, east of Leslie, the south to the lake on the east. Union administration fund: 2% of the hourly rate will be paid to the Labourers' International Union, Local 506 Administration Fund. Allowance: Group 2 piece-workers will receive $120 every six months. HOSPITALITY e Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise Lake Louise, Alta. (31 hotel maintenance staff ) and Unifor, Local 4050 Renewal agreement: Effective Feb. 1, 2016, to Jan. 31, 2019. Signed on July 29, 2016. Wage adjustments: Effective Feb.1, 2016: 2.5% Effective Feb.1, 2017: 2.5% Effective Feb.1, 2018: 2.5% Shift premium: $0.50 per hour for all hours spent by any em- ployee (other than a lead hand or journey person) training an- other employee. $0.75 per hour (previously $0.50 per hour) for all hours worked after 11 p.m. Effective Feb. 1, 2017: $1 per hour. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 1 day for every 25 days worked, maxi- mum 10 days to start; 1 day for every 16 2/3 days worked, maximum 15 days after 3 years; 1 day for every 12 1/2 days worked, maximum 20 days after 9 years; 1 day for every 10 days worked, maximum 25 days after 20 years; 1 day for every 8 1/2 days worked, maximum 30 days after 30 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked after regu- lar hours. May be banked, max- imum 40 hours per year. Medical benefits: Employer pays for 100% of premium. $25 deductible for single or family coverage. Dental: Employer pays for 100% of premium. 100% cover- age for routine treatment, 50% coverage for major treatment, maximum $1,400 per year. $25 deductible for single or family coverage. Vision: Employer pays for 100% of premium. $350 every 24 months, per employee or dependant. Paramedical: Maximum $1,200 per year (previously $1,100 per year) combined coverage. Weekly indemnity: Employer pays for 100% of premium. 70% of regular weekly earnings, maximum 26 weeks, maximum $485 per week (previously $475 per week). Sick leave: 1 hour for every 81 hours worked, maximum 24 hours. AD&D: Employer pays for 100% of premium. $60,000 coverage. Life insurance: Employer pays for 100% of premium. $60,000 coverage. Pension: Fairmont Hotels Pen- sion Plan. Employer and em- ployee contribute 3.2% per year, up to maximum 5%. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law spouse, same-sex spouse, child, step- child, parent). 3 days for death in other family (brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, stepparent). Seniority – recall rights: 24 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay. Probationary period: 3 months. Safety shoes: $85 per year (previously $65 per year) reim- bursement. Additional $55 per year for all grounds workers to purchase winter boots. Effect- ive Feb. 1, 2017: $65. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will supply all uniforms, in- cluding winter wear. Valet and laundry service will be provided by the hotel. Tool allowance: $100 per year. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 8% increase): Lead hand engineer: $32.63 ris- ing 3 steps to $35.15 Engineer: $29.33 rising 3 steps to $31.58 Lead hand electrician: $32.93 rising 3 steps to $35.45 Electrician: $31.84 rising 3 steps to $34.30 Lead hand carpenter: $32.93 rising 3 steps to $35.45 Carpenter: $31.84 rising 3 steps to $34.30 Lead hand plumber: $32.93 ris- ing 3 steps to $35.45 Plumber: $31.84 rising 3 steps to $34.30 Lead hand painter: $31.82 rising 3 steps to $34.28 Painter: $30.69 rising 3 steps to $33.06 Lead hand maintenance person: $29.18 rising 3 steps to $31.43 Maintenance person 4: $25.51 rising 3 steps to $27.47 Maintenance person 3: $22.57 rising 3 steps to $24.30 Maintenance person 2: $19.76 rising 3 steps to $21.28 Maintenance person 1: $18.64 rising 3 steps to $20.08 Lead hand grounds: $20.83 ris- ing 3 steps to $22.43 Senior grounds person: $18.12 rising 3 steps to $19.51 Grounds person: $15.48 rising 3 steps to $16.68 Editor's notes: Hearing aid: $500 every 5 years. Education fund: Employer will pay $0.02 per hour into the Unifor Paid Education Leave Training Fund to provide paid education leave. Early retirement allowance: 15 hours per year if employee retires at 60 — with 20 years of service — maximum $5,000. EDUCATION Government of Prince Edward Island Provincewide, P.E.I. (2,200 elementary and secondary teachers) and the Prince Edward Island Teachers' Federation (PEITF) Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 1, 2015, to Aug. 31, 2018. Signed on Sept. 9, 2016. Paid holidays: 9 days. Medical benefits: Employer, employee share cost of premi- ums. Dental: Employer, employee share cost of premiums. Sick leave: 15 days per year, maximum 199 days may be ac- cumulated. AD&D: Employer contributes $5.90 per teacher per month to the P.E.I. Teachers' Federation Group Insurance Trust Fund for coverage of $20,000. Em- ployer, employee share cost of premiums. Life insurance: Employer con- tributes $5.90 per teacher per month to the P.E.I. Teachers' Federation Group Insurance Trust Fund for coverage of $20,000 for basic life insurance. Employer, employee share cost of premiums. Bereavement leave: 5 days for