Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1 for mechanics working after- noon and weekend shifts. $1.25 per hour for lead hands. $1.25 per hour (previously $1 per hour) for trainers. Paid holidays: 10 days plus 1 floating day. Vacations with pay: 1 week or 2% to start, 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 5 years. Overtime: Time and one-half after 10 hours per day or 60 hours per week. For drivers on mileage rate, 1/2 the basic hour- ly rate for overtime hours on top of mileage rate. Time and one- half for work more than 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week for shop personnel. Time and one- half for work between 9 p.m. Saturday and 9 p.m. Sunday. STD: 66.7% of weekly earnings AD&D: $25,000 coverage. Life insurance: $25,000 cover- age. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law part- ner, father, mother, spouse or common-law partner of the father or mother, children, children of the employee's spouse or common-law partner, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, grandfather, grandmother, father, mother of the spouse or common-law partner, spouse or common-law partner of the fa- ther or mother, any relative who resides with the employee). Seniority – recall rights: 24 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay, at time and one-half. Probationary period: 90 days. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months. Severance: The greater of: 2 days' wages per year worked or 5 days' wages. Safety shoes: Employer will provide safety footwear once per year at a designated outlet (previously $200 per year). Tool allowance: $10 per week (previously $7 per week) when shop employees are required to provide tools. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 6.1% increase): Group 1 Truck and coach technician (licenced): $30.60 rising 3 steps to $32.47 Group 2 Truck trailer technician (li- cenced): $27.28 rising 3 steps to $28.96 Welder: $28.60 rising 3 steps to $30.35 Group 3 Lube technician: $21.44 rising 3 steps to $22.76 Tire technician: $21.44 rising 3 steps to $22.76 Group 4 Truck and coach technician: $30.60 rising 3 steps to $32.47 Apprentice 4: $26.32 rising 3 steps to $27.94 Apprentice 3: $25.40 rising 3 steps to $26.96 Apprentice 2: $24.17 rising 3 steps to $25.64 Apprentice 1: $23.56 rising 3 steps to $25 Group 5 Labourer: $18 rising 3 steps to $19.10 Driver's mileage rate: 0.439 Editor's notes: USW Humanity Fund: The employer will deduct $0.02 per hour per employee for the fund. Extraor- dinary work: All hours spent on training, safety meetings and drug tests will be considered as time worked and will be paid at a minimum of 4 hours. Standby compensation: Employee assigned to regular standby duty will receive $45 per day for any 24-hour period. Safety bonus: $50 per month. Cellphones: The employer will provide slurry tractor driv- ers with cellphones for use while on the job. HEALTH CARE Golden Life Management Evanston Grand Village Calgary (135 seniors' home workers) and Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE), Local 48, Chapter 33 Renewal agreement: Effective Sept. 23, 2016, to Sept. 30, 2019. Signed on Nov. 18, 2016. Wage adjustments: Effective second year: 2% Effective third year: 2% Shift premium: $1.50 per hour for all hours worked between 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. Effective Oct. 1, 2018: $2 per hour. $3 per hour for all hours worked between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. $2 per hour for all hours worked between midnight Friday and midnight Sunday. Effective Oct. 1, 2018: $2.50 per hour for all hours worked between 3 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Monday. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 10 days or 4% after 1 year, 15 days or 6% after 3 years, 20 days or 8% after 8 years, 25 days or 10% after 13 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked after regu- lar hours. May be banked and taken as time off but must be redeemed within 24 weeks after it was worked. Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employ- ee pays 25%. Dental: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25%. Sick leave: 1 day per month. May be accumulated, maxi- mum 50 days. LTD: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50%. AD&D: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25%. Life insurance: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25%. Pension: Payroll-deducted, self-directed Registered Retire- ment Savings Plan. Employee must contribute between 1% and 3% biweekly, employer con- tributes 1%. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (spouse, child, parent, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in- law, son-in-law, daughter-in- law, grandparent, grandchild, stepparent, stepchildren, guardian, fiancé). 2 additional days if travel for funeral is great- er than 300 kilometres away. 1 day for death of close friend or other relative. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Probationary period: 480 hours. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide shirts, hair cover- ings, aprons. Mileage: $0.45 per kilometre. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4% increase): Licenced practical nurse: $25 rising 3 steps to $26.01 Health care aide: $18.30 rising 3 steps to $19.04 Recreation aide (uncertified): $17.25 rising 3 steps to $17.95 Wellness/rec program coordi- nator: $18.31 rising 3 steps to $19.04 Cook: $19.24 rising 3 steps to $20.02 Dietary aide: $14.24 rising 3 steps to $14.82 Housekeeping aide: $15.31 ris- ing 3 steps to $15.93 Receptionist/admin assistant: $19.60 rising 3 steps to $20.39 Standby compensation: Employee assigned to regular standby duty will receive $45 per day for any 24-hour period.

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