Canadian Labour Reporter

5 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS RETIREMENT LIVING Sunrise Village (High River) Holdings High River, Alta. (65 health-care workers) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 8 Renewal agreement: Effective July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2018. Signed on June 7, 2016. Wage adjustments: Effective first year: 2% Effective second year: 1% Effective third year: 1.5% Shift premium: Charge pre- mium: $1 per hour when senior LPN assigned to be in charge of facility. Weekend shift: $3 per hour for work between 11 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Monday. Evening shift: $1.50 per hour for work between 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. Night shift: $2.50 per hour for work between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Paid holidays: 11 days plus 1 floater day. Vacations with pay: 1 day per month, maximum 10 days or 4% to start, 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 4 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 8 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 12 years. Additional 5 days' supplemen- tary vacation after 20 years. Overtime: Time and one-half after regular hours. May be banked; unused time paid out Jan. 1 and July 1 each year. Medical benefits: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employ- ee pays 50%. Sick leave: Full-time employ- ees: 1 day per month. Part-time employees: 7.75 hours per 168 hours. Maximum 186 hours ac- cumulated. Pension: Employer will con- tribute to voluntary RRSP program: $0.55 per hour or 3%, whichever is greater. Bereavement leave: 4 days for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law spouse, same-sex partner, child, parent, brother, sister, grandparents, grandchildren, legal guardian, parents-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepchildren). 1 additional day for travel more than 450 kilometres one way. 1 day for death of another relative or close friend. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Probationary period: Licenced practical nurse, health-care aide: 503.75 hours worked or 6 months, whichever occurs first. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months. Mileage: $0.52 per kilometre. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4.5% increase): HCA Step 1: $18.95 rising 4 steps to $19.82 Step 2: $19.93 rising 4 steps to $20.84 Step 3: $20.60 rising 4 steps to $21.54 Step 4: $21.20 rising 4 steps to $22.17 Step 5: $21.90 rising 4 steps to $22.90 Step 6: $22.38 rising 4 steps to $23.40 Step 7: $23.05 rising 4 steps to $24.10 LPN Step 1: $25.17 rising 4 steps to $26.32 Step 2: $26.25 rising 4 steps to $27.45 Step 3: $27.29 rising 4 steps to $28.54 Step 4: $28.37 rising 4 steps to $29.67 Step 5: $29.43 rising 4 steps to $30.78 Step 6: $30.45 rising 4 steps to $31.84 Step 7: $31.68 rising 4 steps to $33.13 HEALTHCARE St. Amant Winnipeg (590 workers, business, finance and administration occupations) and the Manitoba Government and General Employees' Union (CLC) Renewal agreement: Effec- tive April 1, 2014, to March 31, 2018. Signed on June 26, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2015: 2% Effective April 1, 2016: 2% Effective April 1, 2017: 2% Shift premium: $70 per night (previously $60 per night) for employees performing sleepovers. 12 hours at regular pay rate plus sleepover pre- mium of each 24-hour period of client trips. 8 hours at regular pay plus sleepover premium for each 24-hour period caring for clients in own personal home. Each sleepover will qualify for 8 hours of seniority. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 3 years, 5 weeks after 10 years, 6 weeks after 20 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all overtime hours worked. On general holidays, time and one-half for regular hours, double time for overtime hours. Can be banked as equivalent time off to a maximum of 40 hours. Medical benefits: Employer provides group health insur- ance. Dental: Employer provides dental plan. LTD: Employer provides long- term disability plan. Life insurance: Employer pro- vides group life insurance plan. Pension: Employer and union participate in Healthcare Em- ployees' Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: Up to 4 scheduled shifts with pay for death of parent, spouse, same-sex partner, child, sibling, parent-in-law, child-in-law, sibling-in-law, grandparent, grandparent-in-law, grand- child, stepchild, stepparent, latest foster parents, former legal guardian, fiancé, relative or foster child residing in same household. Up to 2 additional days if funeral is more than 250 kilometres from employer. Up to 1 day with pay to attend funeral. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Probationary period: 3 months with provision for ex- tension of another 3 months. 6 months for part-time employ- ees. Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Support worker: $14.95 rising in 8 steps to $18.30 Key worker: $16.24 rising in 8 steps to $19.59 Treatment staff: $15.83 rising in 8 steps to $19.38 Senior treatment staff: $17.19 rising in 8 steps to $20.76 Editor's notes: Disappearance and search: Off-duty employees called to participate in disappearance and search will be guaranteed minimum 3 hours' pay. Disappearance and search: Off-duty employees called to participate in disappearance and search will be guaranteed minimum 3 hours' pay.

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