Canadian Labour Reporter

4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS May 15, 2017 HEALTHCARE Foothills Regional Emergency Services Commission High River, Alta. (15 dispatch employees) and Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) Renewal agreement: Effec- tive Jan. 1, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2019. Ratified on Nov. 28, 2016. Signed on March 29, 2017. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 3% Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 3% Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 3% Shift premium: Weekend: $3.25 per hour (previously $3 per hour) when majority of hours falls in 60-hour period beginning 7 p.m. Friday. Night: $3.25 per hour (previously $3 per hour) when working be- tween 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. Paid holidays: 11 days, plus 1 floater day. Vacations with pay: 6% to start, 8% after 4 years, 10% after 10 years, 12% after 20 years. Overtime: Double time for all hours worked. May be banked, maximum 48 hours. Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% of premiums, em- ployee pays 25% for Alberta Municipal Employee Benefits Plan. Flexible health-benefits spending account: Effective Jan. 1, 2017: $1,100. Effective Jan. 1, 2018: $1,200. Effective Jan. 1, 2019: $1,300. Dental: 100% for basic, diag- nostic. 50% for major restor- ative, orthodontics (children only). Maximum $1,500 per year; $1,500 lifetime for ortho- dontics. Sick leave: 12 hours per month, maximum 192 hours. STD: 66 2/3% earnings, maxi- mum 17 weeks. LTD: 66 2/3% earnings, follow- ing 120-day elimination period. AD&D: Coverage 2 times an- nual salary. Life insurance: Coverage 2 times annual salary, maximum $250,000. Pension: Group RRSP plan: Employer matches contribu- tions, maximum 8%, minimum 3%. Bereavement leave: 7 days for death in family (spouse, parent, child, brother, sister, fiancée, stepparent, stepchildren, step- brother, stepsister mother-in- law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in- law, sister-in-law, legal guard- ian, grandparent, grandchild). 2 additional days for travel more than 385 kilometres. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Probationary period: 1,092 hours. Discipline: Sunset clause is 1 year. Severance: 2 weeks' pay per year, maximum 40 weeks. Safety shoes: $100 per year. Uniforms/clothing: For full- time, part-time employees, employer will provide: 4 shirts with flashes, 4 T-shirts, 4 trou- sers, 1 uniform belt, 1 name tag, 1 sweater, 1 fleece jacket, if available. For casual employees, employer will provide: 2 shirts, 2 T-shirts, 2 trousers, 1 uniform belt, 1 fleece jacket, if available. Mileage: $0.52 per kilometre. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase): Communications specialist: $24.01 rising 3 steps to $26.23 Superintendent: $36.48 rising 3 steps to $39.86 Editor's notes: On-call duty: $3.30 per hour. Long-service recognition: 10-year anniversary date: $500. 15-year anni- versary date: $750. 20-year anniversary date: $1,000. 25-year anniversary date: $1,250. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION Corporation of the City of Peterborough (City Hall) Peterborough, Ont. (260 business, finance and administration workers) and e Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 504 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2016, to Dec. 31, 2019. Signed on April 22, 2016. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 1.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 1.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 1.75% Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 1.95% Shift premium: Weekend shift rate: Calculated by multiplying employee's regular hourly rate by 40 and dividing total by 35 (previously $1.69 per hour). Does not apply to public works shifts. Paid holidays: 12 days. Ad- ditional one-half day to be taken last 4 hours of shift on last working day prior to Christmas Day. Vacations with pay: 1 day per month maximum 8 days to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 2 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 15 years, 5 week plus 1 days after 19 years, 5 weeks plus 2 days af- ter 20 years, 5 weeks plus 3 days after 21 years, 6 weeks after 22 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked outside regular hours. Double time for work on holidays and Sundays. May be banked, maximum 80 hours. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Orthodontic cover- age: 50% co-insurance, lifetime maximum $2,500 per insured. Major restorative (crowns/im- plants, dentures, bridgework) 50% co-insurance, lifetime maximum $2,500 per insured. Vision: $500 every 24 months. Employer will pay maximum $500 per eye for laser surgery, once every 24 months. Eye ex- aminations: $100 per insured every 24 months. Paramedical: $800 per year for employees for physiotherapist, clinical psychologist, chiroprac- tor, osteopath, chiropodist, podiatrist, naturopath/homeo- path, speech pathologist, mas- seur, dietician. $600 per year for dependants for physiotherapist, clinical psychologist, speech pathologist, masseur. Sick leave: 7 days per year. LTD: After waiting period of 17 weeks, 75% monthly income, maximum $8,000, payable to retirement or age 65), which- ever comes first. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for group life insurance coverage of 2 times employee's salary. Pension: O.M.E.R.S. type 1 pension. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay at overtime rate. Minimum 4 hours' pay at double time for work on holiday, except on New Year's Day and Christmas Day, which is minimum 8 hours' pay at regular rate or 8 hours off. Probationary period: 65 days. Long-service recognition: 10-year anniversary date: $500. 15-year anniversary date: $750. 20-year anniversary date: $1,000. 25-year anniversary date: $1,250.

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