Canadian Labour Reporter

5 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS FOOD MANUFACTURING Hylife Foods Neepawa, Man. (1,200 workers, manufacturing and utilities) and the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada (CtW/CLC) Renewal agreement: Effective Feb. 1, 2015, to Jan. 31, 2020. Signed on March 23, 2015. Wage adjustments: General food workers Effective March 22, 2015: $0.10 to $0.30 per hour (bracket 0-2) Effective July 6, 2015: $0.30 per hour (bracket 0-2) $0.40 per hour (bracket 3-4) $0.45 per hour (bracket 5-6) Effective July 3, 2016: $0.30 per hour (bracket 0-2) $0.45 per hour (bracket 3-4) $0.55 per hour (bracket 5-6) Effective July 2, 2017: $0.30 per hour (bracket 0-2) $0.45 per hour (bracket 3) $0.50 per hour (bracket 4) $0.55 per hour (bracket 5-6) Effective June 30, 2018: $0.35 per hour (bracket 0-2) $0.45 per hour (bracket 3) $0.50 per hour (bracket 4) $0.55 per hour (bracket 5-6) Effective June 29, 2019: $0.35 per hour (bracket 0-2) $0.45 per hour (bracket 3) $0.50 per hour (bracket 4) $0.55 per hour (bracket 5-6) Engineers Effective Feb. 1, 2015: $2.76 per hour (second-class) $1.65 per hour (third-class) $1.71 per hour (fourth-class) General maintenance Effective July 1, 2015: $0.45 per hour Effective July 1, 2016: $0.55 per hour Effective July 1, 2017: $0.55 per hour Effective July 1, 2018: $0.55 per hour Effective July 1, 2019: $0.55 per hour Shift premium: $0.50 per hour for all shifts were majority of scheduled hours are between 4 p.m. and 8 a.m. $0.50 per hour for job requiring work in any product cooler, blast freezer or general freezer. $0.50 per hour for truck operators in a pallet barn between Nov. 1 and March 31. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 4 years, 4 weeks after 9 years, 5 weeks after 14 years, 6 weeks after 19 years. A minimum of 7% of employees as of Feb. 13 of each year shall be allowed to take va- cations at the same time. Overtime: Time and one-half on regularly scheduled work days for all time worked before regular shift or more than 8 hours (12 hours for 12-hour shift employees) to a maximum of 1.5 hours per day per em- ployee and 12 hours per 2-week pay period. Double time for any hours greater than 11 in one day. Time and one-half for work performed on a Saturday, dou- ble time for work performed on Sunday. An extra $1.50 per hour for Saturday work when it would normally be a day off. Up to 8 hours per year can be banked. Meal allowance: $10 if em- ployee works a second 5-hour period. Medical benefits: Premium costs shared 50/50 between company and employees. 100% of eligible drug expenses less any amount covered by Mani- toba Pharmacare. Dental: Premium costs shared 50/50 between company and employees. 100% of charges for basic dental services and sup- plies. 90% of charges for major dental services and supplies un- less due to accident, then 100%. 60% of charges for orthodontic services for self and dependants under 18. Vision: $400 per 24-month pe- riod per employee and depen- dants for frames, lenses, contact lenses. $400 per 12 months for dependant children 17 and younger. Paramedical: Premium costs shared 50/50 between company and employees. Sick leave: $65 per scheduled working day for employees with less than 2 years' service. $80 per day for employees with more than 2 years' service. Maximum of 12 scheduled working days annually with no more than 10 days paid on any one claim. LTD: Premium costs shared 50/50 between company and employees. 66.7% of first $2,250 of monthly basic earnings plus 50% of the balance to a maxi- mum of $4,000 per month. AD&D: Premium costs shared 50/50 between company and employees. 100% of annual ba- sic earnings to a maximum of $250,000. Life insurance: Premium costs shared 50/50 between company and employees. 100% of annual basic earnings to a maximum of $250,000. Pension: Company contributed $0.30 per hour for each em- ployee hour worked. Company contributes 3.3% of employee's gross earnings to defined con- tribution pension plan. Em- ployees contribute 1.5% of gross annual earnings, rising to 2.25% by 2019. Voluntary contribu- tions by employees permitted. Retirement age of 65, early re- tirement option of 55. Bereavement leave: 3 paid days for death of spouse, child, parent, sibling, parent-in-law, sibling-in-law, grandparent, stepchild, aunt, uncle, or grand- parent-in-law. 1 paid day for attending funeral as pallbearer or perform an official function at a funeral. Up to 2 additional unpaid days to attend funeral more than 500 kilometres away from employee's place of resi- dence. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours at regular rate of pay. Probationary period: 90 days of work. Safety shoes: Company sup- plies safety boots or safety rub- ber boots free of charge each year. Company also supplies winter boots and replacement liners for employees working in freezers and shipping/receiv- ing departments from Oct. 1 to April 30. $175 annual allowance for employees with seniority who choose not to wear em- ployer-provided rubber boots to purchase CSA-approved boots. Uniforms/clothing: Company supplies outer work cloth- ing, oilskin aprons and oilskin sleeves, hair nets, rubber gloves. Heavy quilted vest or liner for employees working at temperatures below zero de- grees Celsius or lower. Tool allowance: Mechanical tradesman reimbursed $600 per year. Company provides all knives, scabbards, steels, whet- stones and hooks necessary. Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Bracket 0 worker: $13.85 rising in 5 steps to $14.70 Bracket 1 worker: $14 rising in 5 steps to $14.85 Bracket 2 worker: $14.30 rising in 5 steps to $15.45 Bracket 3 worker: $15.75 rising in 5 steps to $17.05 Bracket 4 worker: $16.70 rising in 5 steps to $18.05 Bracket 5 worker: $18.05 rising in 5 steps to $19.40 Bracket 6 worker: $18.35 rising in 5 steps to $20.45 Second-class shift engineers: $40.21 Third-class shift engineers: $35.76 Fourth-class engineers: $33.55 Fifth-class engineers: $26.87 Electrician red seal, instru- mentation technician diploma, millwright/industrial mechanic red seal, welder red seal, ma- chinist red seal, red seal trades, plumber, pipefitter: $34.78 Non-licenced maintenance per- sonnel: $24.96 rising in 3 steps to $26.96 General maintenance person- nel: $18.29 rising in 3 steps to $21.14 Editor's notes: Work guarantee: Company guarantees minimum of 74 hours' pay per 2-week pay period, with excep- tion of 32 hours to maximum of 8 weeks per year for following reasons: inadequate hog supply, market fluctuations, cost of raw material, mechanical or technical problems.

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