Canadian Labour Reporter

5 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS toque, 5 standard coveralls for maintenance/sanitation em- ployees per year; 1 jacket every 2 years. Employer will provide rubber boots when required. Tool allowance: Company will provide fire insurance for main- tenance employees required to have own tools, maximum $2,000. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 5% increase): Temporary: $17.68 rising 3 steps to $18.58 Probationary: $20.40 rising 3 steps to $21.44 Forklift: $27.34 rising 3 steps to $28.73 Receiver: $27.99 rising 3 steps to $29.41 Floater: $27.99 rising 3 steps to $29.41 Machine operator: $27.34 rising 3 steps to $28.73 QA technician: $28.49 rising 3 steps to $29.94 Syrup maker: $27.99 rising 3 steps to $29.41 Sanitation: $27.34 rising 3 steps to $28.73 Licenced journeyman: $38.91 rising 3 steps to $40.89 Fourth-class power engineer: $38.91 rising 3 steps to $40.89 Controls/PLC specialist: $38.91 rising 3 steps to $40.89 PM technician: $28.69 rising 3 steps to $30.15 Editor's notes: Hair net: All employees entering plant will wear hair net. Food safety: Employees can speak freely with management, union regarding food safety issues and are expected to bring potential issues to management. Company will adopt "nothing-to-hide" approach to food safety. ENTERTAINMENT Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation Winnipeg (970 workers, sales, service occupations) and Unifor (CLC), Local 144 Renewal agreement: Effective June 5, 2014, to June 4, 2018. Signed on Feb. 18, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective June 5, 2015: 2% Effective June 5, 2016: 2% Effective June 5, 2017: 2% Shift premium: $0.80 per hour for all hours of work between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. $1 per hour for all hours of work between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. on Friday, Sat- urday, or Sunday. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 4% of hours paid at regular rate (maximum 80 hours) to start, 6% of hours paid at regular rate (maximum 120 hours) after 2 years, 10% of hours paid at reg- ular rate (maximum 200 hours) after 9 years, 12% of hours paid at regular rate (maximum 240 hours) after 19 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked beyond 8 per day and 80 biweekly. Can be taken as time off in lieu. If called-in or scheduled in ad- vance and not contiguous to regular working hours, mini- mum of 3 hours of overtime to be paid. Time and one-half for all hours worked on statutory holidays. Medical, dental benefits: Flexible benefits plan allows employees to choose from 5 op- tions of coverage based on their needs. Company pays 100% of plan. Sick leave: 4 hours per 80 regu- lar hours paid, to a maximum of 680 hours per year. STD: 80% of salary for 180 days including 2-week waiting period. LTD: Option of 2-year, 5-year, age-65 plan. 70% of salary, max- imum $6,000 per month. Pension: Company contrib- utes 5% of employee's salary, employee contributes 3% to pension plan. Employees may voluntarily contribute beyond regular contribution rate. Bereavement leave: 80 hours of discretionary leave time per year may be granted for family emergencies, illness, or other reasons preventing employee from working, maximum 400 hours banked. Seniority – recall rights: 24 months. Call-in pay: $17 for each 24- hour or less period of standby, $32 on paid holiday. Probationary period: 6 months. May be extended up to 2 additional months if evalua- tion has been given to the em- ployee prior to 3 and 6 months. Severance: 1 week's pay for each complete year of continu- ous employment (maximum 15 weeks) for employees with 3 or more years of continuous em- ployment who are permanently laid off. Safety shoes: $175 per year al- lowance for eligible employees, for CSA-approved footwear. Uniforms/clothing: Company provides all employees whose work requires them to wear protective devices with protec- tive clothing. Mileage: Where employees are authorized to use privately owned vehicle on employer's business: $0.41 per kilometre, maximum 12,000 kilometres per year; $0.33 per kilometre over 12,000 kilometres per year; $0.22 per kilometre for privately owned motorcycle. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase): Gaming centre dealer, gaming centre attendant: $17.35 rising 3 steps to $18.16 Gaming centre security repre- sentative: $19.66 rising 3 steps to $20.48 Gaming centre inspector: $24.88 rising 3 steps to $26.20 Housekeeping attendant, uni- form technician: $15.36 rising 3 steps to $16.15 Uniform and laundry techni- cian: $15.75 rising 3 steps to $16.55 Cage cashier: $15.85 rising 3 steps to $16.68 Club card representative, CS representative – transport: $15.98 rising 3 steps to $16.81 Electronic gaming attendant: $15.09 rising 3 steps to $15.87 Table games dealer: $15.33 ris- ing 3 steps to $16.10 Casino service attendant: $16.24 rising 3 steps to $17.03 Countroom senior cashier, cage senior cashier, maintenance technician, tailor: $18.54 rising 3 steps to $19.25 Security officer: $18.54 rising 3 steps to $19.37 Casino host: $22.32 rising 3 steps to $23.56 Facility technician: $22.43 ris- ing 3 steps to $23.69 Uniform supervisor, painter: $22.65 rising 3 steps to $23.89 Electronic gaming supervisor: $22.77 rising 3 steps to $24.02 Inspector, table games box- person: $22.43 rising 3 steps to $23.72 Finish carpenter cabinet maker: $23.77 rising 3 steps to $25.09 Facilities supervisor: $25.47 ris- ing 3 steps to $26.92 Controls technician: $26.72 ris- ing 3 steps to $28.14 HVAC&R journeyman techni- cian, equipment technician, metal fabricator: $31.13 rising 3 steps to $33.33 Electrical construction – ser- Dealer's breaks: Table games dealers get 45 minutes on, 15 minutes off, with 2 15-minute breaks to run consecutively.

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