Canadian Labour Reporter

4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS July 3, 2017 of premiums. Orthodontic coverage and major dental work (including but not limited to crowns, implants, dentures, bridgework): 50% co-insurance, lifetime maximum $3,000 per insured. Vision: $525 every 24 months (previously $500 every 24 months). Effective Jan 1, 2017: $550 every 24 months. Effec- tive Jan 1, 2018: $575 every 24 months. Employer will pay for cost of laser surgery for insured individual, maximum $500 per eye. Paramedical: $800 per year for physiotherapist, clinical psychologist, chiropractor, os- teopath, chiropodist, podiatrist, naturopath/homeopath, speech pathologist, masseur, dietician. Dependants: $600 per person for physiotherapist, clinical psy- chologist, speech pathologist, masseur. LTD: 75% of monthly income, maximum $8,000. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for group life insurance at 2 times employee's salary. Pension: O.M.E.R.S. Type 1 pension. Cost shared equally between employer, employee. Bereavement leave: 8 days for death of spouse, same sex partner, father, mother, chil- dren, stepfather, stepmother, stepchildren. 4 days for death of sister, brother, mother-in- law, father-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparents- in-law, grandchildren. 1 day for death of aunts-in-law, uncles- in-law, niece-in-law, nephew- in-law. Seniority – recall rights: 24 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay. Probationary period: 6 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months. Safety shoes: $400 every 2 years (previously $300 every 2 years) for CSA-approved foot- wear. Uniforms/clothing: Employees of daycare centres will receive 1 laboratory-type coat. Sample rates of annual pay (current, after 5.3% increase): Job class 1: $26,098.80 rising 3 steps to $27,479.45 Job class 2: $30,155.58 rising 3 steps to $31,750.84 Job class 3: $34,192.34 rising 3 steps to $36,001.13 Job class 4: $38,245.48 rising 3 steps to $40,268.72 Job class 5: $42,340.48 rising 3 steps to $44,580.35 Job class 5 special: $60,921.12 rising 3 steps to $64,145.12 Job class 6: $46,388.16 rising 3 steps to $48,842.14 Job class 6 special: $29,820.96 rising 3 steps to $31,398.21 Job class 7: $50,444.94 rising 3 steps to $ 53,113.55 Job class 8: $54,499.90 rising 3 steps to $57,383.01 Job class 9: $58,573.06 rising 3 steps to $61,671.66 Job class 10: $62,600.72 rising 3 steps to $65,912.39 Job class 11: $66,659.32 rising 3 steps to $70,185.67 Job class 12: $70,710.64 rising 3 steps to $74,451.34 Editor's notes: Hearing aids: Lifetime maximum $1,000 (previously $500). Benefit available to employee only. Stand- by pay: Minimum 3 hours' pay. HEALTH CARE e Salvation Army Addictions & Residential Centre Edmonton (81 residential care workers) and Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 474 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive Jan. 30, 2017, to March 31, 2019. Ratified on Jan. 23, 2017. Signed on April 28, 2017. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2017: 1.5% Effective April 1, 2018: 1.5% Shift premium: Night shift: $1.85 per hour for each hour worked between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. On-call premium: 1 day off with pay every 3 months. Weekend shift: $0.50 per hour for each hour worked between 5 p.m. on Friday and 7 a.m. on Monday Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 4% to start, 6% after 2 years, 8% after 10 years, 12% after 26 years. Overtime: Time and one-half of all hours worked after regular hours. Medical benefits: The Salva- tion Army Group Benefit Plan. Health-spending account: $225. Sick leave: 8 hours for every 160 hours worked, maximum 680 hours. For each 6-month period that employee is not ab- sent due to sickness, disability, non-occupational accident, leave of absence without pay, employee will receive 1 bonus day off with pay. Pension: The Salvation Army Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan. After probation: 4% of earnings. After 5 years' service: 5% of earnings. After 10 years' service: 6% of earnings. Employer will match contribu- tions, maximum 2%. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of spouse, common-law spouse, same-sex relationship, son-in-law, child, daughter- in-law, parent, mother-in-law, brother, father-in-law, sister, grandchild, guardian, grand- parent, fiancé, niece, nephew, brother-in-law, sister-in-law. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours' pay. $0.46 per kilometre for travel time during call-in. Probationary period: 3 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3% increase): Step 1 Administrative assistant: $19.70 rising 3 steps to $20.30 Reception: $17.46 rising 3 steps to $17.99 Environmental-services worker: $16.35 rising 3 steps to $16.84 Lead environmental-services worker: $17.13 rising 3 steps to $17.65 Maintenance worker: $17.55 rising 3 steps to $18.08 Lead maintenance worker: $17.95 rising 3 steps to $18.49 Driver: $17.13 rising 3 steps to $17.65 Food-services worker: $16.35 rising 3 steps to $16.85 Lead cook $17.13 rising 3 steps to $17.65 Frontline support worker: $16.35 rising 3 steps to $16.85 Lead frontline support worker: $17.13 rising 3 steps to $17.65 Intake support worker: $17.46 rising 3 steps to $17.99 Residential-care worker: $17.95 rising 3 steps to $18.49 Facilitator/intake worker: $21.04 rising 3 steps to $21.68 Counselor: $22.66 rising 3 steps to $23.35 Recreation assistant: $20.99 ris- ing 3 steps to $21.62 Recreation therapist: $34.09 ris- ing 3 steps to $35.12 Social worker: $35.20 rising 3 steps to $36.27 Health care aide (HCA): $20.99 rising 3 steps to $21.62 Licenced practical nurse (LPN): $26 rising 3 steps to $26.79 RN/RPN: $43.75 rising 3 steps to $45.08 Editor's notes: Resignation: When employee resigns before exhausting vacation credits, employee will receive equiv- alent cash payout.

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