Canadian Labour Reporter

5 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS mum $350 per year. Sick leave: 8 days per year. LTD: Employer will pay 100% of premiums. After 119 days, em- ployee receives 75% of monthly earnings, maximum $6,000 per month. AD&D: Coverage of 1.5 times annual earnings, maximum $200,000. Life insurance: Coverage of 1.5 times annual earnings, maxi- mum $200,000. Pension: As condition of em- ployment, each full-time em- ployee becomes a member of Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, common-law spouse, same-sex spouse, part- ner, child, stepchild, parent, stepparent. 3 days for death of brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparents, grandchild, daughter-in-law, son-in-law. 1 day to attend funeral of sister-in-law, brother- in-law, aunt, uncle, grandpar- ents-in-law, niece, nephew. Seniority – recall rights: 30 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay at time and one-half. Probationary period: 576 hours. Discipline: Sunset clause is 14 months. Safety shoes: $100 for mainte- nance employees. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide a uniform or uni- form allowance of $200 per year. Mileage: $0.52 per kilometre. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3% increase): Recreation helper: $24.03 rising 2 steps to $24.75 Recreation aide: $26.39 rising 2 steps to $27.19 Scheduling clerk: $25.30 rising 2 steps to $26.07 Cook: $25.30 rising 2 steps to $26.07 Food-service worker: $24.03 rising 2 steps to $24.75 Hairdresser: $24.03 rising 2 steps to $24.75 Housekeeping aide lead hand: $25.30 rising 2 steps to $26.07 Housekeeping/laundry aide: $23.10 rising 2 steps to $23.80 Maintenance worker: $24.82 rising 2 steps to $25.57 Maintenance worker lead hand: $26.39 rising 2 steps to $27.19 Personal support worker: $25.30 rising 2 steps to $26.07 Registered practical nurse: $29.35 rising 2 steps to $30.24 Personal support worker aide: $23.10 rising 2 steps to $23.80 Laundry aide lead hand: $25.30 rising 2 steps to $26.07 Admissions coordinator/PIEC- ES nurse: $26.39 rising 2 steps to $27.19 Editor's notes: Responsibility pay: When employee is assigned to work in supervisory position for one shift or great- er, she will be paid lead-hand premium of 10% in addition to regular rate, retroactive to the original time of assign- ment. Education fund: Employer will contribute $3,000 per year for upgrading employee's skills in all aspects of trade union functions. National Day of Mourning: Each year on April 28 at 11 a.m., 1 minute of silence will be observed in memory of workers killed or injured on job. Hearing aids: $700 every 60 months. MINING Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Cory Division Saskatoon (290 workers, natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations) and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers Intl. Union (AFL-CIO/CLC) Renewal agreement: Effective Oct. 10, 2015, to April 30, 2019. Signed on March 30, 2017. Wage adjustments: Effective May 1, 2014: 2.5% Effective May 1, 2015: 2.75% Effective May 1, 2016: 2.75% Effective May 1, 2017: 2.5% Effective May 1, 2018: 2.5% Shift premium: $2.40 per hour (previously $2.10 per hour) for all time worked on shifts that are not a day shift. $1.65 per hour (previously $1.50 per hour) for each hour worked on Saturday and Sunday. $0.40 per hour for all hours worked un- derground. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 12 hours for each completed month of service to a maximum of 120 working hours to start, 120 working hours after one year, 128 working hours after 6 years, 136 working hours after 7 years, 144 working hours after 8 years, 152 hours after 9 years, 160 working hours after 10 years, 200 working hours after 15 years. Vacation bonus of $200 after 1 year, $250 after 5 years, $300 after 10 years. Vacation time can be carried over by mu- tual written agreement. Overtime: Double-time for all hours worked beyond 8 hours within a 24-hour period, in ex- cess of scheduled straight time hours in a single workweek, on scheduled days off, on a public holiday. Meal allowance: Adequate lunch and beverage when more than 2 hours of overtime is worked, additional meals at four-hour intervals. Medical benefits: Paid for by employer. Dental: Paid for by employer. 100% of preventative expenses to maximum of $1,600 per year (previously $1,500 per year). Vision: Paid for by employer. 80% of expenses to maximum of $325 per year (previously $310 per year). STD: Paid for by employer. 70% of normal weekly earnings to a maximum of 17 weeks. LTD: Paid for by employer. 70% of normal base monthly earn- ings after 17 weeks of disability until recovery, death, or age 65, whichever occurs first. AD&D: Paid for by employer, two times annual base salary. Life insurance: Paid for by em- ployer, two times annual base earnings. $10,000 for death of spouse, $7,000 for death of eli- gible dependant. Pension: Company pays $73.50 per month (previously $67.50 per month) per year of service, increasing to $75.50 May 1, 2018. Administered by com- pany. Bereavement leave: 2 shifts within five-calendar-day pe- riod from death, 2 shifts for attendance at funeral for death of immediate family member (parent, stepparent, sibling, stepsibling, spouse, child, step- child, parent-in-law, sibling-in- law, grandparent, grandchild, foster child, foster parent, legal ward, legal guardian, spouse's grandparent). Up to one full shift to attend funeral as pall- bearer. Seniority – recall rights: 24 months. Probationary period: 400 hours. Severance: For layoffs of more than 14 days: 1 week's notice for employees of less than 3 years, 3 weeks for between 3 and 5 years, 5 weeks for more than 5 years. Leaves: Employees allowed personal leave of absence without pay for up to 28 days. Educational leave of absence allowed up to 10 months unpaid.

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