Canadian Labour Reporter

4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS July 17, 2017 per person, 50% for restorative services, 50% for orthodontia combined lifetime maximum of $5,000 per person. Vision: $250 every 24 months, $250 every 12 months for dependants younger than 18. $1,000 once per lifetime for laser surgery. $180 every 2 years for contact lenses. Weekly indemnity: 70% of weekly earnings rate payable from first day of disability due to accident or fourth day due to illness, maximum 26 weeks per disability. Sick leave: 48 hours per year. Unused hours will be paid out at 1.25 times on last payday be- fore Christmas. LTD: 66% of basic rate begin- ning when weekly indemnity benefits cease. AD&D: $95,000 coverage. Life insurance: $95,000 cover- age. Pension: Employer matches contribution to Canada Pen- sion Plan. Defined benefit plan payments: Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 3%. Effective Jan. 1, 2021: 5%. Effective Jan. 1, 2022: 6%. Defined contribution plan pay- ments (seniority achieved on or after June 1, 2008): Between June 1, 2008, and Dec. 31, 2015: 5% of earnings from company and employee. Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 6% of earnings from com- pany and employee. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (husband, wife, mother, father, stepparent, sister, brother, child, stepchild, mother-in- law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparents, grandchild). 1 day for death of aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, brother-in-law, sister-in-law. 8 hours to serve as pallbearer. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay at overtime rate (time and one-half on Monday to Satur- day; double time on Sundays and statutory holidays; triple time and one-half for hours worked on a statutory holiday in excess of 8 hours). Probationary period: 1,040 hours over 2-year period. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months, 30 months for suspen- sions. Severance: 1 week's pay mul- tiplied by number of years employed. Additional $375 multiplied by number of years employed, maximum 15 years, for those hired before March 21, 1988. Safety shoes: Employer will provide mandatory safety foot- wear for all employees. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase): Operators: $32.59 rising 6 steps to $33.59 Truck drivers (60-kilometre radius): $32.88 rising 6 steps to $33.88 Janitors: $32.55 rising 6 steps to $33.54 Retail store employees: $23.94 rising 6 steps to $25.41 Trades: $38.51 rising 6 steps to $39.68 Employees acquiring seniority after June 1, 2008: $23.94 rising 6 steps to $25.41 Maintenance employees ac- quiring seniority after July 18, 2015: $29 rising 7 steps to $30.78 Temporary rate: $17.11 rising 7 steps to $17.28 Lump sum: $500 on first pay period after Jan. 1, 2017, 2019, 2021 Editor's notes: Vacation bonus: Employees with 3 years or more seniority as of May 1 will receive 15% of normal vacation payment (new employees hired after July 18, 2015, will not be eligible). Cost-of-living allowance: Lump-sum payment will be paid for all hours worked on first pay period following publication of the December consumer price index (CPI ) (1971=100) on basis of $0.01 per hour for each 0.3 change in CPI in the year calculated by subtracting CPI for December from CPI for December of previous year after adding 4.5% of that previous year's December CPI index. Ratification bonus: $650. SENIOR CARE County of Oxford (Woodingford Lodge) Woodstock, Ont. (270 personal support workers, maintenance) and Unifor Local 636 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2016, to Dec. 31, 2018. Signed on Jan. 1, 2016. Wage adjustments: Effective 2016: 1.5% Effective 2017: 1.5% Effective 2018: 1.5% Shift premium: $0.60 per hour when majority of hours fall be- tween 4 p.m. and 5 a.m. $0.65 per hour (previously $0.30 per hour) for all hours worked be- tween Friday 11 p.m. and Sun- day 11 p.m. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 2 years, 4 weeks after 6 years, 5 weeks after 14 years, 6 weeks after 20 years. Maximum 5 days per year may be carried over. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 80 hours per week. Medical benefits: Employer will pay 100% of premiums. Dental: Employer will pay 80% of premiums. Orthodontics (for dependent children younger than 21), crowns, caps and denture fabrication: maximum once per lifetime coverage of $600 per family. Basic and preventative services: 100% coverage. Orthodontics: 50% coverage. Basic unlimited, orthodontics: $1,000 lifetime maximum. Vision: $350 every 12 months for persons younger than 18, $350 every 24 months for per- sons older than 18. Paramedical: Chiroprac- tor: $20 per visit, maximum $350 per year. Osteopath: $15 per visit, maximum $350 per year. Podiatrist/chiropodist: $15 per visit, maximum $350 per year. Naturopath: $15 per visit, maximum $350 per year. Speech therapy: $15 per visit, maximum $350 per year. Psy- chologist/psychiatrist: $30 per visit, maximum $350 per year. Physiotherapist: $400 per year. Massage: $20 per visit, maxi- Vacation bonus: Employees with 3 years or more seniority as of May 1 will receive 15% of normal vacation payment. Responsibility pay: When employee is assigned to work in supervisory position, she will be paid lead-hand premium of 10%.

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