Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 (previously $2.20 per hour) for each hour worked on night shift (Effective April 1, 2018: $2.35 per hour). $2.45 per hour (pre- viously $2.35 per hour) for each hour worked between midnight Friday to midnight Sunday (Ef- fective April 1, 2018: $2.50 per hour). Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 1.25 days per month or 6% to start, 3 weeks or 6% after 1 year, 4 weeks or 8% after 3 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 12 years, 6 weeks or 12% after 21 years, 7 weeks or 14% after 27 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours in excess of normal daily or weekly hours. Meal allowance: Meal voucher (maximum $4) or $4 if em- ployer cannot provide voucher when working more than 2 hours' overtime following regu- lar shift. Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employ- ee pays 25%. Dental: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% for Liberty Health Dental Plan #9 (or its equivalent). Orth- odontic: 50/50 co-insurance, lifetime maximum of $1,500 per person. Complete, partial dentures: 50/50 co-insurance, $1,000 maximum per person per year. Crowns, bridge work, repairs: 50/50 co-insurance, maximum $1,500 per person per year. Vision: $350 every 24 months per person. 1 optometry exam every 24 months, maximum $100. $350 for laser surgery. Paramedical: Chiropractic, massage therapy, physiothera- py: Maximum $300 per insured person per year for each service. LTD: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25%. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for HOOGLIP or equivalent group life insurance plan. Bereavement leave: 4 days for death of parent, spouse, child, spouse's child. 3 days for death of sister, brother, mother-in- law, father-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent of spouse. 1 day for death of aunt, uncle, niece or nephew. Seniority – recall rights: 24 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay at time and one-half. Probationary period: 90 tours worked from date of last hire (675 hours for employees whose regular hours of work are other than standard workday). Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 2.8% increase): Start Registered technologist, bio- medical technologist: $30.46 rising 2 steps to $31.32 Registered technologists (ul- trasound, echocardiographer, MRI technologist, respiratory therapist): $30.46 rising 2 steps to $31.32 Senior technologists: $34.92 rising 2 steps to $35.91 Senior technologists (ultra- sound, echocardiographer, MRI technologist, respiratory therapist): $34.92 rising 2 steps to $35.91 Charge technologists: $36.92 rising 2 steps to $37.96 Charge technologists (ultra- sound, echocardiographer, MRI technologist,respiratory therapist): $36.92 rising 2 steps to $37.96 Dietitian, BSW, kinesiologist: $32.38 rising 2 steps to $33.29 Perfusionist: $35.53 rising 2 steps to $36.53 Pharmacist: $39.85 rising 2 steps to $40.98 Psychologist: $50.85 rising 2 steps to $52.28 Occupational therapist, physio- therapist: $32.10 rising 2 steps to $33.01 Audiologist, psychometrist, MSW, speech pathologist: $36.93 rising 2 steps to $37.97 Technician 1 (lab aide/clerk, audio-visual assistant, dark- room technician): $21.28 rising 2 steps to $21.88 Technician 2 (phlebotomist, medical records technician, orthotic/prosthetic technician, media maker, OR technician, OT/PT side): $23.61 rising 2 steps to $24.28 Technician 3 (non-certified EEG/EMG/ENG/ECHO tech- nician, ECG technician, lab assistant, morgue attendant/ technician, pharmacy techni- cian/assistant): $25.21 rising 2 steps to $25.92 Technician 4 (non-registered technologist, audio-visual technician, dental technician/ assistant, technician (cardio- pulmonary, audiology, opthal- mic, orthopaedic, doppler flow, retinal photographer)): $28.06 rising 2 steps to $28.85 Technician 5 (autopsy master, certified EEG/EMG/ENG tech- nician, physical fitness/health maintenance worker): $29.71 rising 2 steps to $30.55 Editor's notes: Military leave: Employee may be granted unpaid leave to fulfill minimum training requirements to maintain status in Canadian Reserve Force, maximum 2 weeks per year. Standby pay: Employee available for call- back duty or telephone consultation will be paid $3.30 per hour of standby time, $4.90 per hour on holidays. Mini- mum $5 for each 8-hour period. Responsibility pay: If employee is assigned temporarily to perform responsibilities of higher-paying classification for 1 full shift or more, she will be paid $1.40 per hour for duration of assignment. Hear- ing aids: $300 every 36 months. INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION Brand Energy Solutions (Canada) Provincewide, Alberta (145 construction workers) and Construction Workers Union, CLAC Local 63 Renewal agreement: Effective Feb. 2, 2017, to Jan. 31, 2019. Signed on March 31, 2017. Shift premium: Lead hand: 7.5% (minimum of journey- man rate). Foreman: 12 per cent (minimum of journeyman rate). Steward: $0.50 per hour. Steward with tool box 1: $0.75 per hour. Steward with tool box 2: $1 per hour. Steward with tool box 3: $1.25 per hour. Chief steward with tool box 1: $1.50 per hour. Chief steward with tool box 2: $1.75 per hour. Chief steward with tool box 3: $2 per hour. Night shift (majority of shift hours between 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. ): $2 per hour. Project- designated responder with first aid ticket with CPR: $0.25 per hour. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 6% on each paycheque. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours worked after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for Gold Plus Insurance Plan ad- ministered by CLAC Health and Welfare Trust Fund. Dental: Basic services: 100% up to $2,000 per person per year. Comprehensive: 50% up to $2,000 per person per year. Orthodontic: 50% up to $3,000 lifetime maximum per child CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1 Standby pay: Employee available for call-back duty or telephone consultation will be paid $3.30 per hour of standby time, $4.90 per hour on holidays.

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