Canadian Labour Reporter

4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS September 4, 2017 steps to $30.38 Accounting assistant: $19.10 rising 4 steps to $20.12 Administrative assistant: $19.79 rising 4 steps to $20.85 Administrator: $19.35 rising 4 steps to $20.39 Billing: $18.31 rising 4 steps to $19.29 Communications: $28.22 rising 4 steps to $29.72 Customer service representa- tive: $18.31 rising 4 steps to $19.29 Drafter: $31.41 rising 4 steps to $33.09 Employee services: $30.48 ris- ing 4 steps to $32.11 Field representative: $26.84 ris- ing 4 steps to $28.27 Financial/business analyst: $28.89 rising 4 steps to $30.43 Librarian C: $35.13 rising 4 steps to $37.01 Paralegal B: $32.70 rising 4 steps to $34.45 Programmer analyst: $33.40 rising 4 steps to $35.18 Records: $21.39 rising 4 steps to $22.53 Supply chain: $31.40 rising 4 steps to $33.08 Survey: $31.41 rising 4 steps to $33.09 Technical services analyst: $31.97 rising 4 steps to $33.68 Technologist: $24.67 rising 4 steps to $25.99 Trainer and technical advisor: $29.88 rising 4 steps to $31.48 User services: $29.09 rising 4 steps to $30.64 Workforce administrator: $30.26 rising 4 steps to $31.87 Editor's notes: Flex days: 12 days per year, 2 must be scheduled during Christmas shutdown. Remaining 10 days can be used throughout year, maximum 5 days at time. Standby pay: Time and one-half per 24-hour period. TELECOMMUNICATIONS MTS Provincewide, Manitoba (1,200 clerical staff ) and Unifor Local 7 Renewal agreement: Effective Dec. 20, 2016, to Dec. 19, 2019. Signed on March 17, 2017. Wage adjustments: Effective Dec. 20, 2016: 1.5% Effective Dec. 20, 2017: 2% Effective Dec. 20, 2018: 2% Shift premium: $1.25 per hour for time worked between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m. $1.25 per hour for employee assigned as charge hand. $1.25 per hour for time worked on Saturday. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 0.19 of a day per week to start, 3 weeks after 2 years, 4 weeks after 6 years, 5 weeks after 14 years, 6 weeks after 21 years, 7 weeks af- ter 34 years. Employees receiv- ing remoteness allowance will receive 2 extra vacation days with road access, 1 week if no road access is available. Overtime: Double time for all extra hours worked. May be taken as time off. Vision: $80 for 1 eye exam ev- ery 24 months. Sick leave: After 3 months' service: 3 days per year; next 6 months: 6 days per year; after 2 years' service: 12 days per year; after 5 years' service: 21 days per year; after 6 years' service: 22 days per year. Bereavement leave: 3 days or 1 week in exceptional circum- stances for death in immediate family (spouse, common-law partner, father, mother, spouse or common-law partner of father or mother, children, children of employee's spouse or common-law partner, grand- children, brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, grandfather, grandmother, father and mother of spouse or common-law partner, spouse or common-law partner of father or mother, any relative who re- sides with employee. Seniority – recall rights: 2 years. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay at overtime rate. Probationary period: 6 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. Severance: 1 week's pay per year of service for first 5 years, 2 weeks thereafter, maximum 35 weeks. Tool allowance: Employer will provide and replace all needed tools. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4% increase): Clerical (grades 1, 2, 3) Step 1: $16.62 rising 2 steps to $17.30 Step 2: $17.04 rising 2 steps to $17.73 Step 3: $17.50 rising 2 steps to $18.20 Step 4: $17.94 rising 2 steps to $18.67 Step 5: $18.41 rising 2 steps to $19.16 Step 6: $19.42 rising 2 steps to $20.20 Step 7: $19.92 rising 2 steps to $20.73 Editor's notes: Board and lodging: When employee travels for MTS-related course and must stay overnight, meals will be paid for: $11.15 for breakfast (previously $10.60), $16 for lunch (previously $15.25), $23.65 for supper (pre- viously $22.55), $8.15 for incidentals (previously $7.75). Employee will also receive subsistence allowance of $50. Northern retention premium: 5% of regular wages for employees permanently living north of 53rd parallel. PHARMACEUTICAL Pharma Plus Specialty Pharmacy Services (Calgary) Calgary (30 pharmacists, technicians, sales clerks) and the Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA) Renewal agreement: Effec- tive July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2019. Ratified on Feb. 14, 2017. Signed on April 25, 2017. Shift premium: $2.75 per hour when majority of hours fall between 4 p.m. and midnight. $2.25 per hour for weekends. $1.50 per hour when working temporary out-of-scope assign- ment. $1 per hour for phar- macy technicians performing IV supervisory duties. Paid holidays: 11 days, plus 1 floater day. Vacations with pay: 15 days to Northern retention premium: 5% of regular wages for employees permanently living north of 53rd parallel.

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