Canadian Labour Reporter

September 18, 2017 6 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS September 18, 2017 SOCIAL SERVICES Teegatha'Oh Zheh Society Whitehorse (36 social workers) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (CLC) Renewal agreement: Effec- tive Feb. 28, 2016, to March 31, 2018. Signed on April 11, 2016. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2016: 2% Effective April 1, 2017: 2% Paid holidays: 12 days. Holiday season leave: Employees will be granted leave between 1 p.m. Dec. 24 through Dec. 31 inclusive. Vacations with pay: 15 days or 120 hours to start, 20 days or 160 hours after 10 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for work in excess of 116 hours over 4 work weeks. May be banked and taken as time off. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for Community Services Benefits Trust (CSBT) Plan. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Paramedical: $750 per year for chiropractic services. Weekly indemnity: Employee pays 100% of premiums. Sick leave: 6 days per year, maximum 20 days banked. 2 days or 16 hours flex leave for medical, dental, optometrist, chiropractor appointments. Employee may use 2 days to travel outside Yukon for medi- cal treatment. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Pension: After 1 year of ser- vice, employee may contribute — maximum $2,400 per year — to RRSP-matching program. Employer will match employee contributions, maximum $2,400 per year. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of family member (moth- er, father, sister, brother, step- father, stepmother, stepsibling, foster-parent, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, spouse, son, daughter, stepchild, ward, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, any relative residing in employ- ee's household). Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Call-in pay: Greater of over- time rate for any time worked, plus 2 hours' pay at straight time or 4 hours pay at straight time rate. Probationary period: 450 hours or 6 months, whichever comes first. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months. Severance: After 6 months: 1 week; after 1 year: 3 weeks; after 3 years: 4 weeks; after 4 years: 5 weeks; after 5 years: 6 weeks. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase): Pay increment 1 Office assistant: $21.69 rising 4 steps to $23.60 Executive assistant: $23.43 ris- ing 4 steps to $25.41 Support worker: $19.55 rising 4 steps to $21.37 Support worker relief Day rate: $17.25 rising 4 steps to $18.98 Night rate: $11.76 rising 4 steps to $14.29 Support worker night: $12.93 rising 4 steps to $15.50 Signing bonus: $75 per month for each month employed from April 2015, through March 2016. Editor's notes: Travel time: Maximum 8 hours' per day for any work-related travel time (including airport check-in and check-out). If required, employer will provide employee with employer vehicle and gas card. Employer will pro- vide employee with per-diem allowance of $50 for meals and other expenses. Yukon bonus: $2,242 on first anniver- sary of employment and on each anniversary date thereafter. PAPER/PACKAGING MANUFACTURING WestRock Company of Canada (Calgary Plant) Calgary (100 machine operators, electricians, millwrights) and Unifor, Local 539 Renewal agreement: Effective Feb. 1, 2016, to Jan. 31, 2020. Signed on Feb 10, 2017. Wage adjustments: Trades Effective date of ratification: $0.50 per hour Effective Feb. 1, 2017: $0.50 per hour Effective Feb. 1, 2018: $0.50 per hour Effective Feb. 1, 2019: $0.50 per hour Shift premium: $0.70 per hour will be paid for hours worked between 3 p.m. and 11 p.m. Ef- fective Feb.1, 2018: $0.75 per hour. Effective Feb.1, 2019: $0.80 per hour. $0.90 per hour will be paid for hours actually worked between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Effective Feb.1, 2018: $0.95 per hour. Effective Feb.1, 2019: $1 per hour. $0.85 per hour for employee designated to provide first-aid coverage. $0.25 per hour for employee designated responsibility for temporary scheduling and co-ordinating for 6 months per year. Paid holidays: 10 days, plus 3 floating days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4.5% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6.5% after 2 years, 4 weeks or 8.5% after 7 years, 5 weeks or 10.5% after 15 years, 6 weeks or 12.5% after 23 years, 7 weeks or 14.5% after 30 years. After completing 5 years' service, employee will received supple- mentary vacation time: 1 week after 5 years, 2 weeks after 10 years, 3 weeks after 20 years, 5 weeks after 30 years, 5 weeks after 40 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week or Satur- day or designated day off. May be deferred, maximum 40 hours per year. Meal allowance: $12 when working more than 2 hours of overtime. Additional $12 after more than 4 hours' overtime. Vision: $300 per person every 24 months. $75 per year for eye exams. AD&D: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pay 20% of premiums for coverage of 2-times annual salary. Life insurance: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pay 20% of premiums for cover- age consisting of 2-times annual salary. Pension: Employees contribute 2% per year to Pension Plan for Unionized Employees of WestRock. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, child, step- child, parent, stepparent. 3 days for death in immediate family. Yukon bonus: $2,242 on first anniversary of employment and on each anniversary date thereafter.

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