Canadian Labour Reporter

September 25, 2017 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS September 25, 2017 hours per day. $3.50 per day when packaging and labelling dangerous goods for shipping, maximum $75 per month. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 9.375 hours per month to start, 12.5 hours per month after 8 years, 13.75 hours per month after 16 years, 14.4 hours per month after 17 years, 15.63 hours per month after 18 years, 16.88 hours per month after 27 years, 18.75 hours after 28 years. Time may be carried over, maximum 262.5 hours. Overtime: Time and one-half for hours worked after regular shifts. Double time for each hour of overtime worked after 15 hours' work in any 24-hour period or after 7.5 hours' work on employee's first day of rest and for all hours worked on sec- ond or subsequent day of rest. Meal allowance: $10 — except where free meals are provided — after more than 3 hours of overtime. $10 for each subse- quent 3-hour period of over- time. Sick leave: 9.38 hours per month. Additional 1.25 hours per month for shift workers. Bereavement leave: 7 days for death in immediate family (father, mother, stepfather, step- mother, foster-parent, brother, stepbrother, sister, stepsister, spouse, common-law partner, child, child of common-law partner, stepchild, foster-child, ward of employee, father-in- law, mother-in-law, grandchild, grandparent, relative residing in employee's household). 3 ad- ditional days for travel. 1 day for death of brother-in-law, sister- in-law, grandparents of spouse. Call-in pay: 3 hours' pay at overtime rate, maximum 8 hours' compensation in 8-hour period. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. Severance: On first layoff, 2 weeks' pay; 3 weeks' pay for employees with 10 or more and less than 20 years of employ- ment; 4 weeks' pay for employ- ees with 20 or more years of employment, plus 1 week's pay for each additional year of em- ployment. On second or sub- sequent layoff, 1 week's pay for each year of employment. Sample rates of annual pay (current, after 2.5% increase): DD-1: $30,317 rising 2 steps to $31,080 DD-2: $37,358 rising 2 steps to $38,298 DD-3: $45,970 rising 2 steps to $47,127 DD-4: $47,354 rising 2 steps to $48,545 DD-5: $55,405 rising 2 steps to $56,799 DD-6: $59,458 rising 2 steps to $60,954 DD-7: $64,579 rising 2 steps to $66,203 DD-8: $67,962 rising 2 steps to $69,672 DD-9: $70,974 rising 2 steps to $72,759 GT-1: $42,230 rising 2 steps to $43,292 GT-2: $48,429 rising 2 steps to $49,647 GT-3: $54,158 rising 2 steps to $55,520 GT-4: $61,021 rising 2 steps to $62,556 GT-5: $68,490 rising 2 steps to $70,213 GT-6: $75,794 rising 2 steps to $77,700 GT-7: $86,858 rising 2 steps to $89,043 GT-8: $98,531 rising 2 steps to $101,010 Sample rates of annual pay (current, after 3% increase): EG-1: $43,637 rising 3 steps to $44,958 EG-2: $48,003 rising 3 steps to $49,457 EG-3: $52,800 rising 3 steps to $54,399 EG-4: $58,083 rising 3 steps to $59,842 EG-5: $63,887 rising 3 steps to $65,822 EG-6: $70,278 rising 3 steps to $72,406 EG-7: $77,306 rising 3 steps to $79,647 EG-8: $85,040 rising 3 steps to $87,615 Editor's notes: Standby: One-half hour paid for each 4-hour period or part thereof when employee is on standby duty. Marine disaster: $3,000 when employee suffers loss of clothing or personal effects of marine disaster or ship- wreck. Correctional service specific duty allowance: $2,000 per year for those who perform duties specific to Cor- rectional Service of Canada (custody of inmates, regular supervision of offenders, or support of programs related to conditional release of offenders) within penitentiaries. RETAIL TRADE Buy-Low Foods (Associated Grocers) Provincewide, Alberta (100 grocery workers) and the Logistics, Manufacturing, and Allied Trades Union, CLAC Local 56 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2020. Signed on Jan. 30, 2017. Shift premium: $1.75 per hour (previously $1.25 per hour) for all hours worked between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. $1.25 per hour (previously $1 per hour) for each hour worked in freezer. $0.50 per hour for emergency first aider. $1 per hour for stan- dard first aider. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 17 years, 6 weeks after 22 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all time worked in excess of the basic workday (8 or 10 hours per day or 40 hours per week). Double time after 3 hours worked. May be banked, maximum $5,000. Meal allowance: $10 after working 3 hours of overtime. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for extended health care. Employer pays 60% of premiums, employ- ee pays 40% of premiums for Alberta Healthcare. Employer will contribute $1.75 per month per employee to Employee Family Assistance Program administered by CLAC Health and Welfare Trust Fund. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. 80% for basic ser- vices; 50% for major restorative services, maximum $2,000 per person per year; 50% ortho- dontics for dependent children, lifetime maximum $1,500 per child. Sick leave: 4 hours for each 160 hours worked. Maximum ac- crual of 40 hours. STD: Employee pays 100% of premiums. 66 2/3% weekly earnings, maximum $700 per week, maximum 17 weeks. LTD: Employee pays 100% of premiums. 66 2/3% of first $2,250 of monthly earnings, plus 50 per cent of balance of employee's monthly earnings, maximum $7,500 per month. Payable after STD benefits end. Life insurance: Employer pays 60% of premiums, employee pays 40% of premiums for cov- erage of 2-times annual earn- ings, maximum $100,000. Pension: Employer will con- tribute matching funds to RRSP. 1% after 1 year's service; 2% after 2 years' service; 3% after 3 years' service; 4% after 4 years' service; 5% after 5 years' service. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of parent, parent's spouse, spouse, spouse's parent, child, child's spouse, spouse's child by former marriage. 3 days for Meal allowance: $10 after working 3 hours of overtime.

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