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3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1 Vacations with pay: 1 day per month, maximum 10 days or 4% to start, 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 5 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 10 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 20 years. After 20 years of service, 1 additional week off. After 30 years of service, 1 additional week off. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 40 hours per week. Medical benefits: Employer pays 40% of premiums, employee pays 60% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 40% of premiums, employee pays 60% of premiums for 100% basic coverage, 50% major coverage, maximum $1,500 per person, per year. Sick leave: 3 days, maximum 30 hours per year. LTD: Employer pays 40% of premiums, employee pays 60% of premiums for 70% of first $2,500 monthly earnings (previously 60% of first $4,000 monthly earnings), plus 50% of monthly earnings, maximum $10,000 (previously maximum $6,000). Payable after 119 days. AD&D: Employer pays 40% of premiums, employee pays 60% of premiums. Life insurance: Employer pays 40% of premiums, employee pays 60% of premiums for 1 times annual earnings rounded to next highest $1,000. Pension: Employer contributes 6%, employee contributes 6% to National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Members' Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of father, stepfather, mother, stepmother, spouse, son, stepson, daughter, stepdaughter, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparents, grandchild. Additional 4 days if required for travel more than 300 miles to attend funeral. Seniority – recall rights: 9 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay at time and one-half. Probationary period: Minimum 40 shifts. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months. Safety shoes: $100 per year (previously $75 per year). May be carried over, maximum $200 (previously $150). Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after increase): Lead hand: $21.95 rising 3 steps to $23.21 FT warehouseperson: $20.45 rising 3 steps to $21.71 FT warehouseperson new hire year 1: $17.45 rising 3 steps to $18.71 FT warehouseperson new hire year 2: $18.45 rising 3 steps to $19.71 FT warehouseperson new hire year 3: $19.05 rising 3 steps to $20.71 Warehouseperson part-time: $15.89 rising 3 steps to $17.71 Editor's notes: Paid education leave: Employer will pay $0.01 per hour per employee into special fund to provide education leave to upgrade employee skills in all aspects of trade-union functions, legislation and health and safety matters. METAL MANUFACTURING Advance Wire Products Langley, B.C. (80 machine operators, technicians, production workers) and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW), Local 2009 Renewal agreement: Effective Aug. 1, 2015, to July 31, 2018. Signed on Dec. 15, 2015. Wage adjustments: Effective March 1, 2015: 2% Effective March 1, 2016: 3% Effective March 1, 2017: 2.5% Shift premium: $0.40 per hour for working on afternoon shift. $0.60 per hour when working on night shift. May be banked, maximum 80 hours. $0.50 per hour for occupational first aid level 1. $1 per hour for occupational first aid level 2. $0.50 per hour if operator can run RoboWelder without supervision. $0.50 per hour if operator can run strippit without supervision. $0.50 per hour if operator can run Clifford without supervision. $0.50 per hour if operator can run Robomac without supervision. $0.50 per hour if operator can run Ultimat without supervision. $0.50 per hour if operator can run Schlatter without supervision. $0.50 per hour if operator can run straight-and-cut machinery equipment without supervision. $0.50 per hour if operator can run CNC brake presses without supervision. $0.50 per hour if operator can run spot welders without supervision. $0.50 per hour if operator can run mechanical and hydraulic punch presses without supervision. $0.40 per hour for lead hand. $1.25 per hour for charge hand. $1.25 per hour for forklift training. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 1 day per month, maximum 10 days to start, 2 weeks or 4% after 1 years, 3 weeks or 7% after 2 years, 4 weeks or 9% after 7 years, 5 weeks or 11% after 10 years, 6 weeks or 12% after 20 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for first 2 hours, double time thereafter. Meal allowance: $10 plus one- half hour to eat, when working more than 2 hours of overtime. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for B.C. Medical Services Plan. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Basic dental, routine treatment: 100% coverage. Major treatment: 50% coverage. Orthodontic treatment: 50% coverage. Maximum $2,000 per year for routine/major treatment. Maximum $2,000 lifetime for orthodontic treatment. Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums. $100 every 2 years. Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 75% of weekly earnings after first day of accident, fourth day of illness, maximum 26 weeks. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $60,000. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (parents, grandparents, parents-in-law, spouse, children, siblings, children of siblings). Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay at double time. Probationary period: 60 days accumulated over a 12-month period. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months. Safety shoes: $150 per year, for employees who have 6 months' service, minimum 1,040 hours. May be accumulated, maximum $300 every 2 years. Uniforms/clothing: 2 coveralls or shop coats per year will be provided for employees who Hearing tests: Employer will conduct hearing tests on all employees once per year at no cost to employee.

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