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7 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS by breaking and entering from storage place provided by employer. Power tools, including bits and attachments, mitre boxes, special augers and bits and any devices such as powder-actuated tools, will be supplied by employer. If any power wood-working machines or power wood-working tools are used, they will be supplied by employer. Mileage: $46.8 per kilometre. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 9% increase): Certified-carpenter (journeyman carpenter): $35.48 rising 3 steps to $38.58 Journeyman: $34.58 rising 3 steps to $37.68 Fourth yr apprent (90%): $31.12 rising 3 steps to $33.91 Third yr apprent (75%): $25.94 rising 3 steps to $28.26 Second yr apprent (65%): $22.48 rising 3 steps to $24.49 First yr apprent (55%): $19.02 rising 3 steps to $20.72 Lead hand: $37.48 rising 3 steps to $40.58 Foreman (118%): $41.70 rising 3 steps to $45.36 Editor's notes: Transportation costs: If shift ends after public transit system ceases to run and if employee has no transportation available then employer will supply transportation home or fair and reasonable means will be provided. Training fund: Employer will contribute $0.45 per hour, employee will contribute $0.05 per hour to Carpentry Trade Improvement Trust Fund. EDUCATION Brandon University Brandon, Man. (100 non-academic staff members) and the Manitoba Government and General Employees' Union (MGEU), Local 135 Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2016, to March 31, 2020. Signed on May 9, 2016. Shift premium: $0.82 per hour for work between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. $0.68 per hour for all work on Saturday or Sunday. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 1 1/4 days per month to start, 15 days after 12 months, 20 days after 2 years, 25 days after 9 years, 30 days after 19 years. Overtime: Double time for all work after 7 hours per day or 35 hours per week. May be accumulated as time off. Meal allowance: Meal will be provided or $15 if meal cannot be provided, when working more than 3 hours of overtime. Medical benefits: Employer will provide health-spending account for full-time employees: effective April 1, 2016: $475; effective Jan. 1, 2017: $550; effective Jan. 1, 2018: $625; effective Jan. 1, 2019: $700 (previously $400). For part-time employees, effective April 1, 2016: $237.50; effective Jan. 1, 2017: $275; effective Jan. 1, 2018: $312.50; effective Jan. 1, 2019: $350 (previously $200). Sick leave: For regular or term employees: one-half day per pay period, maximum 12 days per year. For food-services employees: 4 hours per 80 hours worked, maximum 96 hours per year. May be accumulated, maximum 154 working days. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, common- law spouse, same-sex partner, parent, stepparent, parent-in- law, grandparent, grandparent- in-law, stepgrandparent, child, stepchild, brother, sister, stepsister, stepbrother, spouse of any of these relatives, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandchild, stepgrandchild. 1 day for death of aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, coworker. 1 day for attending a funeral as a formal participant (pallbearer, eulogist, service participant, or designated honorary pallbearer). Seniority – recall rights: 52 pay periods. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours' pay at double time. Probationary period: 6 months. 520 hours for all food services and casual employees. Discipline: Sunset clause is 3 months for letters of warning. Severance: 1 week's salary per year of service, maximum 15 weeks, for retiring employees with at least 10 years of service. Sample rates of annual pay (current, after 6.6% increase): 0: $38,202.90 rising 3 steps to $40,739.95 1: $38,569.95 rising 3 steps to $41,131.38 2: $39,488.24 rising 3 steps to $42,110.65 3: $40,957.50 rising 3 steps to $43,677.49 4: $42,951.91 rising 3 steps to $45,804.35 5: $45,496.77 rising 3 steps to $48,518.21 6: $48,592.86 rising 3 steps to $51,819.91 7: $52,240.19 rising 3 steps to $55,709.46 8: $56,411.62 rising 3 steps to $60,157.92 9: $61,134.81 rising 3 steps to $65,194.77 10: $66,408.71 rising 3 steps to $70,818.91 11: $72,233.58 rising 3 steps to $77,030.61 12: $78,611.77 rising 3 steps to $83,832.38 13: $85,568.59 rising 3 steps to $91,251.20 Lead cook: $49,331.70 rising 3 steps to $52,607.81 Cook: $42,970.23 rising 3 steps to $45,823.88 Food-services worker: $39,757.32 rising 3 steps to $42,397.60 Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 6.6% increase): Casual/student food-services worker: $14.29 rising 3 steps to $15.24 Editor's notes: Office space: Employer will provide office furnished with chairs, meeting table and filing cabinet. Employer will also provide and cover costs of phone line (toll-denied) and set and computer network connection. University courses: Employer will waive tuition fees plus material and service fees, technology fees and student service fees, maximum $75 per 3-credit-hour course, for Brandon University credit courses. When dependants of employee enroll in course at Brandon University, dependant will receive 100% waiver of tuition. Video display terminals: When employee operates video display terminal for 25% or more of normal work week, she will have eyes examined every 24 months by an optometrist. Cost of eye examination, if not covered by a medical plan, will be paid by employer. University courses: Employer will waive fees, maximum $75 per 3-credit-hour course, for Brandon University credit courses.

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