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November 6, 2017 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS TELECOMMUNICATIONS Tbaytel under Bay, Ont. (100 office, retail store workers) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local 339 Renewal agreement: Effect- ive April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2021. Signed on March 30, 2017. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2017: 1.75% Effective April 1, 2018: 1.75% Effective April 1, 2019: 1.75% Effective April 1, 2020: 1.75% Shift premium: $1 per hour for all work on Sunday for retail store workers. $1 per hour for all work between 5 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. for retail store work- ers. Paid holidays: 13 days, includ- ing 1 floating holiday. About 50% of employees will receive working day prior to Christ- mas Day as holiday, balance will receive working day prior to New Year's Day as holiday. Maximum of 50% of employees will be granted either Thurs- day immediately before Good Friday or Easter Monday or floating holiday at employee's discretion. Maximum 50% of employees will be granted either Remembrance Day or floating holiday at employee's discretion. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks af- ter 1 year, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 8 years, 5 weeks (plus 1 day for each additional year, maximum 10 days) after 16 years. Overtime: Double time for all employees hired prior to April 7, 2010, time and one-half for all employees hired after. May be banked, maximum 5 working days per year (May 1 to April 30). Meal allowance: $10 when working more than 2 hours' overtime and every 5 hours thereafter. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums for plan no. 9, or equivalent. Vision: $200 per person every 2 years. Paramedical: Maximum $300 for chiropractic, massage ther- apy. STD: 70% of wages, maximum 15 weeks. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Pension: Every employee will be required to join Ontario Mu- nicipal Employees Retirement System. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of mother, father, spouse, common-law spouse, children, stepmother, stepfather, step- children. 3 days for death of common-law spouse's father or mother, brother, sister, spouse of employee's father-in-law or mother-in-law (including com- mon-law spouse), grandpar- ents, grandchildren, brother-in- law, sister-in-law, stepbrother, stepsister, stepgrandparents, stepgrandchild, any relative who resides in employee's household. Additional 2 days when attending funeral service outside District of Thunder Bay. 1 day when acting as pallbearer or performing official function. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours' pay. Probationary period: 9 months. Safety shoes: Maximum $65 for 75% reimbursement for green-patch safety shoes, twice per year. Sample rates of annual pay (current, after 5.3% increase): Network service clerk/outside plant engineering clerk 2/sales associate - team lead (+ 7%)/ hardware specialist Step 1: $40,815.65 rising 4 steps to $42,996.19 Step 2: $45,054.28 rising 4 steps to $47,461.26 Step 3: $49,809.29 rising 4 steps to $52,470.31 Security clerk Step 1: $42,515.40 rising 4 steps to $44,786.75 Step 2: $47,033.74 rising 4 steps to $49,546.48 Step 3: $52,046.95 rising 4 steps to $54,827.51 Accounting clerk/billing & pro- visioning coordinators/carrier service representative/service advisors/dealer support repre- sentative Step 1: $43,354.53 rising 4 steps to $45,670.70 Step 2: $47,958.93 rising 4 steps to $50,521.09 Step 3: $53,058.20 rising 4 steps to $55,892.79 Sales associate Step 1: $33,005.38 rising 4 steps to $34,768.66 Step 2: $35,200.01 rising 4 steps to $37,080.53 Assignment representative Step 1: $37,846.46 rising 4 steps to $39,868.38 Step 2: $43,827.88 rising 4 steps to $46,169.34 Step 3: $49,830.81 rising 4 steps to $52,492.98 Step 4: $52,864.55 rising 4 steps to $55,688.79 Step 5: $55,855.26 rising 4 steps to $58,839.27 KO contact centre support rep- resentative Assignment representative Step 1: $37,846.46 rising 4 steps to $53,943.56 Step 2: $43,827.88 rising 4 steps to $57,139.38 Step 3: $49,830.81 rising 4 steps to $60,357.86 Step 4: $52,864.55 rising 4 steps to $63,553.67 Step 5: $55,855.26 rising 4 steps to $66,749.49 Service advisor in-charge (4% above CO classification): $55,180.52 rising 4 steps to $58,128.49 GO senior service advisor and senior accounting clerk (7% above CO classification)/secu- rity clerk in-charge (4% above BO classification) Step 1: $56,772.27 rising 4 steps to $59,805.28 Step 2: $54,128.82 rising 4 steps to $57,020.61 HO service advisor Step 1: $33,005.39 rising 4 steps to $34,768.67 Step 2: $35,199.94 rising 4 steps to $37,080.47 Step 3: $38,841.47 rising 4 steps to $40,916.54 Step 4: $42,482.99 rising 4 steps to $44,752.60 Step 5: $46,124.52 rising 4 steps to $48,588.68 Step 6: $49,809.34 rising 4 steps to $52,470.36 Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Student Step 1: $11 Step 2: $12 Step 3: $13 Step 4: $14 Editor's notes: Medical certificates: $20 reimbursement when requested by management. Travel allowance: When travelling outside City of Thunder Bay, employee will pay straight time for ground transportation, maximum 3 hours each way for air travel. Employer will provide transportation costs home every 3 weeks; 3 long-distance calls of 10 minutes each time per week. Travel allowance: Employer will provide transportation costs home every 3 weeks; 3 long-distance calls of 10 minutes each time per week.

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