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November 27, 2017

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November 27, 2017 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Procurement assistant: $20.28 rising 3 steps to $14.85 Relief pools Concierge: $18.66 rising 3 steps to $19.02 Tour guide: $16.32 rising 3 steps to $16.63 Operations dispatch: $17.79 ris- ing 3 steps to $18.14 Building security/control room: $20.57 rising 3 steps to $20.97 Building first aid: $17.79 rising 3 steps to $18.14 Editor's notes: Standby provisions: When employee is on standby, employee will be paid 1 hour's pay for each 3 hours standing by. Canada Savings Bonds: Employee will be entitled to have deductions made from wages to pur- chase Canada Savings Bonds. Damage to personal possessions: When employee's personal possessions are damaged by patron while performing duties, employer will pay current value, less depreciation, maximum $75. SOCIAL SERVICES Foothills Alcohol Action Society (Foothills Centre) Fort Macleod, Alta. (23 care workers, cooks) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 3782 Renewal agreement: Effect- ive April 1, 2016, to March 31, 2019. Ratified on June 20, 2017. Signed on Nov. 8, 2017. Shift premium: $10 per shift when client-care assistant tem- porarily relieves or performs duties of client-care assistant 1. $0.40 per hour (previously $0.30 per hour) for working midnight shift between 11:45 p.m. and 8 a.m. $0.50 per hour (previously $0.40 per hour) for working weekend shift between 11:45 p.m. Friday and 11:45 p.m. Sunday. $4 per hour for employees who train newly hired employees to be shared equally if more than 1 employee is training. $10.56 per shift for acting supervisor (part-time staff ). $10.24 per shift for acting supervisor (casual staff ). Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 3 weeks af- ter 1 year, 4 weeks after 5 years, 5 weeks after 10 years, 6 weeks after 15 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day. May be taken as time off within 3 months of when earned. Sick leave: One-half day per month worked. May be ac- cumulated, maximum 400 hours. Life insurance: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums. Pension: Employer contributes 1.5% to company-provided pension plan, employee con- tributes 3%. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of spouse, common-law spouse, child, stepchild, parent, grandparent, brother, sister, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, stepparent. Addi- tional time for travel if required, maximum 5 days. 1 day for death of aunt, uncle, nephew, niece, cousin, brother-in-law, sister-in-law. Call-in pay: The greater of applicable overtime rate for time worked or four hours of regular pay for time worked. Probationary period: 100 shifts. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months. Sample rates of monthly pay (current, after 1.5% increase): Entry-level Full-time Client manager: $3,750 rising 2 steps to $3,806.25 Client-care assistant 1: $3,112.18 rising 2 steps to $3,158.86 Admittance coordinator: $3,112.18 rising 2 steps to $3,158.86 Client-care assistant: $2,886.66 rising 2 steps to $2,929.96 Head cook: $3,112.18 rising 2 steps to $3,158.86 Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 1.5% increase): Part-time Program assistant: $18.99 rising 2 steps to $19.27 Client-care assistant: $16.65 ris- ing 3 steps to $16.90 Cook: $17.58 rising 3 steps to $17.84 Casual Client-care assistant: $16.17 ris- ing 3 steps to $16.41 Cook: $17.08 rising 3 steps to $17.34 Editor's notes: Mental-health days: Employees will be given 2 mental-health days per year. If days are not used within year, they will not be paid out or carried over to following year. Vaccinations: Employer will pay for Hepatitis C and flu vaccinations, and strongly encourages all employees to have vaccinations. Staff meetings: Staff are required to attend regularly scheduled monthly staff meetings and will be paid $21 for attendance. RESTAURANTS White Spot Vancouver (750 kitchen staff, servers, bartenders, bussers, janitors) and Unifor, Local 3000 Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 16, 2016, to Jan. 15, 2019. Signed on Jan. 16, 2016. Shift premium: Bartender/ server: When employee per- forms bartender duties for less than 50% of shift then employee will receive $0.50 per hour above server rate for all hours worked. Bartender: When employee performs bartender duties for 50% or more of shift then employee will receive $2 per hour above server rate for all hours worked in shift. Prep: $0.25 per hour will be paid for prep work. $0.50 per hour for professional cook/Red Seal designation for professional cook 1. Effective Jan. 16, 2017: $0.60 per hour. Effective Jan. 16, 2018: $0.70 per hour. $0.75 per hour for professional cook/ Red Seal designation for profes- sional cook 2. Effective Jan. 16, 2017: $0.85 per hour. Effective Jan. 16, 2018: $0.95 per hour. $1 per hour for professional cook/ Red Seal designation for profes- sional cook 3/red seal. Effective Jan. 16, 2017: $1.25 per hour. Effective Jan. 16, 2018: $1.50 per hour. $0.25 per hour for in- charge training. $0.20 per hour for in-charge responsibility. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% after 1 years, 3 weeks or 6% after 3 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 10 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 20 years, 6 weeks or 12% after 30 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per shift. Double time for all work after 10 hours per shift or sixth or seventh shifts per week. May be banked, maximum 12 hours. Meal allowance: Employees may purchase all food items at 35% of retail price. Medical benefits: Employer

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