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November 27, 2017 6 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2017 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Step 3: $1,833 Step 4: $1,924 Step 5: $2,016 Step 6: $2,085 Step 7: $2,154 Step 8: $2,222 Step 9: $2,291 MP5 Step 1: $1,711 Step 2: $1,833 Step 3: $1,955 Step 4: $2,053 Step 5: $2,151 Step 6: $2,224 Step 7: $2,297 Step 8: $2,371 Step 9: $2,444 MP6 Step 1: $1,824 Step 2: $1,954 Step 3: $2,084 Step 4: $2,188 Step 5: $2,292 Step 6: $2,371 Step 7: $2,449 Step 8: $2,527 Step 9: $2,605 Editor's notes: Retirement bonus: Upon retirement, employees who have completed 10 years or more of service will be given cash bonus equal to 1 month's pay. Remembrance Day: Employees who can verify they have served in Cana- dian armed forces, and those in reserve components of Canadian armed forces, and those who have served in foreign country, will be eligible for time off with pay or payment if required to work on Remembrance Day. COAL MINING Prairie Mines and Royalty (Paintearth/Sheerness Mines) Forestburg and Hanna, Alta. (156 journeyperson, operators, labourers, apprentices, students) and the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), Local 955 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2022. Ratified on Aug. 9, 2017. Signed on Sept. 12, 2017. Shift premium: $0.72 per hour for employees who work shift schedule that involves 7-day week operation. $2 per hour for all work between 7:30 p.m. and 7:35 a.m. $0.30 per hour for employee who has obtained 1 or more of listed proficiency certificates: mine foreman, pro- vincial blaster, journeyperson welder, journeyperson electri- cian, journeyperson mechanic, journeyperson machinist, jour- neyperson millwright, crane operator (65-ton), mine-rescue personnel. $1 per hour for work as relief foreman. $1 per hour for lead hand. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 2 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 10 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 15 years, 6 weeks or 12% after 30 years. Maximum 1 week may be carried over. Overtime: Double time for work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of Alberta Health Care premiums. Employer will provide $200 per year for health-spending account. Dental: 100% coverage for basic dental benefits. 50% coverage, lifetime maximum $4,000 per person (previously $3,000 per person) for orthodontia. Vision: $400 per family mem- ber (previously $300 per family member) every 24 months. $90 for eye exams: Once every 24 months per family member, once every 12 months for de- pendent children 18 years old or younger. STD: 66 2/3% (previously 60%) of base rate multiplied by 2,184 hours per year, maximum 52 weeks. LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 60 2/3% (previously 55%) of base rate multiplied by 2,184 hours per year, after 52 weeks. Pension: Defined contribution pension plan. Option A: Em- ployer will contribute 6% base rate for base hours, employee contributes 1%. Option B: Em- ployer will contribute 7% base rate for base hours, employee contributes 2%. Option C: Em- ployer will contribute 8% base rate for base hours, employee contributes 3%. Employer will contribute 2% into group RRSP. Bereavement leave: 4 days for death in immediate family (mother, father, stepparents, children, son-in-law, daughter- in-law, wards, legal guardians, grandchildren, spouse, broth- ers, sisters, mother-in-law, father-in-law). 3 days for death of brother-in-law, sister-in- law, grandparents, grandpar- ents-in-law. Employees acting as pallbearers will receive un- paid days off upon request. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' at overtime rate. Probationary period: 120 days. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months. Severance: $1,750 per year of service, maximum 24 years. Safety shoes: Employer will pay $13 per month for boot and work clothing allowance. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide masks, goggles, gloves, leather aprons and arms, hip boots. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 5% increase): Tradesmen Journeyperson electrician, jour- neyperson welder, journeyper- son heavy-equipment techni- cian, journeyperson millwright, journeyperson machinist: $47.40 rising 4 steps to $49.81 Production Dragline operator, shovel op- erator, front-end loader opera- tor, tipple/humalite operator: $44.36 rising 4 steps to $46.62 Dragline oiler, relief operator: $40.34 rising 4 steps to $42.39 Shovel oiler, dragline oiler, dozer operator, scraper opera- tor, grader operator, haul-truck operator, pump man, track-hoe operator, serviceman: $39.93 rising 4 steps to $41.96 Labourer: $33.54 rising 4 steps to $35.24 Apprentices First-year 82% of journeyperson rate: $38.87 rising 4 steps to $40.84 Second-year 86.5% of jour- neyperson rate: $41 rising 4 steps to $43.09 Third-year 91 % of journeyper- son rate: $43.13 rising 4 steps to $45.33 Fourth-year 95.5% of jour- neyperson rate: $45.27 rising 4 steps to $47.57 Students First-year 85% of job group 3: $33.94 rising 4 steps to $35.67 Second-year 90% of job group 3: $35.94 rising 4 steps to $37.76 Third-year 95% of job group 3: $37.93 rising 4 steps to $39.86 Fourth-year 100% of job group 3: $39.93 rising 4 steps to $41.96 Editor's notes: Medical forms: $100 reimbursement per form or letter required and requested by insurance carrier or employer. Medical forms: $100 reimbursement per form or letter required and requested by insurance carrier or employer.

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