Canadian Labour Reporter

January 2, 2018 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS start, 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 3 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 10 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 20 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all hours after 37.5 hours per week. May be banked for time off, maximum 50 hours. Sick leave: 5 days. Pension: Employer will con- tribute 4%, minimum 4% from employee to company pension plan. Bereavement leave: 5 days for spouse, common-law spouse, child. 3 days for death of imme- diate family member other than spouse or child. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Call-in pay: Greater of actual time worked or minimum of 4 hours. Probationary period: 6 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 1 year. Severance: 1 week per year of service, minimum 2 weeks, maximum 16 weeks. Safety shoes: $200 every 12 months. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will pay 100% of cost of re- quired uniform. Upon request, employer will provide maxi- mum of 2 additional shirts, 2 additional pants for required period of pregnancy, which will be returned at end of maternity leave. Sample rates of annual pay (current): Apprentice engineer No experience, diploma: $38,247.69 1 year: $41,699.19 2 years: $45,150.69 3 years: $48,602.19 4 years: $52,053.69 5 years: $55,505.19 6 years: $59,358 Aircraft maintenance engineers (AME) New licence: $59,358 1 year: $61,647.89 2 years: $64,030.98 3 years: $66,492.86 4 years: $69,072.90 Lead AME New lead: $79,891.50 1 year: $81,705.00 Editor's notes: Northern travel allowance: $389.33 bimonthly for married, $233.58 bimonthly for single residing in YZF; $556.17 bimonthly for married, $333.71 bimonthly for single residing in YFB. Per diem: When employees are working away from base and meals are not provided: $20 in YFB, $15 elsewhere for 2 to 5 hours away from base; $40 in YFB, $35 elsewhere for 5 to 10 hours away from base; $75 in YFB, $65 elsewhere for 10 to 24 hours away from base. Paid education leave: Employer will pay $1,000 per year into fund to provide paid educational leave. EDUCATION Government of Northwest Territories Territorywide, Northwest Territories (480 teachers) and the Northwest Territories Teachers' Association Renewal agreement: Effective Aug. 1, 2016, to July 31, 2020. Signed on June 27, 2016. Dental: Plan provides 100% re- imbursement for basic services subject to yearly maximum, 50% reimbursement for ma- jor services subject to yearly maximum, 50% of orthodontic services for children under 19 subject to lifetime maximum. Weekly indemnity: Paid out for maximum 52 weeks. The lesser of $250 or 70% of employ- ee's weekly earnings or 100% of employee's weekly earnings re- duced by amount of any weekly benefit payable to employee by Workers' Safety and Compen- sation Commission. Minimum $100. Sick leave: 15 days per year. AD&D: Coverage of $200,000. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (father, stepfather, mother, step- mother, brother, sister, spouse, child, stepchild, father-in-law, mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, relative who acted as employee's guardian for at least 10 years prior to employee reaching age of majority, all relatives permanently resid- ing with employee). 3 days for death of brother-in-law, sister- in-law. Probationary period: 2 years. Discipline: Sunset clause is 3 years. Severance: 10 days' pay for first, 4 days' pay for each suc- ceeding year of employment, maximum 140 days. Mileage: $0.57 per kilometre for employer's convenience; $0.25 for employee's conve- nience. Sample rates of annual pay (current, after 2% increase): Teachers Category (step 1) A: $63,332 rising 4 steps to $64,605 1: $65,461 rising 4 steps to $66,777 2: $69,005 rising 4 steps to $70,392 3: $72,726 rising 4 steps to $74,188 4: $78,600 rising 4 steps to $80,180 5: $82,743 rising 4 steps to $84,406 6: $86,253 rising 4 steps to $87,987 Sample rates of daily pay (current, after 2% increase): Substitute teachers Category (step 1) 1: $214.82 rising 4 steps to $219.14 2: $257.79 rising 4 steps to $262.97 3: $309.34 rising 4 steps to $315.56 Sample allowances (current): Grade and subject coordinator's allowance: $2,145 Language allowance: $5,949 Teacher consultant's allowance: $5,185 Direction of student teacher al- lowance: $162 Mentoring allowance: $1,294 Professional allowance: $1,300 Editor's notes: Attendance at courses: Employee who attends course at request of employer during July and August and will be returning to teach with employer at start of academic year following course will be paid allowance for each day of course, return transportation from point of departure, $10 per day and cost of tuition and books. Dis- tance education courses: $2,500 per year (July 1 to June 30) for tuition reimbursement for distance courses. Per-diem rate: For meals and incidental expenses: $100 per day to employee on duty-travel to destination(s) in N.W.T. for any day that includes overnight stay; $75 for employee on duty-travel in day that does not include overnight stay. Paid education leave: Employer will pay $1,000 per year into fund. Education: $2,500 per year for tuition reimbursement for distance courses.

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