Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 Shift premium: $2 per hour (previously $1.75 per hour) for each on-call assignment. $50 per month for employee as- signed duties of animal-control officer. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 2 years, 4 weeks after 5 years, 5 weeks after 12 years, 6 weeks after 22 years. 1 additional week for every 5 years of service after 22 years. Overtime: Double time for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. May be banked, maximum 20 hours (40 hours straight time) per year. Medical benefits: Employer pays 80% of premiums, em- ployee pays 20% of premiums. Employer will provide health spending account of $900 per year (previously $600 per year), maximum $1,800 (previously $1,200) accumulation. Dental: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums. Sick leave: 1.5 days per month, maximum 150 days. LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Life insurance: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums for cov- erage of 2 years' wages. Pension: Local Authorities Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of parent, stepparent, wife, husband, common-law spouse, brother, sister, child, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparent, stepbrother, step- sister, foster child, ward, aunt, uncle, brother-in-law, sister-in- law, grandparent-in-law. Ad- ditional 4 days for burial outside of province. 1 day to attend funeral as pallbearer. Seniority – recall rights: 1 year. Call-in pay: Double time for minimum 2 hours. Probationary period: 3 months. Safety shoes: $150 per year, may be carried over, maximum $300. Uniforms/clothing: Employees will receive 2 pair of coveralls. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4.2% increase): Labourer: $24.36 rising 2 steps to $25.40 Equipment operator 1: $25.80 rising 2 steps to $26.90 Equipment operator 2: $26.44 rising 2 steps to $27.56 Equipment operator 3: $27.10 rising 2 steps to $28.25 Facilities operator: $28.78 rising 2 steps to $30 Utilities operator: $28.94 rising 2 steps to $30.17 Lead hand: $29.39 rising 2 steps to $30.64 Seasonal/temporary: $17.24 rising 2 steps to $17.97 Editor's notes: Disinterment: Employee assigned to assist in disinterment of body at Town of Vulcan cemetery will receive additional $50 per assignment. CULTURAL INDUSTRIES Aboriginal Peoples Television Network Winnipeg (50 journalists, technicians, graphics) and the Canadian Media Guild (CMG) Renewal agreement: Effective April 25, 2016, to April 24, 2019. Ratified on July 22, 2016. Signed on July 22, 2016. Shift premium: $25 per day when employer assigns employ- ee to conduct formal training program which replaces exter- nally sourced training. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 1.25 days per month to start (after 3 months of service), 1.5 days per month after 2 years, 1.75 days per month after 5 years, 2 days per month after 8 years. 2 weeks per year may be carried over. Additional 2 floating days. Overtime: Time off in lieu for all hours in excess of 70 hours over 2 weeks. Time and one- half for all work in excess of 80 hours over 2 weeks. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Sick leave: 0.75 days per month. STD: Employer pays 100% of premiums. LTD: Employee pays 100% of premiums. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (spouse, (including common- law), child (including adopted child), parent (including guard- ian), grandparent, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother- in-law, spouse of father-in-law or mother-in-law, any relative with whom employee resides). 3 days for death in extended family (cousin, nephew, niece, aunt and uncle). 2 additional days if member of employee's extended family has been de- pendent upon employee for ba- sic support or employee is sole remaining relative to prepare for funeral. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay. Severance: 2 weeks' basic sal- ary per year of service. Sample rates of annual pay (current): Cat 1 (television director, pro- ducer, host-producer, national assignment, broadcast tech- nologist) Start: $62,335.84 Step 1: $64,517.59 Step 2: $66,775.71 Step 3: $69,112.86 Step 4: $71,531.81 Step 5: $74,035.42 Step 6: $76,626.66 Step 7: $79,308.60 Step 8: $82,084.40 Step 9: $84,957.35 Cat 2 (host/reporter, master- control supervisor) Start: $55,935.24 Step 1: $57,892.97 Step 2: $59,919.23 Step 3: $62,016.40 Step 4: $64,186.97 Step 5: $66,433.52 Step 6: $68,758.69 Step 8: $73,656.03 Step 9: $76,233.99 Cat 3 (video journalist, techni- cal director) Start: $53,273.90 Step 1: $55,138.48 Step 2: $57,068.33 Step 3: $59,065.72 Step 4: $61,133.02 Step 5: $63,272.68 Step 6: $65,487.22 Step 7: $67,779.28 Step 8: $70,151.55 Step 9: $72,606.85 Cat 4 (studio technical - assis- tant director, switcher, camera operator, audio, electronic graphics, graphics, reporter/ correspondent, camera editor, investigative reporter) Start: $49,859.01 Step 1: $51,614.43 Step 2: $53,420.93 Step 3: $55,290.66 Step 4: $57,225.84 Step 5: $59,228.74 Step 6: $61,301.75 Step 7: $63,447.31 Step 8: $65,667.97 Step 9: $67,966.34 Cat 5 (master-control operator, researcher/writer) Start: $45,713.20 Step 1: $47,313.16 Step 2: $48,969.12 Step 3: $50,683.04 Step 4: $52,456.94 Step 5: $54,292.94 Step 6: $56,193.19 Step 7: $58,159.95 Step 8: $60,195.55 Step 9: $62,302.39 Cat 6 (researcher/writer (train- ee)) Start: $39,863.93 Step 1: $41,259.17 Step 2: $42,703.24 Cat 7 (television technician) Start: $42,478.98 Step 1: $43,965.74 Step 2: $45,504.54 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1

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