Canadian Labour Reporter

7 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Pension: Employer will con- tribute $3.50 per hour worked to RRSP for eligible employees before June 15, 2017. For em- ployees hired after June 15, 2017: Employer will match em- ployee contributions to volun- tary matching RRSP, maximum 5%. Bereavement leave: Maximum 7 days (3 days paid) for death in immediate family (spouse, life- partner, mother, father, brother, sister, children, stepchild, step- parents, stepsister, stepbrother, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren). Seniority – recall rights: 210 days. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours at overtime rate. Probationary period: 60 days worked (previously 90 days em- ployed). Discipline: Sunset clause is 1 year. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide safety supplies, ar- ticles of clothing and footwear which are deemed by law or company policy to be neces- sary for employee's safety and health. Employer will provide winter clothing, winter foot- wear to employees required to work outside on continuous ba- sis. Employer will supply suit- able seasonal-protective cloth- ing for unloading of supplies. Sample rates of hourly pay (current): For employees hired before June 17, 2017 First cook: $30.55 Journeyman cook: $28.18 Journeyman baker: $28.18 Non-journeyman cook: $25.83 Non-journeyman baker: $25.83 Cook or baker apprentice third yr: $24.33 Cook or baker apprentice sec- ond yr: $23.79 Cook or baker apprentice first yr: $22.72 Dining room coordinator (less than 1,500 rooms): $27 Kitchen worker: $23.79 Housekeeping coordinator: $27 Housing/retail worker: $23.79 Front desk attendant: $24.04 Maintenance worker $26.89 For employees hired after June 17, 2017 First cook: $28.90 Journeyman cook: $26.66 Journeyman baker: $26.66 Non-journeyman cook: $24.44 Non-journeyman baker: $24.44 Cook or baker apprentice third yr: $23 Cook or baker apprentice sec- ond yr: $22.50 Cook or baker apprentice first yr: $21.50 Dining room coordinator (less than 1,500 rooms): $24.50 Kitchen worker: $22.50 Housekeeping coordinator: $24.50 Housing/retail worker: $22.50 Front desk attendant: $22.74 Maintenance worker $25.45 Editor's notes: Education fund: Employer will contribute $0.15 for each hour worked in bargaining unit to United Food and Commercial Workers Canada Union, Local No. 401 Education and Training Fund. Building trades fund: Employer will contribute $0.05 for each hour worked in bargaining unit to United Food and Commercial Workers Canada Union, Local No. 401 for Building Trades or Alberta Federation of Labour dues assessment. Travel subsidy: $325 per month for employees hired before June 15, 2017; $200 per month for employees hired after June 15, 2017. EDUCATION Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ont. (520 faculty members, librarians) and Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association (WLUFA) Renewal agreement: Effective July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2020. Signed on July 11, 2017. Wage adjustments: Effective July 1, 2017: 1.25%. Effective July 1, 2018: 1.25%. Effective July 1, 2019: 1.25%. Paid holidays: 10 days. Vacations with pay: 22 days or 1.83 days per month after 1 year, 25 days after 12 years, 30 days after 24 years. Meal allowance: When travel- ling, employees will receive $70 per diem: $10 for breakfast; $15 for lunch; $30 for dinner; $15 for incidentals. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Vision: $450 every 24 months. Paramedical: $1,000 maxi- mum per year for psychologists, masters of social work, clinical counsellors. Maximum for ser- vices other than those outlined will be $600 per year. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Pension: Employer will con- tribute 7% to Wilfrid Laurier University Pension Plan. Em- ployees will contribute 8% (pre- viously 7.5%) for earnings below year's maximum pensionable earnings (YMPE) and 10% (pre- viously 9%) for earnings above YMPE. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. Sample rates of annual salary floors (current, after 2.5% increase): Professor: $116,273 rising 2 steps to $119,198 Associate: $95,616 rising 2 steps to $98,021 Assistant: $77,908 rising 2 steps to $79,868 Lecturer: $64,925 rising 2 steps to $66,559 Librarian 4: $86,172 rising 2 steps to $88,340 Librarian 3: $74,366 rising 2 steps to $76,237 Librarian 2: $64,925 rising 2 steps to $66,559 Librarian 1: $59,022 rising 2 steps to $60,507 Sample rates of overload stipends (current, after 3.2% increase): One-term undergraduate course: $7,799 rising 2 steps to $8,050 Sample rates of overload sti- pends (current): One-term graduate course: $8,050 Sample rates of pay for online learning courses (current, af- ter 2.5% increase): One-term course: $4,957 rising 2 steps to $5,082 Two-term course: $9,914 rising 2 steps to $10,164 Sample rates of annual sti- pends (current): Academic department chairs, program coordinators, area coordinators in department of business, department heads in library 24 or more: $6,500 11-23: $5,500 0-10: $4,500 (When number of students enrolled in 0.5-credit course exceeds 25, employee will receive additional $65 per stu- dent; when number of students enrolled in 1-credit course ex- ceeds 25, employee will receive additional $130 per student). Editor's notes: Tuition benefits: Employee, employee's dependent children and spouse are eligible for tuition waiver benefit. Daycare: Employer will make available to employees, daycare program at locations appropriate to Waterloo and Brantford campuses. Athletic-facility use and parking: Employees will have right to use university's athletic fa- cilities for $257.47 plus taxes per year. Effective May 1, 2018: $262.62 plus taxes. Effective May 1, 2019: $267.87 plus taxes. Employees may use parking facilities for $395.16 plus taxes per year. On May 1 of each subsequent year, fee will be increased by 1.25%.

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