Canadian Labour Reporter

February 19, 2018 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS clothing, goggles, safety glasses, welding glasses, welding shields, welding screens) to pro- tect employee. $50 for prescrip- tion safety glasses. Tool allowance: $40 per week for employees who are required to provide own tools. Sample rates of hourly pay (current): Skilled classification no. 1 $28.64 (probationary) $28.74 thereafter Semi-skilled classification $25.58 (probationary) $25.63 thereafter Unskilled classification $25.51 (probationary) $25.54 thereafter Editor's notes: Lockers: Employer will supply individual lockers for all employees in maintenance department. CONSTRUCTION Construction Labour Relations Association of Manitoba Provincewide, Man. (370 construction workers, ironworkers) and the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Ironworkers, Local 728 Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2016, to April 30, 2019. Signed on April 28, 2016. Shift premium: Foreman: $5 per hour for up to 3-person crew (not including foreman); $7.50 per hour for 4-person crew or more (not including foreman). $3.30 per hour on projects where circumstances make it necessary to be per- formed during any time of day or night. $3 per hour for all hours worked on second- and third-shift operations. Double time for second and third shifts between 8 a.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m. on Monday. Paid holidays: 10.5% of gross earnings of which 4.5% will be in lieu of paid statutory holi- days. Vacations with pay: Each employee will be entitled to 4 weeks of annual vacation. Overtime: Time and one-half for first 2 hours of work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Double time after 2 hours or for all work on Saturday, Sunday. Meal allowance: Hot meal or $22 if no meal provided after working more than 2 hours of overtime. Medical benefits: Employer will contribute $1.86 (previous- ly $1.96) for every hour worked by each employee to Ironwork- ers (Manitoba) Local Union 728 Central Welfare Trust Fund. Pension: Employer shall contribute $5.30 (previously $5) for every hour worked to Ironworkers (Manitoba) Lo- cal Union 728 Central Pension Trust Fund. Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours' pay at overtime rate. Probationary period: Maxi- mum 12 months. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will supply and maintain all necessary clothing during ab- normally dirty maintenance, revamp and repair work Mileage: Employees who are required to work outside boundary of Winnipeg perime- ter highway and commute daily will be paid $0.45 per kilometre travelling time, plus $0.40 per kilometre car allowance from edge of free zone to job site and return trip. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 5.4% increase): Journeymen reinforcing iron- workers: $34.36 rising 2 steps to $36.21 Journeyman: $45.79 rising 3 steps to $48.65 General foreman: $62.36 rising 3 steps to $65.23 Foreman (3-person crew): $51.31 rising 3 steps to $54.18 Foreman (4-person crew): $54.08 rising 3 steps to $56.94 Level 3 apprentice 85%: $39.30 rising 3 steps to $41.75 Level 2 apprentice 75%: $34.97 rising 3 steps to $37.15 Level 1 apprentice 65%: $30.64 rising 3 steps to $32.55 Editor's notes: Nunavut wage rate: Ironworker will be paid not less than $0.50 per hour more than regular rates of pay while being employed in Nunavut. Drinking water: Employer will furnish suitable fresh (and cold where practi- cal) drinking water from piping system or from clean, covered container with faucet, together with disposable cups or bottled water where practical. Damaged belongings reimbursement: Employer will reimburse employee for all rea- sonable losses associated with fire damage of employee's belongings and working equipment at camp site to 1-time maximum of $500. GOVERNMENT TRANSLATION Government of Canada Multiprovince (820 translators) and the Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) Renewal agreement: Effective May 24, 2017, to April 18, 2018. Signed on May 24, 2017. Shift premium: $40 per day when employee at TR-2, TR-3 or TR-4 level — who is not in- terpreter — is assigned to inter- pretation duties for temporary period. $2 per hour for all hours worked between 4 p.m. and 8 a.m., including overtime. $2 per hour for work regularly sched- uled and worked on Saturdays and Sundays. $7 per hour for each hour worked before 8 a.m. and after 6 p.m. $60 per day to employee who occupies official languages interpreter position and performs foreign-language interpretation. $7 per gross hour of interpretation when employee interpreting debate or conference that is broadcast live. $5.50 per gross hour of interpretation to employee who interprets debates of House of Commons. $7 per hour for all hours worked between 6 p.m. and midnight on Saturday and Sunday. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: Vaca- tions with pay: 9.375 hours per month to start, 12.5 hours per month after 8 years, 13.75 hours per month after 16 years, 14.4 hours per month after 17 years, 15.63 hours per month after 18 years, 16.88 hours per month after 27 years, 18.75 hours after Nunavut rate: Not less than $0.50 per hour more than regular rates while employed in Nunavut.

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