Canadian Labour Reporter

March 12, 2018 6 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS FOOD SERVICES Sodexo Canada Lethbridge, Alta. (110 housekeeping workers) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 408 Renewal agreement: Effec- tive April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2020. Signed on July 26, 2017. Wage adjustments: Effective April 1, 2017: 2% Effective April 1, 2018: 2% Effective April 1, 2019: 2% Shift premium: $2.25 to night lead hand and weekend after- noon lead hand for all hours worked. Store attendant will be paid $2 per hour for all hours worked. $2.25 to weekend day lead hand and weekday evening lead hand for all hours worked. $1.75 per hour for all hours worked on shift between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. $1.50 per hour for each hour worked as proj- ect worker. $1.75 per hour for hours worked between 7 a.m. Saturday to 11 p.m. Sunday. $0.75 per hour to employee conducting training. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 10 days af- ter 1 year, 15 days after 4 years, 20 days after 8 years, 25 days after 25 years. Overtime: Double time for all hours worked after regular hours per day (7 1/4-, 7 1/2-, or 8-hour shifts). Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employ- ee pays 25% of premiums. Paramedical: Psychologists: $500 per year. Bundled chiro- practors, massages: $400 per year. Physiotherapy: Unlimited. Weekly indemnity: Sick leave: 1.33 days per month for full-time, 0.58 days per month for part-time. Employee may roll over any unused sick leave maximum 20 days for full- time employees, 9 days for part- time employees. Pension: Employer contributes $0.15 per regular hour worked on behalf of all non-probation- ary, full-time and part-time employees, to registered retire- ment savings plan. Amount will be increased by additional $0.05 in each year of contract, effective Jan. 1. Amount will be matched by employee. Partici- pation in plan is voluntary for employees. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, common-law spouse, child, mother-in-law, sister, sister-in-law, grandchild, aunt, uncle, fiancé, daughter- in-law, brother, brother-in-law, grandparent (both sides), stepchildren, niece, nephew, son-in-law, parent, father-in- law, guardian, stepparents. 1 day for death of another relative or close friend. 2 additional days for travel in excess of 322 kilometres from employee's residence. Seniority – recall rights: 180 days. Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours of pay at appropriate rate. Probationary period: 3 months for regular employee, 435 hours or 6 months, which- ever comes first, for relief em- ployee. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months. Safety shoes: Employer will provide safety footwear when required. $100 per year for slip- resistant work footwear. Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide safety glasses, hard hats when required. Employer will furnish and maintain, without charge, uniforms that employer requires employee to wear. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 6.1% increase): Housekeeping worker Probation: $15.58 rising 3 steps to $16.53 Year 1: $15.89 rising 3 steps to $16.86 Year 2: $16.26 rising 3 steps to $17.26 Year 3: $16.63 rising 3 steps to $17.65 Year 4: $16.98 rising 3 steps to $18.02 Year 5: $17.30 rising 3 steps to $18.36 Year 6: $18.80 rising 3 steps to $19.95 $250 as 1-time signing bonus for full-time, $125 for part-time Editor's notes: Medical notes: Employer will reimburse doctor's notes maximum $100 per year for full-time employ- ees, $50 per year for part-time employees. Lockers: Employer will provide each employee who is required to change into uniform with personal locker for storage of clothing and personal belongings. EDUCATION College Employer Council Provincewide, Ontario (12,000 teachers, counsellors, librarians) and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) Renewal agreement: Effective Oct. 1, 2017, to Sept. 30, 2021. Signed on Jan. 25, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective Oct. 1, 2017: 1.75% Effective Oct. 1, 2018: 2% Effective Oct. 1, 2019: 2% Effective Oct. 1, 2020: 2% Paid holidays: 7 days. Vacations with pay: 2 months after 1 year. Overtime: 0.1% of annual sal- ary for all work after 44 hours per week. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for ex- tended health plan. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Vision: Employer pays 75% of the premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums for cover- age of maximum $400 every 2 years — per person 18 and older — and $400 every 1 year per person younger than 18 for glasses, frames, contact lenses, refractive surgery. Paramedical: Combined maxi- mum coverage for all covered paramedical services of $1,500 per year. Effective Feb. 1, 2018: $2,000 per year. Sick leave: 20 working days per year, may be carried over to subsequent years. STD: Employer pays 100% of premiums. LTD: Employee pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 60% of monthly salary. Life insurance: Coverage of $25,000. Bereavement leave: 3 or more days (at discretion of employer) for death of spouse as defined in the benefit booklet, parent, stepparent, child, stepchild, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparent, grandchild Medical notes: Employer will reimburse doctor's notes maximum $100 per year for full-time employees.

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