Canadian Labour Reporter

5 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS $90,097.50 Firefighter first class (after 5 yrs): $90,651.84 rising 4 steps to $97,932.07 Firefighter senior (after 10 yrs' service): $95,184.4 rising 4 steps to $102,828.67 Firefighter senior 2 (after 15 yrs' service): $97,903.99 rising 4 steps to $105,766.63 Lieutenant: $106,062.65 rising 4 steps to $114,580.52 Captain: $115,127.84 rising 4 steps to $124,373.72 Training captain: $117,847.39 rising 4 steps to $127,311.69 Platoon safety officer (under re- view): $122,379.98 rising 4 steps to $132,208.29 District chief: $124,193.02 ris- ing 4 steps to $134,166.93 Platoon chief: $131,445.17 ris- ing 4 steps to $142,001.50 After 1,500 hours: $137,790.80 rising 4 steps to $148,856.74 Firefighter PCP licensure Entry level (first 3 months): $54,391.10 rising 4 steps to $58,759.24 Second step (after 3 months): $58,923.70 rising 4 steps to $63,655.84 Third step (after 1.25 yrs): $65,269.33 rising 4 steps to $70,511.09 After 2 yrs as PCP: $66,175.84 rising 4 steps to $71,490.41 Fourth step (after 2.25 yrs): $72,521.47 rising 4 steps to $78,345.65 After 2 yrs as PCP: $73,427.99 rising 4 steps to $79,324.97 Fifth step (after 3.25 yrs): $77,054.06 rising 4 steps to $83,242.26 After 2 yrs as PCP: $77,960.58 rising 4 steps to $84,221.58 After 4 yrs as PCP: $79,773.62 rising 4 steps to $86,180.22 Sixth step (after 4.25 yrs): $83,399.69 rising 4 steps to $90,097.50 After 2 yrs as PCP: $84,306.21 rising 4 steps to $91,076.82 After 4 yrs as PCP: $86,119.25 rising 4 steps to $93,035.46 Fire fighter first class (after 5 yrs): $90,651.84 rising 4 steps to $97,932.07 After 2 yrs as PCP: $91,558.36 rising 4 steps to $98,911.39 After 4 yrs as PCP: $93,371.40 rising 4 steps to $100,870.03 Editor's notes: Standby duty: Employee will be given 2 hours of pay for each 8-hour period of standby duty. In event of call-out, employee will be paid time and one-half for first 4 hours, double time after first 4 hours, plus 1 hour of traveling time at overtime rate. Training courses: $10 per day for courses outside city, where room and board are pro- vided, with exception of courses at city-operated facilities, such as Shoal Lake or Slave Falls. INFRASTRUCTURE Strait Crossing Bridge Limited (SCBL) Borden-Carleton, P.E.I. (39 bridge workers, maintenance, electricians) and the Prince Edward Island Union of Public Sector Employees (UPSE) Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2017, to Dec. 31, 2020. Signed on June 14, 2017. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 1.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 1.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 1.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 1.5% (Increase will be greater of 1.5% or September increase of all items consumer price index for Prince Edward Island (not sea- sonally adjusted) published by Statistics Canada, compared to same Sept. 1 year earlier. 2002 index will be used.) Shift premium: $2.75 per hour for working on evening or night shift beginning at 6 p.m. and on weekends from 6 p.m. on Friday to 7 a.m. on Monday. $0.25 per hour for all bilingual staff. $0.50 per hour for welder-certificate allowance. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 0.83 days per month, maximum 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 20 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for work after regular hours. Medical benefits: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employ- ee pays 50% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums. Sick leave: 10 personal leave days to start, 11 days in second year of agreement, 12 days in years 3 and 4 of agreement. LTD: Employee pays 100% of premiums. AD&D: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums. Life insurance: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums. Pension: Employer contributes 6% to RRSP, employee contrib- utes 6%. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, common-law spouse, child, stepchild, parent. 3 days for death of grandparent, brother, sister, parent-in-law, spouse of parent-in-law. 1 day for death of brother-in-law, sis- ter-in-law. Up to 1 day for death of grandchild, aunt, uncle, nephew, niece. Call-in pay: Minimum of 3 hours of regular pay per call or at overtime rate, whichever is greater, plus $0.36-per-kilo- metre transportation allowance or out-of-pocket expenses for other means of commercial transportation. Probationary period: 90 days. Discipline: Sunset clause is 2 years. Safety shoes: $300 per year (previously $260 per year) for maintenance employee or pa- troller. $150 per year (previous- ly $130 per year) for operations employee, may be carried over into following year, maximum $300. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 1.5% increase): Operations Toll collector: $17.13 rising 1 step to $17.39 Bridge patroller: $19.83 rising 1 step to $20.13 Shuttle driver: $17.83 rising 1 step to $18.23 Bridge controller: $24.22 rising 1 step to $24.58 Maintenance Maintenance worker/operator: $20.71 rising 1 step to $21.02 Maintenance worker: $19.88 rising 1 step to $20.18 Electrician (red-seal): $26.01 rising 1 step to $26.40 Boom/bucket operator: $21.43 rising 1 step to $21.75 Boat captain (note 1): $20.71 rising 1 step to $21.02 Electrician apprentice first year (2,000 hrs 75%): $19.50 rising 1 step to $19.80 Electrician apprentice second year (4,000 hrs 80%): $20.81 21.12 Electrician apprentice third year (6,000 hrs 85%): $22.11 ris- ing 1 step to $22.44 Electrician apprentice fourth year (8,000 hrs 90%): $23.43 ris- ing 1 step to $23.76 Editor's notes: Flexible allowance: Employee may, at any time, cash in portion or all of employee's personal days (yearly entitlement) earned or transfer to RRSPs at financial institution of employee's choice. Flexible allowance: Employee may cash in portion or all of personal days earned or transfer to RRSPs at financial institution of employee's choice.

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