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3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 2% Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 15 days to start, 20 days after 5 years, 25 days after 16 years, 30 days after 22 years. Maximum 5 days may be carried over to following year. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 7 hours per day or 35 hours per week. For full-time employees working less than 35 hours per week, overtime will be paid for all work after 8 hours per day or 35 hours per week. Maximum 32 overtime hours per week, un- less emergency exists. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 75% of premiums, employee pays 25% of premiums. Maximum com- bined reimbursement: $1,500 per calendar year for basic and major restorative services, including dentures. 90% reim- bursement of basic services; 80% reimbursement for den- tures; 50% reimbursement for major restorative services such as crowns and bridges. 50% re- imbursement for orthodontics with $3,000 lifetime maximum per claimant. Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums for $350 per claim- ant every 24 months. Maximum $80 every 24 months for eye examinations. Paramedical: Employer pays 100% of premiums for $1,250 combined maximum per per- son per year for paramedical services above amount covered by provincial plan including psychologist, physiotherapist, chiropractor, osteopath, chirop- odist, podiatrist, naturopath, speech therapist, masseur, acu- puncturist. LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 75% of employee's salary. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 2 times employee's basic salary, minimum coverage of $100,000 per employee. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 2 times employee's basic salary, minimum coverage of $100,000 per employee. Pension: Full time employees must join Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System. Bereavement leave: 4 days for death of spouse, child, step- child, mother, father, substitute parent, sister, brother, mother- in-law, father-in-law. 3 days for death of brother-in-law, sister- in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in- law, grandparent, grandparent of current spouse, grandchild. 1 day for death of aunt, uncle, niece, nephew. 1 additional day if travel is greater than 350 kilo- metres away. Seniority – recall rights: 6 months if accepting permanent position outside bargaining unit, 24 months if accepting temporary position outside bar- gaining unit. 3 years if employer reinstates position which trig- gered layoff. Probationary period: 6 months for full-time, 455 hours worked from date of hiring or 12 consecutive months, whichever happens first, for part-time. Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months. Severance: 2 months' pay after 1 year of service; 3 months' pay after 3 years of service; 4.5 months' pay after 5 years of service; 7 months' pay after 10 years of service; 10 months' pay after 16 years of service; 14 months' pay after 20 years of service; 18 months' pay after 25 or more years of service. Safety shoes: $130 per year, including taxes, for protective footwear. Uniforms/clothing: Every third year, employees who are required by employer to wear uniform will be issued 7 shirts, 7 pairs of pants. Mileage: $0.53 per kilometre (previously $0.50 per kilometre) for employees travelling on library business or to attend meeting at other branch or else- where within city limits. Sample rates of annual pay (current, after 6% increase): 1: $27,145.30 rising 4 steps to $28,768.74 2: $28,999.88 rising 4 steps to $30,736.16 3: $30,865.38 rising 4 steps to $32,712.68 4: $38,114.44 rising 4 steps to $40,394.90 5: $40,276.60 rising 4 steps to $42,688.10 6: $42,453.32 rising 4 steps to $44,995.86 7: $44,620.94 rising 4 steps to $47,292.70 8: $46,792.20 rising 4 steps to $49,593.18 9: $48,961.64 rising 4 steps to $51,893.66 10: $51,138.36 rising 4 steps to $54,197.78 11: $53,305.98 rising 4 steps to $56,496.44 12: $55,482.70 rising 4 steps to $58,804.20 13: $57,652.14 rising 4 steps to $61,102.86 14: $59,819.76 rising 4 steps to $63,399.70 15: $61,998.30 rising 4 steps to $65,709.28 16: $64,162.28 rising 4 steps to $68,004.30 17: $66,339.00 rising 4 steps to $70,308.42 18: $68,513.90 rising 4 steps to $72,614.36 Editor's notes: Reporting: Employees will not be required to work at location more than 35 kilometres from regular work location unless employees agree to do so. This does not apply to meetings or training sessions and situations where work has been relocated. Hearing aids: $1,000 per claimant every 7 years. Legal protection: Employer will provide legal protection to employees in situations arising directly from responsible discharge of duties by employee or resulting from carrying out of official orders. Transit subsidy: Employer will pay for 25% of cost of OC Transpo Ecopass or PRESTO Smartcard. GOVERNMENT Corporation of the City of Cranbrook Cranbrook, B.C. (150 inside, outside workers) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 2090 Renewal agreement: Effective March 1, 2017, to Feb. 28, 2021. Signed on March 21, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective March 1, 2017: 2% Effective March 1, 2018: 2% Effective March 1, 2019: 2.2% Effective March 1, 2020: 2.3% Shift premium: $1 per hour for employee on any shift other than regular day shift. $1 per hour for working Saturdays, Sundays. $1.50 per hour for repairing and cleaning sanitary sewers or manholes and la- goon screener, repairing water leaks in winter, spray-painting indoors, directly handling asphalt materials in liquid or mulch form while constructing and repairing asphalt surfa- cing, including operation of hand-operated rollers/plate compactors, handling concrete or cement, grinding and cutting asphalt/concrete, directly hand- ling chlorine and/or pesticides or other noxious chemicals (not including fueling of vehicles), removal of dead carcasses, mix- ing of brine (calcium chloride). $2 per hour, 2-hour minimum, for any lifeguard/instructor who is qualified to instruct aqua-fit class and instructs class. $1 per hour for work be- tween 5 p.m. and 7 a.m. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 10 days after 1 year, 15 days after 2 years, 16 days after 4 years, 17 days after 5 years, 18 days after 7 years, 19 days after 9 years, 20 days after 10 years, 21 days after 12 years, 22 days after 14 years, 23 days after 15 years, 24 days after 16 years, 25 days after 18 years, 26 days after 20 years, 27 days after 21 years, 28 days after 24 years, 29 days after 27 years, 30 days after 30 years. On fifth year of service, employees CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1

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