Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 employee who works afternoon shift. 6% for every employee who works night shift between 7 p.m. and 8 a.m. (maximum 12 hours per shift). Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: For day- shift employees: 1 day per month, maximum 10 days or 4% to start, 10 days or 4% after 1 year, 15 days or 6% after 3 years, 20 days or 8% after 10 years, 25 days or 10% after 17 years. For afternoon-shift employees: 1 day per 1.5 months, maximum 8 days or 4% to start, 8 days or 4% after 1 year, 12 days or 6% after 3 years, 16 days or 8% after 10 years, 20 days or 10% after 17 years. For continuous 12-shift employees: 1 day per 1.5 months, maximum 7 days or 4% to start, 7 days or 4% after 1 year, 10 days or 6% after 3 years, 14 days or 8% after 10 years, 17 days or 10% after 17 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for work after regular workday or after 80 hours in 2 weeks (for 12-hour shift employees). Double time after 3 hours of overtime. May be banked, maximum 4 regular shifts and will be taken during Christ- mas-shutdown period. Vision: $200 for single vi- sion, $265 for bifocals, in any 24-month period, plus $75 every 24 months for eye exams. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (parent, brother, sister, spouse, common-law spouse, child, grandparent, grandchild, legal guardian, in-laws). 1 day for death of uncle, aunt, niece, nephew. Additional 1 day with- out pay for unusual circum- stances or extended travel. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Call-in pay: Minimum of 3 hours' wages at time and one- half. Maximum 10 hours, ex- cept for catastrophic situations. Probationary period: 480 hours of work. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months. Severance: 1 week's pay for each year of service, maximum 26 weeks. Safety shoes: $200 per year for protective footwear. Tool allowance: $325 per year (previously $250 per year) for each journeyman, setup em- ployee. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 6.1% increase): PVC plant wage scale Operator 1/general labour: $24.06 rising 3 steps to $25.53 Operator 2/material handler 1/ blender 1: $25.51 rising 3 steps to $27.07 Grinder operator/shipper- receiver/set-up 1/maintenance labourer 1: $26.58 rising 3 steps to $28.21 Material handler 2/mainte- nance labourer 2: $27.65 rising 3 steps to $29.35 Blender 2/QC tech: $29.43 ris- ing 3 steps to $31.23 Operator 3/set-up 2: $30.14 ris- ing 3 steps to $31.98 Operator 4/QC lead-hand/set up 3: $32.46 rising 3 steps to $34.45 Head operator 1/set-up 4: $35.45 rising 3 steps to $37.62 Electrical technician/head op- erator lead-hand: $38.77 rising 3 steps to $41.15 Journeyman: $45.77 rising 3 steps to $48.57 Journeyman lead-hand: $48.60 rising 3 steps to $51.58 Fabrication plant wage scale Fab 1/general labour: $24.06 rising 3 steps to $25.53 FRP 1/material handler 1: $25.51 rising 3 steps to $27.07 Fab 2/fab 2 (bending)/shipper- receiver/maintenance labourer 1: $26.58 rising 3 steps to $28.21 FRP 2/fab 3/material handler 2/ maintenance labourer 2: $27.65 rising 3 steps to $29.35 FRP 3/QC tech: $29.43 rising 3 steps to $31.23 Fab 4: $30.14 rising 3 steps to $31.98 FRP leader/fabricator leader: $32.46 rising 3 steps to $34.45 Robotic tech: $38.77 rising 3 steps to $41.15 Journeyman: $45.77 rising 3 steps to $48.57 Journeyman lead-hand: $48.60 rising 3 steps to $51.58 Poly plant wage scale Operator 1: $24.06 rising 3 steps to $25.53 Material handler 1/general labour: $24.33 rising 3 steps to $25.82 Operator 2: $24.72 rising 3 steps to $26.24 Operator 3: $25.72 rising 3 steps to $27.30 Material handler 2/mainte- nance labourer 1: $25.98 rising 3 steps to $27.57 Maintenance labourer 2: $27 rising 3 steps to $28.65 Tech 1: $28.43 rising 3 steps to $30.17 QC tech: $29.43 rising 3 steps to $31.23 Tech 2: $31.32 rising 3 steps to $33.24 Journeyman: $45.77 rising 3 steps to $48.57 Journeyman lead-hand: $48.60 rising 3 steps to $51.58 Distribution yard wage scale Yardman/general labour: $24.06 rising 3 steps to $25.53 Material handler 1: $25.51 ris- ing 3 steps to $27.07 Shipper-receiver: $26.58 rising 3 steps to $28.21 Material handler 2: $27.65 ris- ing 3 steps to $29.35 Forklift operator 1: $29.43 ris- ing 3 steps to $31.23 Forklift operator 2: $34.04 ris- ing 3 steps to $36.12 Head shipper: $43.26 rising 3 steps to $45.91 (Additional 1% lump-sum pay- ment in first year to employees who are active as of Sept. 16, 2017) Apprentices First-year: 60% of journeyman rate Second-year: 70% of journey- man rate Third-year: 80% of journeyman rate Fourth-year: 90% of journey- man rate Editor's notes: Shower time: Employees working in blending department will be given 10 minutes before end of workday to take shower. On-call pay: 8 hours' wages at regular rate for employee who is designated as being on-call. Education fund: Employer will pay $0.02 per straight time hour worked to Unifor Paid Education Leave program. CONSTRUCTION Construction Labour Relations Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Provincewide, Newfoundland and Labrador (280 carpenters, scaffolders, interior-system mechanics, form workers, form worker/layout person, foreman, general foreman, carpenter apprentices, carpenter trade-helpers) and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (UBC), Local 579 Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2017, to April 30, 2022. Signed on Nov. 3, 2017. Wage adjustments: Effective upon signing: 2% Effective May 1, 2018: 1% Effective May 1, 2019: 1% Effective May 1, 2020: 0.5% Effective May 1, 2021: 0.5% Shift premium: 15% if em- ployer puts on shifts, other than regular day shift. $1.75 per hour for employees working higher than 40 feet on swing stage, scaffold, ladder, bosun chair or temporary working platform (excluding temporary working platforms that are in good condition, solidly con- structed, rigidly fixed to struc- ture by mechanical means and equipped with mesh fencing). Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 10% per paycheque. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after regular hours. Double time for work on holi- days, Sundays. Double time for all work after regular hours on heavy industrial, hydro and thermal power developments, CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1

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