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May 21, 2018 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS newsprint mills, mines, oil refineries, offshore and related development. Meal allowance: Hot meal will be provided when more than 2 hours are worked over and above normal shift on each pro- ject being worked. Medical benefits: Employee contributes $2.25 per hour per paycheque. Pension: Employee contrib- utes $6.35 per hour (previously $5.25 per hour) per paycheque. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (parents, spouse, common-law partner as per provincial stat- utes, children, brothers, sis- ters, stepbrothers, stepsisters, father-in-law, mother-in-law, grandchildren, grandparents, stepchild, brothers-in-law, sis- ters-in-law). Uniforms/clothing: On all heavy-industrial jobs, employer will supply weather-appropriate coveralls, gloves, hard hats, liners, goggles or any addition- ally necessary work wear. Tool allowance: Employer will provide lock-fast facilities for storage of personal tools used by workers when tools are not in use. Employer will replace worker's personal tools when destroyed by fire, lost through theft by forced entry. Mileage: $0.68 per kilometre. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 14% increase): Carpenter trade helper: $30 ris- ing 1 step to $34.09 Apprentice 1: $31.68 rising 1 step to $36.03 Apprentice 2: $33.37 rising 1 step to $37.97 Apprentice 3: $36.74 rising 1 step to $41.84 Apprentice 4: $40.12 rising 1 step to $45.71 Journeyman carpenter/welder scaffolder: $43.49 rising 1 step to $49.59 Working foreman: $46.87 rising 1 step to $53.46 Non-working foreman: $48.55 rising 1 step to $55.40 General foreman: $50.24 rising 1 step to $57.33 Editor's notes: Industry fund: $0.60 per person hour worked to Newfoundland Construction Industry Fund. $0.30 payable each to CLRA and the Newfoundland and Labrador Building and Construction Trades Council (NLBCTC). SOCIAL SERVICES Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa Ottawa (280 youth workers, coordinators, cooks) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 2195 Renewal agreement: Effect- ive April 1, 2017, to March 31, 2019. Signed on Aug. 1, 2017. Shift premium: $0.50 per hour for all hours worked between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 10 hours per month, maximum 120 hours to start, 13.28 hours per month, maximum 240 hours after 1 years, 16.64 hours per month, maximum 300 hours after 8 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 44 hours per week. May be banked, max- imum 40 hours. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums for $300 every 2 years. Paramedical: Employer pays 100% of premiums for massage, chiropractic services. Sick leave: 12 hours per month, maximum 720 hours of ac- cumulation. LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for $300 every 2 years. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Pension: After 6 months of ser- vice, employees will join CAAT Pension Plan. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (partner, child, parent, brother, sister). 3 days for death in other family (partner's mother, part- ner's father, partner's brother, partner's sister, grandparents, partner's grandparents, persons in loco parentis). Seniority – recall rights: 24 months. Probationary period: 720 hours or 6 months whichever is less. Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months. Severance: 2 weeks' pay with less than 2 years of service; 3 weeks' pay after 2 years of ser- vice; 4 weeks' pay after 3 years or service; 8 weeks' pay after 5 years of service. Mileage: $0.45 per kilometre. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 1% increase): Cook 1 Step 1: $16.90 rising 1 step to $17.07 Step 2: $17.72 rising 1 step to $17.90 Step 3: $18.59 rising 1 step to $18.78 Step 4: $19.47 rising 1 step to $19.67 Step 5: $20.40 rising 1 step to $20.61 Food-service manager (cook 2) Step 1: $20.33 rising 1 step to $20.53 Step 2: $21.34 rising 1 step to $21.56 Step 3: $22.39 rising 1 step to $22.61 Step 4: $23.48 rising 1 step to $23.71 Step 5: $24.65 rising 1 step to $24.90 Control/transport officers Step 1: $18.40 rising 1 step to $18.58 Step 2: $19.31 rising 1 step to $19.50 Step 3: $20.25 rising 1 step to $20.45 Step 4: $21.25 rising 1 step to $21.46 Step 5: $22.29 rising 1 step to $22.51 Youth worker Step 1: $24.64 rising 1 step to $24.89 Step 2: $25.71 rising 1 step to $25.96 Step 3: $26.89 rising 1 step to $27.16 Step 4: $28.21 rising 1 step to $28.49 Step 5: $29.60 rising 1 step to $29.89 Coordinator 1 Step 1: $26.72 rising 1 step to $26.99 Step 2: $27.71 rising 1 step to $27.99 Step 3: $28.70 rising 1 step to $28.99 Step 4: $30.11 rising 1 step to $30.41 Step 5: $31.60 rising 1 step to $31.92 Coordinator 2 Step 1: $29.39 rising 1 step to $29.69 Step 2: $30.48 rising 1 step to $30.78 Step 3: $31.57 rising 1 step to $31.89 Step 4: $33.13 rising 1 step to $33.46 Step 5: $34.77 rising 1 step to $35.12 Editor's notes: Property damage: Employees who suffer damages to personal property in normal course of duties will be reimbursed out-of-pocket expenses, maximum $500. Training expenses: $46 per day for out-of-town travel, meals. $16 per day for local training. $46 per day for emergency situations or when in-town supporting situations such as hospital stays. On-call: Employees will receive 1.15 hours added to comp bank for each day on-call. 10% pay for each 24-hour period on-call for employees on-call for short periods