Canadian Labour Reporter

May 21, 2018 6 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS Municipal clerk Probation: $26.10 rising 1 step to $26.75 4 to 12 months: $26.88 rising 1 step to $27.55 1 year: $27.32 rising 1 step to $28 Receptionist/office employee Probation: $23.69 rising 1 step to $24.28 4 to 12 months: $24.30 rising 1 step to $24.91 1 year: $24.60 rising 1 step to $25.22 Editor's notes: Citizenship ceremony leave: Employees who have worked for employer for at least 90 days will be en- titled to one-half day of unpaid leave to attend citizenship ceremony. INSULATION MANUFACTURING Owens Corning Edmonton (90 maintenance, production employees, electricians, apprentices) and Unifor, Local 728A Renewal agreement: Effective Aug. 1, 2017, to July 31, 2021. Ratified on Sept. 5, 2017. Signed on Aug. 1, 2017. Shift premium: $2.18 per hour for work between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. (Does not apply to day employees). 7% of prevailing tradesmen's rate to senior quali- fied maintenance 1 for acting as maintenance-group leader and to senior qualified electrician 1 for acting as electrical-group leader. $1.25 per hour for du- al-trade premium. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 8 hours per month, maximum 80 hours to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 3 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 20 years, 6 weeks after 25 years. Overtime: Double time for all work in excess of normal daily schedule or for all work in excess of regular hours in pay period. Meal allowance: Meal will be provided if employee works more than 2 hours of overtime. Second meal after 6 hours of overtime. Provision does not apply if employee is working regular shift on scheduled day off. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums for reimbursement based on current Alberta dental fee schedule. Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums for 63% of weekly earnings, maximum $1,000 per week. LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for 60% of monthly earnings, maximum monthly benefit of $4,000. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 1 times employee's base rate. Pension: Owens Corning Canada Pension Plan for Hour- ly-Rated Employees. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of spouse, mother, father, child, sister, brother, mother- in-law, father-in-law, brother- in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandmother, grandfather, grandchildren, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew. 1 day to attend funeral for any family relationship not identi- fied above. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Call-in pay: Minimum pay- ment of 4 hours' pay at basic rate, except where employee starts to work 4 hours or less before regular starting time, in which case overtime payment will be based on hours actually worked. Probationary period: 50 work- ing days. Severance: 1 week's pay for each year of service, maximum 26 weeks pay, after 1 year of service. Safety shoes: $175 per year for CSA-approved safety foot- wear. May be carried forward, maximum $350 per 24-month period. Individually fitted CSA-approved rubber boots will be provided, if requested, to all employees working in form- ing area. Boots will be issued for forming operators (1, 2, first reserve) furnace-forehearth operators, furnace-forehearth coordinator and reserve, max- imum $350 per 12 months. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 5.3% increase): Electrician 1/maintenance 1: $43.10 rising 3 steps to $45.40 Forehearth/forming coordina- tor: $40.28 rising 3 steps to $42.43 Furnace forehearth op./ma- chine tender/warehouse coor- dinator: $37.65 rising 3 steps to $39.66 Process systems support/ safety and training coordinator: $37.65 rising 3 steps to $39.66 Forming operator 1: $36.55 ris- ing 3 steps to $38.50 Forming operator 2/tally driv- er/stores receiver: $35.03 rising 3 steps to $36.90 Production attendant: $33.25 rising 3 steps to $35.03 Raw material unloader/line- driver/maintenance utility: $32.66 rising 3 steps to $34.40 Packaging attendant (grade F): $31.48 rising 3 steps to $33.16 Packaging attendant (grade F1): $25.91 rising 3 steps to $27.29 Production entry: $22 rising 3 steps to $23.18 Apprentice (first-year): $32.32 rising 3 steps to $34.05 Apprentice (second-year): $34.47 rising 3 steps to $36.31 Apprentice (third-year): $36.62 rising 3 steps to $38.58 Apprentice (fourth-year): $38.79 rising 3 steps to $40.86 Relief supervisor/electrical group leader/maintenance group leader: $46.12 rising 3 steps to $48.58 Apprentice requiring 4-year apprenticeship First year: 75% of maintenance 1 rate Second year: 80% of mainten- ance 1 rate Third year: 85% of maintenance 1 rate Fourth year: 90% of mainten- ance 1 rate Apprentice requiring 3-year apprenticeship First year: 75% of maintenance 1 rate Second year: 80% of mainten- ance 1 rate Third year: 90% of maintenance 1 rate All employees will receive lump-sum of $1,500 within 30 days of ratification Editor's notes: Training pay: Employees will be paid time and one-half for all hours while attending training or edu- cational meetings conducted by employer outside regular working hours. For training during regular hours, mini- mum 3 hours' pay at straight time wages. Education fund: Employer will pay $0.03 per straight time hour worked to Unifor Paid Education Leave program. Education fund: Employer will pay $0.03 per straight time hour worked to Unifor Paid Education Leave program.

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