Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 employees working on night shift. $0.25 per hour for ad- vanced first-aid attendants. Paid holidays: 12 days. Vacations with pay: 1 day per month, maximum 10 days or 4% to start, 10 days or 4% after 1 year, 15 days or 6% after 5 years, 20 days or 8% after 12 years, 25 days or 10% after 23 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day, double time after 12 hours. Time and one-half for all work on Saturday, double time after 8 hours. Double time for all work on Sunday. Medical benefits: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employ- ee pays 20% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Preventative care: 80%. Other expenses: 80%, maximum $2,000 per year. Crowns, bridges: 50%. Dentures: 75%, combined max- imum $2,000 per year. Ortho- dontia: 50%, lifetime maximum $3,000 per eligible child de- pendant up to 19. Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums. $250 per 24-month period. Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums for 60% of employee's weekly earnings. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $45,000. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $45,000. Pension: Kawneer Company Canada Limited Pension Plan for Hourly-Rated Employees. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (mother, father, stepparents, spouse, common-law relation- ships of 1 year, same-gender partners, child, stepchild, brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, stepparents of spouse, grandmother, grand- father, grandchild). Call-in pay: 30 minutes trav- elling time each way at regular hourly rate plus pay for time worked at regular hourly rate plus applicable overtime or 4 hours at regular rate plus over- time, whichever is greater. Probationary period: 75 work- ing days. Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months. Safety shoes: $175 per year for approved metatarsal safety footwear. Tool allowance: Employer will replace tool boxes and contents on employer premises for maintenance mechanics, maintenance electricians, tool- makers, tool repair employees, for damage by loss, fire or water, maximum $15,000. Employer will provide $400 per year for same employees. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4% increase): Job grade 1 General labourer Min: $13.60 rising 2 steps to $14.15 Max: $14.21 rising 2 steps to $14.78 Job grade 2 Helper Min: $15.29 rising 2 steps to $15.91 Max: $18.25 rising 2 steps to $18.99 Job grade 3 Fabricator/janitor/material handler/packer/racker Min: $17.85 rising 2 steps to $18.57 Max: $21.65 rising 2 steps to $22.53 Job grade 4 Assembler/extrusion operator B/forklift operator B/packer ex- peditor/processor/sidewinder operator Min: $21.42 rising 2 steps to $22.29 Max: $22.66 rising 2 steps to $23.58 Job grade 5 Anodizer/die cleaner/electro static painter/extrusion op- erator A/forklift operator A/ inspector B/machine operator/ maintenance mechanic C/pro- duction expeditor/rack repair/ receiver/shipper and shipper A/ storekeeper/waste treatment operator Min: $22.50 rising 2 steps to $23.41 Max: $23.74 rising 2 steps to $24.69 Job grade 6 Die corrector B/layout mechan- ic/mixer formulator/tool repair Min: $23.57 rising 2 steps to $24.53 Max: $24.82 rising 2 steps to $25.82 Job grade 7 Chemical technician/inspector A/master layout mechanic/ex- trusion set-up operator Min: $24.72 rising 2 steps to $25.72 Max: $25.95 rising 2 steps to $27 Job grade 8 Die corrector A/die shop coor- dinator Min: $25.85 rising 2 steps to $26.89 Max: $27.10 rising 2 steps to $28.19 Job grade 9 Maintenance electrician A/ maintenance mechanic A/tool maker A/certified journeyman status Min: $35.55 rising 2 steps to $36.99 Max: $36.78 rising 2 steps to $38.27 Editor's notes: Minute of silence: 1 minute of silence will be observed in plants covered by agreement in memory of women who have died due to acts of violence. Moment of silence will be observed each year on Dec. 6 at 11 a.m. Flags will be flown at half-staff to mark occasion. PIPING Algoma Tubes Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. (250 operators, supporters, team leaders) and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers Intl. Union (USW), Local 9548 Renewal agreement: Effective June 1, 2017, to May 31, 2022. Signed on June 1, 2017. Shift premium: $0.30 per hour for hours worked between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. $0.35 per hour for all hours worked on Satur- day and Sunday. $3 per hour (previously $2.50 per hour) trade-rate A to ticketed em- ployees. Effective June 1, 2020: $3.20 per hour. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 1 day per month, maximum 10 days or 4% to start, 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 6 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 11 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 16 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week for 8-hour shifts. Time and one- half for all work after average of 40 hours per week over 2-week period for 12-hour shifts. Double time for work on Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Labour Day. May be banked, maximum 160 hours, will be paid out by Sept. 1 of each year. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums for 100% reimburse- ment of basic, with no cap; 80% reimbursement of major with $1,500 cap per year. Orthodon- tic: 50% reimbursement for de- pendents younger than 21, with $1,400 cap per patient per year. Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums for $210 every 24 months (previously $185 every 24 months). Effective June 1, 2020: $300 every 24 months. Paramedical: Employer pays 100% of premiums for $300 per year per practitioner. Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 60% weekly earn- ings, maximum $540 per week for 26 weeks. LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 60% weekly earnings, maximum $2,500 per month. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 1-times annual earnings, minimum $30,000. Pension: Employer will con- CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1

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