Canadian Labour Reporter

3 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 per hour for hours worked on regularly scheduled shifts and for hours worked on scheduled Saturday and Sunday shifts. Lead-hands of skilled-trades employees: $0.15 per hour when working with supervisor at work, $0.75 per hour when working without supervisor at work. $0.25 per hour over regu- lar rates for lead-hands. Paid holidays: 14 days in 2018 – 2019, 15 days in 2019 – 2020. Vacations with pay: 4% to start, 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 2 weeks or 5% after 3 years (1 week optional), 3 weeks or 6% after 5 years, 3 weeks or 7% af- ter 10 years (1 week optional), 4 weeks or 8% after 15 years, 4 weeks or 9% after 20 years (1 week optional), 5 weeks or 10% after 25 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week and all work on Saturdays. Double time for all work on Sundays. Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, sons, stepsons, daughters, stepdaughters. 3 days for death of grandfather, grandmother, father, stepfather, mother, stepmother, brother, half-brother, stepbrother, sister, half-sister, stepsister, sons-in- law, daughters-in-law, grand- children, brother or sisters of spouse, mother or father of spouse. 1 day for death of broth- er's wife, sister's husband, wife of spouse's brother, husband of spouse's sister. Seniority – recall rights: 36 months. Call-in pay: 4 hours' straight time or actual time worked at applicable rate. Probationary period: 90 days worked or 720 hours worked, whichever occurs first, within 12-consecutive months. Discipline: Sunset clause is 6 months, 12 months for deroga- tory notations given as result of absenteeism. Safety shoes: $140 per year. Tool allowance: Employer will provide theft-insurance policy to cover recognized tools for skilled-trades employees, life- time maximum $5,000 with no deductible. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after $0.40-per-hour increase): Direct classifications Cell operator: $23.36 rising 1 step to $23.76 Indirect classifications Janitor: $22.77 rising 1 step to $23.17 Lift-truck operator: $22.92 ris- ing 1 step to $23.32 Material control clerk (stock- room): $23.02 rising 1 step to $23.42 Material handler: $23.07 rising 1 step to $23.47 Setup person: $23.46 rising 1 step to $23.86 Millwright/machine repair: $28.60 rising 1 step to $29 Electrician: $28.60 rising 1 step to $29 Gauge room: $25.56 rising 1 step to $25.96 $500 ratification signing bonus Editor's notes: Birthday/service anniversary option: Employees will be provided with birthday and service anniver- sary option during each year of agreement and will be paid 8 hours for each day. May be taken as time off with pay or — at employee's option — may be worked thus providing employee with extra 8 hours' pay for day. Education fund: Employer will pay $0.01 per hour per employee for all hours worked into Unifor Leadership Training Program to pro- vide paid education leave. SOCIAL SERVICES Edmonton Women's Shelter Edmonton (65 shelter workers) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 3341 Renewal agreement: Effect- ive Oct. 1, 2017, to Sept. 30, 2022. Ratified on Feb. 13, 2018. Signed on May 3, 2018. Shift premium: $2.50 per hour for each hour of shift worked by crisis-intervention workers without another crisis interven- tion worker present between 7 a.m. to midnight. $1.75 per hour for crisis-intervention workers regularly scheduled to work between 11:30 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. and housekeepers regularly scheduled to work between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.; employees who are called-in for casual coverage to work night shift; employees who extend regular shift and work between 11:30 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. for all hours worked between 11:30 p.m. and 7:30 a.m. Paid holidays: 13 days. Vacations with pay: 132 hours after 1 year, 176 hours after 5 years, 220 hours after 9 years. Vacations must be taken within 18 months of having been ac- crued. Overtime: Double time for hours in excess of: 11 hours per day, 38.5 hours per week for crisis-intervention workers; 9 hours per day or 40 hours per week for child-support workers; 12 hours per day or hours worked between shifts on scheduled days of rest for residential-support workers; 10 hours per day or 80 hours over 2-week period for house- keeping coordinators; 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week or hours worked between shifts or on scheduled days of rest for all other full-time employees. Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Dental: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums for coverage of 100% for basic, 50% for restora- tive. Sick leave: 10 hours per 30 days, maximum 120 hours. May be accumulated from year-to- year, maximum 240 hours. LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 70% of earnings. AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 2-times earnings, maximum $200,000. Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 2-times earnings, maximum $200,000. Pension: Employer contributes 4%, employer matches contri- bution, to multi-sector pension plan. Bereavement leave: 7 days for death of spouse, common-law partner, parents and children of employee or spouse (including daughters-in-law, sons-in-law), siblings, grandparents. 1 day for death in extended family. Seniority – recall rights: 24 months. Probationary period: 750 hours worked exclusive of training. Discipline: Sunset clause is 14 months. Mileage: $0.58 per kilometre (previously $0.55 per kilo- metre) for employees using own vehicle at employer's request. Employer will reimburse em- ployees for insurance coverage, maximum $180 per year. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 8.3% increase): Crisis-intervention worker Year 1: $24.88 rising 4 steps to $26.94 Year 2: $25.76 rising 4 steps to $27.90 Year 3: $26.62 rising 4 steps to $28.80 Year 4: $27.52 rising 4 steps to CANADIAN LABOUR REPORTER COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS < from pg. 1 Tool allowance: Employer will provide theft-insurance policy, lifetime maximum $5,000 with no deductible.

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