Canadian Labour Reporter

July 2, 2018 4 Canadian HR Reporter, a Thomson Reuters business 2018 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS steps to $21.32 P & D driver: $17 rising 3 steps to $18.78 Forklift operator: $14.72 rising 3 steps to $16.75 Ops administrator: $14.42 ris- ing 3 steps to $14.86 Warehouse: $11.65 rising 3 steps to $14.21 Editor's notes: Training: Pay for training will be at straight time and hours will accumulate to overtime pay in work- week in which training takes place. SENIORS HOUSING Ridge Country Housing Raymond, Alta. (27 cooks, housekeeping, caretakers, maintenance employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 408 Renewal agreement: Effect- ive Jan. 1, 2018, to Dec. 31. 2020. Ratified on Feb. 15, 2018. Signed on May 17, 2018. Wage adjustments: Effective Jan. 1, 2018: $0.25 per hour Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 1.5% Effective Jan. 1, 2020: 2.5% Shift premium: $0.85 per hour (previously $0.75 per hour) will be paid to employee for hours worked between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m., subject to minimum of 3 hours worked between 5 p.m. and 7 a.m. $0.85 per hour (previously $0.75 per hour) will be paid to employee for hours worked between 5 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Monday. Paid holidays: 11 days. Vacations with pay: 0.83 days per month to start, 10 days after 1 year, 15 days after 4 years, 20 days after 8 years, 25 days after 14 years, 30 days after 21 years. Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or after 32 or 40 hours (maintenance, housekeeping employees) per week. Medical benefits: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employ- ee pays 50% of premiums. Vision: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums. Sick leave: 1 day per month, maximum 65 days. LTD: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums. AD&D: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums. Life insurance: Employer pays 50% of premiums, employee pays 50% of premiums. Pension: Nursing Homes and Related Industries Pension Plan. Employees will contribute 4%, employer will contribute 4%. Bereavement leave: 3 days for death in immediate family (spouse, parents, sisters, sister- in-law, daughter-in-law, grand- children, children, stepparents, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, grandparents, fiancé, stepchil- dren, brothers, father-in-law, son-in-law, stepgrandparents). 1 day for death in extended family (aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins). Additional 2 days for travel more than 320 kilometres from employee's residence to attend funeral. Maximum 2 employees may be permitted time off, with pay, maximum 2 hours to attend fu- neral services for death of lodge resident. Seniority – recall rights: 12 months. Call-in pay: Regular basic rate for all hours worked or 2 hours at time and one-half, whichever is greater. Probationary period: 780 hours worked. Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months. Severance: 1 weeks' pay after 3 months of service; 2 weeks' pay after 2 years of service; 4 weeks' pay after 4 years of service; 5 weeks' pay after 6 years of ser- vice; 6 weeks' pay after 8 years of service; 8 weeks' pay after 10 years of service. Tool allowance: $25 per month for maintenance workers. Mileage: $0.58 per kilometre for travel authorized in advance by employer for maintenance employees. $0.53 per kilometre for all other employees trav- elling on approved employer business. Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 4% increase): Head-maintenance/head-cook Step 1 (hours worked: 0 to 1,976): $20 rising 3 steps to $20.81 Step 2 (hours worked: 1,976 and more): $21.50 rising 3 steps to $22.38 Maintenance assistant/kitchen assistant/housekeeping assis- tant/floor worker/caretaker Step 1 (hours worked: 0 to 1,976): $15.68 rising 3 steps to $16.32 Step 2 (hours worked: 1,976 and more): $17.30 rising 3 steps to $18 Editor's notes: Meals: Employees will be permitted to eat meals where same is being served during shift. There will be no charge to employees for this benefit. FOOD MANUFACTURING Pepsico Beverages Canada Bathurst, N.B. (120 production workers, mechanics, vending employees) and the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada (UFCW), Local 1288P Renewal agreement: Effective Feb. 1, 2017, to Jan. 31, 2020. Signed on May 4, 2017. Shift premium: $1.05 per hour for lead-hands. $0.95 per hour for any shift commencing at 2 p.m. or later. Paid holidays: 10 days, plus company will close by 1 p.m. on Christmas Eve. 1 additional floating holiday that cannot be taken during June, July, August, December. Vacations with pay: 2 weeks af- ter 1 year, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 20 years, 6 weeks after 30 years. No more than 2 weeks of vacation may be taken between mid-June and mid-August. Overtime: Time and one-half to plant, warehouse, vending, sales employees for all hours worked after normal work shift or those hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week. Double time after 2 hours' overtime worked in any day. Time and one-half for each hour worked on first extra shift worked be- tween Monday and Sunday, af- ter 40 or 36 hours in same week. Double time for each hour worked on second and third extra shifts worked between Monday and Sunday. May be banked, maximum 80 hours per year. Meal allowance: $12.50 if sales, production employee works in excess of 2 hours beyond regu- lar (8-, 10- or 12-hour) shift. Sick leave: After 1 year of ser- vice, 7 days per year (prorated for employees with 6 months of service). Employees who use 3 sick days or less will re- ceive additional 8 sick hours

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