Alberta, province wide | (500 construction employees) CLAC Local 63, Construction
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Renewal agreement: Effective Feb. 1, 2024, to Jan. 31, 2026.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Feb. 1, 2025: 4%
Shift premium: Night shift: $3.00 per hour when the majority of shift hours are between 17:00 and 8:00.
Paid holidays: 12 days.
Vacations with pay: Employees are entitled to 6% percent of their base wage in vacation pay. The employer will consider vacations at the times requested considering business requirements.
Overtime: Time and one-half for hours worked in excess of 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week.
Meal allowance: Employees who are not scheduled but are on site for 12 hours in a day will be provided with a meal or $23.
Medical benefits: Prescription drug plan for employee and family at 80% up to $1,500 per person annually (or the provincial pharmacare cap, if applicable) and 100% thereafter.
Dental: Basic services: 100% up to $2,000 per person annual. Major services: 50% up to $2,000 per person annual. Orthodontic: 50% up to $3,000 lifetime maximum per child under 19.
Vision: Under 21: $350 per year. 21 and over: $350 every two years.
Paramedical: Massage therapy with a limit of $80/visit.
STD: 60% of weekly basic earnings to a maximum of $700.00 per week. Weekly benefits, payable after the 1st day of accident or hospitalization and the 7th day of illness for a maximum of 26 weeks.
LTD: 60% of earnings, maximum of $3,000.00 per month, per employee, payable after 26 weeks until age 65.
AD&D: $100,000 per employee under the age of 65; $50,000 per employee from age 65 up to and including age 74.
Life insurance: $100,000 per employee under the age of 65; $50,000 per employee from age 65 up to and including age 74.
Pension: CLAC Pension Plan.
Bereavement leave: 5 days with pay for a current spouse (partner/common law), child, step-child. Up to 3 days with pay for siblings, parents, grandparents, and current in-laws.
Call-in pay: An employee who is called back to work in the same day will receive a minimum of 3 hours pay at the appropriate rate.
Safety shoes: All employees will wear CSA approved safety boots supplied by the employees.
Tool allowance: Each employee is eligible for a boot/tool allowance of $200.00 once a year.
Sample rates of pay (current, after increase):
Scaffolder: $45.98, up one step to $47.82.
Carpenter: $45.98, up one step to $47.82.
Labourer - Skilled $29.88, up one step to $31.08.
Editor’s notes: The employer will supply employees with safety equipment including but not limited to: safety hats, gloves, hearing protection, non-prescription safety glasses, shields, goggles, fire retardant coveralls, rain gear, particulate masks, breathing apparatuses and fall arrest equipment, if and when required.
