CertainTeed Canada

Renewal agreement: Effective Nov. 1, 2019 To Oct. 31, 2022. Ratified on March 5, 2020. Signed on March 5, 2020.

Shift premium: Time and one-half for all work on first shift that has changed and 48-hour notice wasn’t given; double time if 12-hour notice wasn’t given. $1.25 per hour (previously $0.75 per hour) for employees who are training other employees so such employee can become qualified to work in classification for which employee is being trained. $1.25 per hour for lead-hand. $0.85 per hour for afternoon shift, night shift. $0.85 per hour to production employees for all hours worked while on production-related jobs. $1.20 per hour to maintenance employees for all hours worked on night shift. $0.50 per hour for employee holding valid standard first-aid certificate (provided by trainer accredited by director of medical services as per Alberta Occupational Health & Safety Act). $0.30 per hour above job class 21 for each additional certificate held for maintenance employees holding more than 1 certificate (such as, welder and millwright)

Paid holidays: 12 days.

Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% after 1 year, 3 weeks or 6% after 3 years of service, 4 weeks or 8% after 8 years of service, 5 weeks or 10% after 17 years of service, 6 weeks or 12% after 25 years of service, 7 weeks or 14% after 30 years of service. Employees will be permitted to bank all vacation entitlement beyond 3 weeks in retirement account (weeks may be utilized to provide bridge to normal or early retirement). Employees can accumulate vacation time to be used for 2 consecutive years but any vacation not used by onset of third year’s entitlement will be deposited into retirement account.

Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after normal working day or week; double time after 2 hours of daily overtime. Time and one-half for first 4 hours of work on Saturday; double time thereafter (excepting shift workers who are employed on 4-shift, 7-day per week operations, who will be paid at straight time). Double time for all work on Sunday. For overtime assignment errors, affected employee will have overtime bank credited with hours they would have worked at time and one-half. Time and one-half for 12-hour shift employees working on scheduled day off for first 4 hours; double time thereafter and for all work after 12 hours in 1 day. Time may be taken as time off in lieu, maximum 160 hours in bank (time not taken off or paid out will be paid out in January).

Meal allowance: $5 per each full hour (previously $3 per each full hour) for unscheduled overtime; maximum $20 (previously maximum $15) when employee has been requested to work during shift and overtime when employee is called in to work with less than 2 hours’ notice. $20 and reasonable period of time to eat meal, when employees who have been called in to work 1 hour or more prior to beginning of regularly scheduled shift and who continue working until beginning of shift and remains at work to work regularly scheduled shift.

Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for Alberta Medicare; extended health care plan including $0.35 prescription drug plan.

Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Dentures maximum $1,250 every 5 years with 100% coverage. Major dental at $1,500 per year. Orthodontic dental services at $1,000 per year.

Vision: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $350 per member every 2 years. 1 eye exam per year per family member maximum $125.

Weekly indemnity: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 70% of wages, beginning on first day of absence, maximum 26 weeks.

STD: Employer pays 100% of premiums.

LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums. 60% of base rate of pay maximum $64,000 per year.

AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $92,000.

Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of $92,000.

Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of father, mother, brother, sister, spouse, common-law spouse, child, grandfather, grandmother, grandchildren, half-brother, half-sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son in-law, daughter in-law, nieces, nephews, stepmother, stepfather, stepsister, stepbrother, stepchild. Additional 24 hours if death occurs 150 kilometres outside of Calgary.

Seniority – recall rights: 60 days for employee who has bumped to lower classification; 3 years for layoffs.

Call-in pay: Paid at double time for minimum 4 hours. Double time for non-maintenance employee who is called in for shift that employee is not regularly scheduled to work — with less than 12 hours' notice — minimum 4 hours of work.

Probationary period: 45 days on 8-hour shifts or 30 days on 12-hour shifts or 360 hours worked, whichever is lesser.

Discipline: Sunset clause is 24 months for all disciplinary notations on employee’s record.

Safety shoes: $300 (maximum) per year for safety shoes or insoles (employees will be permitted to purchase multiple pairs of safety shoes per year within $300 allowance; balance will not be refunded if unused).

Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide protective clothing such as rubber boots, knee pads, protective aprons, gloves (rubber and leather) winter lining, raincoats. Employer also supply heavy winter coats for employees working out of doors or in warehouse during winter months. Coveralls or shirts and pants will be supplied to all permanent employees.

Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3.8% increase):

Class 1 (labourer): $31.43 rising 2 steps to $32.64

Class 4: $32.13 rising 2 steps to $33.37

Class 5 (bagger/janitor/groundskeeper warehouse loader/plant-truck driver): $32.37 rising 2 steps to $33.61

Class 6: $32.59 rising 2 steps to $33.84

Class 7: $32.86 rising 2 steps to $34.12

Class 8: $33.11 rising 2 steps to $34.38

Class 9 (dunnage-machine operator/repairman 2/maintenance helper): $33.36 rising 2 steps to $34.64

Class 10 (takeoff senior dryer/takeoff stacker/fork-truck production): $33.57 rising 2 steps to $34.86

Class 11 (lead-hand/production utility person/paperman/relief man/fork-truck warehouse/receiver/clerk): $33.81 rising 2 steps to $35.11

Class 12 (edger man): $34.10 rising 2 steps to $35.41

Class 13 (mill operators/front-end loader): $34.29 rising 2 steps to $35.61

Class 14: $34.55 rising 2 steps to $35.87

Class 15 (repairman 1): $34.79 rising 2 steps to $36.13

Class 16: $35.01 rising 2 steps to $36.35

Class 17: $35.26 rising 2 steps to $36.61

Class 18: $35.49 rising 2 steps to $36.86

Class 19: $35.79 rising 2 steps to $37.16

Class 20: $35.97 rising 2 steps to $37.35

Class 21 (journeyman tradesman (electrician/welder/mechanic/millwright)): $42.97 rising 2 steps to $44.62

Editor’s notes: Orientation: Employer will allocate 1.5 hours for proper orientation of newly hired employees; done on employee’s regular shift. Newly hired employee will be paid for time spent in orientation. Medical certificates: Employer will pay full cost of medical certificates requested by employer, maximum $125 per occurrence. Prescription safety glasses: Employer will pay 100% of cost for employee required to wear prescription safety glasses and repairs as needed. Entire cost of eye exams will also be included maximum $125. Termination benefits: 5 weeks’ pay for each 5 years’ service for employee who terminates employment due to early, normal or late retirement.