Clean Harbors Energy and Industrial Services

Renewal agreement: Effective July 11, 2023 to July 10, 2026. Signed on Sept. 7, 2023.

Shift premium: $3 per hour while performing lead-hand duties.

Paid holidays: 11 days.

Vacations with pay: 2 weeks or 4% to start, 3 weeks or 6% after 5 years, 4 weeks or 8% after 11 years, 5 weeks or 10% after 20 years.

Overtime: Overtime rates will apply on each hour worked beyond 44 hours in 7-day period. Overtime rates will apply on each hour worked beyond 8 hours in 1 day (for work schedules other than compressed work weeks).

Pension: Clean Harbors Retirement Savings Program after 3 months of continuous service. Employer contributions will be vested after 2 years of participation in plan.

Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of spouse, domestic partner, child, stepchild, parent, domestic partner’s parent, child, sibling, child (including foster-, stepparent), brother, sister, mother-in-law, father-in-law. 1 day to attend funeral of grandparent (including foster-, stepgrandparent), grandchild, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law. 2 extra days, unpaid, for travelling purposes for employees who must travel to attend funeral of family member beyond 500 kilometres from place of employment.

Seniority – recall rights: 12 months after layoff and excluding absences due to medical conditions.

Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours’ work or pay in lieu thereof at regular hourly rate (will not apply to employees who are called in for work and work into regularly scheduled shift).

Probationary period: 150 calendar days.

Safety shoes: $200 per year (previously $150 per year).

Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 3% increase):

EC/driver 1 camo

Probation/training: $25.30 rising 2 steps to $26.06

Job rate: $33.56 rising 2 steps to $34.57

EC/driver 1 local

Probation/training: $27.70 rising 2 steps to $28.54

Job rate: $36.76 rising 2 steps to $37.87

EC/driver 2 camo

Probation/training: $26.10 rising 2 steps to $26.89

Job rate: $34.62 rising 2 steps to $35.67

EC/driver 2 local

Probation/training: $28.49 rising 2 steps to $29.35

Job rate: $37.83 rising 2 steps to $38.97

EC/driver 3 camo

Probation/training: $26.90 rising 2 steps to $27.71

Job rate: $35.70 rising 2 steps to $36.78

EC/driver 3 local

Probation/training: $29.30 rising 2 steps to $30.19

Job rate: $38.90 rising 2 steps to $40.08

Labourer 1 camo

Probation/training: $20.50 rising 2 steps to $21.12

Job rate: $27.16 rising 2 steps to $27.98

Labourer 1 local

Probation/training: $22.90 rising 2 steps to $23.59

Job rate: $30.36 rising 2 steps to $31.28

Labourer 2 camo

Probation/training: $22.10 rising 2 steps to $22.77

Job rate: $29.30 rising 2 steps to $30.19

Labourer 2 local

Probation/training: $24.50 rising 2 steps to $25.24

Job rate: $32.50 rising 2 steps to $33.48

Editor’s notes: Individual safe work premium: $1.50 per hour worked. Should employee’s actions be direct cause of incident, employee will lose safety incentive for month incident occurred in and following 2 months.