Kiewit Energy Construction

Renewal agreement: Effective Feb. 16, 2019 to Oct. 16, 2021. Signed on March 27, 2019.

Shift premium: $8 per hour for general foreman. $6 per hour for foreman. $3 per hour for lead-hand. $1 per hour for steward. $1.25 per hour for steward with tool box 1. $1.50 per hour for steward with tool box 2. $1.75 per hour for steward with tool box 3. $2.50 per hour for chief steward with tool box 2. $3 per hour for chief steward with tool box 3. $3 per hour for night shift (majority of hours between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.). $1 per hour when employee is in possession of 2 tickets (tickets must appear in classification table).

Paid holidays: Employees will receive 4% of hourly wage rate for all hours worked as holiday pay in lieu of following general holidays: New Year’s Day, Family Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Civic Holiday, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Day, Remembrance Day, Christmas Day, Boxing Day.

Vacations with pay: All employees will receive 6% of base hourly rate for all hours worked as vacation pay on each pay period.

Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 straight-time hours per day or 40 straight-time hours per week (32 hours per week when statutory holiday occurs during employee’s regular workweek).

Meal allowance: Employees not scheduled in advance to work more than 12 hours in 1 day will be provided 1 meal by employer.

Medical benefits: Employer will contribute $1.82 per hour into CLAC Health and Welfare Trust Fund.

Dental: Basic services: 100%, maximum $2,000 per person per year; comprehensive: 50%, maximum $2,000 per-person per year; orthodontic: 50%, maximum $3,000 lifetime maximum per child younger than 19.

Vision: $300 per year for child younger than 21; $300 every 2 years for all person covered older than 21.

STD: 60% of weekly basic earnings, maximum $600 per week (benefits payable after first day of accident or hospitalization; 14th day of illness, maximum 119 days).

LTD: 60% of weekly basic earnings, maximum $2,600 per month (benefits payable after 119 days).

AD&D: Coverage of $100,000.

Life insurance: Coverage of $100,000.

Pension: Christian Labour Association of Canada (CLAC) Group RSP and CLAC pension plan, administered by CLAC Group RSP Board of Trustees, applies to all employees covered by collective agreement. Employer, employee will make matching contributions of 1% into pension plan (employees may opt-out).

Bereavement leave: 3 days for death of spouse, common-law spouse, child, father, mother, legal dependant, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother, sister, grandparents, grandchildren. Further time may be granted by mutual agreement between employer and employee.

Call-in pay: Minimum of 2 hours of pay at prevailing hourly rate.

Probationary period: 90 calendar days. Employees who have passed probationary period, and are rehired within 6 months after layoff, will not re-serve new probationary period.

Safety shoes: All employees will wear CSA-approved safety boots supplied by employees.

Uniforms/clothing: All employees will wear approved safety hats supplied by employer. Employer will supply employees with safety equipment such as gloves, hearing protection, safety glasses, shields, goggles, fire-retardant coveralls, raingear, particulate masks, breathing apparatus, fall-arrest equipment, if required.

Tool allowance: Specialty, power tools will be provided by employer.

Sample rates of hourly pay (current):

General Alberta

Boilermaker: $40.80

Boom-truck operator: $38.76

Carpenter: $38.76

Cement finisher: $36.72

Form setter: $34.68

Crane operator: $40.80

Crane operator 60 to 100T: $42.30

Crane operator 101 to 300T: $43.30

Crane operator 301 to 600T: $46.80

Crane operator 600T+: $50.80

Electrician: $40.80

Equipment operator 1: $38.76

Equipment operator 2: $36.72

Equipment operator 3: $35.19

Insulator: $38.76

Instrumentation technician: $40.80

Iron worker: $40.80

Labourer entry to level: $20.40

Labourer intermediate: $22.44

Labourer senior: $24.99

Labourer skilled: $27.29

Maintenance worker: $33.15

Mechanic: $40.80

Millwright: $40.80

Pipefitter/steamfitter: $40.80

Scaffolder: $38.76

Surveyor: $40.80

Jr. surveyor: $35.70

Warehouse entry: $24.23

Warehouse intermediate: $27.80

Warehouse person: $36.21

Welder CWB: $39.53

Welder B pressure: $40.80

Apprentice 4-period program (with $40.80 base wage)

First-year ( 60%): $24.48

Second-year (70%): $28.56

Third-year (80%): $32.64

Fourth-year (90%): $36.72

Apprentice 4-period program (with $38.76 base wage)

First-year (60%): $23.26

Second-year (70%): $27.13

Third-year ( 80%): $31.01

Fourth-year (90%): $34.88

Apprentice 3-period program (with $40.80 base wage)

First-year (70%): $28.56

Second-year (80%): $32.64

Third-year (90%): $36.72

Apprentice 3-period program (with $38.76 base wage)

First-year (70%): $27.13

Second-year (80%): $31.01

Third-year (90%): $34.88

Apprentice 2-period program (with $40.80 base wage)

First-year (70%): $28.56

Second-year (85%): $34.68

Apprentice 2-period program (with $38.76 base wage)

First-year (70%): $27.13

Second-year (85%): $32.95

Apprentice 1-period program (with $40.80 base wage)

First-year (70%): $28.56

Apprentice 1-period program (with $38.76 base wage)

First-year (70%): $27.13

Editor’s notes: On-job injuries: Should employee require hospitalization for more than 1 week after injury on job, employer will provide transportation to available facility (within Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan) near employee’s home at no cost to employee. Prescription safety eyewear: Employer will reimburse employee 50% of cost of prescription safety eyewear, maximum $300. Employee must have worked 150 hours with employer for first reimbursement; additional 4,000 hours from last time reimbursed for any subsequent reimbursements.