Olymel

Renewal agreement: Effective Feb. 1, 2016, to Jan. 31, 2021. Signed on April 22, 2016.

Wage adjustments: 
Effective Feb. 1, 2016: $0.35 per hour.
Effective Feb. 1, 2017: $0.35 per hour. 
Effective Feb. 1, 2018: $0.35 per hour.
Effective Feb. 1, 2019: $0.35 per hour.
Effective Feb. 1, 2020: $0.40 per hour.

Shift premium: Training premium: $0.35 per hour, when training new employee. Off-shift premium: $0.55 per hour for work between 4 p.m. and 6 a.m. Weekend premium: $1.25 per hour. First-aid premium: $0.25 per hour. Cold-work premium: $0.30 per hour for working any shift in conditions below 2 degrees Celsius. Lead hands: Greater of job level 4 or $0.20 per hour.

Paid holidays: 9 days, plus 2 floater days. Remembrance Day off for 20 most senior employees. Double time and one-half if working on statutory holiday.

Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 5 years, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 17 years, 6 weeks after 24 years, 7 weeks after 30 years. 

Overtime: Time and one-half for work after 40 hours per week, double time after 3 hours. Double time on Sunday. Time and one-half for first 4 hours on Saturday, double time thereafter. Maximum 40 hours banked. Banked time may be taken off only in increments of 4 hours or to be paid on next pay period. 

Meal allowance: $10 if worker does not receive meal break during emergency work.

Medical benefits: 100% premium paid by the employer.

Dental: 80% basic dental coverage, recall exams 1 every 9 months. 60% major dental coverage. Maximum $1,500 per year coverage for basic and major. 50% reimburse for orthodontic, $1,500 maximum lifetime. 

Paramedical: Physiotherapist, psychologist: $750 per year. 

Weekly indemnity: 66.67% or regular wages, maximum 25 weeks.

LTD: Premiums paid by employees, 65% coverage, maximum $3,000 per month. 

AD&D: $30,000 benefit.

Pension: Defined contribution plan. Employer contributes 3%, maximum 2,080 hours per year. Employee contributes 2%, maximum 2,080 hours per year. 

Bereavement leave: 5 days off for death of spouse or child. 3 days for death of extended family (mother, father, sister, brother, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepparents, stepchildren, grandparents, grandchildren). I day for death of grandparent-in-law.

Call-in pay: 4 hours' minimum. 

Probationary period: 480 hours. 

Discipline: Sunset clause is 6 months for verbal warnings, 12 months for written warnings.

Severance: For 1 year, 1 week's pay; 2 years, 1½ weeks’ pay; 3 years, 2 weeks’ pay; 4 years, 2½ weeks’ pay; 5 years, 3 weeks’ pay; 6 years, 3½ weeks’ pay; 7 years, 4½ weeks’ pay; 8 years, 5½ weeks’ pay; 9 years, 6½ weeks’ pay; 10 years, 7½ weeks’ pay; 11 and over, 1½ weeks’ pay for each year of service above 10 years.

Safety shoes: $175 per year for employees opting not to wear company-supplied rubber boots. Part-time employees’ allowance is 50% of full time employee’s allowance.

Uniforms/clothing: $400 per year for freezer apparel. $220 per year for pack off and export jack operators clothing. 

Tool allowance: $300 per year.

Sample rates of pay (current, after $1.80 per hour increase):
Base rate: $15.85 rising 5 steps to $17.65
Level 1: $16.85 rising 5 steps to $18.65
Level 1.5: $17.85 rising 5 steps to $19.65
Level 2: $18.85 rising 5 steps to $20.65
Level 2.5: $19.35 rising 5 steps to $21.15
Level 3: $19.85 rising 5 steps to $21.65
Level 3.5: $20.35 rising 5 steps to $22.15
Level 4: $20.85 rising 5 steps to $22.65
Level 5: $25.35 rising 5 steps to $27.15
Level 6: $26.30 rising 5 steps to $28.10
Level 7: $27.20 rising 5 steps to $29.00
Level 7.5: $27.20 rising 5 steps to $39.26
Hiring rate: $13.85 rising 5 steps to $15.65
After 60 worked days: $14.10 rising 5 steps to $15.90
After 4 months: $14.45 rising 5 steps to $16.25
After 8 months: $15.15 rising 5 steps to $16.95
After 2,080 hours worked: $15.85 rising 5 steps to $17.65
Journeyman power engineer class 2/refrigeration mechanic: $41
Journeyman power engineer class 3: $35.85
Ticketed: electrician, millwright, welder, refrigeration operator: $37.81
I.T.: $38.97

Editor’s notes: Pork industry: If the pork industry is affected by an epidemic, the company and the union will meet to discuss and implement ways to maximize the work hours in the plant. Cameras: The union will agree for cameras to be installed to investigate instances of sabotage and animal welfare issues. Part-time limit: Maximum 10 part-time employees in the shipping department. Early retirement benefit: Employees hired prior to Feb. 1, 2003, who will be 55, may retire (minimum 10 years’ service), $500 per month until 60.