Shell Canada

Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2023. Ratified on March 13, 2019. Signed on Aug. 19, 2019.

Wage adjustments:

Effective March 1, 2019: 2.5%

Effective March 1, 2020: 2.75%

Effective March 1, 2021: 3%

Effective March 1, 2022: 3.5%

Shift premium: 2.67% per hour of operator no. 2 straight-time hourly rate for hours worked between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. 6% per hour of operator no. 2 straight-time hourly rate for hours worked between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. 4% of operator no. 2 straight-time hourly rate for hours worked between 4 p.m. and midnight. 7% of operator no. 2 straight-time rate for hours worked between midnight and 8 a.m. $1,000 per month for first-class steam-ticket certification. $800 per month for second-class steam-ticket certification. $450 per month for third-class steam-ticket certification. No premium for fourth-class steam-ticket certification. Employer will provide 1-time lump-sum payment of $3,000 for employees who achieves first-class steam-ticket certification. Employer will pay $200 per month dual-ticket premium to plant maintenance employees at Waterton gas plant who hold Alberta journeymen ticket (electrical and instrumentation; millwright and electrical; millwright and instrumentation). 10% for shift-team leads. $1,300 per year for 12-hour shift schedule workers that support continuous operations and perform formal shift-handover duties, including face-to-face handover to relay information with incoming shift operator, and routinely perform duties beyond normally scheduled hours.

Paid holidays: 11 days, plus first Friday in June. Plant shift-operators working continuous shift have option to bank holiday credit (in lieu of being paid), provided holiday falls on day they are scheduled to work.

Vacations with pay: 3 weeks after 1 year, 4 weeks after 10 years, 5 weeks after 18 years (previously 19 years), 6 weeks after 25 years. 1 week may be deferred to following year but not subsequent years.

Overtime: Double time for all work after 240 hours per 6-week period. Double time for all hours worked after 8 hours per day (day worker) or 12 hours per day (shift worker). Double time for all work on day which employees are not regularly scheduled to work. Double time when employees change from regular shift to new shift (first 8 hours for day workers; first 12 hours for shift workers). May be banked for future time off, maximum 48 hours.

Meal allowance: Meal or $12 per meal, at employee option, for unscheduled overtime after 2 hours unscheduled overtime continuous with regularly scheduled work and with each additional 2 hours of unscheduled overtime thereafter or when insufficient time has been given to prepare meal or lunch, where after 2 hours of unscheduled overtime not continuous with regularly scheduled work and with each additional 2 hours of unscheduled overtime thereafter. Maximum 4 meals or meal allowances per 16-hour work period.

Seniority – recall rights: 12 consecutive months from date of lay-off.

Call-in pay: Greater of 4 hours of pay at regular straight-time rate for reporting or working or pay for hours worked at 2 times regular straight-time rate. Day employees will receive portal-to-portal travel allowance when called out to work with 2 or less hours’ notice and call-in is more than 2 hours’ duration (paid at applicable overtime rates based on following allocated times: Pincher Creek return trip 60 minutes; Pincher Creek 1-way 30 minutes).

Probationary period: 6 calendar months’ service

Severance: 4 weeks’ pay for first year of service plus 2 weeks’ pay for each additional year of service.

Safety shoes: Employer will reimburse all employees for costs of safety footwear.

Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide each employee with personal protective equipment required by employer rules except undergarments.

Mileage: Employer will reimburse employees for use of personal vehicles in performance of employer business at the employer-established rate.

Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 9.5% increase):

Plant-operations section

Lead operator: $59.75 rising 3 steps to $65.44

Operator no. 1: $55.78 rising 3 steps to $61.10

Operator no. 2: $50.18 rising 3 steps to $54.97

Operator no. 3: $44.66 rising 3 steps to $48.92

Operator no. 4: $42.95 rising 3 steps to $47.04

Operator trainee: $39.12 rising 3 steps to $42.86

Lead-operations planner: $59.75 rising 3 steps to $65.44

Intermediate-operations planner: $55.78 rising 3 steps to $61.10

Plant-utility section

Utility operator no. 1: $46.46 rising 3 steps to $50.89

Utility operator no. 2: $42.54 rising 3 steps to $46.60

Utility operator no. 3: $40.90 rising 3 steps to $44.79

Field-operations section

Lead production-maintenance operator: $55.07 rising 3 steps to $60.32

Production-maintenance operator 1: $51.89 rising 3 steps to $56.84

Production-maintenance operator 2: $44.26 rising 3 steps to $48.48

Production-maintenance operator 3: $42.54 rising 3 steps to $46.60

Production-maintenance operator 4: $40.91 rising 3 steps to $44.82

Production-maintenance operator 5: $39.12 rising 3 steps to $42.86

Maintenance section

Maintenance lead: $55.02 rising 3 steps to $60.27

Craftsman no. 1: $52.40 rising 3 steps to $57.40

Craftsman no. 2: $44.71 rising 3 steps to $48.98

Craftsman no. 3: $42.96 rising 3 steps to $47.05

Craftsman no. 4: $41.30 rising 3 steps to $45.24

Craftsman no. 5: $39.51 rising 3 steps to $43.28

Repairman no. 1: $51.13 rising 3 steps to $56.01

Planner and scheduler section

Lead-maintenance planner/scheduler: $55.32 rising 3 steps to $60.60

Intermediate-maintenance planner/scheduler: $51.89 rising 3 steps to $56.84

Lead field-operations planner/scheduler: $55.07 rising 3 steps to $60.32

Intermediate field-operations planner/scheduler: $51.89 rising 3 steps to $56.84

Safety section

Safety repairman no. 1: $44.26 rising 3 steps to $48.48

Safety repairman no. 2: $40.90 rising 3 steps to $44.79

General section

Roustabout A: $39.12 rising 3 steps to $42.86

Editor’s notes: Apprentices: While attending approved technical school, apprentices will be eligible for regular straight-time pay; transportation reimbursement to and from school (maximum 1 round-trip per week), equivalent to use of personal vehicles at employer-established rate per kilometre; living-away-from-home expense reimbursement, maximum $100 per week (may include additional driving expenses if commuting). Placement assistance: Employer will provide $2,000 per employee for outplacement assistance if there is plant closure or partial plant closure which will involve permanent workforce reduction. Safety eyewear: Employer will pay total cost of approved prescription safety eyewear. On-call: 1 hour of pay for days when employee works normally scheduled shift and is on-call remainder of day; 2 hours of pay for days when employee is on-call but not scheduled to work; 2 hours of pay for days when employee is requested by management to be on-call but was not scheduled to be on-call.