Brooks, Alta. (18 outside employees) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Local 1032
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2024. Ratified on Sept. 1, 2020. Signed on Sept. 1, 2020.
Shift premium: $1 per hour when employer requires employee to be temporarily assigned to classification with higher pay scale. $2 per hour (while performing duty) for class 1 truck driver with proven capability to operate low-bed trailer and to load and unload equipment. $1.50 per hour for temporary lead-hand (as assigned by employer).
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 4% to start, 2 weeks after 1 year, 3 weeks after 2 years, 4 weeks after 6 years, 5 weeks after 14 years, 6 weeks after 20 years. Employee terminating employment will be paid out all accrued vacation pay.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 8 hours per day or 40 hours per week. Time and one-half for all work on Sundays and holidays. Time may be banked, maximum 120 overtime hours (equivalent to 180 hours of straight time). Employees will be permitted to carry over maximum 120 hours of banked time. Any banked time hours exceeding limit will be paid out at employee’s regular rate of pay.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Employer will contribute $1,000 per year towards health spending account for each employee participating in group plan.
Dental: Employer pays 100% of premiums. 100% reimbursement for basic and diagnostic. 50% reimbursement for dentures. 50% reimbursement (dependent children only) for orthodontics. 50% reimbursement for major restorative.
Weekly indemnity: Employee pays 100% of premiums.
Sick leave: 0.8334 days for every month of service, maximum 15 days banked at any 1 time (leave will not be used until after 1 month of service).
LTD: Employee pays 100% of premiums.
AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Life insurance: Employer pays 100% of premiums.
Pension: All permanent employees covered by agreement will become members of Local Authorities Pension Plan; employees, employer will make contributions to plan.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family; 7 days if funeral occurs outside Alberta. 3 days for death of other relatives; 5 days if funeral occurs outside Alberta. 1 day to attend funeral as pallbearer.
Seniority – recall rights: 12 months or period greater than accumulated seniority at time of layoff, whichever is less; 24 months for sick leave without pay. Seniority will be frozen and will not accrue during periods while on layoff or on unpaid leave of absence during which employee is in receipt of indemnity through LTD plan or on other leave of absence greater than 120 calendar days.
Call-in pay: Employee may be paid or may bank minimum 3 hours at overtime rate of time and one-half for all hours worked.
Probationary period: 6 continuous months from date of hire; 6 accumulated months for seasonal employees. Period may be extended once per employee for further 3 continuous months at discretion of employer.
Discipline: Sunset clause is 12 months (adjusted for any leaves of absence greater than 30 calendar days) for written disciplinary warning or reprimand; 24 months (adjusted for any leaves of absence greater than 30 calendar days) for disciplinary suspension without pay.
Safety shoes: $200 per year for CSA-approved safety footwear with safety toe protection to each full-time employee; each seasonal employee who has worked minimum of 10 months, and who are required to wear such footwear (amount may be carried over, maximum $400, applied to purchase in second year).
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will supply protective clothing, safety equipment as required.
Tool allowance: Employer will pay $500 per year to certified technicians, vehicle servicemen. Employee may carry over unused funds, maximum $500 in any 1 year, into next calendar year.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 5.1% increase):
Labourer
Level
1 : $20.62 rising 3 steps to $21.67
2 : $23.06 rising 3 steps to $24.23
3 : $24.23 rising 3 steps to $25.46
4 : $25.69 rising 3 steps to $27
Truck driver
1 : $25.72 rising 3 steps to $27.03
2 : $28.94 rising 3 steps to $30.41
3 : $32.02 rising 3 steps to $33.65
4 : $35.72 rising 3 steps to $37.53
Maintenance operator
1 : $32.07 rising 3 steps to $33.70
2 : $34.20 rising 3 steps to $35.94
3 : $35.50 rising 3 steps to $37.30
4 : $37.12 rising 3 steps to $39.01
Mechanic
1 : $32.47 rising 3 steps to $34.12
2 : $35.73 rising 3 steps to $37.55
3 : $38 rising 3 steps to $39.93
4 : $41.06 rising 3 steps to $43.15
Grader operator
1 : $33.21 rising 3 steps to $34.90
2 : $35.50 rising 3 steps to $37.30
3 : $37.12 rising 3 steps to $39.01
4 : $39.73 rising 3 steps to $41.75
Supervisor on-call
SOC: $41.15 rising 3 steps to $43.24
Editor’s notes: On call: Minimum 2 hours of pay, may be paid or banked. Paid at overtime rates if reporting for on-call work after 8 hours of work on regular shift. Long-service pay: $200 after 5 years of service; $300 after 10 years; $400 after 15 years; $500 after 20 years; $600 after 25 years; $700 after 30 years; $800 after 35 years.
