Hylife Foods

Neepawa, Man. (1,200 workers, manufacturing and utilities) and the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada (CtW/CLC)

Renewal agreement: Effective Feb. 1, 2015, to Jan. 31, 2020. Signed on March 23, 2015.
Wage adjustments: 
General food workers
Effective March 22, 2015: $0.10 to $0.30 per hour (bracket 0-2)
Effective July 6, 2015: $0.30 per hour (bracket 0-2)
$0.40 per hour (bracket 3-4)
$0.45 per hour (bracket 5-6)
Effective July 3, 2016: $0.30 per hour (bracket 0-2)
$0.45 per hour (bracket 3-4)
$0.55 per hour (bracket 5-6)
Effective July 2, 2017: $0.30 per hour (bracket 0-2)
$0.45 per hour (bracket 3)
$0.50 per hour (bracket 4)
$0.55 per hour (bracket 5-6)
Effective June 30, 2018: $0.35 per hour (bracket 0-2)
$0.45 per hour (bracket 3)
$0.50 per hour (bracket 4)
$0.55 per hour (bracket 5-6)
Effective June 29, 2019: $0.35 per hour (bracket 0-2)
$0.45 per hour (bracket 3)
$0.50 per hour (bracket 4)
$0.55 per hour (bracket 5-6)
Engineers
Effective Feb. 1, 2015: $2.76 per hour (second-class)
$1.65 per hour (third-class)
$1.71 per hour (fourth-class)
General maintenance
Effective July 1, 2015: $0.45 per hour
Effective July 1, 2016: $0.55 per hour
Effective July 1, 2017: $0.55 per hour
Effective July 1, 2018: $0.55 per hour
Effective July 1, 2019: $0.55 per hour
Shift premium: $0.50 per hour for all shifts were majority of scheduled hours are between 4 p.m. and 8 a.m. $0.50 per hour for job requiring work in any product cooler, blast freezer or general freezer. $0.50 per hour for truck operators in a pallet barn between Nov. 1 and March 31.
Paid holidays: 11 days.
Vacations with pay: 2 weeks to start, 3 weeks after 4 years, 4 weeks after 9 years, 5 weeks after 14 years, 6 weeks after 19 years. A minimum of 7% of employees as of Feb. 13 of each year shall be allowed to take vacations at the same time.
Overtime: Time and one-half on regularly scheduled work days for all time worked before regular shift or more than 8 hours (12 hours for 12-hour shift employees) to a maximum of 1.5 hours per day per employee and 12 hours per 2-week pay period. Double time for any hours greater than 11 in one day. Time and one-half for work performed on a Saturday, double time for work performed on Sunday. An extra $1.50 per hour for Saturday work when it would normally be a day off. Up to 8 hours per year can be banked.
Meal allowance: $10 if employee works a second 5-hour period.
Medical benefits: Premium costs shared 50/50 between company and employees. 100% of eligible drug expenses less any amount covered by Manitoba Pharmacare.
Dental: Premium costs shared 50/50 between company and employees. 100% of charges for basic dental services and supplies. 90% of charges for major dental services and supplies unless due to accident, then 100%. 60% of charges for orthodontic services for self and dependants under 18.
Vision: $400 per 24-month period per employee and dependants for frames, lenses, contact lenses. $400 per 12 months for dependant children 17 and younger.
Paramedical: Premium costs shared 50/50 between company and employees.
Sick leave: $65 per scheduled working day for employees with less than 2 years’ service. $80 per day for employees with more than 2 years’ service. Maximum of 12 scheduled working days annually with no more than 10 days paid on any one claim.
LTD: Premium costs shared 50/50 between company and employees. 66.7% of first $2,250 of monthly basic earnings plus 50% of the balance to a maximum of $4,000 per month.
AD&D: Premium costs shared 50/50 between company and employees. 100% of annual basic earnings to a maximum of $250,000.
Life insurance: Premium costs shared 50/50 between company and employees. 100% of annual basic earnings to a maximum of $250,000.
Pension: Company contributed $0.30 per hour for each employee hour worked. Company contributes 3.3% of employee’s gross earnings to defined contribution pension plan. Employees contribute 1.5% of gross annual earnings, rising to 2.25% by 2019. Voluntary contributions by employees permitted. Retirement age of 65, early retirement option of 55.
Bereavement leave: 3 paid days for death of spouse, child, parent, sibling, parent-in-law, sibling-in-law, grandparent, stepchild, aunt, uncle, or grandparent-in-law. 1 paid day for attending funeral as pallbearer or perform an official function at a funeral. Up to 2 additional unpaid days to attend funeral more than 500 kilometres away from employee’s place of residence.
Call-in pay: Minimum 4 hours at regular rate of pay.
Probationary period: 90 days of work.
Safety shoes: Company supplies safety boots or safety rubber boots free of charge each year. Company also supplies winter boots and replacement liners for employees working in freezers and shipping/receiving departments from Oct. 1 to April 30. $175 annual allowance for employees with seniority who choose not to wear employer-provided rubber boots to purchase CSA-approved boots.
Uniforms/clothing: Company supplies outer work clothing, oilskin aprons and oilskin sleeves, hair nets, rubber gloves. Heavy quilted vest or liner for employees working at temperatures below zero degrees Celsius or lower.
Tool allowance: Mechanical tradesman reimbursed $600 per year. Company provides all knives, scabbards, steels, whetstones and hooks necessary.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current):
Bracket 0 worker: $13.85 rising in 5 steps to $14.70
Bracket 1 worker: $14 rising in 5 steps to $14.85
Bracket 2 worker: $14.30 rising in 5 steps to $15.45
Bracket 3 worker: $15.75 rising in 5 steps to $17.05
Bracket 4 worker: $16.70 rising in 5 steps to $18.05
Bracket 5 worker: $18.05 rising in 5 steps to $19.40
Bracket 6 worker: $18.35 rising in 5 steps to $20.45
Second-class shift engineers: $40.21
Third-class shift engineers: $35.76
Fourth-class engineers: $33.55
Fifth-class engineers: $26.87
Electrician red seal, instrumentation technician diploma, millwright/industrial mechanic red seal, welder red seal, machinist red seal, red seal trades, plumber, pipefitter: $34.78
Non-licenced maintenance personnel: $24.96 rising in 3 steps to $26.96
General maintenance personnel: $18.29 rising in 3 steps to $21.14
Editor’s notes: Work guarantee: Company guarantees minimum of 74 hours' pay per 2-week pay period, with exception of 32 hours to maximum of 8 weeks per year for following reasons: inadequate hog supply, market fluctuations, cost of raw material, mechanical or technical problems. 
 

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