EFFECTIVE DATE AND DURATION OF AGREEMENT Subject to ratification by the parties: This Agreement shall be effective from the 1st day of January, 2020 November, 2015 and shall be valid until the 31st day of December, 2024, and thereafter from year to year unless a written notice is given by either party within the period of four months immediately preceding the date of expiration of the term of the Collective Agreement, of their desire to terminate this Agreement or negotiate a revision thereof, in which case this Agreement shall remain in effect without prejudice to any retroactive clause of a new Agreement until negotiations for revision or amendments hereto have been concluded and a new Agreement superseding this Agreement has been duly executed. The amendments to the Collective Agreement, unless otherwise agreed, are effective upon the date of ratification by the parties. SCHEDULE A Employees shall be paid in the following salary ranges according to the salary grade. An employee’s pay level within the range for the employee’s salary grade will be determined based on the employee’s demonstrated performance. The parties recognize the salary ranges and the salary paid to individual employees are minimums. In the event of job reclassification, employees will be moved into the appropriate salary grade and be paid in accordance with the corresponding salary range. In cases where employees are being paid a wage/salary below that of the new salary range, they shall be brought up to the minimum of the new salary range. In cases where employees are being paid a wage/salary above that of the new salary range, their salary shall be red circled until such time as their wage/salary is within the salary range, however, they will be provided with a lump sum payment in lieu of their annual wage/salary increase. Those employees who have been trained pursuant to the Company’s “Train the Trainer” Program, shall receive an additional one hundred dollars ($100.00) per day, when facilitating scheduled Divisional Operational Training. The Company reserves the right to implement employee retention programs, share purchase programs, incentive plans and market supplement programs in its sole and absolute discretion. Salary Grades and Ranges Grad e Minimum Annual Mid-Annual Maximum Annual 1 $36,192 $51,607 $67,022 2 $41,682 $59,414 $77,145 3 $48,341 $68,968 $89,595 4 $56,156 $80,042 $103,927 5 $68,791 $98,115 $127,439 Job Positions In-Scope: Job Title Le Area Administrator, Retail Credit Canada 1 Regina Office Clerk Seed Plant/Lab 1 Country Ops Customer Service Representative 1 Country Ops Operations Support 1 Country Ops Technician I 1 Country Ops Warehouse Worker 1 Country Ops Seed Analyst II 2 Country Ops Technician II 2 Country Ops Agronomist 3 Country Ops Crop Production Advisor Trainee 3 Country Ops Operations Lead 3 Country Ops Technician III 3 Country Ops Assistant Manager 4 Country Ops Crop Production Advisor 4 Country Ops Seed Quality Assurance Coordinator Advisor, Canada Seed Regulatory 4 Country Ops Branch Manager 5 Country Ops Leasing Administrator 1 Regina Office Collections Coordinator 3 Regina Office Credit Analyst /Trainer 3 Regina Office The following adjustments will be made to compensation:
