Effective February. 6, 2020, all provisions of this collective agreement shall be read to be gender neutral.
Effective February. Shift Shift The above applies to those employ- ees working on a continuous four (24) hour rotation. Shift differential will not be paid to day employees or to those employees designated "day shift employees".
Effective February. 1, 2000 the Employer shall pay six dollars and twenty-five cents ($6.25) per week for each employee covered by this contract to the Vancouver Local No. 525-M, Graphic Communications International Union, Educational Training and Retraining Trust Fund for the purpose of providing education and training for apprentices and retraining for journeymen. The Trust Fund shall be controlled and administered by a Board of Trustees which shall consist of an equal number of Employer Trustees and Union Trustees, in accordance with the terms of the Trust document establishing and governing the operations of the fund.
Effective February. 1, 1994, a shift differential of one dollar and thirty-one cents ($1.31) per hour; effective February 1, 1995, a shift differential of one dollar and thirty-two cents ($1.32) per hour; effective February 1, 1996, a shift differential of one dollar and thirty-five cents ($1.35) per hour, will be paid for all hours worked on the night shift. Payment for any overtime worked by night shift employees shall include the applicable shift differential but the shift differential shall always be reckoned at the straight time rate.
Effective February. 1, 2004 a shift premium of fifty cents (50¢) per hour for each hour worked by an afternoon shift employee and a shift premium of fifty cents (50¢) per hour for each hour worked by a night shift employee shall be paid to employees on those shifts. Effective January 1, 2012 the premium will increase to sixty (60¢). Additional shifts shall be staffed by those employees having skill, competence, efficiency and reliability to perform the necessary work, in order of seniority with the least senior employees being first assigned. If only one person has the skill, competence, efficiency and reliability for the work on the additional shift but has more seniority than other employees on day shift, he or she will be assigned to the additional shift for up to two (2) weeks while a less senior employee is trained on the day shift to perform such job. On completion of such training, the trained junior employee will be assigned to the additional shift and the more senior employees shall be returned to the day shift.
Effective February. 1, 2005 a route driver with a perfect driving record for the previous year will be paid $150.00. No driving infractions or accidents on or off the job constitutes a perfect driving record. For the purposes of verifying the driving record, route drivers are to provide the Company with an abstract. If a driver has more than 2 points on his record, he must take a driving course on his own time. The Company will pay for the course. If a driver becomes uninsurable because of an insurance premium increase due to his driving record, he will be terminated and paid termination pay according to the Employment Standards Act. Under these circumstances the employee will be laid off.
Effective February. 1, 2008, subscribers may submit announcements for employment opportunities for college counseling and admission professionals at their institutions. Employment announcements will not be accepted from third party entities such as placement or search firms. Acceptable employment announcements must:
Effective February. 1, 2011 an employee on pregnancy leave shall be entitled to a SUB top-up of seventy-five percent (75%) for a period of fifteen weeks.
Effective February. 1, 2016, the PSRP bonus shall be eliminated and effective July 1, 2016 $200 shall be added to PSRPs’ base salary.
Effective February. 1, 2017 employees required to use their vehicles on logging roads will receive a rate of twenty-four dollars and fifty cents ($24.50) per hour for all hours paid that day. Effective February 1, 2018 employees required to use their vehicles on logging roads will receive a rate of twenty-four dollars and eighty cents ($24.80) per hour for all hours paid that day. Effective February 1, 2019 employees required to use their vehicles on logging roads will receive a rate of twenty-five dollars and fifty cents ($25.50) per hour for all hours paid that day. Drivers will receive twenty-three dollars ($23.00) gas a day (after 10 kms).
