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Basic Wage Rate: Effective October per hour Effective May per hour London, Windsor, Sarnia, Cobourg, Belleville, Kingston, Sudbury and Thunder Bay Territorial Jurisdiction as follows: Counties of \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587, Huron, Perth, Oxford, Elgin, Middlesex, Essex, Kent, Northumberland, Hastings, Addington, Frontenac, District of Parry Sound, Nippissing, Manitoulin, Sudbury, District of Cochrane south of the 49th Parallel, District of Rainy River, Thunder Bay and District of Cochrane north of the 49th Parallel. Basic Wage Rate: Effective October per hour Peterborough Effective May per hour Territorial Jurisdiction as follows: Counties of Peterborough and Basic Wage Rate: Effective October per hour Ottawa, Cornwall Effective May per hour Territorial Jurisdiction as follows: Counties of Lanark, Leeds, \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587, \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587, Glengarry. 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HEALTH, WELFARE, INDUSTRY FUND, PENSION FUND, ADMINISTRATIVE DUES CHECK-OFF, VACATION PAY, SECRETARIAT FUND, AND HEALTH SAFETY FUND Welfare Trust Fund Commencing with the payroll following the effective date of this Agreement and continuing thereafter for the life of this Agreement, the Employers agree to pay into the Welfare Trust Fund contributions in the amount and under conditions as shown below to the Administrator.", "samples": [{"hash": "hIB6GHHkKrx", "uri": "/contracts/hIB6GHHkKrx#basic-wage", "label": "Provincial Collective Agreement", "score": 19.0, "published": true}], "hash": "68bb089cf7793ce139d3710dcc31ca99", "id": 6}, {"snippet_links": [{"key": "agreement-to", "type": "definition", "offset": [20, 32]}, {"key": "a-reference-to", "type": "clause", "offset": [71, 85]}, {"key": "in-clause", "type": "clause", "offset": [107, 116]}], "size": 1, "snippet": "A reference in this agreement to the adult basic wage is to be read as a reference to the adult basic wage in Clause 5.1.", "samples": [{"hash": "kbrcWxK4RhV", "uri": "/contracts/kbrcWxK4RhV#basic-wage", "label": "Nuw Collective Agreement 2007", "score": 17.0, "published": true}], "hash": "a76ac92e22320550a706ea897ec27103", "id": 7}, {"snippet_links": [{"key": "the-workplace", "type": "definition", "offset": [71, 84]}, {"key": "responsibility-of-the", "type": "clause", "offset": [152, 173]}, {"key": "of-work", "type": "clause", "offset": [259, 266]}, {"key": "of-activities", "type": "clause", "offset": [298, 311]}, {"key": "contract-of-employment", "type": "clause", "offset": [362, 384]}, {"key": "work-and", "type": "clause", "offset": [448, 456]}], "size": 1, "snippet": "The basic wage shall be determined in keeping with the requirements of the workplace (qualifications, acquired training and skills, work complexity and responsibility of the workplace) and shall be calculated by multiplying the lowest wage by the coefficient of work complexity of a specific group of activities to which the worker\u2019s workplace belongs under the contract of employment. 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