Provincewide, Ontario (17,000 electrical and wiring installation contractors) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and IBEW Construction Council of Ontario, Local 353 (sample of larger agreement with multiple regional locals)
Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2022. Ratified February 2019. Signed on May 1, 2019.
Wage adjustments:
Effective May 1, 2019: 2%
Effective May 1, 2020: 2.3%
Effective May 1, 2021: 2.2%
Shift premium: 120% of regular wages for shift work other than regular day shift, between 11 p.m. Sunday and 1 a.m. Saturday, minimum 6 hours of work with 7 hours’ pay. 9 hours of pay for 7 hours of work on morning shift; 9 hours of pay for 8 hours of work on evening shift (Niagara Peninsula - St. Catharines). 15% for employees on other than day shift (Quinte-St. Lawrence - Kingston). 125% of regular rate of pay in Locals 1687, 402; 120% of wage package for all other locals, for trouble-shift work for utilities. Time and one-half for all work performed at 40 feet high or more (Thunder Bay).
Paid holidays: 10 days.
Overtime: Double time for all work performed outside of regular working hours and on Saturdays, Sundays, statutory holidays.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums. Employer pays $4.31 per hour for each hour earned by each hourly rated journeyman, foreman, apprentice, all other classifications to welfare fund (Greater Toronto).
Pension: Employer-funded RRSP and pension fund. Employer pays $8.24 per hour to pension fund (Greater Toronto).
Call-in pay: Double time, minimum 3 hours of pay.
Uniforms/clothing: Rainwear will be supplied by employer in wet and muddy conditions, including rubber boots. Where required by WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System), MSDS (material safety data sheets) working gloves to be available on job.
Mileage: $0.56 per kilometre (previously $0.55 per kilometre) for travel to job site outside specific boundaries. Effective May 1, 2021: $0.57 per kilometre.
Sample rates of pay (current, after 2.2% increase):
ICI/High-rise residential agreement
Journeyman: $45.17 rising 1 step to $47.65
Foreman: $53.37 rising 1 step to $54.80
Pre-apprentice: $16.24 rising 1 step to $16.68
First-period apprentice (40% of journeyman): $18.56 rising 1 step to $19.06
Fifth-period apprentice (80% of journeyman): $37.13 rising 1 step to $38.12
Shifts
Journeyman: $55.68 rising 1 step to $57.17
Foreman: $64.03 rising 1 step to $65.75
Pre-apprentice: $19.49 rising 1 step to $20.01
First-period apprentice (40% of journeyman): $22.27 rising 1 step to $22.87
Fifth-period apprentice (80% of journeyman): $44.54 rising 1 step to $45.74
Editor’s notes: Welders: Where electricians are required by employer to be retested for welding, cost of test will be paid by employer. Standby pay: 1 hour of double time for each day on standby; not paid if called in. Crew transportation: When employees are using employer’s vehicles for transportation to and from job sites, employees will be paid straight-time rates of pay for all time spent travelling. Stabilization fund: Employer will remit $0.50 per hour paid to IBEW, Local 402 Stabilization Trust Fund (Thunder Bay).
