Ontario Association of Demolition Contractors

Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2022. Ratified in May 2019. Signed on April 8, 2019.

Wage adjustments:

Effective May 1, 2019: 2.1%

Effective May 1, 2020: 2.2%

Effective May 1, 2021: 2.4%

Shift premium: $4 per hour ($4.50 for Local 506) for all work performed between 4 p.m. and 6 a.m., Monday to Saturday and between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. Sunday to Friday. 10% higher than heavy-equipment operator for demolition foreman. 10% higher than journeyperson for HAZMAT foreman.

Paid holidays: 10 days.

Vacations with pay: 2 weeks without pay per year. Employer pays 6% per pay in lieu of paid vacations.

Overtime: Time and one-half for work performed in excess of 9 hours per day, 44 hours per week, or first 8 hours on Saturdays. Double time for work performed beyond 3 hours of overtime (2 for shift work), after 8 hours on Saturdays or all hours on Sundays and statutory holidays.

Medical benefits: Employer-funded Local Unions’ Employee Benefit Trusts.

Pension: Each employer will contribute $0.20 per hour for each hour earned by each employee into Labourers’ Pension Fund of Central and Eastern Canada. Employer will contribute $2 per hour worked to Local 1059 for group RRSP.

Bereavement leave: Local 527: 3 paid days at rate of $150 per day for death of parent, spouse, child, sibling.

Safety shoes: $10 for each calendar month worked.

Uniforms/clothing: Employer provides sanitary protective clothing (asbestos, winter- and wet-weather clothing, including rainsuits, sanitary rubber boots), equipment, safety helmets, non-prescription safety glasses, gloves, PPE where necessary. Employer will supply fire-retardant protective clothing to torch man.

Mileage: $0.55 per kilometre (previously $0.50 per kilometre) for personal use of vehicle for employer’s projects, plus $15 per hour for travel to and from jobsite. Maximum $18 per day will be reimbursed for parking.

Sample rates of pay (current, after 2.4% increase):

Local 183 (Cobourg)

Demolition, HAZMAT worker, journeyperson: $32.63 rising in 1 step to $33.05

Truck driver, qualified burner (torch man): $35.21 rising in 1 step to $35.71

Heavy-equipment operators: $37.05 rising in 1 step to $37.59

Demolition foreman: $40.48 rising in 1 step to $41.13

HAZMAT foreman: $35.68 rising in 1 step to $36.18

Local 493

Demolition, HAZMAT worker, journeyperson: $29.60 rising in 1 step to $33.10

Truck driver, qualified burner (torch man): $32.15 rising in 1 step to $32.72

Heavy-equipment operators: $33.94 rising in 1 step to $34.55

Demolition foreman: $37.12 rising in 1 step to $37.82

HAZMAT foreman: $32.37 rising in 1 step to $32.95

Local 506

Demolition, HAZMAT worker, journeyperson: $33.43 rising in 1 step to $34.29

Truck driver, qualified burner (torch man): $35.93 rising in 1 step to $36.75

Heavy-equipment operators: $37.75 rising in 1 step to $38.61

Demolition foreman: $41.22 rising in 1 step to $42.19

HAZMAT foreman: $36.52 rising in 1 step to $37.35

Local 527

Demolition, HAZMAT worker, journeyperson: $33.84 rising in 1 step to $34.70

Truck driver, qualified burner (torch man): $34.87 rising in 1 step to $35.75

Heavy-equipment operators: $36.64 rising in 1 step to $37.57

Demolition foreman: $39.99 rising in 1 step to $41.01

HAZMAT foreman: $36.93 rising in 1 step to $37.87

Local 607

Demolition, HAZMAT worker, journeyperson: $34.76 rising in 1 step to $35.98

Truck driver, qualified burner (torch man): $35.73 rising in 1 step to $36.97

Heavy-equipment operators: $37.57 rising in 1 step to $38.86

Demolition foreman: $37.89 rising in 1 step to $39.20

HAZMAT foreman: $35.68 rising in 1 step to $36.18

Local 625

Demolition, HAZMAT worker, journeyperson: $34.54 rising in 1 step to $35.46

Truck driver, qualified burner (torch man): $36.89 rising in 1 step to $37.88

Heavy-equipment operators: $38.70 rising in 1 step to $43.23

Demolition foreman: $42.09 rising in 1 step to $43.23

HAZMAT foreman: $37.72 rising in 1 step to $38.74

Local 837

Demolition, HAZMAT worker, journeyperson: $33.85 rising in 1 step to $34.79

Truck driver, qualified burner (torch man): $36.34 rising in 1 step to $37.34

Heavy-equipment operators: $38.16 rising in 1 step to $39.21

Demolition foreman: $41.61 rising in 1 step to $42.75

HAZMAT foreman: $36.94 rising in 1 step to $37.96

Local 1036

Demolition, HAZMAT worker, journeyperson: $32.44 rising in 1 step to $32.93

Truck driver, qualified burner (torch man): $33.47 rising in 1 step to $33.99

Heavy-equipment operators: $35.28 rising in 1 step to $35.85

Demolition foreman: $38.54 rising in 1 step to $39.19

HAZMAT foreman: $35.49 rising in 1 step to $36.06

Local 1059
Demolition, HAZMAT worker, journeyperson: $36.13 rising in 1 step to $37.26

Truck driver, qualified burner (torch man): $37.11 rising in 1 step to $38.26

Heavy-equipment operators: $38.90 rising in 1 step to $40.10

Demolition foreman: $42.50 rising in 1 step to $43.80

HAZMAT foreman: $39.47 rising in 1 step to $40.69

Local 1089

Demolition, HAZMAT worker, journeyperson: $34.31 rising in 1 step to $35.21

Truck driver, qualified burner (torch man): $34.77 rising in 1 step to $35.69

Heavy-equipment operators: $37.36 rising in 1 step to $38.35

Demolition foreman: $40.80 rising in 1 step to $41.88

HAZMAT foreman: $37.49 rising in 1 step to $38.48

Apprentices

First 1,000 hours: 60% of full wage package of journeyman’s rate

Second 1,000 hours: 70% of full wage package of journeyman’s rate

Third 1,000 hours: 85% of full wage package of journeyman’s rate

Editor’s notes: Room and board allowance: Meal allowance of $60 per day for all locals when employees are required to stay overnight at remote job location. Employees will be provided with clean, adequate, maintained lodging (maximum 2 people per room). Travel allowance: Employees who are required to drive or operate company vehicle to pick up other employees within zone 2 or zone 3 will be paid regular hourly rate for all time spent traveling; $11 per day all other employees working within zone 2; $15 per day all other employees working within zone 3.