Provincewide, Ontario (860 construction workers) and the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT)
Renewal agreement: Effective May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2022. Signed on Oct. 25, 2019.
Shift premium: 1 additional hour per shift will be paid for all shifts that begin before 5 a.m. or after 3:30 p.m. and hours worked on shift will be paid at regular hourly rate. $0.50 per hour for swing stage men, paperhangers, fabric hangers, signwriters. $1 per hour for sub-foremen, spray men, sandblasters. $2 per hour for foremen. $0.50 per hour for all work on swing stage, bosun chair, interior and exterior, exterior work on scaffolding and ladders that are 50 feet or higher; $1 per hour for those that are 150 feet or higher.
Paid holidays: Employer will pay 6% of gross pay. 10 days.
Vacations with pay: Employer will pay 4% of gross pay.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all overtime performed between Monday and Sunday inclusive; double time after 3 hours of overtime or work on Sunday or statutory holiday. Double time for work in fair wage areas.
Meal allowance: $15 to each employee when working beyond 12-hour shift.
Medical benefits: Employer will contribute $3.58 per hour (previously $3.48 per hour) to welfare trust fund.
Pension: Employer will contribute $6.15 per hour (previously $6 per hour) to pension plan trust fund.
Mileage: $0.20 per kilometre for all work performed between 51-kilometre and 120-kilometre radius from city hall; $0.55 per kilometre for transportation beyond 50 kilometres. $0.55 per kilometre when employee uses own vehicle for employer use and employer will carry non-owner insurance for such employee.
Sample rates of hourly pay (current):
Commercial: $36.69
Industrial: $38.87
Commercial (counties of Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry, Leeds and Grenville south side of highway 43): $29.31
Industrial (counties of Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry, Leeds and Grenville south side of highway 43): $33.28
Commercial (counties of Renfrew, Lanark, Ottawa-Carleton (R.M.), Prescott and Russell, except that portion west of line drawn beginning at Town of Smiths Falls (to north) and running south-easterly to Town of Brockville (to south): $29.31
Industrial (counties of Renfrew, Lanark, Ottawa-Carleton (R.M.), Prescott and Russell, except that portion west of line drawn beginning at Town of Smiths Falls (to north) and running south-easterly to Town of Brockville (to south): $33.28
Commercial (Niagara (R.M.) part east of line commencing on shore of Lake Ontario at boundary of town of Grimsby and town of Lincoln and running south-easterly on line towards Evans Point on short of Lake Erie): $31.55
Industrial (Niagara (R.M.) part east of line commencing on shore of Lake Ontario at boundary of town of Grimsby and town of Lincoln and running south-easterly on line towards Evans Point on short of Lake Erie): $37.05
Commercial (counties of Essex and Kent): $29.86
Industrial (counties of Essex and Kent): $33.86
Editor’s notes: Daily parking allowance: $12 in Toronto between city zones of Queens Quay north to Eglington Ave., west to Dufferin Ave., east to Don Valley Parkway and transportation cost to Toronto Island. Room, board allowance: $85 daily or up to $595 weekly for employees working on job who maintain temporary living quarters away from permanent residence ($35 per day for board, (meals) when employer provides room). Wraparound: $0.20 per kilometre to and from out-of-town jobs on once per month basis. finishing trades trust fund: Employer will contribute $0.47 to finishing trades trust fund.
