Tinsmith. An hourly premium equal to 7% of his wage rate shall be paid to an employee from this trade for every hour worked under the conditions specified in Subsection 1), seven days a week (Sunday to Saturday), including statutory holidays.
Tinsmith. Further to an agreement between the employer and the union representative representing a majority of the employees concerned, the rest period scheduled for the middle of the afternoon may be eliminated to allow the employees to leave 30 minutes before the end of the standard working day. In this case, the employee shall receive 8 hours’ pay per working day.
Tinsmith. When the distance between the employee’s residence and the job site is 120 or more kilometres and the employee must travel and obtain room and board on the day before he reports to work, he shall receive compensation as specified in Article 23.09, Subsection 4), Paragraph a) for the day in question, upon the presentation of receipts. This compensation is only payable once per job site for the same employer. These provisions apply also when an employee is called back to work on the same job site or on any other job site, in accordance with the preceding paragraph. However, these provisions do not apply in the case of compulsory annual vacations.
Tinsmith. The employer shall pay the employee $0.65 for every hour actually worked, for meeting his obligation to supply safety boots, hard hats and their accessories. The employer may require that it be identified on the employee’s hard hat by its name, acronym or otherwise. Moreover, the employer, without being exempt from its obligation to pay the above amount, may require that its employees wear a hard hat that it supplies at its own expense.
Tinsmith. Barring an agreement with the repre- sentative of the majority union group and taking into account Article 15.01, Subsection 1), when the manpower need exceeds 5 such employees, the employer shall hire an employee in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the introductory paragraph of Article 15.01 as of the 10th employee and by subsequently applying a 1 to 4 ratio in the hiring process, namely 1 employee in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the introductory paragraph of Article 15.01, per every 4 employees residing in the region where the work is carried out.
Tinsmith. An employee who works on a shift other than the first shift shall receive an hourly premium of 7% of his wage rate seven days a week (Sunday to Saturday), including statutory holidays and all overtime hours worked.
Tinsmith. For welding work related to the tinsmith trade, the following equipment is supplied: • welder’s gloves • elbow pads, kneepads, a bolero or, as the case may be, a welder’s jacket when required because of a difficult welding position. • Individual welder’s safety helmet Also, for fiberglass work related to the trade, the following equipment is supplied free when needed: • gloves, a mask, an apron or, as the case may be, overalls, kneepads and overshoes.
Tinsmith a) The contribution paid by the employer for a journeyman and apprentice from this trade is as specified in Article 27.03, Subsection 1), plus $0.25 per hour worked.
b) This amount serves to create a complementary group insurance plan for this trade through the setting up of a supplemental insurance fund for such plan.
c) As of September 28, 2014, the employee contribution deducted from the wages of a journeyman is 8.3% of his regular wage rate per hour worked plus compulsory annual vacation pay, statutory holiday pay and sick leave pay. The employee contribution deducted from the wages of an apprentice from this trade is as specified in Article 27.03, Subsection 2) plus $0.70 per hour worked for a 3rd and 2nd period apprentice and $0.58 per hour worked for a 1st period apprentice. Where applicable, the employee contribution as stipulated in the preceding paragraph shall be adjusted through the application of the second paragraph of Article 27.03, Subsection 2).
d) In the event that the Regulation respecting the vocational training and qualification of manpower in the construction industry gives rise to changes in apprenticeship in this trade, the employee contribution specified in the preceding paragraph will be reviewed and adjusted.
Tinsmith. Any such employee who reports to a job site in the morning and who cannot start work due to bad weather shall receive compensation equal to 1 hour’s pay at his wage rate, minus any pay already earned for work performed that same day. In the case of heavy industry work, however, this compensation is equal to 2 hours’ pay at his wage rate, minus any remuneration received for work performed that day. This employee may not refuse to work, however, when an employer assigns him to a job where he is protected from bad weather. Moreover, the employer may require that the employee remain at its disposal during the paid waiting time. It is agreed, however, that the employee shall refrain from reporting to his job when the weather is bad 1 hour before the beginning of the standard working day.
Tinsmith. In the framework of the application of Article 25.03 1), the employer shall be responsible for the cleaning of fire-resistant suits and of coveralls.
