Changes to Employment Standards

PLEASE NOTE! Effective immediately, comprehensive changes to The Employment Standards Code and the Construction Industry Wages Act will affect all Manitoba construction industry employers.

Highlights of What's New in 2007:

Termination of Employment - Employers are no longer allowed to set an alternate notice policy. After 30 days of employment, both employees and employers must provide notice. The amount of notice depends on the number of years employees have worked.

Changes to Termination of Employment Fact Sheet

Holiday Pay - Improved statutory holiday pay provisions for part-time workers. Work on a general holiday is paid at overtime rates, plus employee is entitled to holiday pay for the day.

General Holiday Fact Sheet

Vacation and Vacation Pay Fact Sheet

Unpaid Leave - Three days of unpaid leave for bereavement days, three unpaid days for illness or to deal with the needs of family. The definition of family member has been expanded to include extended family.

Unpaid Leave Fact Sheet

Overtime - Exemptions from hours of work and overtime for employees who earn a minimum annual amount and exercise substantial control over their work schedule; improving overtime pay provisions for incentive-based workers. Employers are obliged to keep records of all overtime hours. These overtime hours attract pay at 1 1/2 times regular hourly wage.

Overtime for Incentive Pay Fact Sheet

Young Employees - New criteria for employees under 16 years old: They must have a permit from the Employment Standards Branch before they begin their jobs, they cannot work more than 20 hours during a week of school, and they cannot work from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. in any industry.

Also, employees under 16 are not allowed to work at construction sites, on drilling or servicing rigs, on swing stages or scaffolds, in industrial or manufacturing processes or pruning, repairing, maintaining, or removal of trees. Employees under 18 years old cannot work alone from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. This criteria also prohibits employees under the age of 18 from working in higher-risk industries.

Young Employees Fact Sheet

Deductions From Wages - Employers cannot deduct wages from an employee where there is no direct benefit to the employee. (i.e. damage, lost items, photo radar, etc.)

Deductions From Wages Fact Sheet

Recovery From Employees Summary

Reporting Pay - Guaranteeing employees who report for work minimum pay of three hours or pay for the regularly scheduled shift.

Wage for Reporting Work Fact Sheet

More information on how this new legislation impacts the construction industry, please click HERE.

ICI Construction Wage Schedule Fact Sheet

For more information contact the Employment Standards Branch at:

Telephone: 204-945-3352

Toll free in Manitoba: 1-800-821-4307
Fax: 204-948-3046
Email: Employmentstandards@gov.mb.ca
Website: www.manitoba.ca/labour/standards

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Eastern Manitoba Career Symposium

Winnipeg Construction Association seized the opportunity to educate students about careers in skilled trades at the first annual Eastern Manitoba Career Symposium. Held in Beausejour, MB, on May 7 & 8, 2007, the event attracted a host of schools from the Sunrise School Division and offered informative displays and speaker sessions.

 

WCA’s interactive Explore Your Future in Skilled Trades booth encouraged students and adults to discover the many career prospects in construction. A laptop with a large flatscreen TV attracted curiosity and allowed attendees to search through the Trade Up! CD and play a challenging construction game.

Attendees observed a couple of skilled Journeyperson Carpenters build a six-foot cedar playhouse beside WCA’s booth. Over the course of the two-day career symposium, onlookers were invited to enter their names in a free draw to win the completed playhouse. Congratulations to Holly Webber who will enjoy playing in her new playhouse with her sisters!

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Education News

 

Acklands-Grainger Innovations Trade Show 2007

Wednesday, May 16, 2007 (11 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.)

Thursday, May 17, 2007 (10 a.m. - 5 p.m.)

MacDon Exhibition & Training Centre, 590 Morray St.

The Innovations Trade Show 2007 will feature product demonstrations, over 100 vendors and a variety of product seminars, including:

Pacesetter - Sorbent Products

Industrial Scientific - Confined Space Gas Monitoring

Featherlite - Ladder Safety

Loctite - Thread Locking of Mechanical Fasteners

Brady - Facility Safety Identification

Miller Electric - Pulse Welding

Baldwin - Filters

Manitoba's Workplace Health & Safety

Devcon - Spill Control Products

Lenox Blades - Choosing the Right Blade

J Walter Co. - Bio Circle

Capital Safety - i Safe Safety Program

Esab Welding - Copper Free Wire

Baccou Dalloz - Fall Protection

Lincoln Electric - Fume Extraction

3M - Respirators 101

Bob Dale Gloves - Carbon X Clothing

Loctite - Fastener Reducer Program

Contact Melissa Greenwood to register:

Phone: 204-954-8915

Fax: 204-947-1584

Email: innovations2007@agi.ca

WCA proudly presents the following seminar sessions:

May 14 & 15, 2007 (8 a.m. - 4 p.m.)

Construction Estimating

Red River College

Instructor: Jason Coreau

This two-day course will cover the basics of construction estimating. Initial topics will include processes and procedures for measuring quantities and standard industry formats for organizing the data. What about pricing the estimate? What is the difference between unit pricing and assembly pricing? What should be included in the project indirects or general expenses? There will be numerous examples to illustrate or support the topics, but be prepared to participate. Groups will discuss a variety of related problems or case studies.

Construction Estimating Registration Form

WCA Member Fee: $330.00 + GST

May 23 & 24, 2007 (8 a.m. - 4 p.m.)

Project Scheduling MS Project 2003 (Level 1)

Red River College

This course is introductory in nature and is intended for individuals in the design and construction industries. Learn the theory of critical path project scheduling and how to use Microsoft Project 2003 to schedule projects, assign resources and track project progress. Class size is limited.

Project Scheduling Registration Form

WCA Member Fee: $330.00 + GST

June 5 & 6, 2007 (8 a.m. - 4 p.m.)

Blueprint Reading Level 2 (Quantity Takeoffs)

Red River College

This course is intended for individuals who have some knowledge of the organization of a set of construction drawings. The content will be general in nature and will focus mainly on architectural and structural drawings. This is not a trade-specific course.

Blueprint Reading Level 2 Registration Form

WCA Member Fee: $330.00 + GST

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