Increase your productivity Blitz of qualification
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Increase your productivity Blitz of qualification
Published for the employers in the construction industry Increase your productivity You wish to increase or upgrade your workers’ skills? You want to prepare your next generation of team leaders? Check out what the on-the-job training services can do for you! s See our article on page 3. November 2012 • Vol. 42, no 9 Blitz of qualification examinations Over 1,300 candidates attended one of the qualification examination sessions organized between September 10 and October 1 in the framework of the action plan for the gradual resumption of customer services. Thus, almost 950 journeymen were qualified in one of the construction industry’s trades or specialties. s Refer to our article on page 2 to find out more. Envoi poste publcation enr. n ˚ 40063591 Mailing Annual pension plan statement as of December 31, 2011 Non-retired workers will receive their annual pension plan statement at the beginning of November 2012 if hours worked in 2010 or 2011 have been added to their pension records. The annual statements of retired workers will be mailed by the end of December 2012. l You work in the civil engineering and roadwork sector? You work in the civil engineering and roadwork sector? If so, you received a first notice of the sector-based employer contribution to the ACRGTQ at the beginning of November. For further information, read our article on page 2. l Blitz of qualification examinations More than 3,200 candidates invited over three weeks Between September 10 and October 1, the CCQ organized a very special opération: a blitz of qualification examinations throughout Québec. Following the labour conflict with its personnel, the CCQ implemented an action plan for the gradual resumption of customer services. Certain services were considered as a priority, namely the qualification examinations. During these three weeks, over 3,200 candidates were invited to pass an examination. A total of 142 examination sessions were organized in the CCQ’s nine large administrative regions. Over 1,300 candidates attended one of these sessions, with an average participation of 41% for the whole of the regions. Thus, almost 950 journeymen were qualified for one or the other of the construction industry’s trades or specialties. Since last October 1, the regular examination sessions have been resumed in all of the CCQ’s regional offices. l You work in the civil engineering and roadwork sector? You work in the civil engineering and roadwork sector? If so, you received a first notice of the sector-based employer contribution to the ACRGTQ at the beginning of November. For each of your employees, you must pay a contribution of $0.03 per hour worked since January 1, 2012. Thus, the notice of contribution covers a period of two quarters. In the future, you will receive a notice of contribution on a quarterly basis. DO NOT pay this contribution along with your monthly report. 2 Your quarterly contribution is less than $25.00? The ACRGTQ will not claim it from you. This contribution is payable following the adoption of the new provisions of the Act respecting labour relations, vocational training and manpower management in the construction industry, targetting the employers of the civil engineering and roadwork sector. l On-the-job training services: services that meet your needs The CCQ’s on-the-job training services – an ideal way to ensure skills development for your workers and to increase your company’s productivity! Don’t hesitate to call on these services, be it to increase or upgrade your workers’ skills or to prepare your next generation of team leaders. What can these services do for you? Your employees need to master a new technology, a new process or new work methods? They must upgrade their knowledge of the Building Code? They need to learn about a new quality standard? The on-the-job training services can help you! How? Its consultants will design training adapted to your needs and objectives, and organize it all while taking your delays and constraints into account. The training can be offered in a training centre or within your company, as the case may be. Schedules are flexible, as the training can take place in the day, in the evening or during the weekend. The consultants will take care of just about everything! Not only will they see to the organization and funding of your training, they will also find the teachers and material required, if need be. They will design the training plan based on discussions with you regarding your needs. You validate the plan and there you have it! Benefit from financial support The entrepreneurs can count on financial support, thanks to the Fonds de formation des salariés de l’industrie de la construction (FFSIC). As to the employees, they can benefit from both free training and financial incentives* covering room and board as well as transportation expenses, depending on the distance in kilometers they must travel to follow the course. Eligibility criteria In order to be eligible to benefit from the CCQ’s on-the-job training services, your company must meet certain criteria: • It must be registered with the CCQ and report hours on its monthly reports; • It must have reported at least 1,500 work hours to the CCQ in its monthly reports, with deductions on behalf of one or more holders of a competency certificate for 24 of the last 26 months; AND • The customers targetted by the training must hold a valid competency certificate isssued by the CCQ and linked to the training; • The employees must have work hours reported to the CCQ in a trade or occupation linked to the training, that is: – a minimum of 400 hours during 24 of the last 26 months; OR – at least 8,000 hours, including one hour in the past five years. Additional conditions apply for training activities of a duration of 135 hours or more. Give us a call! Our consultants can also visit you to help you target your training needs. To contact them directly: Isabelle Leclaire Telephone: 514 593-3111, ext. 3197 Email: [email protected] Sébastian Lessard Telephone: 514 593-3111, ext. 3187 Email: [email protected] Patrick Dubeau Telephone: 514 593-3111, ext. 3117 Email: [email protected] You can also contact the on-the-job training services by calling the Info-perfectionnement line at 1 888 902-2222. l * We invite you to refer to the CCQ’s website for further details on possible repayment terms. 3 New players join the regional network We are pleased to highlight the arrival of new players in our regional network over the last few months: • Chantale Roberge, Director of the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean regional office; • Claude Mercure, Director of the Québec City regional office; • Christian Thomassin, Director of the Outaouais regional office; We also wish to underline the appointment of Jean Lafrance, Director of Operations for western Québec, chief of the regional directorates of Montréal, Trois-Rivières, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, and Outaouais; as well as that of Claude Bouchard, Director of Operations for eastern Québec, chief of the regional directorates of Québec City, Estrie, Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Bas-Saint-Laurent–Gaspésie, and Côte-Nord. l • Marc Céré, Director of the Estrie regional office. Official opening of the CCQ’s offices On Monday, October 22, the Commission de la construction du Québec (CCQ) officially opened its new head offices located at 8485 ChristopheColomb Avenue in Montréal. Present at the event were Agnès Maltais, Minister of Labour and Minister of Employment and Social Solidarity; Pierre Gagnier, Mayor of the Borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville; and Diane Lemieux, Chief Executive Officer of the CCQ. Together, they emphasized the special features of the new building along with the measures taken by the organization throughout the construction works to make it an example in all economic, social and environmental aspects, as well as in terms of governance and compliance with acts and regulations targetting the construction industry. It must be underlined that the construction project, which was accomplished within the anticipated schedule, fell within the budget of $40 million allotted to the works. 4 MÉDIC Construction Disability Insurance and Credit Hours The construction industry’s insurance plan provides for various limitations as regards disability insurance protection and credit hours. Employers or members of the company who are insured under the MÉDIC Construction plan can be subject to the following exclusions. • A person who is insured under the social benefit plans in the construction industry, but who is not covered by the Employment Insurance Act, may be eligible to benefit from credit hours if his or her disability is recognized under the Regulation respecting complementary social benefit plans in the construction industry. These credit hours allow the disabled person to continue to accrue hours used to determine his or her insurance coverage. However, this person is not entitled to receive the weekly indemnity paid out by the disability insurance plan during the first 17 weeks. • Likewise, a person who is insured under the social benefit plans in the construction industry, but who is not covered by the Act respecting industrial accidents and occupational diseases, could obtain credit hours if his or her disability is recognized under the Regulation respecting complementary social benefit plans in the construction industry. However, this person is not entitled to receive disability insurance benefits if his or her disability was caused by an accident (work-related or of another type) or an occupational disease. It is therefore important that the employer or the member of the company carefully study the situation in order to select the disability insurance coverage that best meets his or her needs. l Notices of insurability to be mailed shortly The persons who are eligible to pay premiums to benefit from the insurance coverage offered by the construction industry will soon receive a notice of insurability. The notices for the insurance period beginning on January 1 and ending on June 30, 2013, were mailed around November 1, 2012. The deadline for responding to this notice is Monday, December 3, 2012. According to the Act respecting prescription drug insurance, in force in Québec, a person who is eligible to benefit from private insurance must adhere to such a plan, unless this person is covered by another private plan (for example, a spouse’s plan). l 5 New union dues come into force on January 1, 2013 New union dues will come into force on January 1, 2013. You must therefore take these into account when you produce your monthly report for January (which must be forwarded to the CCQ at the latest by February 15). Union 6 Journeymen Apprentices FTQ, local 1 For all journeymen, $15.75 per week must be deducted from the first hour worked of the week or part of week. These dues must be deducted by the employer. For all apprentices of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd periods: $13.75 per week must be deducted from the first hour worked of the week or part of week. These dues must be deducted by the employer. FTQ, local 777 50% of the journeyman’s hourly rate per week or part of week. These dues must be deducted by the employer from the worker’s pay every week. The employer must also deduct every week $0.15 per hour worked. 50% of the journeyman’s hourly rate per week or part of week. These dues must be deducted by the employer from the worker’s pay every week. The employer must also deduct every week $0.15 per hour worked. CPQMC-I, local 568 For all the journeymen electricans and linemen, 75% of one hour worked per week or part of week, calculated on the hourly rate of the journeyman electrician, as defined in Schedule B of the Industrial sector collective agreement, as well as $0.05 per hour worked. For all the apprentice electricans, 50% of one hour worked per week or part of week, calculated on the hourly rate of the journeyman electrician, as defined in Schedule B of the Industrial sector collective agreement, as well as $0.05 per hour worked. CPQMC-I, local 586-4 The dues for local 586-4 must be discontinued, since local 568 of the IBEW obtained jurisdiction throughout Québec in January 2008. Consequently, all electricians, apprentices and linemen working in Québec are joined with local 568. The dues for local 586-4 must be discontinued, since local 568 of the IBEW obtained jurisdiction throughout Québec in January 2008. Consequently, all electricians, apprentices and linemen working in Québec are joined with local 568. CPQMC-I, local 853 $34.00 per month for the journeymen, and $29.00 per month for the apprentices. These dues will be deducted by the employer from the worker’s pay the first week worked each month. The employer must also deduct every week $0.45 per hour worked. $34.00 per month for the journeymen, and $29.00 per month for the apprentices. These dues will be deducted by the employer from the worker’s pay the first week worked each month. The employer must also deduct every week $0.45 per hour worked. 2013 Construction Industry Calendar The 2010-13 collective agreements will expire on April 30, 2013. The dates of the holidays given below, especially the summer and winter vacations, may therefore change. Please contact your union representative to find out more. January February Su M Tu W Th F Sa Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. 23* 24 25 26 27 28 29 Dec. Dec. (30 1 2 3 4 5 31 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26) (27 28 29 30 31 *Annual winter vacation: from December 2012 to January, 2013. Su 3 10 17 (24 April May Su M 1 7 8 14 15 21 22 (28 29 Tu 2 9 16 23 30 W 3 10 17 24 Th 4 11 18 25 F 5 12 19 26 Sa 6 13 20 27) Su M 5 6 12 13 19 20 (26 27 Tu 5 12 19 26 W 6 13 20 27 Th 7 14 21 28 F 1 8 15 22 Sa 2 9 16 23) Tu 7 14 21 28 Insurability notice W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 8 9 10 11 15 16 17 18 22 23 24 25) 29 30 31 August July Su 7 14 21* (28 M 4 11 18 25 March M 1 8 15 22 29 Tu 2 9 16 23 30 W 3 10 17 24 31 Th 4 11 18 25 F 5 12 19 26 Sa 6 13 20 27) Su 4 11 18 25 M 5 12 19 26 Tu 6 13 20 27 W 7 14 21 28 Th 1 8 15 22 29 F 2 9 16 23 30 Sa 3 10 17 24 31) *Annual summer vacation: from July 21 to August 3, 2013. October Su 6 13 20 (27 M 7 14 21 28 November Tu 1 8 15 22 29 W 2 9 16 23 30 Th 3 10 17 24 31 F 4 11 18 25 Sa 5 12 19 26) Insurability notice Vacation and paid holiday statements Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30) Su 3 10 17 24 (31 M 4 11 18 25 Tu 5 12 19 26 W 6 13 20 27 June Th 7 14 21 28 F 1 8 15 22 29 Sa 2 9 16 23 30) MÉDIC Card Vacation and paid holiday statements Su M 2 3 9 10 16 17 23 24 (30 Tu 4 11 18 25 W 5 12 19 26 Th 6 13 20 27 F 7 14 21 28 Sa 1 8 15 22 29) F 6 13 20 27 Sa 7 14 21 28) September Pension plan statements Su (1 8 15 22 (29 M 2 9 16 23 30 Tu 3 10 17 24 W 4 11 18 25 Th 5 12 19 26 W 4 11 18 25 MÉDIC Card Th F Sa 5 6 7 12 13 14 19 20 21 26 27 28) December Su (1 8 15 22* (29 M 2 9 16 23 30 Tu 3 10 17 24 31 *Annual winter vacation: from December 22, 2013 to January 4, 2014. Legend: Compulsory Annual Vacations Paid Holidays AECQ Annual Contribution ( ) Monthly Report Period 7 The present document is produced solely for information purposes. Only the Act respecting labour relations, vocational training and manpower management in the construction industry, its regulations and the collective agreements in force in the construction industry, have legal value. The male gender is occasionally used for ease of reading only. In all cases, the text refers equally to men and women. Bâtir is a monthly publication intended for the employers of the construction industry. Employers’ line: 1 877 973-5383 Published by: Direction des communications Commission de la construction du Québec C. P. 2030, succ. Youville Montréal (Québec) H2P 0B1 Graphic design: oblik.ca Page layout: Danièle Bordeleau Translation: Le Marché de l’écriture inc. Legal Deposit: Library and Archives Canada ISSN: 0708-3912 PU 95-02 (1211) French copy available on request.