Acts and Regulations

2007-34 - Minimum Wage for Categories of Employees in Crown Construction Work

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NEW BRUNSWICK
REGULATION 2007-34
under the
Employment Standards Act
(O.C. 2007-180)
Filed May 29, 2007
Under section 9 of the Employment Standards Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following Regulation:
Citation
1This Regulation may be cited as the Minimum Wage for Categories of Employees in Crown Construction Work Regulation - Employment Standards Act.
Definitions
2The following definitions apply in this Regulation.
“building construction” includes the construction, remodelling and repair of buildings and related work at the same site. (construction de bâtiments)
“road and bridge construction” includes the construction of roads, bridges, sidewalks, parking lots, culverts and drainage and other related work at the same site. (construction de routes et de ponts)
Application
3Notwithstanding the provisions of the Minimum Wage Regulation - Employment Standards Act, this Regulation applies to the categories of employees referred to in sections 4 and 5 when employees in those categories perform work or supply services under a contract awarded by the Province.
Minimum wage
4(1)For the period beginning July 1, 2007 and ending May 31, 2008, the minimum wage payable to an employee in a category listed in Column I of Schedule A is the minimum wage rate listed beside it in Column II of Schedule A.
4(2)On or after June 1, 2008, the minimum wage payable to an employee in a category listed in Column I of Schedule A is the minimum wage rate listed in Column III of Schedule A.
Categories of employees not listed in Schedule
5The minimum wage payable to an employee in a category not listed in Column I of Schedule A shall not be less than,
(a) for the period beginning July 1, 2007 and ending May 31, 2008, the minimum wage payable to a Labourer as set out in Column II of Schedule A, and
(b) on or after June 1, 2008, the minimum wage payable to a Labourer as set out in Column III of Schedule A.
Maximum number of hours of work at a minimum wage
6(1)The maximum number of hours of work for employees employed in Crown building construction for which the minimum wage fixed under section 4 or 5 shall be paid is 44 hours per week.
6(2)The maximum number of hours of work for employees employed in Crown road and bridge construction for which the minimum wage fixed under section 4 or 5 shall be paid is 50 hours per week.
Minimum wage for excess time worked
7(1)The minimum wage payable for time worked in excess of the maximum number of hours fixed under subsection 6(1) is one and one-half times the minimum wage fixed under section 4 or 5.
7(2)The minimum wage payable for time worked in excess of the maximum number of hours fixed under subsection 6(2) is one and one-half times the minimum wage fixed under section 4 or 5.
Repeal
8New Brunswick Regulation 90-149 under the Employment Standards Act is repealed.
Commencement
9This Regulation comes into force on July 1, 2007.
SCHEDULE A
Column I
 
Categories
of Employees
Column II
 
Minimum Wage per hour payable beginning July 1, 2007 and ending May 31, 2008
Column III
 
Minimum Wage per hour payable on or after June 1, 2008
Air Conditioning
and Refrigeration
Mechanics
$21.79
$24.57
Blasters
  15.16
  17.10
Boilermakers
  22.09
  24.91
Bricklayers
  18.55
  20.92
 
Built-up Roofers and Shinglers
15.17
17.11
Carpenters
  15.28
  17.23
Cement Finishers
  15.34
  17.30
 
Crane Operators - including Operators of rough terrain cranes, cherry pickers, pile driver cranes and dragline mobile cranes
17.83
20.11
Divers - Stand-by
  15.78
  17.79
Divers - Tenders
  13.15
  14.83
Divers - Working
  23.67
  26.69
Electricians
  18.28
  20.62
 
 
Elevator Mechanics
26.75
30.17
Flag Persons
    9.19
  10.37
 
Floor Covering Installers
  16.16
  18.22
General Welders (except where welding is trade related, in which case the wages shall be set as per the trade in which the welding takes place)
17.15
19.34
Glaziers
  12.61
  14.22
 
Grader Operators
  13.96
  15.75
Heavy Duty Equipment Mechanics
  14.97
  16.88
 
 
 
Heavy Equipment Operators I - including Operators of bulldozers, front-end loaders, rollers, tractor loaders- backhoes
11.96
13.49
 
Heavy Equipment Operators II - including Drillers, and Operators of backhoes, Gradalls and shovels
13.40
15.11
 
Insulators
  21.96
24.76
 
 
Ironworkers
21.41
24.15
Journeyperson Lineworkers
19.52
22.01
Labourers
  11.20
  12.63
 
Line Pole Setters
13.56
15.29
 
Lineworkers (Groundworkers)
13.56
15.29
Millwrights
  22.92
  25.85
Mortar Workers
  14.00
  15.78
 
 
Operating Engineers
16.36
18.45
Painters
  13.91
  15.69
 
Paving Machine and Asphalt Plant Operators - including Operators of asphalt and concrete spreaders, and Gradalls
13.54
15.27
Plasterers, Drywall Installers and Finishers and Lathers
17.87
20.15
 
Plumbers, Pipefitters, Steamfitters
20.86
23.53
Rod Setters (Reinforcing Steel)
17.66
19.92
Security Guards
  12.34
  13.92
Sheet Metal Workers
  17.00
  19.17
 
Sprinkler System
Installers
24.44
27.56
Timberpersons and Cribpersons
  13.23
  14.92
Truck Drivers
  12.33
  13.91
N.B. This Regulation is consolidated to May 29, 2007.