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Developing Federal Fair Wage Schedules

Construction industry wage rate surveys are used to develop fair wage schedules for contractors and their employees working on federal construction projects. The schedules reflect the most frequently paid regular hourly wage that contractors pay their trades workers in a particular economic zone. The overtime rate, as established by the Fair Wages and Hours of Labour Act, is 1.5 times the fair wage and is payable for overtime hours as they are defined by provincial labour legislation.

Fair wage rates for apprentices are determined by applying the provincial rate of pay to the journeyman's fair wage rate according to the schedules. To ensure consistency within a province or territory and across Canada, the apprentice schedules include only those trades for which the provincial government or its agency have established an apprenticeship program and set the rates of pay.

Fair wage schedules are updated every four years. Interim adjustments are made to accommodate changes in provincial minimum wage or apprenticeship legislation.

Fair wage schedules are included in all federal construction tenders and contracts to assist contractors in meeting the labour conditions they are subject to under the Act.

Review current fair wage schedules here.

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Date Modified:

2012-02-15