IBEW LOCAL 529 Office Hours

and from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.  We also have message manager on our phone so if you can't call during business hours, no problem, leave a message. We can respond by phone or email.   

Wage Scales and Fring Benefits

To view current wage scales and fringe benefits click on the following link:

                                                http://www.clrs.org/html/wages.html

News & Events

The July 2008 Membership Meetings will be as follows:

Training

Safe-T-Disc & Rights and Responsibilities Training Information

1) Certification
- takes approximately 6-8 weeks from receiving the downloads
- it is a requirement of all the Collective Agreements and all members are required to hold and maintain their certification in R&R and CSTS
- members need to re-certify 2 months ahead of their expiration date in order to receive a new wallet card before the previous one expires
- cannot complete your training one day and have your certification for the job site the next day

2) Interim Letters of Certification
- confirmation letters issued by CODC will now be the only ones accepted
- in rare cases of emergency, a download can be emailed and registration form faxed in immediately after the student completes the course
 - sucessful completion will be verified
 - a confirmation letter from CODC will be issues and faxed back

3) Contacting CODC
- CODC will respond to all training inquiries ONLY from the Local Unions - current certification/expiry dates, replacement cards (ordering/paying), etc.
 - CODC will NOT accept inquiries from the individual members

Work Situation

Merchandise

529 Merchandise is in . . .

Educational Information

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers offers a wide variety of information to members and non-members alike.  The web pages provided in this section offer information that will keep you up to date on news regarding the IBEW and other industry wide events.

TOOL TAX CREDIT

The 2006-07 Saskatchewan Budget provided the following news release respecting the Employees' Tool Tax Credit:
www.gov.sk.ca/newsrel/releases/2006/04/07-262.html
The attached news release provides further details of the Employees' Tool Tax Credit:
www.gov.sk.ca/newsrel/releases/2006/04/07-262-attachment.pdf

Budget 2006-07 provides a provincial income tax credit to recognize the costs associated with purchasing, replacing and upgrading eligible tools by employees as a condition of their employment.  The tax credit consists of two components: a One-Time Trade Entry Tax Credit amount and an Annual Maintenance Tax Credit amount.

The maximum amount for each Credit is dependent upon the trade group that the individual is employed in.  These credits are calculated as 11 per cent of a specified credit amount for each of the trade groups.
Eligible trade groupings, as well as the maximum amounts that may be claimed for the One-Time Trade Entry Tax Credit and the Annual Maintenance Tax Credit, are shown in the table below:
 
One-Time Trade Entry Tax Credit
The One-Time Trade Entry Tax Credit is intended to recognize the high initial cost of tools that are required to be purchased by employees to enter their trade. To be eligible for this tax credit, the following conditions apply:
• the employee must be performing a designated task in one of the four trade group categories;
• the employment must represent the employee’s primary source of income;
• the tools must be purchased as a condition of employment; and,
• the actual cost of the tools purchased in the year in which the tradesperson commences employment must exceed the gross credit amount for that trade group.

The credit is only available to individuals in the year in which they commence employment in a particular trade. The Credit may only be earned once in a lifetime.  Individuals who are not able to use the entire Credit amount in their first year of employment can carry forward the unused portion for up to an additional two taxation years.

Annual Maintenance Tax Credit
The Annual Maintenance Tax Credit is intended to recognize the ongoing cost to a tradesperson of maintaining his or her tools that are required as a condition of employment. To be eligible for this tax credit, the following conditions apply:
• the employee must be performing a designated task in one of the four trade group categories;
• the employment must represent the employee’s primary source of income; and,
• the tools must have been purchased as a condition of employment.
This Credit must be claimed in the current tax year, with no carry forward permitted for unused amounts.

Eligibility and Administration
Canada Revenue Agency will administer the employees tool tax credit by requesting that employees and employers complete a provincial tax form, similar to the existing T2200 Declaration of Conditions of Employment, declaring:
• that the individual is an eligible employee performing a designated task;
• that a legitimate employment relationship exists; and,
• that the tools were required as a condition of employment.

Individuals will file this declaration with their income tax return and compute and claim the tax credit as a reduction from their Saskatchewan income tax payable.  The form to claim the tax credit will be available, in downloadable format, from the Canada Revenue Agency once the 2006 income tax forms became available in January 2007.

The form has yet to be finalized, however, Saskatchewan Finance envisions the form to include separate sections for employee identification, trade occupation information, eligibility questions to determine eligibility for either the one-time trade entry credit or the annual maintenance credit, as well as employer declaration that the individual is an eligible employee performing a designated task, that a legitimate employment relationship exists, and, that the tools were required as a condition of employment.

Links

 A wide variety of links that includes everything from the International Office Home Page to Apprenticeship information.

Links:

                    International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers AFL-C10-CLC

                        Saskatchewan Building & Construction Trades Council

                        Saskatchewan Labour

                        IBEW 1st District – Canada

                        Coughlin & Associates

                        SFL

                        CLR Construction Labour Relations

                        Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Commission

CODC Drug & Alcohol Policy

 CODC DRUG & ALCOHOL POLICY

Printed materials are now available for this policy.
Members who have access to the internet may download the policy. The CODC web page is: http://www.codc.sk.ca.  For anyone else we will have copies at the Local Office.  In conjunction with the policy all covered members of all Building Trades Affilieates will have acces to the Construction Employee Family Assistance Program.  Wilson Banwell Human Solutions is the supplier of the service, funded by the C.O.D.C.  A toll free telephone number will be provide access to C.E.F.A.P.