Registered Employment Agreement MANDATORY …

1 Gr ade A: Technical Operative Grade (97% of craft rate): this grade includesskilled operatives with four years ex perience and certification-such as banksmen, crane drivers, scaffolders, steel fixers. It also includes Heavy Plant ade B: Skilled Operatives (91% of craftrate): includes medium plant operatives, teleport drivers, pipelay ers, basic ticket scaffolders and craft-persons ade C: Semi- skilled Operative (88% ofcraft rate): construction operativeswith a minimum of one year s ex ade D: Basic Operative (80% of craft rate):construc tion operatives with lessthan one year s ex perience who arecapable of carrying out basic generallabouring requirements, includingoccasional operation of small ADE SThe Construction Industry is governed by a Registered Employment Agreement (REA).

2 The REA is a nationally negotiated deal which sets legally bindingminimum rates of pay and conditions. All building workers are entitled to these is unlawful to be paid Y PENSION SCHEME(Applies to all construction workers)All w ork er s covered by the R egisteredEmploy ment A greement for the construction industry must be Registered by their employer with the sc heme within two weeks of commencing of TH IN SERVICE BENEFITThe Death in Service Benefit is 63,500 which is payable to the next of kin of a deceased member-provided the deceased was a member of the scheme and in benefit at the time of the additional death in service benefit of is payable for each eligible dependent child under 18 years of PAYThe current daily rate for Sick Pay benefit is per day, weekly and is paid for a maximum of 50 working days in a calendar year.

3 For the first three working days of any period of illness/injury, there is no benefit entitlement under the Rules of the a Claimant has no entitlement to Social Welfare Disability Benefit theymay be entitled to claim Supplemen-tary Sick Pay Benefit from the PassThrough our efforts in highlighting the chronic Health and Safety problems in the industry, all workers must now by regulation be in possession of registration booking Safe Pass courses, call IDEAS, Tel: (01) 4531440 Safety RepresentativesSites with 20 work ers must now have elected safety representatives. Contact: Health and Safety Authority, T el: 1890 2 89389 CONS TR UC TION SKILLS CER TIFIC ATION TRAININGA training needs analysis is to be undertaken and it will influence training plans for safety at work, protection of skills, and upskillingunder Safe Pass and Skills Certifi-cation.

4 All work ers undertakingspecified safety c ritical duties musthave received training approved bythe State training authority underthe Constructions Skills CertificateScheme (CSCS) and be in posses-sion of CSCS registration Employment AgreementRates for the Construction Industry 01-Jan-0804-Feb-11 CRAFTSMEN OPERATIVES (% of craft rate)GRADE A (TECHNICAL OPERATIVE) 97% B (SKILLED OPERATIVE) 91% C (SEMI-SKILLED) 88% D (BASIC OPERATIVE) 80% (% of craft rate)IST YEAR RATE YEAR RATE 50% YEAR RATE 75% YEAR RATE 90% Monday-FridayStan dar d W orkin g W eek39 H Mon day-Th ursd Time5pm-midni gh tTim e an d a halfMi dni gh t to n orm al startDouble timeBef or e n orm al startDouble timeSatur day: first 4 hoursTim e an d a halfAn y work ther eafter up to norm al start on Mon dayDouble TimeCountry Money - Subsistence Allowance: per weekHours of WorkAnnual Leave/Public Holidays 2012/2013 Lead Organiser: Pat McCabeTel: 087 2501731 West: Mark QuinnTel: 087 West/West: Arek MuszynskiTel: 087 East:Stephen LewisTel: 087 David MurphyTel: 087 Tony WhelanTel: 087 VELLING TIME- (Dublin Area):0 - 4 miles1 h our per day4 - 5 miles hours per day5 - 6 miles h ours per day6 - 8 miles hours per day8 - 12 miles 2 h ours per day12 - 20 miles h ours per day**not payable to workers recruited on time is to be included when calculating holiday pay.

5 All Dublin rates calculated on distance from GPO. ContactSIPTU for Cork/Limerick/Waterford/Galway Travel Time - Organising for Fairness at Work and Justice in SocietyUtilities & Construction DivisionContact SIPTU ConstructionOct ober 2 013 Frida y 26 Oct ober AnnualMonday29 Oct oberPublicChris tmas L eaveMonday24 Dec emberAnnualTue sda y25 Dec emberPublicWedne sda y 26 Dec emberPublicThur sda y 27 Dec emberAnnualFrida y28 Dec emberAnnualMonday31 Dec emberAnnualTue sda y 01 JanuaryPublicMar ch 2 013 - S t P atrick s W eek endFrida y15 MarchAnnualMonday18 MarchPublicApril 2 013 - E as ter L eaveFrida y29 Mar chAnnualMonday01 AprilPublicTue sda y02 AprilAnnualWedne sda y 03 AprilAnnualThur sda y 04 AprilAnnualFrida y05 AprilAnnualMa y 2 013 Monday06 MayPublicJune 2 013 Monday 03

6 JunePublicSummer Holidays 2 013 Monday 22 July toAnnualFrida y02 A ugus tAugus t 2 013 Monday 05 A ugus tPublicAnyone starting work after August should get hours pay for each four week period in which they have worked at least 117 Information & Support Centre (MISC)CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Pay Rates Sick Pay Holidays Pension An injury to one is an injury to all James ConnollyServices Industrial Professional & Technical UnionSecure Your Rights Join SIPTUC ontact: Rhona Alfor dTel: (01) Organiser: Christy McQuillan, Tel: 087 2026857 Sectoral Or ganiser:Martin Meere, Tel: 087 0512025 Industrial Organiser-Painters Gr oup: Jimm y Coughlan, Tel: 087