Ontario Ironworkers/Rodmen Benefit Plan Administrators Corporation

111 Sheppard Avenue East
Toronto, Ontario M2N 6S2

Telephone:
Within Metro Toronto.................................416-223-0383
Anywhere in Canada...............................1-800-387-8075
Fax........................................................416-223-0956

The Ontario Ironworkers/Rodmen Benefit Plan Administrators Corporation was established in 1989 to look after the day-to-day operations of the pension and benefit plans for the Ontario ironworkers and rodworkers. The Administrator provides these services for the participating locals in Windsor, Sarnia, London, Hamilton, Ottawa, Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Ste. Sault Marie and Toronto.

The administration staff provides services for more than 5,000 active and retired plan members and their families. The Administrators' duties include the collection of employer contributions, the adjudication of extended health, vision, disability, dental, and travel medical assistance benefits, as well as life and accident insurance. In addition the Administrator provides for the adjudication and payment of pension benefits.

In 1993 the Administrator moved to its present location at 111 Sheppard Avenue East, North York, Ontario M2N 6S2. Located along Toronto's subway system in the heart of North York, the office is conveniently situated for easy access by all. The building is an investment made by the Ironworkers Ontario Pension Fund and the Administrator occupies the entire 12,500 square foot, two story office building.

Pension

If you’re a member of a participating local, you automatically join the pension plan if you work for an employer who contributes to the plan for you. During your probationary membership, you will not be eligible to earn any pension benefits.

• you work for employers who together contribute $1,000 or more to the plan for you, or
• you satisfy the requirements of a part-time worker and your employer contributes to the plan for you.

You may also join the pension plan if you work for the union or the plan Administrator.

Benefits Plan

• a member in good standing with the union and belong to:
  • a participating local, or
  • a non-participating local that has signed a reciprocal agreement with us; or
• a probationary member (not yet initiated into the union).

You must first complete an Enrolment/Change Form and return it to the Administrator. Your coverage starts on the first day of the second month after you have a total of 200 bank hours in your hour-bank account (a total of 600 hours if you are a probationary member). See Bank hours for more information.

Example: If you work 100 hours in July and 100 hours in August, you will have 200 bank hours and your coverage will begin on October 1st.

If you are a member in good standing with a local that has signed a reciprocal agreement, you can either join our plan or stay in your own local’s plan. Please contact the Administrator for more information.

COVID-19 UPDATE

We have had a clarification from the benefit plan’s insurance provider concerning your out-of-province emergency travel insurance, as follows:

1. Anyone who travelled prior to March 13 is covered until the end of your trip duration (120 days). If something happens and you cannot get home (e.g., airline cancels flight or border is closed to you), you can get extended coverage by calling Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada (RSA) at 1-877-832-6025 (English) or 1-888-772-9348 (French).
2. Anyone who travels after March 13 is also covered until the end of your trip duration (120 days). If something happens and you cannot get home, you will NOT get extended coverage.

We encourage everyone currently out of the country to monitor the situation closely and visit https://travel.gc.ca/travelling/advisories regularly for the most up-to-date information, as this situation is changing rapidly.