Bulletin Vol. 20, No 2 Nov 22 2017

November 15th, 2017

Personal Bulletins

As per clause 3-3.07 of the Local Agreement, by October 31st, or within 30 days of engagement for all others, the board shall supply each teacher with a Personal Bulletin.  All bulletins were sent out to teachers on October 31st.  You must verify all the information to make sure it is accurate.  In the event that there is an error or information needs to be updated, please contact François Badin (fbadin@swlauriersb.qc.ca) in HR to make the correction.  You can do so by email or by phone ASAP.

On Scale after 20 days

As per clause 6-6.03 f) if a full-time or part-time teacher is absent from work for more than 20 consecutive working days, the board shall pay the substitute teacher replacing the teacher during the 20 days the salary s/he would have earned if s/he were a full-time teacher or part-time teacher.  Advise your school secretary that you have reached your 20 days. If you have not been put on scale by the pay period following the 20-day mark, please call LTU.

Part-Time Contracts after 40 days

The Collective Agreement stipulates that all contracts pre-determined or not must be granted after 40 consecutive workdays of the teacher’s absence.  If the leave is predetermined to be more than 40 days, the part-time contract will be issued at the onset of the replacement period. If the leave is undetermined, the contract will be issued retroactively to the first day worked once 40 days have elapsed.  For undetermined leaves, it is to be noted that if you miss more than 3 workdays, the consecutiveness will be broken and you would have to start the process all over again.

 

Act of God

For an event to be deemed an Act of God it must be “sudden, unforeseeable, inevitable, thus making it impossible for a normal and reasonable person to meet his/her obligation to be at work.”  A teacher must support the absence with proper documentation or a written statement (on the absence report or sent separately via email to HR) that explains the reason why it was impossible to report to work due to a sudden and unavoidable event. HR will ultimately determine, according the definition mentioned above, if the reason is valid.  Please be aware that the board looks very closely at each absence where the Act of God clause is invoked. The days should be taken in full days, but the half day option can be used for impassable roads, mechanical failure, collision or transit system delays. Each case is looked at individually.

 

Oversize Class Compensation

Twice every year, at the end of January and on the last pay in June, the board pays teachers for the excess students in their classes.  Coded students with a 14, 50 or 53 are always weighted even if the teacher or the student receives services in the class. All other codes are only weighted, if the student or teacher does not receive any services (attendant time, assistive technology, etc.). à

 

If you have coded students in your class that you feel need services, make sure your administrator is aware and make the request for services to the School Level Special Needs Committee.  It is also important to keep track of all services provided to coded students in your class. This will allow you to verify if you have been properly compensated.

 

Inclement Weather Policy

The School Board in collaboration with the Council of Commissioners have officially approved the new Inclement Weather Policy. When a decision is made to either cancel transportation, suspend classes and/or to close certain or all establishments to personnel the following measures shall take effect:  For cancellation of transportation or suspension of classes all employees are required to report to or remain at work.  For the temporary closure of establishment, students remain at home and employees do not report to work, unless required for essential services.

 

Substituting and Emergency Substitution at 1/1000 vs Casual Substitution Rate

If a teacher, full-time or part-time, is asked to substitute during a period that is part of their workload, they will be paid at 1/1000 of their salary.  A teacher who is working on a percentage will be paid at a casual sub rate unless they are asked to do emergency substitution during time that is part of their teaching schedule, in which case they will be paid at 1/1000 of their salary.  Emergency substitution should be a last resort.

 

Leaves for Family responsibilities

In accordance with clause 5-14.06 (leaves for family responsibilities) which is part of the Provincial Agreement, a teacher may be absent from work, without salary, for 10 days per year to carry out obligations relating to the care, health or education of his or her child or of his or her spouse’s child or because of the state of health of his or her spouse, father, mother, brother, sister or one of his or her grandparents.

 

The leave may be divided into days.  The days used for absences shall be deducted from the teacher’s annual bank of sick leave days up to a maximum of 6 days.  The leaves can be deducted by the minute the same way deductions are made when using a sick leave.

Teachers are responsible for verifying the number of minutes that are indicated on the absence form.  If the number of minutes indicated is inaccurate, you have the right to change it before signing and submitting your form.  We strongly suggest you make a copy of your absence reports and keep a record of them.

 

6-4.02

      For the periods concerned, the salary scale applicable to a teacher is as follows:

Step1	As of the 141st workday of the 2014-2015 school year	As of the 141st workday of the 2015-2016 school year	As of the 141st workday of the 2016-2017 school year	As of the 141st workday of the 2017-2018 school year	As of the 142nd workday of the 2018-2019 school yea
1	39 291	39 880	40 578	41 390	42 431
2	40 961	41 575	42 303	43 149	44 235
3	42 703	43 344	44 103	44 985	46 115
4	44 517	45 185	45 976	46 896	48 074
5	46 411	47 107	47 931	48 890	50 118
6	48 383	49 109	49 968	50 967	52 248
7	50 439	51 196	52 092	53 134	54 468
8	52 585	53 374	54 308	55 394	56 783
9	54 820	55 642	56 616	57 748	59 196
10	57 151	58 008	59 023	60 203	61 712
11	59 581	60 475	61 533	62 764	64 335
12	62 114	63 046	64 149	65 432	67 069
13	64 753	65 724	66 874	68 211	69 920
14	67 506	68 519	69 718	71 112	72 891
15	70 375	71 431	72 681	74 135	75 989
16	73 366	74 466	75 769	77 284	79 218
17	76 486	77 633	78 992	80 572	82 585

 

6-6.02

A teacher-by-the-lesson shall be remunerated on the basis of the hourly rates set hereinafter

Rates Periods concerned	Less than 17 years	17 years	18 years	19 years or more
À compter du 141e jour de travail de l’année scolaire 2014-2015	51,28 $	56,94 $	61,65 $	67,21 $
À compter du 141e jour de travail de l’année scolaire 2015-2016	52,05 $	57,79 $	62,57 $	68,22 $
À compter du 141e jour de travail de l’année scolaire 2016-2017	52,96 $	58,80 $	63,66 $	69,41 $
À compter du 141e jour de travail de l’année scolaire 2017-2018	54,02 $	59,98 $	64,93 $	70,80 $
À compter du 142e jour de travail de l’année scolaire 2018-2019	55,38 $	61,49 $	66,55 $	72,57 $

6-6.03

A casual supply teacher shall be remunerated in the following manner:

Substitution time in a da Periods concerned	60 minutes or less	between 61 minutes and 150 minutes	between 151 minutes and 210 minutes	more than 210 minutes
À compter du 141e jour de travail de l’année scolaire 2014-2015	39,28 $	98,20 $	137,48 $	196,39 $
À compter du 141e jour de travail de l’année scolaire 2015-2016	39,87 $	99,67 $	139,54 $	199,35 $
À compter du 141e jour de travail de l’année scolaire 2016-2017	40,57 $	101,42 $	141,99 $	202,85 $
À compter du 141e jour de travail de l’année scolaire 2017-2018	41,38 $	103,45 $	144,83 $	206,90 $
À compter du 142e jour de travail de l’année scolaire 2018-2019	42,43 $	106,07 $	148,50 $	212,15 $

 

OFFICE STAFF

Stephanie McLellan: President smclellan@ltu.ca

Stephan Ethier: Director of membership welfare sethier@ltu.ca

Serge Landry: Director of Pedagogical Affairs slandry@ltu.ca

Kathy Morrow: Administrative Assistant kmorrow@ltu.ca

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at

450-667-7037 / 1-800-301-1351 / FAX 450-667-9506 email: laurierteachersunion@ltu.ca