BARGAINING NEWS
June 27, 2003
The Canadian Union of Professional and Technical Employees, met at the TR collective agreement bargaining table, have agreed to amend Paragraph 13.10 (Compensatory Leave) of this contract and to implement immediately the new provision. Parties have also suspended talks because of summer; they will resume bargaining in September.
From now on, TR employees who have a compensatory leave credits balance at the end of the earning period defined by the employer in accordance with the TR collective agreement will have 4 months to use up these credits. Such credits must be used before any other compensatory leave credits earned during the new earning period starting on October 1 (the earning period does not change and will still end on September 30).
These four extra months should allow for using up compensatory leave credits earned at the very end of the earning period, which was impossible until now.
If comes January 31 next the employee has not been able to use all credits he had in his balance as of September 30, there will be no carry-over possible and these compensatory leave credits will automatically be paid out.
This amendment comes into effect immediately. The new paragraph 13.10 reads as follows:
13.10 Compensatory Leave
(a) At the employee's request, compensation earned under this Article is paid in cash or converted into compensatory leave credits. Such credits being granted subject to operational requirements.
(b) Compensatory leave credits are calculated by dividing the compensation to which the employee is entitled under this Article by the straight-time hourly rate which applies to the employee.
(c) Compensatory leave credits earned but not used by the end of a twelve (12)-month period, as determined by the employer and that remain outstanding by the end of the next four (4)-month period, shall be converted into cash by multiplying the number of credit hours by the straight-time hourly rate which applied to the employee on the last day of the twelve (12)-month period
Compensatory leave credits earned under this paragraph shall be used before any other compensatory leave credits earned thereafter.
According to Luc Pomerleau, President of the TR Group, "Such an early implementation, a measure rarely used, should solve a problem which was recurring each year. We thank Treasury Board for showing the necessary flexibility to use it , thus avoiding a recurrence of the problem next September 30."
June 27, 2003
The Canadian Union of Professional and Technical Employees, met at the TR collective agreement bargaining table, have agreed to amend Paragraph 13.10 (Compensatory Leave) of this contract and to implement immediately the new provision. Parties have also suspended talks because of summer; they will resume bargaining in September.
From now on, TR employees who have a compensatory leave credits balance at the end of the earning period defined by the employer in accordance with the TR collective agreement will have 4 months to use up these credits. Such credits must be used before any other compensatory leave credits earned during the new earning period starting on October 1 (the earning period does not change and will still end on September 30).
These four extra months should allow for using up compensatory leave credits earned at the very end of the earning period, which was impossible until now.
If comes January 31 next the employee has not been able to use all credits he had in his balance as of September 30, there will be no carry-over possible and these compensatory leave credits will automatically be paid out.
This amendment comes into effect immediately. The new paragraph 13.10 reads as follows:
13.10 Compensatory Leave
(a) At the employee's request, compensation earned under this Article is paid in cash or converted into compensatory leave credits. Such credits being granted subject to operational requirements.
(b) Compensatory leave credits are calculated by dividing the compensation to which the employee is entitled under this Article by the straight-time hourly rate which applies to the employee.
(c) Compensatory leave credits earned but not used by the end of a twelve (12)-month period, as determined by the employer and that remain outstanding by the end of the next four (4)-month period, shall be converted into cash by multiplying the number of credit hours by the straight-time hourly rate which applied to the employee on the last day of the twelve (12)-month period
Compensatory leave credits earned under this paragraph shall be used before any other compensatory leave credits earned thereafter.
According to Luc Pomerleau, President of the TR Group, "Such an early implementation, a measure rarely used, should solve a problem which was recurring each year. We thank Treasury Board for showing the necessary flexibility to use it , thus avoiding a recurrence of the problem next September 30."