MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
THE TREASURY BOARD
AND
THE PUBLIC SERVICE
ALLIANCE OF CANADA IN RESPECT OF THE
RE-OPENING OF THE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT FOR
THE
EDUCATION AND LIBRARY SCIENCE BARGAINING UNIT
Effective April 26, 2006
The representatives of the Treasury Board and the Public Service Alliance of
Canada, in accordance with Article 57 of the Education and Library Science Group
(EB) Collective Agreement, agree to re-open the collective agreement to modify
the ED-LAT Sub-group Pay Notes and the Article 21 Designated Paid Holiday.
ED-LAT Sub-group Pay Notes
The existing ED-LAT Sub-group Pay Notes have been amended to include new
provisions and have been renumbered consequently. All changes reflected in the
documents attached to this Memorandum of Agreement will be incorporated into the
new collective agreement and apply only to employees who were hired on or after
April 1, 2004 and are still on strength. The resulting salary adjustments are
effective September 22, 2005. The provisions of this Memorandum of Agreement
shall be implemented by the parties within a period of one hundred and fifty
(150) days from the date of signing.
Article 21 Designated Paid Holiday
The Article 21 Designated Paid Holiday has been modified to include, in the
Exclusion provision, the EU group working the school year as defined in
paragraph 45.01(a) of the Education and Library Science collective agreement.
SIGNED AT OTTAWA, this 26th day of the month of April 2006.
THE TREASURY BOARD
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Education and Library Science –
Table 5 EB (ED, LS, EU) 209, 215, 414
NOTES ON THE REMUNERATION OF THE ED-LAT SUB-GROUP
1. Any service rendered by an employee on duties classified
in the Education group shall be used in determining the employee's increment
step on the LAT pay grids.
2. An employee is entitled to be paid at the rate of pay on
the pay grid set forth in Appendix "A2" as determined by his or her
education and experience.
3. Changes in Rates of Pay
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) below,
in applying the new rates of pay an employee retains his or her step in the
salary grid.
(b) An employee shall be entitled to be paid at a higher
rate in the range of rates for the education level in which he or she is being
paid on the first Monday following the date on which the employee attains the
requisite experience.
(c) It is up to the employee to submit to the Employer the
documents proving that he or she has higher educational qualifications than
those of the education level in which he or she is being paid, within ninety
(90) days following the date of issuance of the official transcript of such
additional qualifications. The employee shall be granted retroactive pay, if he
or she meets the requirements, either from the date of issuance of the official
transcript of additional qualifications, if it is submitted within ninety (90)
days, or from the date the official transcript was submitted to the Employer, in
all other cases.
(d) It is the employee's responsibility to submit to the
Employer within ninety (90) days following the date on which he or she enters
the Public Service all documents, including certifications or equivalency
certificates, that will establish his or her rate of pay. No retroactive changes
shall be made to his or her rate of pay after the prescribed ninety (90)-day
deadline.
(e) It is up to the employee who acquired his or her degrees
or teaching experience outside of Canada to cover the expenses for all documents
related to the certifications or equivalency certificates required to establish
his or her rate of pay.
4. Education Levels
For foreign-acquired degrees, the employee's level of education must be
certified by an organization recognized by the Employer.
Education Level 1 (B.A.)
This level requires a Bachelor's or equivalent degree recognized by a
Canadian university.
Education Level 2 (B.A. + 1)
(a) This level requires an Honour's Bachelor's or equivalent
degree recognized by a Canadian university.
or
(b) A Bachelor's or equivalent degree recognized by a
Canadian university plus one (1) further year of teacher education as defined in
Note 6.
Education Level 3 (B.A. + 2)
(a) This level requires an Honour's Bachelor's or equivalent
degree recognized by a Canadian university, plus one (1) further year of teacher
education as defined in Note 6.
or
(b) A Bachelor's or equivalent degree recognized by a
Canadian university plus two (2) further years of teacher education as defined
in Note 6.
Education Level 4 (B.A. + 3)
(a) This level requires an Honour's Bachelor's or equivalent
degree, recognized by a Canadian university plus two (2) further years of
teacher education as defined in Note 6.
or
(b) A Bachelor's or equivalent degree recognized by a
Canadian university plus three (3) further years of teacher education as defined
in Note 6.
5. Experience
(a) Within the pay range for each educational level,
experience is recognized by the granting of one increment for each year of
teaching experience prior to appointment. An employee with no experience will be
appointed at the first (1st) rate in the range. For each year of experience
after appointment, an employee will receive one additional increment provided
that service has been satisfactory.
(b) A full year of experience prior to appointment will be
allowed for any of the following:
(i) any full academic year at an establishment, recognized
or accredited by a school board or provincial Department of Education, that is,
eight (8) months (university or college teaching), ten (10) months (elementary
and secondary school teaching) or eleven (11) to twelve (12) months (government
teaching or a recognized business school);
(ii) any portion of an academic year of six (6) months or
more;
(iii) any portion of an academic year, in whole months, at
an establishment recognized or accredited by a school board or provincial
Department of Education, which total a full academic year, as defined in (i)
above;
(iv) second language teaching to adults or federal employees
in the amount of four hundred (400) hours in a program approved by a federal
language training agency, or at an establishment recognized or accredited by a
school board or provincial Department of Education;
(v) for teaching experience acquired abroad, the employee
must provide an equivalency certificate from an establishment recognized or
accredited by a school board or provincial Department of Education as defined in
(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv);
provided that, in all cases, no more than one (1) full year is credited
during a twelve (12)-month calendar year.
6. Miscellaneous provisions
Teacher Education, for the purposes of this pay plan, means education
certified by an employer-recognized organization and shall consist of any one or
combination of the following:
(a) A year of study resulting in a recognized teaching
certificate or diploma.
(b) A year of university study, completion of which is
officially certified by an educational establishment, in any one of the
following related fields: Andragogy, Anthropology, Computer Sciences, Social
Communications, Education, History, Journalism, Linguistics (including courses
in foreign languages and translation), Literature, Philosophy, Psychology,
Political Science, Social Work, Sociology and Theology.
7. An employee appointed to a position in the
Language-Teaching Sub-Group prior to November 22, 1988 will not have his or her
Education Level lowered solely by the application of pay notes 4 and 6 to Annex
"A2".
This provision will cease to apply to an employee when he or she leaves the
Language Teaching Sub-Group.
ARTICLE
21
DESIGNATED PAID HOLIDAYS
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Exclusion
Employees in the ED-EST sub-group of the Education Group and in the
EU group who work the school year as defined in paragraph 45.01(a) are
excluded from the provisions of this Article.
21.01 Subject to clause 21.02, the following days shall be
designated paid holidays for employees:
(a) New Year's Day,
(b) Good Friday,
(c) Easter Monday,
(d) the day fixed by proclamation of the Governor in Council for celebration
of the Sovereign's Birthday,
(e) Canada Day,
(f) Labour Day,
(g) the day fixed by proclamation of the Governor in Council as a general day
of Thanksgiving,
(h) Remembrance Day,
(i) Christmas Day,
(j) Boxing Day,
(k) one additional day in each year that, in the opinion of the Employer, is
recognized to be a provincial or civic holiday in the area in which the employee
is employed or, in any area where, in the opinion of the Employer, no such
additional day is recognized as a provincial or civic holiday, the first Monday
in August,
(l) one additional day when proclaimed by an Act of Parliament as a national
holiday.
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