FLIN FLON TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

EFFECTIVE PERIOD: 2014/07/01 - 2018/06/30 (EXPIRED)

ARTICLE 13:00 - SALARY

13:01

In administering the collective agreement those articles that specify deduction of pay at the daily rate, the daily rate is the annual salary divided by the number of days in the school year, as prescribed by the Minister of Education.

13:01 a.       Salary Schedule

 

General Salary increase effective:

 

Fall Term 2014:  2.0%

 

YEAR

CLASS 1 CLASS 2 CLASS 3 CLASS 4 CLASS 5 CLASS 6 CLASS 7

0

$37,095 $40,668 $45,689 $56,050 $59,641 $62,855 $66,441

1

$38,892 $42,465 $47,740 $58,921 $62,512 $65,728 $69,310

2

$40,684 $44,257 $49,789 $61,792 $65,381 $68,600 $72,181

3

$42,476 $46,418 $51,836 $64,661 $68,251 $71,470 $75,052

4

$44,268 $48,581 $53,887 $67,531 $71,123 $74,341 $77,924

5

$46,062 $50,740 $55,933 $70,402 $73,993 $77,211 $80,794

6

$48,222 $52,901 $57,985 $73,275 $76,864 $80,081 $83,662

7

  $55,391 $60,031 $76,145 $79,735 $82,953 $86,534

8

    $62,079 $79,014 $82,603 $85,822 $89,406

9

      $81,884 $85,473 $88,694 $92,275

10

      $85,489 $89,080 $92,295 $95,881

Fall Term 2015:    2.0%

YEAR

CLASS 1 CLASS 2 CLASS 3 CLASS 4 CLASS 5 CLASS 6 CLASS 7

0

$37,837 $41,482 $46,603 $57,171 $60,834 $64,113 $67,770

1

$39,669 $43,314 $48,695 $60,100 $63,762 $67,042 $70,696

2

$41,497 $45,142 $50,785 $63,027 $66,689 $69,972 $73,625

3

$43,325 $47,347 $52,873 $65,954 $69,616 $72,900 $76,553

4

$45,153 $49,552 $54,964 $68,882 $72,545 $75,827 $79,482

5

$46,983 $51,755 $57,051 $71,810 $75,473 $78,755 $82,410

6

$49,186 $53,959 $59,145 $74,740 $78,401 $81,683 $85,336

7

  $56,499 $61,232 $77,668 $81,330 $84,612 $88,264

8

    $63,321 $80,595 $84,255 $87,538 $91,194

9

      $83,521 $87,182 $90,468 $94,121

10

      $87,199 $90,861 $94,141 $97,799

Fall Term 2016:   2.0%

YEAR CLASS 1 CLASS 2 CLASS 3 CLASS 4 CLASS 5 CLASS 6 CLASS 7
0 $38,594 $42,311 $47,535 $58,314 $62,051 $65,395 $69,125
1 $40,463 $44,180 $49,669 $61,302 $65,037 $68,383 $72,110
2 $42,327 $46,045 $51,801 $64,288 $68,022 $71,372 $75,097
3 $44,192 $48,293 $53,931 $67,273 $71,009 $74,358 $78,084
4 $46,056 $50,543 $56,064 $70,259 $73,996 $77,344 $81,072
5 $47,923 $52,790 $58,192 $73,247 $76,982 $80,330 $84,058
6 $50,170 $55,038 $60,328 $76,235 $79,969 $83,317 $87,042
7   $57,629 $62,456 $79,221 $82,957 $86,304 $90,030
8     $64,587 $82,206 $85,940 $89,289 $93,018
9       $85,192 $88,926 $92,277 $96,003
10       $88,943 $92,678 $96,023 $99,755

Fall Term 2017:  1.5% (September 1)


YEAR CLASS 1 CLASS 2 CLASS 3 CLASS 4 CLASS 5 CLASS 6 CLASS 7
0 $39,173 $42,946 $48,248 $59,189 $62,982 $66,376 $70,162
1 $41,070 $44,843 $50,414 $62,221 $66,013 $69,409 $73,192
2 $42,962 $46,735 $52,578 $65,252 $69,043 $72,442 $76,224
3 $44,855 $49,018 $54,740 $68,282 $72,074 $75,473 $79,255
4 $46,747 $51,301 $56,905 $71,313 $75,106 $78,504 $82,288
5 $48,642 $53,582 $59,065 $74,345 $78,137 $81,535 $85,319
6 $50,922 $55,864 $61,232 $77,379 $81,169 $84,566 $88,348
7   $58,493 $63,393 $80,410 $84,201 $87,598 $91,380
8     $65,556 $83,440 $87,229 $90,628 $94,413
9       $86,470 $90,260 $93,662 $97,443
10       $90,277 $94,069 $97,464 $101,251


 

Winter Term 2018: 
1.5% (January 1)

YEAR CLASS 1 CLASS 2 CLASS 3 CLASS 4 CLASS 5 CLASS 6 CLASS 7
0 $39,761 $43,590 $48,971 $60,077 $63,926 $67,371 $71,214
1 $41,686 $45,516 $51,170 $63,155 $67,003 $70,450 $74,290
2 $43,607 $47,436 $53,366 $66,231 $70,078 $73,529 $77,367
3 $45,528 $49,753 $55,561 $69,306 $73,155 $76,605 $80,444
4 $47,448 $52,071 $57,758 $72,383 $76,232 $79,682 $83,522
5 $49,372 $54,385 $59,951 $75,461 $79,309 $82,758 $86,599
6 $51,686 $56,702 $62,151 $78,539 $82,387 $85,835 $89,673
7   $59,371 $64,344 $81,616 $85,464 $88,912 $92,751
8     $66,539 $84,691 $88,537 $91,988 $95,830
9       $87,767 $91,614 $95,066 $98,905
10       $91,631 $95,480 $98,926 $102,770

13:01 b. Increments to part time teachers shall be paid on the basis of one increment every two years to teachers employed on half-time basis or less.  Teachers employed more than halftime receive an increment each year to maximum. 

c. Teachers' salaries shall be paid by direct deposit to the local financial institution of their choice.

    All salary payments shall be calculated as follows:

    Annual salary rate plus allowances divided by twenty-six (26) bi-weekly pay periods.

d. Payment shall commence effective beginning of each school year and continue bi-weekly thereafter for a total of twenty-six (26) pay periods. 

e. Teachers who commence employment after the first teaching day or return to active employment following a leave shall be paid a per diem rate based on the number of days  taught as a percentage of the days in the current school year as prescribed by the Minister of Education.

f. Teachers who leave the employment of the Division during the school year shall have their final pay adjusted to reflect the partial year taught.  This final payment would be based on the salary earned during the school year as prescribed by the Minister of Education, calculated on school days taught as a percentage of the total number of school days minus any actual salary paid to date.

g. Teachers whose employment terminates June 30th will receive their final salary payment no later than the last pay period in August.

h. The Division will identify, for tax purposes, a northern allowance of $3,000 that is already included in a salary schedule.

    1) The Flin Flon Teachers’ Association of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society, the Flin Flon School Division and Revenue Canada Taxation recognize the additional cost of  travel associated with living in the north.  As such, in common with many other employee/employers in the region, a $3,000 portion of the annual salary has been identified as northern travel allowance in the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

     2) The Flin Flon Teachers’ Association of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society agrees to and does hereby indemnify and save the Flin Flon School Division harmless for all claims, demands, actions and proceedings of any kind and from all costs which may arise or be taken against the Division by reason of the Division administering a portion of teacher’s salary as Northern Allowance and reporting same for tax purposes to Revenue Canada. 

13:02 Previous Experience

a. Teachers shall receive full placement for past experience as recognized by the Department of Education to maximum.

b. For journeymen co-operative vocational teachers related work experience will be granted as follows: One (1) increment will be granted for each two (2) years of related work experience as a journeyman to a maximum of four (4) increments.

c. Annual increments shall be effective the month following a full year of experience until maximum is reached. For example, if a full year is at the end of June, increment date will be September 1st. If a full year is the end of April, increment date will be May 1st.

13:03 Two Grades In A Classroom, not applicable in Hapnot Collegiate

Two Grades In A Classroom, not applicable in Hapnot Collegiate

  

  First Day – Fall Term 2014  $ 861.00
  First Day – Fall Term 2015  $ 878.22
  First Day – Fall Term 2016  $ 895.79
  First Day – Fall Term 2017   $ 909.22
  January 1, 2018                    $ 922.86

13:04 Travel Allowance

Teachers whose duties involve instruction while on approved school programs away from their home school(s) shall be reimbursed mileage expense based upon the Manitoba Government mileage reimbursement rate.

The allowance is not applicable to teachers moving from one school to another at noon.

13:05 Moving Allowance

Upon submitting receipts an employee shall be paid a maximum as indicated below or actual moving costs, whichever is lesser, for moving household furnishing if pre-employment residence is not in the Flin Flon area and if by reason of this employment he or she is required to change his or her residence. 

 
  First Day – Fall Term 2014  $ 1,255.11
  First Day – Fall Term 2015  $ 1,280.21
  First Day – Fall Term 2016  $ 1,305.82
  First Day – Fall Term 2017  $ 1,325.40
  January 1, 2018                   $ 1,345.28

13:06 Administrative Allowances

a. Principals' Allowances - Principals shall be paid an administrative allowance above and beyond the basic schedule; with the formula to be based on full time equivalent (FTE) teacher count September 30th which includes:
  - Vice-Principal                  - Counselors
  - Classroom Teachers        - Librarian / Library Technicians
  - Specialist Teachers

First Day – Fall Term 2014 $4,490.23 + $747.27 Per Teacher, for the first 10 teachers; $598.34 Per Teacher, for eleventh plus teachers

First Day – Fall Term 2015 $4,580.04 + $762.22 Per Teacher, for the first 10 teachers; $610.31 Per Teacher, for eleventh plus teachers

First Day – Fall Term 2016 $4,671.64 + $777.46 Per Teacher, for the first 10 teachers; $622.52 Per Teacher, for eleventh plus teachers

First Day – Fall Term 2017 $4,741.71 + $789.12 Per Teacher, for the first 10 teachers; $631.85 Per Teacher, for eleventh plus teachers

First Day – January 1, 2018 $4,812.84 + $800.96 Per Teacher, for the first 10 teachers; $641.33 Per Teacher, for eleventh plus teachers

b.  Vice-Principal's Allowances - A Vice-Principal shall be paid 50% of the Principal's Allowance.  In the event a school has more than one Vice-Principal, the Vice-Principal Allowance shall be shared equally among the Vice-Principals.

 c. Department Heads shall be paid per teacher in the Department, Department Head to be included in this count, or a minimum allowance as indicated below.  Teacher count to be determined by the Division.

                                                 Per Teacher       Minimum (3 Teachers)  
  First Day – Fall Term 2014      $ 449.76                  $ 1,349.28
  First Day – Fall Term 2015      $ 458.75                  $ 1,376.26
  First Day – Fall Term 2016      $ 467.93                  $ 1,403.79 
  First Day – Fall Term 2017      $ 474.95                  $ 1,424.84
  January 1, 2018                       $ 482.07                  $ 1,446.22

 d. Physical Education Coordinator Allowance and Bandmaster's Allowance
  
  First Day – Fall Term 2014      $ 5,405.77
  First Day – Fall Term 2015      $ 5,513.88   
  First Day – Fall Term 2016      $ 5,624.16      
  First Day – Fall Term 2017      $ 5,708.52      
  January 1, 2018                       $ 5,794.15   

e. Special Education Co-ordinator's Allowance
   
  First Day – Fall Term 2014      $ 9,177.36
  First Day – Fall Term 2015      $ 9,360.91   
  First Day – Fall Term 2016      $ 9,548.12      
  First Day – Fall Term 2017       $ 9,691.35      
  January 1, 2018                       $ 9,836.72

13:07 Interest on Back Pay

Interest on retroactive pay shall be paid to members of the Association calculated from the date the salary was payable.  The interest shall be computed on the net pay of the member and shall be computed at a rate equal to the amount of interest paid by the Division’s financial institution on the premium savings accounts as at the 31st day of January of the current calendar year. 

NOTE: For the purpose of this collective agreement, the interest on back pay is waived.

13:08 Substitute Teachers

a.  A substitute teacher is employed by the Division to either replace a regular teacher or fulfill an assignment that is less that twenty days in duration.

b.  A period of substitute teaching of at least six (6) days in the same assignment shall be termed extended substitute teaching.

c.  Upon commencement of the sixth (6) days of extended substitute teaching in the same assignment, a substitute teacher shall be paid for each day taught at the per diem rate (to be calculated as 1/x of the salary to which a teacher of the same qualifications and experience would be entitled under the basic salary schedule of the current collective ageement, where x = the number of days in the current school year).

This rate of pay shall be retroactive to and shall include the first (1st) day of the extended substitute teaching and shall continue in effect until the termination of that instance of extended substitute teaching.  In-service days or administrative days shall not constitute a break in extended substitute teaching.

A substitute teacher who has been employed for at least twenty (20) days of substitute teaching in the same assignment shall on the twenty-first (21st) day, be signed to a limited term contract.

d.  In instances requiring substitutes, the Board will make every effort to hire teachers holding Permanent Professional Manitoba Teaching Certificates.  The parties, however, recognize that from time to time, it may not be possible for the Board to hire substitute teachers holding Permanent Professional Manitoba Teaching Certificates.

e. Rate of Pay 

Substitute teachers employed by the Division shall be paid at the following daily rate including vacation pay:

Effective Fall Term 2014:

Teachers without a teaching degree shall be paid at the rate of $140.00 per day.
Teachers with a teaching degree shall be paid at the rate of $178.20 per day.

Effective Fall Term 2015:

Teachers without a teaching degree shall be paid at the rate of $142.80 per day.
Teachers with a teaching degree shall be paid at the rate of $181.77 per day.

Effective Fall Term 2016:

Teachers without a teaching degree shall be paid at the rate of $145.66 per day.
Teachers with a teaching degree shall be paid at the rate of $185.40 per day.

Effective Fall Term 2017:

Teachers without a teaching degree shall be paid at the rate of $147.84 per day.
Teachers with a teaching degree shall be paid at the rate of $188.18 per day.

Effective January 1, 2018:

Teachers without a teaching degree shall be paid at the rate of $150.06 per day.
Teachers with a teaching degree shall be paid at the rate of $191.01per day.

NOTE: Substitute Teachers without a teaching degree who have worked for Flin Flon School Division in the 2013 – 2014 School Year will maintain the 2013 – 2014 daily salary rate (with no increase) on a go forward basis until the daily rate for Substitute Teachers without a teaching degree (as outlined above) reaches or exceeds the 2013 – 2014 School Year daily rate of $174.71.

f.  Manitoba Teachers' Society fees and Flin Flon Teachers' Association fees shall be deducted from a substitute teacher's pay monthly.  These fees shall be prorated on the basis of the number of days worked in a given month.

g.  Substitute teachers, when requested by the Superintendent to attend divisional in-services, will receive 50% of the daily rate for 1/2 day in-service, or 100% of the daily rate for full day attendance.

h.  Unless otherwise determined at the time of the assignment, or except in unforeseen circumstances, the timetable for a substitute teacher in any assignment shall normally be the same as the timetable of the teacher who is being replaced.

i.  A substitute teacher who is called to work and reports for that assignment finding his or her services are not required shall be assigned an alternative teaching assignment.  If an alternative teaching assignment is not available, the substitute teacher shall be paid for the original full assignment.

j.  In the event of an emergency closure of a school or early dismissal for emergency reasons, substitute teachers will be paid full pay at the applicable rate of pay.

k.  A substitute teacher who has been employed for a least nine (9) consecutive days of extended substitute teaching in a school year shall be entitled to one (1) day of sick leave with pay for each nine (9) days taught in that assignment.  Sick leave shall not accumulate from assignment to assignment.

l.  The provisions of the Collective Agreement do not apply to substitute teachers except as expressly provided for in Article 13:08 - Substitute Teachers.

m.  The only matters that may be grieved under Article 11 - Provisions for Disputes, by a substitute teacher or the Association on behalf of a substitute teacher are the provisions of this Article, and the substantive rights and obligations of employment-related human rights statutes, to the extent that they are incorported into this Collective Agreement.

n. Effective date of signing, the following Articles in the Flin Flon Teachers Association and the Flin Flon School Division Collective Bargaining Agreement also apply to substitutes:

   Article 1:00  Parties to the Agreement
   Article 2:00  Preamble
   Article 3:00  Duration of Agreement
   Article 6:00  Deduction of MTS and Association Fees
   Article 9:00  Personnel Files
   Article 10:00 Workplace Harassment
  Article 11:00  Procedure for settlement of Disputes (only to clauses that  
                        apply to substitute teachers)
   Article 12:00  Teacher Certification
   Article 13:02  Previous Experience
   Article 13:04  Travel Allowance
   Article 13:07 Interest on Back Pay
   Article 14:00  Regulations
   Article 15:00  Meal Period
   Article 16:00  Access Agreement
   Article 17:00 Complaints Against Teachers
   Article 20:00  Consultation and Liaison Committee
   Article 23:00  Provisions