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KELSEY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

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

ARTICLE 1 - PURPOSE

1.01

This agreement is by and between the Kelsey School Division (hereinafter referred to as the Board) and the Kelsey Teachers' Association of The Manitoba Teachers' Society (hereinafter referred to as the Association).

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1.02

It is the intent and purpose of the parties to this agreement to promote and improve the working relations between the Board and the Association, to establish a salary schedule and to establish other conditions of work resulting from the operation of said schedule, and to provide a basis for both parties to improve the professional service rendered to the taxpayers and the school children of the Kelsey School Division.

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1.03

This agreement is made pursuant to the provisions of the Manitoba Public Schools Act, the Education Administration Act and the Department of Education and Training Act, and is entered into the 13 day of January, 2016.

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1.04

Where the singular and feminine are used in this Agreement, the same shall be construed as meaning the plural or the masculine or the neuter where the context so admits or requires and the converse shall hold as applicable.

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1.05

Definition
Per Diem:  Whenever used in this Collective Agreement per diem shall mean the fraction that one school day bears to the total number of school days as prescribed by the Minister in any given school year.

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ARTICLE 2 - EFFECTIVE PERIOD

This agreement shall come into force and take effect from the first day of July, 2014, and shall remain in force to June 30, 2018.  Thereafter, it shall remain in force unless either party gives the other written notice by registered mail on or before April 30, 2018.

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ARTICLE 3 - SALARY CLASSIFICATION

3.01(a)

(i)  Educational Qualifications
For the purpose of the salary schedule, members of the teaching staff shall be paid according to the classification awarded to them by Manitoba Education, except as otherwise indicated in the agreement.

(ii)  Teachers with unverified qualifications and years of experience shall be paid at Class 4 with zero years experience until such time as the teacher's qualifications and experience are certified by the Department of Education, Province of Manitoba.  Full retroactive payment shall be made upon receipt by the Division from the Department of Education of vertification of the teacher's qualifications and experience.

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3.01(b)

 

September 2014 NET FAMILY SCALE
2%
annual deduction as per Blue Cross

YEARS

CLASS I

CLASS II

CLASS III

CLASS IV

CLASS V

CLASS VI

CLASS VII

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

35648

39023

43107

52771

56393

59531

62869

1

37798

41168

45588

55945

59580

62613

65947

2

39943

43314

48070

59116

62774

65695

69025

3

41695

45078

50166

61918

65964

68771

72103

4

43454

46849

52263

64721

69147

71847

75182

5

44890

48623

54364

67527

71907

74929

78257

6

46325

50391

56459

70329

74666

78007

81341

7

 

52158

58560

73131

77426

81085

84415

8

 

53932

60744

75939

80183

84163

87492

9

 

 

 

78739

82945

87242

90571

10

 

 

 

81563

85704

90320

93648

 

September 2015 NET FAMILY SCALE
2%
annual deduction as per Blue Cross
YEARS CLASS I CLASS II CLASS III CLASS IV CLASS V CLASS VI CLASS VII
               

0

36365

39808

43973

53831

57525

60726

64131

1

38558

41996

46504

57068

60776

63869

67270

2

40746

44184

49036

60303

64034

67013

70410

3

42533

45984

51174

63161

67287

70151

73549

4

44327

47790

53312

66020

70534

73288

76690

5

45792

49600

55455

68882

73349

76432

79826

6

47256

51403

57592

71740

76164

79571

82972

7

 

53205

59735

74598

78979

82711

86108

8

 

55015

61963

77462

81791

85850

89246

9

 

 

 

80318

84608

88991

92387

10

 

 

 

83198

87422

92131

95525

Fall Term 2016 - 2% - Scale to be Determined

 

Fall Term 2017 - 1.5%- Scale to be Determined

 

January 1, 2018 – 1.5% - Scale to be Determined

 

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3.02 Increments

Effective first day of Fall Term 2004:

(i) Teachers shall receive annual increments as indicated in the Salary Schedule to maximum salary.  The anniversary dates for increments for all teachers shall be the first day of the teaching month that follows the date on which the teacher completes a year of teaching experience.

(ii) Teachers employed under contract on a part-time basis shall:

(a) be paid according to their qualifications as established in Article 3.01 (a);
(b) be paid on a rate based on the fraction of the time employed. 

The service of a part-time teacher shall be accumulated in the proportion of actual percentage of time employed in each school year.  Whenever a part-time teacher's accumulated service equals the equivalent of one full year or more as recognized by Manitoba Education that teacher shall be reclassified to the next higher step of the schedule on the first day of the teaching month following such accumulation.

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3.03 Allowance for Additional Qualifications

(a) All Class I, II, and III teachers shall be paid the allowance for additional qualifications which shall be effective from the first day of the month following which evidence is filed with the Secretary Treasurer that such additional qualifications have been obtained.  The exception to this is evidence submitted in September or October.  The allowance, here, is paid retroactive to September 1st of the last year submitted.

(b) In respect of all other teachers, the present mobility on the salary grid will apply if:

(i) Prior to commencing upon a program leading to increased qualifications, the teacher gives notice to the Division of his/her intention to do so, and

(ii) The Division does not within sixty (60) days of receipt of such notice, advise the teacher in writing that in its considered opinion such improved qualifications would not be of benefit to the educational needs of the Division.

(iii) If the teacher does not so notify the Division, or if after the teacher has notified the Division, the Division advises the teacher as aforesaid, the teacher’s mobility on the salary scale shall be to the higher classification for which the teacher has qualified at the step on the scale nearest to but not less than the rate of pay prior to the improved qualifications.

(c) In coming to a conclusion that the improved qualification would not be of benefit to the educational needs of the Division, the Division shall take into account all relevant factors and shall act reasonably and fairly having regard to all circumstances.

(d) The allowance for additional qualifications shall be paid to a teacher effective from the first day of the month following which evidence is filed with the Secretary Treasurer that such additional qualifications have been obtained.  The exception to this is evidence submitted in September or October.  The allowance here is paid retroactive to September 1st of the year in which evidence is filed with the Secretary Treasurer.

(e) Effective January 1st, 1986, teachers entering the Division shall be placed on the salary schedule in accordance with their qualifications as recognized by the Certification and Records Branch of the Department of Education.

(i) If the teacher has not changed his/her academic classification since January 1, 1986, he/she should be credited with the additional years of experience gained since that time in order to determine the salary to be paid him/her upon commencing employment with the Division.

(ii) If the teacher has changed his/her academic classification since January 1, 1986, the salary to be paid him/her upon commencing employment with the Division shall be determined as if the teacher had been teaching in the Division at the time of reclassification in accordance with the provisions of this article.

(iii) A permit teacher shall be paid $500.00 below the class the teacher would be in if the said teacher had professional training.

(iv) In the event that a conflict arises between this clause and any other clause in the collective agreement, this clause shall be deemed to modify the other clause or clauses.

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3.04 Method of Salary Payment

Basic Entitlement

The amount of salary earned during the school year by a teacher shall be determined by taking, as a fraction, the total number of teaching days a teacher is employed over the total number of teaching days as prescribed by the Minister of Education multiplied by the annual salary.  The total salary paid for July and August shall be equal to the difference between the annual salary earned during the school year and all amounts said during the school year.

Method of Payment

(i) All salaries will be calculated on a monthly basis but paid in twenty-four (24) approximately equal semi-monthly payments on the 15th and on or before the last day of each month.

Each month end pay stub shall indicate the total deductions taken for that month.

(ii)  Direct Deposit  -  the Division shall deposit the entire net pay of each teacher directly into one designated account of the financial institution of the teacher’s choice.  It shall be the responsibility of the teacher to notify the Division in writing of any changes in their chosen financial institution.

(iii)  Final Payments  -  where a teacher leaves the employ of the Board during the course of the school year, the final payment shall be so adjusted that the teacher shall receive, for the part of the school year employed such fraction of the salary for the whole school year as the number of teaching days employed over the number of days prescribed by the Minister for that school year.

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3.05 Allowances

(a) An allowance of:
    
     Fall Term 2014    $837.00
     Fall Term 2015    $854.00
     Fall Term 2016    $871.00
     Fall Term 2017    $884.00
     January 1 , 2018  $897.00

    be paid to resource teachers and teachers whose primary function is to teach children with special needs. 
  
    Such teachers who are in possession of a Letter of Certification from the Department of Education and Training (Special Education Branch) shall be paid:
    
     Fall term 2014    $1,253.00
     Fall term 2015    $1,278.00
     Fall term 2016    $1,304.00
     Fall term 2017    $1,324.00
     Jan 1 2018         $1,344.00

(b) The allowance for the work education coordinator shall be:

      Fall term 2014      $2,891.00
      Fall term 2015      $2,949.00
      Fall term 2016      $3,008.00
      Fall term 2017      $3,053.00
      Jan 1, 2018          $3,099.00
  
     excluding any other allowances in this clause and this allowance shall include expense.

(c) The student services coordinator will receive an allowance of:

      Fall term 2014      $9,334.00   
      Fall term 2015      $9,521.00   
      Fall term 2016      $9,711.00   
      Fall term 2017      $9,857.00   
      Jan 1, 2018          $10,005.00

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3.06 Administrative Allowances

 a) Principal and Assistant Principal Allowance
 
     i) The Principal and Assistant Principal shall be paid an allowance in addition to the basic schedule.

     ii) The allowance will be calculated based on the number of years of experience as Principal in Kelsey School Division.

    Iii) Three or more years experience in the position of Assistant Principal in Kelsey School Division shall place an administrator at the second year of the experience scale upon first being promoted to Principal.

    iv) Assistant Principals with less than three years experience as an Assistant Principal with the School Division shall be placed at the 1st year of the experience scale upon first being promoted to a Principal.

 

Sep-14

2.00%

 

 

 

 

Early and Middle Years

Principal

Assistant Principal

1st year of experience

$18,668.00

$9,334.00

2nd year of experience

$19,416.00

$9,708.00

3rd year of experience

$20,165.00

$10,083.00

 

 

 

Senior Years Schools

Principal

Assistant Principal

1st year of experience

$21,658.00

$10,829.00

2nd year of experience

$23,004.00

$11,502.00

3rd year of experience

$24,356.00

$12,178.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sep-15

2.00%

 

 

 

 

Early and Middle Years

Principal

Assistant Principal

1st year of experience

$19,041.00

$9,521.00

2nd year of experience

$19,804.00

$9,902.00

3rd year of experience

$20,568.00

$10,284.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Years Schools

Principal

Assistant Principal

1st year of experience

$22,091.00

$11,046.00

2nd year of experience

$23,464.00

$11,732.00

3rd year of experience

$24,843.00

$12,422.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sep-16

2.00%

 

 

 

 

Early and Middle Years

Principal

Assistant Principal

1st year of experience

$19,422.00

$9,711.00

2nd year of experience

$20,200.00

$10,100.00

3rd year of experience

$20,979.00

$10,490.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Years Schools

Principal

Assistant Principal

1st year of experience

$22,533.00

$11,267.00

2nd year of experience

$23,933.00

$11,967.00

3rd year of experience

$25,340.00

$12,670.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sep-17

1.50%

 

 

 

 

Early and Middle Years

Principal

Assistant Principal

1st year of experience

$19,713.00

$9,857.00

2nd year of experience

$20,503.00

$10,252.00

3rd year of experience

$21,294.00

$10,647.00

 

 

 

 

 

Assistant

Senior Years Schools

Principal

Principal

1st year of experience

$22,871.00

$11,436.00

2nd year of experience

$24,292.00

$12,146.00

3rd year of experience

$25,720.00

$12,860.00

 

 

 

Jan-18

1.50%

 

 

 

 

Early and Middle Years

Principal

Assistant Principal

1st year of experience

$20,009.00

$10,005.00

2nd year of experience

$20,811.00

$10,406.00

3rd year of experience

$21,613.00

$10,807.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Years Schools

Principal

Assistant Principal

1st year of experience

$23,214.00

$11,607.00

2nd year of experience

$24,656.00

$12,328.00

3rd year of experience

$26,106.00

$13,053.00

                 

b) Allowance for Acting Principal

    When the principal and assistant-principal are absent from the school for a period of one half day or more the acting principal shall be paid:
  
                                         full day     1/2 day
          Sep-14      2%        $34.46      $17.23
          Sep-15      2%        $35.15      $17.58
          Sep-16      2%        $35.85      $17.93
          Sep-17      1.5%     $36.39      $18.20
          Jan-18       1.5%     $36.94      $18.47

per full day of such service.

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3.07 Substitutes

(a)  The provisions of the Collective Agreement do not apply to substitute teachers except as expressly provided for in Article 3.07, Substitute Teachers.

(b) Salary
 Effective 1st day of Fall term 2015, the salary rate for substitute teachers shall be:
 
       Fall Term 2015      $160.00
       Fall Term 2016      $163.00
       Fall Term 2017      $165.00
       January 1, 2018     $167.00
   
including vacation pay.

(c)  Consecutive Days in an Assignment

Should a teaching substitute have consecutive teaching days of employment in one position for a period of more than five (5) full-time equivalent days, payment shall be made at the per diem rate of the substituting teacher’s salary according to the schedule for his/her qualifications and experience effective on the sixth (6th) day of employment in one position.  Payment in such cases will be on the substitute rate until the teacher has presented proof of his or her qualifications.  Substitution days cannot be accumulated from one assignment to another.

(d)  Substitute Qualifications

In instances requiring substitutes, the Board will make every effort to hire teachers holding Permanent Professional Manitoba Teaching Certificates.

(e)  Pay Periods

Substitute teachers pay periods shall end on the 15th and last day of each month.  Pay dates shall be five (5) working days after the end of each pay period.

(f)  Mileage

The Division shall reimburse, at the highest kilometer rate paid to other Division personnel, each substitute teacher for travel between an assignment involving two or more schools or work sites within the Division’s jurisdiction if the teacher the substitute teacher is replacing normally receives this allowance.

(g)  Substitute Teacher's Services Not Required

i)  A substitute teacher who is called for a half day assingment, who reports, and who finds that his or her services are not required shall be paid a half-day's pay for reporting for duty.

ii)  If the substitute teacher has been called in for a full day assignment, he or she shall be paid a full day's pay for reporting for duty.

iii) In the event of an emergency closure of a school on a day the substitute was scheduled to report or early dismissal for emergency reasons, substitute teachers will be paid for the full day or portion they were scheduled to work at the applicable rate of pay.

h)  Manitoba Teachers' Society/Kelsey Teachers' Association Fees

All substitutes eligible as members in good standing, shall be required to pay the fees of The Manitoba Teachers' Society and The Kelsey Teachers' Association.  Such fees shall be deducted semi-monthly and be pro-rated on the basis of the number of days worked in that specific pay period.

 The Association shall indemnify and save harmless the Division from any and all losses, costs, liabilities or expenses suffered or sustained by the Division as a result of legal action arising from the deduction of these fees, provided however, that should the Association so require, it shall be permitted to take over and conduct such legal action and make such settlement thereof as it shall see fit.

(i)  Sick Leave

A substitute teacher shall be allowed one (1) day of sick leave with pay for each nine (9) consecutive days taught in an assignment.  Sick leave days shall not accumulate from assignment to assignment.

The use of a sick leave day with pay shall not constitute an interruption of consecutive days of substitute teaching in an assignment.

Assignment shall mean consecutive teaching days in one (1) position.

(j)  Timetable

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.

(k)  Applicable Articles of the Collective Agreement

The following articles of the current Collective Agreement shall apply to substitute teachers with amendments as noted*:

Article 1

Purpose

Article 2

Effective Period

* Article 3.01

Educational Qualifications:  *applies after qualifying period in 3.07 (c) is achieved

* Article 3.01 (b)

Salary Scale:  *applies after qualifying period in 3.07 (c) is achieved

Article 5

Duty Free Meal Period

Article 10

Harassment

Article 11

Freedom From Violence

* Article 15

Disputes Concerning This Agreement:  *except that:  The only matters which may be grieved under Article 15 (Disputes Concerning This Agreement) by a substitute teacher are the provisions of this Substitute Article, and the substantive rights and obligations of employment-related and human rights statutes, to the extent that they are incorporated into this collective agreement.

Article 16.01

Liaison Committee

Article 17

Medical Interventions

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3.08 Interest on Retroactive Pay

The Division shall pay interest on net retroactive pay to all employees covered by the agreement at the rate of 5% per annum, or at the Division's current rate of borrowing, whichever is the lesser, from the period beginning date up to the date of payment of the retroactive payment.

Interest is waived for the current agreement- July 1, 2014-June 30, 2018.

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ARTICLE 4 - LEAVES

4.01 Compassionate Leave

Each teacher shall be allowed compassionate leave without loss of salary up to, but not exceeding, a total of ten (l0) teaching days in any one school year, but not more than five (5) days on any one occasion of absence for the following:

In the case of death or serious illness to any member of the immediate family of the teacher:  immediate family to include aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, father, mother, sister, brother, son, daughter, wife or husband, legal guardian and/or a child under legal guardianship, father in law, mother in law, grandparent, grandparent in law, brother in law, sister in law, grandchild, son in law, daughter in law, common law spouses (as defined by Law) of the teacher.
 
Additional leave for compassionate reasons may be granted at the discretion of the Board.  In all cases, the teacher shall notify the Board thereof prior to taking such leave. 

A teacher shall be granted bereavement leave up to one (1) day without loss of pay in order to attend a funeral as an active pallbearer or eulogist.  The Division, at its discretion, may grant additional time to an employee to attend the funeral service where long distance travel is required.
Additional leave for compassionate reasons may be granted at the discretion of the Board.  In all cases, the teacher shall notify the Board thereof prior to taking such leave.

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4.02 Educational Leave

After a period of five years on staff, a teacher may be granted one year educational leave. Such leave shall be subject to the following conditions:

(a) Application must be made for such leave not later than February 28th and the decision given to the teacher not later than March 31st. Leave shall become effective September 1st for a period of one year. All applications shall be reviewed by an Evaluation Committee consisting of two representatives of the Board and two representatives of the Association or one Board member and the Superintendent and two members of the Association. The Evaluation Committee will make a recommendation to the Board of Trustees regarding such leave. The Superintendent shall notify the applicant of the Board's decision.

(b) The number of teachers granted educational leave in any one year shall not exceed two.

(c) The salary paid during educational leave will be determined as follows:
   5 years service ... 50%
   6 years service ... 60%
   7 years service ... 70%
The above percentages are calculated on and applicable to the salary of the applicant at the time the application is submitted or $31,180.00 whichever is the lessor.

(d) Educational leave shall not constitute a break in seniority but will not count as a year of experience for the purpose of increments.

(e) The teacher shall sign an agreement to return to his/her duties for the opening of the new school year following expiration of the leave and shall further undertake not to resign or retire from the services of the Board for the period of at least two years after his/her return. If this agreement is broken, the teacher will reimburse the board on a pro rata basis.

(f) Educational leave salary shall be paid on a monthly basis and shall be authorized on presentation of proof of enrolment in an approved course at a recognized University or College.

(g) On request teachers shall be allowed a maximum of two days per school year without loss of salary, for the writing of university examinations or defending a thesis or dissertation during the school year.

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4.03 M.T.S. Leave

(a) A teacher, being a member of The Manitoba Teachers' Society Executive Committee or of the Executive Committee of any branch thereof, or of any special committee of the Society, or being appointed an official representative or delegate of the Society or any branch thereof, and being authorized by the Executive Committee of the Society to attend a meeting of the Committee of which he/she is a member, or to act as a representative or delegate, shall be excused from school duties for either purpose or both purposes on not more than a total of five (5) teaching days in any one school year.  A maximum of seventy-five (75) days in total may be taken for the purposes mentioned above during any school year by members of the Association.  No additional leave of absence beyond seventy-five (75) days in a school year shall be taken for the purposes mentioned above except with the consent and approval of the Board.  In all cases, the teacher shall notify the Board thereof prior to taking such leave.  The cost of providing a substitute teacher shall be assumed by the Society and shall not be a charge upon the Division.

KTA Presidents Release Time
(b) A teacher who is elected President of the Association shall be seconded from the Division for up to 50% release time plus a further 10 days of release   upon application of the Association.  Application shall be made no later than May 31st for the following school year.  Unusual or exceptional circumstances which preclude the making of application by the last teaching day of May shall be considered by the Division:

i) The Association shall reimburse the Division for all salary and benefit costs.

ii) A teacher who returns to active service with the Division upon completion of such a secondment of no more than two years shall be placed in the same or similar position held by the teacher prior to the secondment unless there is an agreement between the teacher and the Division to do otherwise.

iii) A teacher who returns to active service with the Division after more than two years shall be placed in a position for which he/she has the qualifications and ability to perform the work.

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4.04 Maternity/Adoptive/Parental Leave

Leaves for maternity, adoptive or parental purposes shall be in accordance with the Employment Standards Code of the Province of Manitoba.

E.I. Benefit Top-Up

a) A teacher taking maternity leave pursuant to this article shall be entitled to receive pay for the period of leave up to seventeen (17) weeks in the amount of ninety percent (90%) of the salary being received at the time leave was taken, this pay to include any benefits received from Human Resources Development Canada to a Supplemental Employment Benefits Plan with Human Resources Development Canada.  The implementation of this clause is subject to the successful arrangement of a Supplemental Employment Benefits (SEB) Plan with Human Resources Development Canada.

b) In respect of the period of maternity leave, payments made according to the SUB Plan will consist of the following:

i) For the first two weeks, payment equivalent to 90% of her gross salary, and

ii) Up to fifteen (15) additional weeks payment equivalent to the difference between the employment insurance benefit the employee is eligible to receive and 90% of her gross salary.

c) A teacher taking adoptive or parental leave pursuant to this article shall be entitled to receive pay for the period of leave up to ten (10) weeks in the amount of ninety percent (90%) of the salary being received at the time leave was taken, this pay to include any benefits received from Human Resources Development Canada to a Supplemental Employment Benefits (SEB) Plan.  The implementation of this clause is subject to the successful arrangement of a Supplemental Employment Benefits Plan with Human Resources Development Canada.

d) In respect of the period of adoptive or parental leave, payment made according
to the SEB Plan will consist of the following:

i) For the first two weeks, either payment equivalent to the difference between the Employment Insurance benefit the employee is eligible to receive and ninety percent (90%) of gross salary where the two week waiting period has been served or payment equivalent to ninety percent (90%) of gross salary; and 

ii) Up to eight (8) weeks payment equivalent to the difference between the Employment Insurance benefit the employee is eligible to receive and ninety percent (90%) of gross salary.

e) Where any portion of the leave referenced in (a), (b), (c), and (d) above falls during the summer, Christmas Break, Spring Break, or any other period for when the teacher would not be earning salary, that portion of the leave period does not qualify for SEB Plan benefits pursuant to Article 4.40 (a), (b), (c), and (d).

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4.05 Personal Leave

Effective the date of signing: 
(a) (i) Two personal leave days  shall be granted at no loss of salary to a full-time teacher (a part time teacher shall be granted such leave equal to their full time equivalency) upon application to the Superintendent in conjunction with the Principal each school year for unstated personal reasons.  Teachers will be allowed to carry over one (1) unused personal leave day to the next school year for an overall maximum of three (3) personal leave days in any school year.
     (ii) Additional personal leave may be granted at the discretion of the Superintendent and shall be at either no charge, or at substitute cost, or at salary per diem deduction.

(b) A teacher who is absent from duties due to inclement weather and related travel conditions may have his/her salary reduced by the daily rate of a substitute teacher's salary for the time period involved provided that:
     (i) The R.C.M.P. or Highways Department have closed the highway(s) to traffic
     (ii) Regular air and ground carriers are unable to travel to The Pas and no alternate arrangements are available to the teacher because of carrier timetables.

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4.06 Sick Leave

(a) Where a teacher is sick, he/she shall be entitled to sick leave during his/her illness and to be paid his/her salary during his/her sick leave, but subject to subsection (b), the leave shall not exceed twenty (20) teaching days in any school year.

(b)  ( i)  Where the employment of a teacher is continued for more than one (l) year, the unused portion of the sick leave in any year(s) shall be  carried forward and accumulated from year to year to a maximum of:
  - 40 teaching days in the second year.
  - 60 teaching days in the third year.
  - 80 teaching days in the fourth year.
  - 100 teaching days in the fifth year.
  - 120 teaching days in the sixth year
  - 130 teaching days in the seventh and consecutive years

1. In any school year where a teacher has actually taught for the Board and has exhausted all previously accumulated sick leave, the Board, upon request from such teacher, shall advance up to twenty (20) days sick leave less the accumulated entitlement already taken for that school year.

If the employment of such teacher is terminated or the sick leave advanced and used but not subsequently earned by the end of the following school year, it shall be reimbursed to or recovered by the Board at the said teacher’s daily rate of pay in effect at the time the days were advanced.

ii) The provision of twenty (20) sick days in any year shall be pro-rated in the following circumstances:
     
     a) where an employee commences employment at a time other than the commencement of the fall term,

     b) where an employee returns from a leave at a time other than the commencement of the fall term,

     c) where an employee terminates employment during the school year for reasons other than sickness,

     d) where an employee does not work a full school year for reasons other than sickness.

           iii) For purposes of paragraph (b) (iii), pro-rating of the twenty (20) sick days provided in any year shall be calculated as set out below:

                      No. of days of actual teaching service
                             (including paid sick days)
                      _______________________________          X  20
                     Total no. of teaching days in the school year

 

iv) Sick leave accumulation balances shall be rounded to the nearest whole day.

(c) There shall be no accumulation of sick leave credited for periods of "leave of absence" and/or "educational leave".

(d) In the event a teacher is injured during the course of other employment, the amount of sick leave payable shall be reduced by the amount of compensation, salary, or other benefits the teacher is entitled to receive as a result of that employment, provided however that the Division shall only pay an amount necessary to bring the teacher's income to the net level it would have been had he/she provided services to the Division.

(e) For the purposes of determining sick leave under the Collective Agreement the number of days a teacher is on sick leave with pay shall be deducted from that teacher's accumulated sick leave with pay entitlement.

(f) Teachers employed on a part-time basis and who have a contract with the Division shall be granted sick leave with pay pro-rated based on full-time equivalents.

(g) Teachers employed on a Limited Term-General contract pursuant to the provisions of The Public Schools Act shall be entitled to sick leave during the term such contract under the same terms and conditions as teachers regularly employed by the Division but the number of days entitlement shall be in the proportion as the total number of days taught over the number of days in the current school year multiplied by twenty (20).

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4.07 Leave for Jury and Witness Duty

An employee covered by this agreement, who is required to perform jury duty or appear as a subpoenaed witness in a court of criminal jurisdiction in a criminal proceeding on a day in which he/she would normally have worked, will be reimbursed by the employer for the difference between the pay received, excluding any expense money, and his or her regular salary.

An employee at the employer's discretion may be required to furnish supporting documents to his or her claim relative to the foregoing.

An employee on jury and witness leave must report for his/her regular assignment at any time he/she is not required to be available for court duty.

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4.08 Birthing Leave

Leave shall be granted for two (2) teaching days without loss of pay in the case of a teacher, other than the mother, upon the birth of their child.  Leave shall be granted for the actual occasion of the birth and one (1) further day’s leave of absence with pay. 

It shall be understood that leave of absence with pay shall be provided when the day of birth or the additional days falls on a regular school day.

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4.09 Deferred Salary Leave Plan

The Division agrees to administer the Deferred Salary Leave Plan in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan.

The Association shall indemnify and save the Division harmless for any loss suffered in respect to any investment or investments of the Deferred Salary Leave Plan Investment Fund, whether direct loss or indirect loss.

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4.10 Religious Leave

a) A teacher under contract shall be given leave of absence up to a maximum of three (3) days per school year without loss of pay for major religious holy days observed by the employee and designated as a day of obligation by the teacher’s religion.  Teachers shall not absent themselves from duty for reasons of religious holy days without first notifying the Superintendent or designate.

The following notification period shall apply:

  i) Teachers on staff requiring religious holy leave days during the school year shall provide notice in writing on the prescribed form as soon as possible after the start of the school year, however, not later than September 30;

   ii) In instances where religious holy leave days are required prior to September 30 in the school year, notice shall be given within ten (10) working days after the start of the school year, unless the holy day falls within the first ten (10) days of the school year where the notice shall not be less than five (5) working days;

   iii) Teachers commencing employment at a time later than September 30 and requiring religious holy leave days during the school year shall provide notice in writing on the prescribed form as soon as possible after commencing employment, however not later than thirty (30) days;

   iv) Where the appropriate notice has not been given, religious holy days leave will be provided and the teacher’s regular salary will be deducted the substitute teacher rate in the teacher’s salary classification.

b) The parties agree that this article constitutes reasonable accommodation for religious holy leave.

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ARTICLE 5 - WORKING CONDITIONS

5.01 Duty Free Lunch

Each teacher will be entitled to an uninterrupted meal period between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. each day except in case of emergency or other unforeseen circumstance.  This uninterrupted meal period will be equal in duration to the mid-day intermission given to the students of the school less five (5) minutes consistent with regulations to the Education and Administration Act to a maximum of sixty (60) minutes.

During this meal period, a designated teacher, on a rotational basis, will be in attendance on call.

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5.02 Preparation Time

The Division will provide a minimum of one hundred and eighty (180) minutes of preparation time per six (6) day cycle for full time teachers in Grades K-5.  For teachers in Grades 6-8, the Division will provide a minimum of two hundred and forty (240) minutes of preparation time per six (6) day cycle.  For teachers in Grades 9-12, the Division will provide a minimum of three hundred (300) minutes of preparation time per six (6) day cycle. 

The Division will make every effort to schedule preparation time in blocks of not less than thirty (30) minutes. 

Part-time teachers will be provided with preparation time on a pro rata basis.

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ARTICLE 6 - INSURANCE PLANS

6.01 Group Life Insurance Plan

1) The Board will administer the Manitoba Public School Employees Group Life Insurance Plan, according to the terms and conditions of the Master Policy of the said plan.

2) Unless otherwise excluded, the employee's share of annual premiums shall be deducted in equal amounts from each salary cheque, for all participants in the plan.

3) All employees coming on staff after the effective date of the implementation of the plan in the Division shall be required to participate in the plan, unless granted exclusion by the Trustees of the Manitoba Public School Employees Group Life Insurance Plan.

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6.02 - Disability Benefits Plan

Long Term Disability

a) The Board shall deduct from teachers’ salaries the full premium costs prescribed by the Plan and shall forward such premiums on a monthly basis to the Plan.

 b) Any teacher shall be enrolled in the Plan and shall participate in the Plan, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 c) Any teacher entering the Division’s employ shall be enrolled automatically in the Plan and shall have deducted monthly from his/her salary the amount of premiums specified by the Plan.

  d) The Board’s responsibility with respect to the administration of this Plan shall be limited to the following:
  
i) deducting premiums from the teachers;

ii) enrolling newly hired teachers in the Plan;

iii) maintaining records of the teachers who are and are not insured, including maintaining files of application cards, late applicants, teachers whose coverage was rejected on late application, beneficiary designations, and teachers whose coverage has terminated on leaving the Division;

iv) completing a premium statement to accompany premium remittances;

v) distributing plan information to teachers from time to time;

vi) completing a Disability Notification Form and submitting it to the Plan after a teacher has been absent ten (10) consecutive teaching days and where the sickness or disability may result in the filing of a claims for benefits;

vii) reporting to the Plan salary changes for teachers in receipt of benefits.

 e) Save and except for the express responsibilities set out in d) of this article, the Association acknowledges and agrees that the Board neither has nor assumes any responsibility whatsoever with respect to any aspect of the Disability Benefits Plan.

 f) The Association shall indemnify and save the Division from any and all losses, costs, liabilities or expenses suffered or sustained by the Division as a result of any claim or legal action arising from the deduction of premiums or exercise of other responsibilities with respect to the Disability Benefits Plan.

 

Short Term Disability Plan

The following shall be effective fall term 2010:

a)         The Board shall deduct from teachers’ salaries the full premium costs prescribed by the Plan and shall forward such premiums on a monthly basis to the Plan.

b)         All eligible teachers shall be enrolled in the Plan and shall participate in the Plan, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan.

c)         Any teacher entering the Division’s employ shall be enrolled automatically in the Plan and shall have deducted monthly from his/her salary the amount of premiums specified by the Plan.

d)         The Board’s responsibility with respect to the administration of this Plan shall be limited to the following:

              i)         deducting premiums from the teachers;
             ii)         enrolling newly hired eligible teachers in the Plan;
             iii)        completing a premium statement to accompany premium remittances;
             iii)        distributing plan information to teachers from time to time;
             v)         completing a Short Term Disability Notification Form and submitting it to the Plan when a teacher has been absent and where the sickness or disability may result in the filing of a claims or benefits, as per the requirements of the plan;

e)   Save and except for the express responsibilities set out in (d) of this article, the Association acknowledges and agrees that the Board neither has nor assumes any responsibility whatsoever with respect to any aspect of the Short Term Disability Plan.

f) The Association shall indemnify and save the Division from any and all losses, costs, liabilities or expenses suffered or sustained by the Division as a result of any claim or legal action arising from the deduction of premiums or exercise of other responsibilities with respect to the Short Term Disability Plan.

g) The Association will continue to receive 5/12 of the EI Premium Reduction as a result of the Sick Leave Plan and the Short Term Disability Plan.

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6.03 - Dental/Extended Health Insurance

(1) The Division will participate in the administration of the Manitoba Public School Employees Dental and Extended Health Benefits Plan(s), (MPSE Dental and EHB Plan(s) in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Agreement entered into by the Division and the Association attached hereto as the (collateral agreement).

(2) All Employees covered by this Collective Agreement that are eligible under the terms of the MPSE Dental Plan and EHB Plan(s) shall be required to participate in the MPSE Dental and EHB Plan(s)  unless entitled to elect out of the Dental and/or EHB Plan(s)  as may be permitted under the terms thereof.

(3) The cost of the MPSE Dental and EHB Plan(s) will be paid by the Division in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Dental and EHB Plan(s) Agreement.

(4) The Division agrees that the Division’s monthly contribution to the MPSE Dental and EHB Plan(s) on behalf of each Employee will be the monthly rate for family coverage (that is, entitlement to coverage for an Employee, his/her spouse, and his/her dependent children, having regard to the definition of spouse and dependent children in the Dental and EHB Plan(s). Provided that an Employee may elect, in prescribed form, for reduced coverage as permitted under the terms of the Dental and EHB Plan(s) in which case the Division agrees to make monthly  payments to the Employee as follows:

a) An Employee with only one dependent (spouse or child) who is entitled to and does so duly elect to opt down from family coverage under the Dental Plan to coverage for Employee and one other family member only, shall receive an amount equal to the difference in the monthly rate between family coverage and coverage for an Employee and one dependent only; or

b) An Employee with neither spouse nor dependent children who is entitled to and does so duly elect to opt down from family coverage under the Dental and Extended Health Plan to coverage for an Employee only, shall receive an amount equal to the difference in the monthly rate between family coverage and coverage for an Employee only; or

c) An Employee who is entitled to and does so duly elect to opt out of all coverage on the basis that the Employee’s spouse has group Dental and/or Extended Health plan coverage, shall receive an amount equal to the monthly rate for family coverage.

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6.04 - Extended Health Benefit Plan

a)  The Board shall administer the Manitoba Teachers’ Society Extended Health Benefit Plan.

For purposes of this Agreement, the word “administer” shall mean and be limited to:

i) enrolling all newly hired eligible members;

ii) deducting required monthly premiums from all enrolled teachers;

iii) remitting premiums to the carrier on a monthly basis on the required form;

iv) reporting all changes in family status to the carrier as reported by individual members of the Division;

v) maintaining a supply of pamphlets, brochures and claim forms for distribution to members upon enrollment and/or upon request as is appropriate.  All such materials are to be provided by the carrier;

vi) any other matters agreed to in writing between the parties, from time to time.

b) Except as noted below in (c) and (d), all teachers who are eligible under the terms of the Plan shall be required to participate in the Plan.

c) Where a teacher provides evidence of coverage for Extended Health Benefits through a spousal plan, such member shall be eligible to opt out of this Plan, subject to the terms of this Plan.

d) A teacher who works less than .3 time shall not be required to join the Plan.

e) The obligation of the Division to administer the Plan on behalf of any teacher shall cease upon termination of employment with the Division.

f) Save and except for the express responsibilities set out in this article, the Association acknowledges and agrees that the Board neither has nor assumes any responsibility whatsoever with respect to any aspect of the Extended Health Benefit Plan.

g) The Association shall indemnify and save the Division from any and all losses, costs, liabilities or expenses suffered or sustained by the Division as a result of any claim or legal action arising from the deduction of premiums or exercise of other responsibilities with respect to the Extended Health Benefit Plan.

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ARTICLE 7 - GROUP RRSP

The Board will administer a group RRSP fund to which all employees of Kelsey School Division may belong.

Save and except for the deduction and remittance of contributions on a timely basis, and the express responsibilities set out in this article, the Association acknowledges and agrees that the Board neither has nor assumes any responsibility whatsoever with respect to any aspect of this Group RRSP Plan sponsored by the Kelsey Teachers’ Association.

The Association shall indemnify and save harmless the Division from any and all losses, costs, liabilities or expenses suffered or sustained by the Division as a result of any claim or legal action arising from the deduction of contributions or exercise of other responsibilities with respect to the Group RRSP Plan.

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ARTICLE 8 - TRAINING ASSISTANCE LOAN

8.01

A training assistance loan up to $190 per course shall be paid towards the teacher's expenses for courses of any recognized University or College. The course must be recognized by the Department of Education and Training to advance the teacher in his or her academic or professional standing. Education assistance loans will only be considered after written request is made to the Board and is approved by the Superintendent. A reply is to be given one month following the request. Only courses benefiting the School Division will be considered.

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8.02

One-half the amount loaned will be deducted from the loan per year for each year the teacher remains on staff in this Division following the successful completion of the course(s) until the balance owing is nil. All loan applications must be submitted before the course commences. The loan shall be made immediately following approval of the loan application.

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ARTICLE 9 - DEDUCTION OF MTS FEES

9.01

The teachers' annual fees to The Manitoba Teachers' Society shall be deducted in twenty-four (24) installments from the teacher's salary and forwarded to The Manitoba Teachers' Society in twelve (12) equal installments by the Secretary-Treasurer.

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9.02

The teacher's annual fee to the local Association of the MTS will be deducted from the teacher's salary in the months of September and October. The Secretary-Treasurer will forward the sum of all deductions to the local Association by October 1st and November 1st. The local Association shall inform the Secretary-Treasurer of any changes in the local fee prior to September 1st of any year.

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9.03

All teachers who are not members of the MTS shall be required to pay the fees of both the local Association and the Provincial Society.  The fees shall be deducted as outlined in 9.01 and 9.02.

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9.04

The Association shall indemnify and save harmless the Division from any and all losses, costs, liabilities or expenses suffered or sustained by the Division as a result of any claim or legal action arising from the deduction of local Association fees, Manitoba  Teachers’ Society fees and/or Manitoba Teachers’ Society Administrators’ Council fees.

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ARTICLE 10 - HARASSMENT

The Division and the Association recognize that the problem of harassment may exist. The parties agree that harassment will not be tolerated in the workplace or in connection with the workplace. Allegations and investigations of harassment shall be dealt with in confidence.

The Division and the Association further agree that harassment by a teacher may be considered cause for disciplinary action.

For the purposes of this article harassment shall be defined as in the Manitoba Human Rights Code.

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ARTICLE 11 - FREEDOM FROM VIOLENCE

.01 The parties recognize the principle that all teachers should have a working environment free from physical violence, verbal abuse or the threat of physical assault and both parties shall make reasonable efforts to maintain this goal.

.02 This section is subject to The Public Schools Act and regulations thereto and is not intended to abrogate any management rights with respect to the student disciplinary process.

.03 Teachers shall not have the right to grieve individual student disciplinary decisions made by the School Administration.

.04 If an act of student violence results in a student suspension, the offended member of staff shall have the option of attending the re-entry meeting with the student.

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ARTICLE 12 - EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

"Extra-curricular activities" means student-related athletic, social, recreational and cultural activities, occurring outside the normal school day, but does not include activities related to academic or instructional matters or curriculum subjects outside the normal school day, whether such occur alone or with students, parents or administrative staff, such as (without limitation) staff meetings, parent/teacher meetings, committee work, inservice sessions, marking and setting examinations, or marking schools assignments.

An eligible extra-curricular activity must have received prior approval from the school principal. The Superintendent of Schools shall adjudicate any dispute as to whether or not a specific activity qualifies under this clause.

In any school year (as per the Minister of Education and Training’s definition) a teacher who participates in extra curricular activities shall be entitled to a paid leave of absence of up to two (2) days per school year, provided that at least fifty (50) hours of approved extra curricular duties performed for each one (1) day of leave or twenty-five (25) hours of approved extra-curricular duties performed for each half (.5) day of leave.  Each fifty (50) hours may be accumulated over two (2) consecutive years.

The date for such leave shall be agreed upon between the principal and the teacher and reported to the superintendent.

Teachers will be allowed to carry over one (1) unused day to the next school year for an overall maximum of three (3) days leave in any school year.

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ARTICLE 13 - LAY-OFF

Procedures for identifying teachers as surplus to staffing requirements:

(a) Where the Board has determined that a reduction in staff is necessary, it shall identify those teachers to be laid off in accordance with the procedures set out below after determining the subject, program and administrative needs of the Board.

(b) When the Board has determined that a reduction in staff is necessary, the Kelsey Teachers' Association shall be made aware of this necessity and the reasons for such a reduction will be communicated to the Association.

(c) If the Board lays off a teacher because that teacher is surplus, the Board shall, at the request of the teacher, provide him/her with a letter to this effect.

(d) For the purpose of identifying the teachers to be laid off, first consideration for lay off will be given to the least senior teacher, provided that the remaining teachers have the necessary qualifications, education, and experience to perform the work in the remaining positions.

(e) The Board shall, as soon as possible after the commencement of the spring and fall terms, prepare a seniority list, post a copy of same in the Board office and provide a copy to the Association. Seniority shall be determined on the basis of the following criteria:

(i) the length of continuous teaching experience with the Division;

(ii) where teachers have the same length of employment with the Division, the order on the seniority list shall be determined on the basis of total recognized teaching experience in Manitoba.

(iii) If the length of teaching experience, as defined in (i) and (ii) is equal, the order of appearance on the seniority list shall be determined by the Board.

(iv) For the purpose of this article, an approved leave of absence less than one (1) school year shall not be deemed to interrupt the continuity of service, but the duration of such leave shall be considered as teaching experience for seniority purposes, but not for salary purposes.

(v) For the purpose of this article, any approved leave of absence in excess of one (1) school year shall not be deemed to interrupt the continuity of service, but the duration of such leave shall not be considered as teaching experience for seniority or salary purposes.

(f) Each teacher shall be permitted a period of ten (10) working days after the posting of the seniority list to protest in writing to the Superintendent any alleged omission or incorrect listing, but such protest shall be confined to errors or changes occurring subsequent to the posting of any previous seniority list. In the event that a teacher does not file a written protest with the Superintendent within the time stipulated, his or her placement on the seniority list shall be deemed correct.

(g) A teacher shall lose seniority for any of the following reasons:

(i) the teacher resigns;

(ii) the teacher becomes employed with any school jurisdiction, as a regular full-time teacher under a statutory form contract of employment;

(iii) the teacher fails to return to work after the termination of any leave granted him/her by the Board;

(iv) the teacher is not re-employed within one calendar year after September 30th following the date of lay-off;

(v) the teacher's contract is terminated for cause;

(vi) the teacher fails to comply with paragraph "l" of this policy.

h) Notice of lay off and a copy of this clause shall be given to the teacher by certified mail no later than the first day of May of the school year.  The teacher, within ten (10) calendar days of receiving notice of lay off, shall indicate, in writing, his/her wish to be placed on re-employment list.  Notwithstanding anything else in this collective agreement, failure to respond within the time limit specified in this clause shall relieve onus on the Division for that teacher's placement on the re-employment list.

(i) Teachers who have been laid off in accordance with this article shall be placed on the re-employment list and teacher(s) with the most seniority shall be offered the position first, providing such teacher(s) has/have the necessary qualifications, education, and experience for the available position(s).

(j) Teachers on the re-employment list shall have the right of recall for a period of one calendar year after September 1st following the date of lay-off.

(k) It shall be the responsibility of the teacher at all times to keep the Board informed of his/her current address.

(l) It shall be the responsibility of the teacher to report an address to which a recall notice can be delivered. Recall notices will be delivered by certified mail to the last reported address given by the teacher and a teacher who is recalled from lay off shall be required to indicate, notwithstanding any other time limits in this collective agreement, within five (5) working days of the certified letter being received, his/her intent to return to work and shall be required to return to work on the date set out in the notice which date shall not be less than fourteen (14) calendar days following such notification, unless by mutual agreement. If a teacher refuses a position for which that teacher has the necessary qualifications, education, and experience, such teacher shall lose all rights to recall.

(m) Where a teacher is recalled in accordance with paragraph "i", such teacher shall not suffer loss of:

(i)  accumulated sick leave;
(ii) seniority gained prior to being laid off.

(n) The lay off and recall procedures set out in this article shall have no application to teachers who have not completed more than one year of continuous paid service with the Division nor to teachers employed for a period of less than one school year on the express written understanding that the teacher will not, after completion of such time, be employed by the Board.

(o) The Board shall not retain teachers within the categories described in "n" above where teachers subject to this article are laid off, except where consideration of qualifications, education and experience necessitates such action in order to fulfill the positions as determined by the Board in clause (a).

DEFINITIONS

EDUCATION

Instruction obtained as preparation for, or continuing education within the profession of teaching which leads to development of a particular skill or proficiency with respect to a particular course(s) or subject(s).

QUALIFICATIONS

The classification in which a teacher is placed by the Teacher Certification and Records Branch of the Department of Education and Training.

EXPERIENCE

The practical application of training over a period of time with respect to a particular course(s) or subject(s).

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ARTICLE 14 - DISCIPLINE

(a) The Board or its designates shall have the right to suspend a teacher with or without pay subject to this Article. For the purposes of this Article, the following definition of discipline shall apply:

The imposition by the School Board or any agent thereof of a penalty of any kind on a teacher, including but not restricted to reprimands and/or suspensions but excluding termination of employment.

(b) No teacher shall be disciplined without just and reasonable cause.

(c) Where this School Board, or a person or persons acting on behalf of the School Board, disciplines any person covered by this Collective Agreement and where the affected person is not satisfied that the discipline is for just and reasonable cause, the Board's action shall be deemed to be a difference between the parties to or persons bound by this Collective Agreement under Article 14.

(d) When such a difference is referred to a Board of Arbitration under Article 14, the Board of Arbitration shall have the power to:

(i) uphold the discipline;

(ii) rescind the discipline;

(iii) vary or modify the discipline;

(iv) order the Board to pay all or part of any loss of pay and/or benefits in respect of the discipline;

(v) do one or more of the things set out in sub-clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) above.

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ARTICLE 15 - DISPUTES CONCERNING THIS AGREEMENT

Where there is a dispute between the parties to or persons bound by the agreement or on whose behalf it was entered into, concerning its content, meaning, application or alleged violation, the aggrieved party shall, within forty-five (45) teaching days of the event giving rise to the dispute or alleged violation, or within forty-five (45) teaching days from the date on which the griever became aware of the event giving rise to the dispute or alleged violation, whichever is later, notify the other party in writing, stating the nature and particulars of the dispute and the solution sought.

If the dispute is not settled within ten teaching days from the date when the Association takes up the matter with the School Board or the School Board notifies the Association in writing of its desire to have the differences negotiated, the dispute shall, upon written request of either party, be submitted to an arbitration board, consisting of three members. Each of the parties to the dispute shall, within seven days of the date of the written request for arbitration, appoint an arbitrator and shall notify the other party of the appointment. These two arbitrators within a further period of seven days after their appointment, shall meet and select a chairman mutually satisfactory to both. Should the two arbitrators fail to agree upon a chairperson within the required seven days, either party may request the Manitoba Labour Board to make the appointment of a Chairperson.

Nothing herein shall prohibit the parties from agreeing on a single arbitrator. If the parties so agree, the provisions of this Article relating to an arbitration board shall apply to the single arbitrator.

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ARTICLE 16 - COMMITTEES

16.01 Liaison/Consultation Committee

A Liaison Committee will be established to provide a two-way channel for communication to be conducted on a regular basis. The main objective is to promote better communications, mutual respect and understanding amongst the teachers, administrators and the School Board.

The committee shall be composed of Trustees, Division Personnel and Teacher representatives. There will be a minimum of four (4) meetings per school year. Such meetings shall be held at the request of any party provided that the request is accompanied by an agenda of items to be discussed. Minutes of discussions/recommendations etc., will be posted in all schools and distributed to all administrative personnel and trustees.

Issues should not normally be brought to a formal vote, but an arrival of general consensus should be sought. This general consensus of opinion should be presented to the Board and the Association for their consideration. The establishment and operation of the committee shall be without prejudice to the collective bargaining process. Each representative will be guaranteed freedom to perform his/her committee functions in good faith without fear of jeopardizing his/her working relations with one another.

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ARTICLE 17 - MEDICAL INTERVENTION

Teachers shall not be required to administer medications or perform any medical or physical procedure of a non-emergency nature.

Dated at The Pas, Manitoba this 13 day of January 2016.


Signed and agreed on behalf of The Kelsey                Signed and agreed to on behalf of the Kelsey
Teachers' Association of the                                       School Division
Manitoba Teachers' Society.


__________________________                             _______________________
President                                                                    Chairperson  
Val Berscheid                                                            Vaughn Wadelius


___________________________                             ______________________
Julie Morningstar                                                          Jeannette Freese
Secretary                                                                     Secretary-Treasurer
     

____________________________
Bargaining Chairperson
Kim Soura

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AUXILIARY AGREEMENT

THIS AUXILIARY AGREEMENT made as of the 13th day of January, 2016.

BETWEEN:

KELSEY SCHOOL DIVISION
(hereinafter referred to as the “Division”)


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KELSEY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION OF
THE MANITOBA TEACHERS’ SOCIETY,
(hereinafter referred to as the “Association”)

 

WHEREAS pursuant to a certain collective agreement dated January 13, 2016, the Division has agreed to participate in a number of insurance programs, including:

• The Manitoba Public School Employees Group Life Insurance Plan; and
• The Manitoba Public School Employees Dental & Extended Health Benefits Plan.

The Division has agreed to participate in these plans subject to the terms of administration and cost sharing, as determined by the conditions of entry stipulated by each individual plan.

WHEREAS the Division recognizes that not all teachers will be eligible for coverage under these plans by virtue of their administration and underwriting rules, the Division and the Association have agreed that certain Teachers will be paid according to the annual rate of pay for the 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, and 2017/18 school years which follow:

Year 1:  2014-15         2.0% increase

Years Exp.

CLASS 1

CLASS 2

CLASS 3

CLASS 4

CLASS 5

CLASS 6

CLASS 7

0

38,258

41,633

45,717

55,381

59,003

62,141

65,479

1

40,408

43,778

48,198

58,555

62,190

65,223

68,557

2

42,553

45,924

50,680

61,726

65,384

68,305

71,635

3

44,305

47,688

52,776

64,528

68,574

71,381

74,713

4

46,064

49,459

54,873

67,331

71,757

74,457

77,792

5

47,500

51,233

56,974

70,137

74,517

77,539

80,867

6

48,935

53,001

59,069

72,939

77,276

80,617

83,951

7

 

54,768

61,170

75,741

80,036

83,695

87,025

8

 

56,542

63,354

78,549

82,793

86,773

90,102

9

 

 

 

81,349

85,555

89,852

93,181

10

 

 

 

84,173

88,314

92,930

96,258

Year 2:  2015-16         2.0% increase

Years Exp.

CLASS 1

CLASS 2

CLASS 3

CLASS 4

CLASS 5

CLASS 6

CLASS 7

0

39,023

42,466

46,631

56,489

60,183

63,384

66,789

1

41,216

44,654

49,162

59,726

63,434

66,527

69,928

2

43,404

46,842

51,694

62,961

66,692

69,671

73,068

3

45,191

48,642

53,832

65,819

69,945

72,809

76,207

4

46,985

50,448

55,970

68,678

73,192

75,946

79,348

5

48,450

52,258

58,113

71,540

76,007

79,090

82,484

6

49,914

54,061

60,250

74,398

78,822

82,229

85,630

7

 

55,863

62,393

77,256

81,637

85,369

88,766

8

 

57,673

64,621

80,120

84,449

88,508

91,904

9

 

 

 

82,976

87,266

91,649

95,045

10

 

 

 

85,856

90,080

94,789

98,183

Year 3:  2016-17         2.0% increase

Years Exp.

CLASS 1

CLASS 2

CLASS 3

CLASS 4

CLASS 5

CLASS 6

CLASS 7

0

39,803

43,315

47,564

57,619

61,387

64,652

68,125

1

42,040

45,547

50,145

60,921

64,703

67,858

71,327

2

44,272

47,779

52,728

64,220

68,026

71,064

74,529

3

46,095

49,615

54,909

67,135

71,344

74,265

77,731

4

47,925

51,457

57,089

70,052

74,656

77,465

80,935

5

49,419

53,303

59,275

72,971

77,527

80,672

84,134

6

50,912

55,142

61,455

75,886

80,398

83,874

87,343

7

 

56,980

63,641

78,801

83,270

87,076

90,541

8

 

58,826

65,913

81,722

86,138

90,278

93,742

9

 

 

 

84,636

89,011

93,482

96,946

10

 

 

 

87,573

91,882

96,685

100,147

Year 4:  September 2017 (2017-18)     1.5% increase

Years Exp.

CLASS 1

CLASS 2

CLASS 3

CLASS 4

CLASS 5

CLASS 6

CLASS 7

0

40,400

43,965

48,277

58,483

62,308

65,622

69,147

1

42,671

46,230

50,897

61,835

65,674

68,876

72,397

2

44,936

48,496

53,519

65,183

69,046

72,130

75,647

3

46,786

50,359

55,733

68,142

72,414

75,379

78,897

4

48,644

52,229

57,945

71,103

75,776

78,627

82,149

5

50,160

54,103

60,164

74,066

78,690

81,882

85,396

6

51,676

55,969

62,377

77,024

81,604

85,132

88,653

7

 

57,835

64,596

79,983

84,519

88,382

91,899

8

 

59,708

66,902

82,948

87,430

91,632

95,148

9

 

 

 

85,906

90,346

94,884

98,400

10

 

 

 

88,887

93,260

98,135

101,649

Year 4:  January 2018 (2017-18)     1.5% increase

Years Exp.

CLASS 1

CLASS 2

CLASS 3

CLASS 4

CLASS 5

CLASS 6

CLASS 7

0

41,006

44,624

49,001

59,360

63,243

66,606

70,184

1

43,311

46,923

51,660

62,763

66,659

69,909

73,483

2

45,610

49,223

54,322

66,161

70,082

73,212

76,782

3

47,488

51,114

56,569

69,164

73,500

76,510

80,080

4

49,374

53,012

58,814

72,170

76,913

79,806

83,381

5

50,912

54,915

61,066

75,177

79,870

83,110

86,677

6

52,451

56,809

63,313

78,179

82,828

86,409

89,983

7

 

58,703

65,565

81,183

85,787

89,708

93,277

8

 

60,604

67,906

84,192

88,741

93,006

96,575

9

 

 

 

87,195

91,701

96,307

99,876

10

 

 

 

90,220

94,659

99,607

103,174

The parties have acknowledged that, without limiting the foregoing, the following classes of Teachers shall be paid according to this pay scale:

1. Substitute teachers;
2. Part-time teachers working less than 30% of full time;
3. Teachers receiving a Maternity or Parental Leave top-up;
4. Term teachers who are contracted to work less than 60 days.

This Auxiliary Agreement is attached to and forms part of the Collective Agreement between the Parties dated January 13, 2016.

 

CONCURRING SIGNATORIES

Dated at The Pas, Manitoba this 13th day of January, 2016.

Signed and agreed on behalf of the Division:

  _________________________________________
 Chairperson

  _________________________________________
 Secretary - Treasurer


Signed and agreed on behalf of the Association:

  ________________________________________
 President

  _________________________________________
 Secretary

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COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

THIS COLLATERAL AGREEMENT made this 13th day of January, 2016.  

BETWEEN:

THE KELSEY SCHOOL DIVISION
(hereinafter referred to as the “Division”)

                                                                                            OF THE FIRST PART,

- and -

THE KELSEY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION OF
THE MANITOBA TEACHERS’ SOCIETY

(hereinafter referred to as the “Association”)

                                                                                                    OF THE SECOND PART.


 WHEREAS pursuant to a certain collective agreement dated January 13, made between the Division and the Association, the Division has agreed to participate in the administration of the Manitoba Public School Employees Dental & Extended Health Benefits Plan (the “Plan”) for all of the eligible employees (the “Employees”) as described by the Manitoba Public School Employees Dental & Extended Health Benefits Plan Trust (the “Trust”) in the employ of the Division; and

 WHEREAS the Division and the Association desire to set forth the terms and conditions under which the Division shall so participate in the administration of the Plan; and

 WHEREAS pursuant to a certain agreement made between the Manitoba School Boards Association, the Manitoba Teachers’ Society and the Trust, the Trust is responsible for the formulation, implementation and operation of the Plan.

NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH that in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. The preamble hereto shall form an integral part hereof.

2. The terms and conditions of the Plan shall be as formulated by the Trust.

3. Subject to the terms of the Agreement, the Division and the Association shall comply with any administrative or underwriting requirements in respect to the Plan stipulated by the Trust and/or by the insurer appointed by the Trust to administer the Plan.
 
4. The Division shall make the following payments:
    
a) Subject to paragraph (b) which follows, for September, 2014 the Division shall pay monthly $95.75 on behalf of each Employee in respect of the Dental plan and/or $105.50, and/or $16.25 on behalf of each Employee in respect of the Vision plan on behalf of each Employee in respect of the Extended Health plan, said $95.75, $105.50 and $16.25 being the monthly rates for family coverage under each plan. Such payments shall be made to the Trust or to such party as the Trustees shall designate in writing.
     
b) Subject to paragraph (b) which follows, for September, 2015 the Division shall pay monthly $97.75 on behalf of each Employee in respect of the Dental plan and/or $107.50, and/or $16.25 on behalf of each Employee in respect of the Vision plan on behalf of each Employee in respect of the Extended Health plan, said $97.75, $107.50 and $16.25 being the monthly rates for family coverage under each plan. Such payments shall be made to the Trust or to such party as the Trustees shall designate in writing.

c) Where an Employee is entitled to and has so elected for reduced coverage, as permitted under the terms of the Plan, that is, coverage for Employee and one dependent (spouse or child) only, or for Employee only, or for no coverage in the event of the Employee having alternate employer-sponsored group dental or health coverage, as the case may be, the Division shall pay to the employee the difference in the monthly rate under each plan between family coverage and the coverage elected by the Employee.

d) For each year thereafter, the Division shall pay monthly on behalf of each Employee an amount not to exceed the amount payable by the Division for each Employee in the preceding year (taking into account payments referred to in both sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph 4) increased or decreased by a percentage equivalent to the percentage negotiated or awarded on average for the salary schedule of the Employees in the current year.

5. It is understood and agreed by the Association that any eligible Employees employed on or after the effective date of the implementation of the Plan shall be required to participate in the Plan unless entitled to elect out of the Plan as may be permitted under the terms thereof.

6. This Agreement may be terminated by either of the parties hereto effective the first day of September of a particular calendar year provided that not less than 12 months written notice of such termination is given by the party terminating this Agreement to the other party hereto.

7. Any notice required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed to be effectively given if mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid or delivered by bonded carrier to the parties at the following addresses:

  To the Division:

  KELSEY SCHOOL DIVISION
  Box 4700   322 Edwards Ave
  The Pas MB   R9A 1R4

  To the Association:
 
  KELSEY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION
  Box 3904
 The Pas, MB    R9A 1S6

and if mailed as aforesaid, shall be deemed to have been given on the fifth business day next following that upon which the letter containing such notice was posted.
Time shall be of the essence of the Agreement which Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Manitoba.

8. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Division has caused its Corporate Seal to be hereunto affixed duly attested by the signatures of its proper officers in that behalf, the day and year first above written.


 THE KELSEY SCHOOL DIVISION
  
 _________________________________
 Chairperson
  
 _________________________________
 Secretary - Treasurer


 IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Association has caused this Agreement to be executed as duly attested by the signatures of the proper officers of the Association.

 THE KELSEY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION
 
__________________________________ 
 President
  
_________________________________ 
 Secretary

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LETTER OF AGREEMENT

Manitoba Public School Employees Dental and Extended Health Plan

LETTER OF AGREEMENT 
Manitoba Public School Employees Dental and Extended Health Plan

Between

The Kelsey School Division
 
and
 
The Kelsey Teachers’ Association

of the
 
Manitoba Teachers’ Society

RE: Sept 2014 and Sept 2015 Salary grid net of Dental and Extended Health

The Division administers the Manitoba Public School Employees Dental and Extended Health Plan as per the Collateral Agreement dated January 13 for the members of the Kelsey Teachers’ Association.  Teachers who are participants in the Dental Plan and Extended Health shall be paid according to article 4 in the Collateral agreement. The following salary schedule reflects the provisions of article 4 of the Collateral Agreement for September 2015.

Year 1:  2014-15 $2,610 Annual Benefit Premium
Years Exp. CLASS 1 CLASS 2 CLASS 3 CLASS 4 CLASS 5 CLASS 6 CLASS 7

0

35,648

39,023

43,107

52,771

56,393

59,531

62,869

1

37,798

41,168

45,588

55,945

59,580

62,613

65,947

2

39,943

43,314

48,070

59,116

62,774

65,695

69,025

3

41,695

45,078

50,166

61,918

65,964

68,771

72,103

4

43,454

46,849

52,263

64,721

69,147

71,847

75,182

5

44,890

48,623

54,364

67,527

71,907

74,929

78,257

6

46,325

50,391

56,459

70,329

74,666

78,007

81,341

7

 

52,158

58,560

73,131

77,426

81,085

84,415

8

 

53,932

60,744

75,939

80,183

84,163

87,492

9

 

 

 

78,739

82,945

87,242

90,571

10

 

 

 

81,563

85,704

90,320

93,648

Year 2:  2015-16 $2,658 Annual Benefit Premium
Years Exp. CLASS 1 CLASS 2 CLASS 3 CLASS 4 CLASS 5 CLASS 6 CLASS 7

0

36,365

39,808

43,973

53,831

57,525

60,726

64,131

1

38,558

41,996

46,504

57,068

60,776

63,869

67,270

2

40,746

44,184

49,036

60,303

64,034

67,013

70,410

3

42,533

45,984

51,174

63,161

67,287

70,151

73,549

4

44,327

47,790

53,312

66,020

70,534

73,288

76,690

5

45,792

49,600

55,455

68,882

73,349

76,432

79,826

6

47,256

51,403

57,592

71,740

76,164

79,571

82,972

7

 

53,205

59,735

74,598

78,979

82,711

86,108

8

 

55,015

61,963

77,462

81,791

85,850

89,246

9

 

 

 

80,318

84,608

88,991

92,387

10

 

 

 

83,198

87,422

92,131

95,525

Dated at The Pas, Manitoba this 13 day of January, 2016.

Signed on behalf of the Kelsey School Division:

__________________________
Chairperson
         
__________________________
Secretary – Treasurer


Signed on behalf of the Kelsey Teachers’ Association:
              
_________________________
President

_________________________
Secretary

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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN

 THE KELSEY SCHOOL DIVISION

 AND

 THE KELSEY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION
 OF THE MANITOBA TEACHERS' SOCIETY

The Professional Development Committee will be a Joint Division/Association Committee composed of the Superintendent, a Trustee, the Student Services Coordinator and four Association members named by the Kelsey Teachers’ Association Executive.

Dated at The Pas, Manitoba this 13day of January 2016.

 


Signed and agreed on behalf of The Kelsey                                        Signed and agreed to on behalf of the Kelsey
Teachers' Association of the                                                              School Division
Manitoba Teachers' Society.


__________________________                                                     _______________________
President                                                                                            Chairperson
Val Berscheid                                                                                     Vaughn Wadelius


_________________________                                                      ______________________
Julie Morningstar                                                                                  Jeannette Freese
Secretary                                                                                             Secretary-Treasurer
     

____________________________
Bargaining Chairperson
Kim Soura

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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT

Memorandum of Agreement
between
The Kelsey School Division
and
The Kelsey Teachers’ Association
of
The Manitoba Teachers’ Society

Re:  EARLY RESIGNATION INCENTIVE

            
The parties agreed that the Division will provide an Early Resignation Incentive Plan for professional staff effective the term 2015 – June 30, 2016 as follows:
The Term 2015 – June 30, 2016
      Notice received by May 31, 2015  re resignation date of December 31, 2015 OR resignation date of last teaching day of the 1st Semester of the high school - $1200 paid at December 31, 2015.
      Notice received by January 31, 2016 re resignation date of June 30, 2016 - $1,000.00 paid at June 30, 2016.
      Notice received by February 29, 2016 re resignation date of June 30, 2016 - $750.00 paid at June 30, 2016.
      Notice received by March 24, 2016 re resignation date of June 30, 2016 - $500.00 paid at June 30, 2016.

The parties further agree that this memorandum expires on and will be of no effect at June 30, 2016, unless otherwise negotiated by the parties.

Signed and agreed on behalf of the Kelsey                                  Signed and agreed to on behalf of the Kelsey
Teachers’ Association of the Manitoba                                       School Division
Teachers’ Society

____________________________                                          ____________________________________          
President                                                                                     Chairperson
Val Berscheid                                                                              Vaughn Wadelius


___________________________                                            ___________________________________           
Julie Morningstar                                                                         Jeannette Freese
Secretary                                                                                     Secretary-Treasurer

___________________________    
Bargaining Chairperson
Kim Soura

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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT

Memorandum of Agreement
between
The Kelsey School Division
and
The Kelsey Teachers’ Association
of
The Manitoba Teachers’ Society

Re:  EARLY RESIGNATION INCENTIVE

 
The Term 2016 – June 30, 2017
      Notice received by May 31, 2016  re resignation date of December 31, 2016 OR resignation date of last teaching day of the 1st Semester of the high school - $1200 paid at December 31, 2016.
      Notice received by January 31, 2017 re resignation date of June 30, 2017 - $1,000.00 paid at June 30, 2017.
      Notice received by February 29, 2017 re resignation date of June 30, 2017 - $750.00 paid at June 30, 2017.
      Notice received by March 24, 2017 re resignation date of June 30, 2017 - $500.00 paid at June 30, 2017.

The parties further agree that this memorandum expires on and will be of no effect at June 30, 2017, unless otherwise negotiated by the parties.

Signed and agreed on behalf of the Kelsey                   Signed and agreed to on behalf of the Kelsey
Teachers’ Association of the                                        School Division
Manitoba Teachers’ Society


_______________________________                     ___________________________________
President                                                                       Chairperson
Val Berscheid                                                                Vaughn Wadelius


______________________________                      __________________________________
Julie Morningstar                                                         Jeannette Freese
Secretary                                                                     Secretary-Treasurer


________________________________    
Bargaining Chairperson
Kim Soura

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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT

Memorandum of Agreement
between
The Kelsey School Division
and
The Kelsey Teachers’ Association
of
The Manitoba Teachers’ Society

Re:  EARLY RESIGNATION INCENTIVE


            
The parties agreed that the Division will provide an Early Resignation Incentive Plan for professional staff effective the term 2016 – June 30, 2017 as follows:
The Term 2017 – June 30, 2018
      Notice received by May 31, 2017  re resignation date of December 31, 2017 OR resignation date of last teaching day of the 1st Semester of the high school - $1200 paid at December 31, 2017.
      Notice received by January 31, 2018 re resignation date of June 29, 2018 - $1,000.00 paid at June 29, 2018.
      Notice received by February 28, 2018 re resignation date of June 29, 2018 - $750.00 paid at June 29, 2018.
      Notice received by March 23, 2018 re resignation date of June 30, 2018 - $500.00 paid at June 30, 2018.

The parties further agree that this memorandum expires on and will be of no effect at June 30, 2018, unless otherwise negotiated by the parties.

Signed and agreed on behalf of the Kelsey                    Signed and agreed to on behalf of the Kelsey
Teachers’ Association of the                                         School Division
Manitoba Teachers’ Society

 
______________                                          ___________________      
President                                                         Chairperson
Val Berscheid                                                  Vaughn Wadelius


_______________                                         ___________________      
Julie Morningstar                                              Jeannette Freese
Secretary                                                         Secretary-Treasurer

 ____________________    
Bargaining Chairperson
Kim Soura

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LETTER TO SCHOOL DIVISION re Northern Allowance

Re: July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement

Kelsey Teachers’ Association
Manitoba Teachers’ Society


The Kelsey School Division
322 Edwards Avenue
The Pas, Manitoba
R9A 1R4

Attention:  Mrs. Jeannette Freese
Secretary-Treasurer

Dear Mrs. Freese:

Re:  July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2018  Collective Bargaining Agreement

The Kelsey Teachers’ Association of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society, the Kelsey 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 employees/employers in the region, a $4,000 portion of the annual salary has been identified as northern travel allowance in the 2014-2018 Collective Bargaining Agreement.

The Kelsey Teachers’ Association of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society agrees to and does hereby indemnify and save the Kelsey 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 the teacher’s salary as Northern Allowance and reporting the same for tax purposes to Revenue Canada.

Yours truly,

 
Val Berscheid
President
Kelsey Teachers’ Association of the MTS

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COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

THIS COLLATERAL AGREEMENT made this 20th day of June, 2017          

BETWEEN:

THE KELSEY SCHOOL DIVISION
(hereinafter referred to as the “Division”)

OF THE FIRST PART,

- and -

THE KELSEY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION OF
THE MANITOBA TEACHERS’ SOCIETY
(hereinafter referred to as the “Association”)

OF THE SECOND PART.

WHEREAS pursuant to a certain collective agreement dated Jan. 13, 2016, made between the Division and the Association, the Division has agreed to participate in the administration of the Manitoba Public School Employees Dental & Extended Health Benefits Plan (the “Plan”) for all of the eligible employees (the “Employees”) as described by the Manitoba Public School Employees Dental & Extended Health Benefits Plan Trust (the “Trust”) in the employ of the Division; and

WHEREAS the Division and the Association desire to set forth the terms and conditions under which the Division shall so participate in the administration of the Plan; and

WHEREAS pursuant to a certain agreement made between the Manitoba School Boards Association, the Manitoba Teachers’ Society and the Trust, the Trust is responsible for the formulation, implementation and operation of the Plan.

NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH that in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. The preamble hereto shall form an integral part hereof.

2. The terms and conditions of the Plan shall be as formulated by the Trust.

3. Subject to the terms of the Agreement, the Division and the Association shall comply with any administrative or underwriting requirements in respect to the Plan stipulated by the Trust and/or by the insurer appointed by the Trust to administer the Plan.
 
4. The Division shall make the following payments:

a) Subject to paragraph (b) which follows, for September, 2017 the Division shall pay monthly
$94.00 on behalf of each Employee in respect of the Dental plan and/or $118.00, and/or $16.25 on behalf of each Employee in respect of the Vision plan on behalf of each Employee in respect of the Extended Health plan, said $94.00, $118.00 and $16.25 being the monthly rates for family coverage under each plan. Such payments shall be made to the Trust or to such party as the Trustees shall designate in writing.

Subject to paragraph (b) which follows, for January, 2018 the Division shall pay monthly
$95.50 on behalf of each Employee in respect of the Dental plan and/or $120.00, and/or $16.25 on behalf of each Employee in respect of the Vision plan on behalf of each Employee in respect of the Extended Health plan, said $95.50, $120.00 and $16.25 being the monthly rates for family coverage under each plan. Such payments shall be made to the Trust or to such party as the Trustees shall designate in writing.

b) Where an Employee is entitled to and has so elected for reduced coverage, as permitted under the terms of the Plan, that is, coverage for Employee and one dependent (spouse or child) only, or for Employee only, or for no coverage in the event of the Employee having alternate employer-sponsored group dental or health coverage, as the case may be, the Division shall pay to the employee the difference in the monthly rate under each plan between family coverage and the coverage elected by the Employee.

c) For each year thereafter, the Division shall pay monthly on behalf of each Employee an amount not to exceed the amount payable by the Division for each Employee in the preceding year (taking into account payments referred to in both sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph 4) increased or decreased by a percentage equivalent to the percentage negotiated or awarded on average for the salary schedule of the Employees in the current year.

5. It is understood and agreed by the Association that any eligible Employees employed on or after the effective date of the implementation of the Plan shall be required to participate in the Plan unless entitled to elect out of the Plan as may be permitted under the terms thereof.

6. This Agreement may be terminated by either of the parties hereto effective the first day of September of a particular calendar year provided that not less than 12 months written notice of such termination is given by the party terminating this Agreement to the other party hereto.

7. Any notice required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed to be effectively given if mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid or delivered by bonded carrier to the parties at the following addresses:

To the Division:

KELSEY SCHOOL DIVISION
Box 4700   322 Edwards Ave
The Pas MB   R9A 1R4

To the Association:
 
KELSEY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION
Box 3904
The Pas, MB    R9A 1S6

and if mailed as aforesaid, shall be deemed to have been given on the fifth business day next following that upon which the letter containing such notice was posted.
Time shall be of the essence of the Agreement which Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Manitoba.

8. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Division has caused its Corporate Seal to be hereunto affixed duly attested by the signatures of its proper officers in that behalf, the day and year first above written.


 THE KELSEY SCHOOL DIVISION
 
 _________________________ 
 Chairperson
 
 __________________________ 
 Secretary - Treasurer


 IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Association has caused this Agreement to be executed as duly attested by the signatures of the proper officers of the Association.

 THE KELSEY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION
 
 _________________________
 President
 
_________________________ 
 Secretary

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LETTER OF AGREEMENT

Manitoba Public School Employees Dental and Extended Health Plan

LETTER OF AGREEMENT 
Manitoba Public School Employees Dental and Extended Health Plan

Between

The Kelsey School Division
 
and
 
The Kelsey Teachers’ Association

of the
 
Manitoba Teachers’ Society

RE: Sept 2017 and January 2018 Salary grids net of Dental and Extended Health

The Division administers the Manitoba Public School Employees Dental and Extended Health Plan as per the Collateral Agreement dated __________ for the members of the Kelsey Teachers’ Association.  Teachers who are participants in the Dental Plan and Extended Health shall be paid according to article 4 in the Collateral agreement. The following salary schedule reflects the provisions of article 4 of the Collateral Agreement for September 2017 and January 2018.

Year 4:  September 2017 (2017-18)

 

$2,739 Annual Benefit Premium

Years Exp.

CLASS 1

CLASS 2

CLASS 3

CLASS 4

CLASS 5

CLASS 6

CLASS 7

0

37,661

41,226

45,538

55,744

59,569

62,883

66,408

1

39,932

43,491

48,158

59,096

62,935

66,137

69,658

2

42,197

45,757

50,780

62,444

66,307

69,391

72,908

3

44,047

47,620

52,994

65,403

69,675

72,640

76,158

4

45,905

49,490

55,206

68,364

73,037

75,888

79,410

5

47,421

51,364

57,425

71,327

75,951

79,143

82,657

6

48,937

53,230

59,638

74,285

78,865

82,393

85,914

7

 

55,096

61,857

77,244

81,780

85,643

89,160

8

 

56,969

64,163

80,209

84,691

88,893

92,409

9

 

 

 

83,167

87,607

92,145

95,661

10

 

 

 

86,148

90,521

95,396

98,910

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year 4:  January 2018 (2017-18)

 

$2,781 Annual Benefit Premium

Years Exp.

CLASS 1

CLASS 2

CLASS 3

CLASS 4

CLASS 5

CLASS 6

CLASS 7

0

38,225

41,843

46,220

56,579

60,462

63,825

67,403

1

40,530

44,142

48,879

59,982

63,878

67,128

70,702

2

42,829

46,442

51,541

63,380

67,301

70,431

74,001

3

44,707

48,333

53,788

66,383

70,719

73,729

77,299

4

46,593

50,231

56,033

69,389

74,132

77,025

80,600

5

48,131

52,134

58,285

72,396

77,089

80,329

83,896

6

49,670

54,028

60,532

75,398

80,047

83,628

87,202

7

 

55,922

62,784

78,402

83,006

86,927

90,496

8

 

57,823

65,125

81,411

85,960

90,225

93,794

9

 

 

 

84,414

88,920

93,526

97,095

10

 

 

 

87,439

91,878

96,826

100,393

Dated at The Pas, Manitoba this 20th day of June, 2017

Signed on behalf of the Kelsey School Division:
__________________________         
 Chairperson
__________________________         
 Secretary – Treasurer


Signed on behalf of the Kelsey Teachers’ Association:
__________________________         
 President
__________________________         
 Secretary

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MEMORANDUM OF SETTLEMENT

MEMORANDUM OF SETTLEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT made as of the 26 day of June 2, 2017 (the “Agreement”)

BETWEEN:
KELSEY SCHOOL DIVISION,
(the “Employer”)

- and -


KELSEY SCHOOL DIVISION TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION
OF THE MANITOBA TEACHERS’ SOCIETY,
(the “Association”)

WHEREAS:

A. The Association filed a grievance on September 21, 2015 grieving the application of the Maternity / Adoptive / Parental Leave provisions of the Collective Agreement, and whereas various Individual Grievances were also filed (hereinafter all grievances are collectively referred to as, the “Grievance”); and
B. The Employer and the Association have reached a resolution concerning the Grievance on the terms and conditions as set out herein.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereby agree as follows:

1. Effective July 1, 2017, Article 4.04 of the Collective Agreement shall be deleted and replaced with the revised Article 4.04, as set out in Schedule “A” hereof;

2. Effective the date of this Agreement, the Grievance will be withdrawn on a with prejudice basis;

3. From the date of this Agreement, up to July 1, 2017, the Association agrees not to file any grievance with the respect to the subject matter of the Grievance; and

4. Any teacher on leave, pursuant to Article 4.04, as of July 1, 2017, who remains on leave in September of 2017, will be subject to the revised Article 4.04 (Schedule “A”) for the portion of his/her leave remaining as of July 1, 2017.

Signed at The Pas, this 26 day of June, 2017.


Kelsey School Division Teachers’ Association

Per:_______________________________

 

Signed at The Pas this 26 day of June, 2017.


Kelsey School Division


Per:_____________________________

 

Schedule “A”

4.04 Parenting Leave

Maternity or Parental leaves shall be in accordance with the Employment Standards Code of the Province of Manitoba.

Top-Up Benefits

(a) Effective July 1, 2017 a teacher taking Maternity Leave and/or Parental/Adoptive Leave pursuant to this article shall be entitled to receive pay equivalent to ninety percent (90%) of the teacher’s gross salary (gross salary means the teacher’s gross salary at the time the leave commenced plus any subsequently negotiated salary adjustments) for up to one hundred and thirty-five (135) teaching days, which pay will include any employment insurance benefits received in accordance with this article.

(b) Effective July 1, 2017 the Division shall pay a teacher on Maternity Leave and/or Parental/Adoptive Leave:

       (1) if the teacher’s one (1) week or five (5) day waiting period falls entirely on teaching days, ninety percent (90%) of the teacher’s gross salary plus up to eighty (80) teaching days of Maternity Leave Top-Up calculated at the difference between the teacher’s employment insurance benefit and ninety percent (90%) of the teacher’s gross salary provided the teacher remains on either maternity or parental leave and continues to receive employment insurance benefits;

       (2) if the teacher’s one (1) week or five (5) day waiting period falls partially or entirely within a non-teaching period, ninety percent (90%) of the teacher’s gross salary for any teaching days and up to eighty-five (85) teaching days of maternity leave top-up calculated at the difference between the teacher’s employment insurance benefit and ninety percent (90%) of the teacher’s gross salary provided the teacher remains on either maternity or parental leave and continues to receive employment insurance benefits;

       (3) up to fifty (50) teaching days of parental/adoptive leave top-up calculated at the difference between the teacher’s employment insurance benefit and ninety percent (90%) of the teacher’s gross salary provided the teacher remains on parental/adoptive leave and continues to receive employment insurance benefits.

For greater certainty, a teacher who is receiving employment insurance benefits shall be entitled to:

       (1) one hundred and thirty-five (135) teaching days of pay and/or top-up benefits if the teacher takes both maternity leave and parental/adoptive leave;

       (2) eighty-five (85) teaching days of pay and/or top-up benefits if the teacher only takes maternity leave;

       (3) fifty (50) teaching days of pay and/or top-up benefits if the teacher only takes parental/adoptive leave;

unless the teacher takes a shorter period of maternity leave or parental/adoptive leave in which case, the pay and/or top-up will be pro-rated to reflect the actual number of teaching days taken. The parties acknowledge that the top-up payments made by the Division for maternity leave may extend into the period of time that the teacher is on parental leave but the payment is intended to be a top-up of maternity leave benefits.

c) Non-Application

This article shall not apply to any teacher who is employed on a term contract during the teacher’s first year of employment. All other teachers shall be eligible to receive the top-up benefits once they have been employed for a period of seven (7) months by the Division.

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Collateral Agreement

THIS COLLATERAL AGREEMENT made this 29th day of June, 2018

BETWEEN:

THE KELSEY SCHOOL DIVISION

(hereinafter referred to as the “Division”) 

OF THE FIRST PART,

- and - 

THE KELSEY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION OF

THE MANITOBA TEACHERS’ SOCIETY

(hereinafter referred to as the “Association”)

OF THE SECOND PART.

WHEREAS pursuant to a certain collective agreement dated January 13th, 2016, made between the Division and the Association, the Division has agreed to participate in the administration of the Manitoba Public School Employees Dental & Extended Health Benefits Plan (the “Plan”) for all of the eligible employees (the “Employees”) as described by the Manitoba Public School Employees Dental & Extended Health Benefits Plan Trust (the “Trust”) in the employ of the Division; and

WHEREAS the Division and the Association desire to set forth the terms and conditions under which the Division shall so participate in the administration of the Plan; and

WHEREAS pursuant to a certain agreement made between the Manitoba School Boards Association, the Manitoba Teachers’ Society and the Trust, the Trust is responsible for the formulation, implementation and operation of the Plan.

NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH that in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

  1. The preamble hereto shall form an integral part hereof.
  2. The terms and conditions of the Plan shall be as formulated by the Trust.
  3. Subject to the terms of the Agreement, the Division and the Association shall comply with any administrative or underwriting requirements in respect to the Plan stipulated by the Trust and/or by the insurer appointed by the Trust to administer the Plan.
  4. The Division shall make the following payments:
  1. Subject to paragraph (b) which follows, for September, 2018 the Division shall pay monthly
    $95.50 on behalf of each Employee in respect of the Dental plan and/or, $122.00 on behalf of each Employee in respect of the Extended Health plan, and $16.25 on behalf of each Employee in respect of the Vision plan said $95.50, $122.00 and $16.25 being the monthly rates for family coverage under each plan. Such payments shall be made to the Trust or to such party as the Trustees shall designate in writing.
  2. Where an Employee is entitled to and has so elected for reduced coverage, as permitted under the terms of the Plan, that is, coverage for Employee and one dependent (spouse or child) only, or for Employee only, or for no coverage in the event of the Employee having alternate employer-sponsored group dental or health coverage, as the case may be, the Division shall pay to the employee the difference in the monthly rate under each plan between family coverage and the coverage elected by the Employee.
  3. For each year thereafter, the Division shall pay monthly on behalf of each Employee an amount not to exceed the amount payable by the Division for each Employee in the preceding year (taking into account payments referred to in both sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph 4) increased or decreased by a percentage equivalent to the percentage negotiated or awarded on average for the salary schedule of the Employees in the current year.
  1. It is understood and agreed by the Association that any eligible Employees employed on or after the effective date of the implementation of the Plan shall be required to participate in the Plan unless entitled to elect out of the Plan as may be permitted under the terms thereof.
  2. This Agreement may be terminated by either of the parties hereto effective the first day of September of a particular calendar year provided that not less than 12 months written notice of such termination is given by the party terminating this Agreement to the other party hereto.
  3. Any notice required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed to be effectively given if mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid or delivered by bonded carrier to the parties at the following addresses:

                        To the Division:

                        KELSEY SCHOOL DIVISION

                        Box 4700   322 Edwards Ave

                        The Pas MB   R9A 1R4

                        To the Association:

                        KELSEY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION

                        Box 3904

           The Pas, MB    R9A 1S6

and if mailed as aforesaid, shall be deemed to have been given on the fifth business day next following that upon which the letter containing such notice was posted.

  1. Time shall be of the essence of the Agreement which Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Manitoba.
  2. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Division has caused its Corporate Seal to be hereunto affixed duly attested by the signatures of its proper officers in that behalf, the day and year first above written.

THE KELSEY SCHOOL DIVISION

_____________________________

Chairperson

_____________________________

Secretary - Treasurer

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Association has caused this Agreement to be executed as duly attested by the signatures of the proper officers of the Association.

THE KELSEY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

______________________________

President

______________________________

Secretary

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Letter of Agreement

Manitoba Public School Employees Dental and Extended Health Plan

Between

The Kelsey School Division

and 

The Kelsey Teachers’ Association 

of the 

Manitoba Teachers’ Society

RE: Sept 2018 Salary grid net of Dental and Extended Health

The Division administers the Manitoba Public School Employees Dental and Extended Health Plan as per the Collateral Agreement dated January 13, 2016 for the members of the Kelsey Teachers’ Association.  Teachers who are participants in the Dental Plan and Extended Health shall be paid according to article 4 in the Collateral agreement. The following salary schedule reflects the provisions of article 4 of the Collateral Agreement for September 2018.   

September 2018 (2018-19)

       

$2,805 Annual Benefit Premium

Years Exp.

CLASS 1

CLASS 2

CLASS 3

CLASS 4

CLASS 5

CLASS 6

CLASS 7

0

       38,201

       41,819

       46,196

       56,555

       60,438

       63,801

       67,379

1

       40,506

       44,118

       48,855

       59,958

       63,854

       67,104

       70,678

2

       42,805

       46,418

       51,517

       63,356

       67,277

       70,407

       73,977

3

       44,683

       48,309

       53,764

       66,359

       70,695

       73,705

       77,275

4

       46,569

       50,207

       56,009

       69,365

       74,108

       77,001

       80,576

5

       48,107

       52,110

       58,261

       72,372

       77,065

       80,305

       83,872

6

       49,646

       54,004

       60,508

       75,374

       80,023

       83,604

       87,178

7

 

       55,898

       62,760

       78,378

       82,982

       86,903

       90,472

8

 

       57,799

       65,101

       81,387

       85,936

       90,201

       93,770

9

 

 

 

       84,390

       88,896

       93,502

       97,071

10

 

 

 

       87,415

       91,854

       96,802

     100,369

Dated at The Pas, Manitoba this 29th day of June, 2018

Signed on behalf of the Kelsey School Division:

__________________________

Chairperson

__________________________

Secretary – Treasurer

Signed on behalf of the Kelsey Teachers’ Association:

__________________________

President

__________________________

Secretary 

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Collateral Agreement

THIS COLLATERAL AGREEMENT made this 25th day of June, 2019

BETWEEN:

THE KELSEY SCHOOL DIVISION

(hereinafter referred to as the “Division”)

OF THE FIRST PART,

- and - 

THE KELSEY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION OF

THE MANITOBA TEACHERS’ SOCIETY

(hereinafter referred to as the “Association”)

OF THE SECOND PART.

WHEREAS pursuant to a certain collective agreement dated January 13, 2016, made between the Division and the Association, the Division has agreed to participate in the administration of the Manitoba Public School Employees Dental & Extended Health Benefits Plan (the “Plan”) for all of the eligible employees (the “Employees”) as described by the Manitoba Public School Employees Dental & Extended Health Benefits Plan Trust (the “Trust”) in the employ of the Division; and

WHEREAS the Division and the Association desire to set forth the terms and conditions under which the Division shall so participate in the administration of the Plan; and

WHEREAS pursuant to a certain agreement made between the Manitoba School Boards Association, the Manitoba Teachers’ Society and the Trust, the Trust is responsible for the formulation, implementation and operation of the Plan.

NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH that in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

  1. The preamble hereto shall form an integral part hereof.
  2. The terms and conditions of the Plan shall be as formulated by the Trust.
  3. Subject to the terms of the Agreement, the Division and the Association shall comply with any administrative or underwriting requirements in respect to the Plan stipulated by the Trust and/or by the insurer appointed by the Trust to administer the Plan.
  4. The Division shall make the following payments:
  1. Subject to paragraph (b) which follows, for September, 2019 the Division shall pay monthly
    $105.00 on behalf of each Employee in respect of the Dental plan and/or, $122.00 on behalf of each Employee in respect of the Extended Health plan, and $16.25 on behalf of each Employee in respect of the Vision plan said $105.00, $122.00 and $16.25 being the monthly rates for family coverage under each plan. Such payments shall be made to the Trust or to such party as the Trustees shall designate in writing.
  2. Where an Employee is entitled to and has so elected for reduced coverage, as permitted under the terms of the Plan, that is, coverage for Employee and one dependent (spouse or child) only, or for Employee only, or for no coverage in the event of the Employee having alternate employer-sponsored group dental or health coverage, as the case may be, the Division shall pay to the employee the difference in the monthly rate under each plan between family coverage and the coverage elected by the Employee.
  3. For each year thereafter, the Division shall pay monthly on behalf of each Employee an amount not to exceed the amount payable by the Division for each Employee in the preceding year (taking into account payments referred to in both sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph 4) increased or decreased by a percentage equivalent to the percentage negotiated or awarded on average for the salary schedule of the Employees in the current year.
  1. It is understood and agreed by the Association that any eligible Employees employed on or after the effective date of the implementation of the Plan shall be required to participate in the Plan unless entitled to elect out of the Plan as may be permitted under the terms thereof.
  2. This Agreement may be terminated by either of the parties hereto effective the first day of September of a particular calendar year provided that not less than 12 months written notice of such termination is given by the party terminating this Agreement to the other party hereto.
  3. Any notice required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed to be effectively given if mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid or delivered by bonded carrier to the parties at the following addresses:

                   To the Division:

                   KELSEY SCHOOL DIVISION

                   Box 4700   322 Edwards Ave

                   The Pas MB   R9A 1R4

 

                   To the Association:

                   KELSEY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION

                   Box 3904

      The Pas, MB    R9A 1S6

and if mailed as aforesaid, shall be deemed to have been given on the fifth business day next following that upon which the letter containing such notice was posted.

  1. Time shall be of the essence of the Agreement which Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Manitoba.
  2. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Division has caused its Corporate Seal to be hereunto affixed duly attested by the signatures of its proper officers in that behalf, the day and year first above written.

THE KELSEY SCHOOL DIVISION

_______________________

Chairperson

_______________________

Secretary - Treasurer

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Association has caused this Agreement to be executed as duly attested by the signatures of the proper officers of the Association.

THE KELSEY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

__________________________

President

__________________________

Secretary

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Letter of Agreement

LETTER OF AGREEMENT  

Manitoba Public School Employees Dental and Extended Health Plan

Between

The Kelsey School Division

and

The Kelsey Teachers’ Association

of the

Manitoba Teachers’ Society

RE: Sept 2019 Salary grid net of Dental and Extended Health

The Division administers the Manitoba Public School Employees Dental and Extended Health Plan as per the Collateral Agreement dated June 25, 2019 for the members of the Kelsey Teachers’ Association.  Teachers who are participants in the Dental Plan and Extended Health shall be paid according to article 4 in the Collateral agreement. The following salary schedule reflects the provisions of article 4 of the Collateral Agreement for September 2019.       

 

September 2019 (2019-20)

       

$2,919 Annual Benefit Premium

Years Exp.

CLASS 1

CLASS 2

CLASS 3

CLASS 4

CLASS 5

CLASS 6

CLASS 7

0

       38,087

       41,705

       46,082

       56,441

       60,324

       63,687

       67,265

1

       40,392

       44,004

       48,741

       59,844

       63,740

       66,990

       70,564

2

       42,691

       46,304

       51,403

       63,242

       67,163

       70,293

       73,863

3

       44,569

       48,195

       53,650

       66,245

       70,581

       73,591

       77,161

4

       46,455

       50,093

       55,895

       69,251

       73,994

       76,887

       80,462

5

       47,993

       51,996

       58,147

       72,258

       76,951

       80,191

       83,758

6

       49,532

       53,890

       60,394

       75,260

       79,909

       83,490

       87,064

7

 

       55,784

       62,646

       78,264

       82,868

       86,789

       90,358

8

 

       57,685

       64,987

       81,273

       85,822

       90,087

       93,656

9

 

 

 

       84,276

       88,782

       93,388

       96,957

10

 

 

 

       87,301

       91,740

       96,688

     100,255

Dated at The Pas, Manitoba this 25th day of June, 2019

Signed on behalf of the Kelsey School Division:

__________________________

Chairperson

__________________________

Secretary – Treasurer

 

Signed on behalf of the Kelsey Teachers’ Association:

__________________________

President

__________________________

Secretary 

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Collateral Agreement

THIS COLLATERAL AGREEMENT made this 29th day of June, 2020

BETWEEN:

THE KELSEY SCHOOL DIVISION

(hereinafter referred to as the “Division”)

OF THE FIRST PART, 

- and - 

THE KELSEY TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION OF

THE MANITOBA TEACHERS’ SOCIETY

(hereinafter referred to as the “Association”)

 

OF THE SECOND PART.

WHEREAS pursuant to a certain collective agreement dated January 13, 2016, made between the Division and the Association, the Division has agreed to participate in the administration of the Manitoba Public School Employees Dental & Extended Health Benefits Plan (the “Plan”) for all of the eligible employees (the “Employees”) as described by the Manitoba Public School Employees Benefits Trust (the “Trust”) in the employ of the Division; and

WHEREAS the Division and the Association desire to set forth the terms and conditions under which the Division shall so participate in the administration of the Plan; and

WHEREAS pursuant to a certain agreement made between the Manitoba School Boards Association, the Manitoba Teachers’ Society and the Trust, the Trust is responsible for the formulation, implementation and operation of the Plan.

NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH that in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

  1. The preamble hereto shall form an integral part hereof. 
  2. The terms and conditions of the Plan shall be as formulated by the Trust. 
  3. Subject to the terms of the Agreement, the Division and the Association shall comply with any administrative or underwriting requirements in respect to the Plan stipulated by the Trust and/or by the insurer appointed by the Trust to administer the Plan.
  4. The Division shall make the following payments:
  1. Subject to paragraph (b) which follows, for September, 2020 the Division shall pay monthly
    $115.50 on behalf of each Employee in respect of the Dental plan and/or, $126.00 on behalf of each Employee in respect of the Extended Health plan, and $16.25 on behalf of each Employee in respect of the Vision plan said $115.50, $126.00 and $16.25 being the monthly rates for family coverage under each plan. Such payments shall be made to the Trust or to such party as the Trustees shall designate in writing.
     
  2. Where an Employee is entitled to and has so elected for reduced coverage, as permitted under the terms of the Plan, that is, coverage for Employee and one dependent (spouse or child) only, or for Employee only, or for no coverage in the event of the Employee having alternate employer-sponsored group dental or health coverage, as the case may be, the Division shall pay to the employee the difference in the monthly rate under each plan between family coverage and the coverage elected by the Employee. 
  3. For each year thereafter, the Division shall pay monthly on behalf of each Employee an amount not to exceed the amount payable by the Division for each Employee in the preceding year (taking into account payments referred to in both sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of this paragraph 4) increased or decreased by a percentage equivalent to the percentage negotiated or awarded on average for the salary schedule of the Employees in the current year.
  1. It is understood and agreed by the Association that any eligible Employees employed on or after the effective date of the implementation of the Plan shall be required to participate in the Plan unless entitled to elect out of the Plan as may be permitted under the terms thereof. 
  2. This Agreement may be terminated by either of the parties hereto effective the first day of September of a particular calendar year provided that not less than 12 months written notice of such termination is given by the party terminating this Agreement to the other party hereto. 
  3. Any notice required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be deemed to be effectively given if mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid or delivered by bonded carrier to the parties at the following addresses:

                    To the Division:

                    KELSEY SCHOOL DIVISION

                    Box 4700   322 Edwards Ave.

                    The Pas, MB  R9A 1R4

 

                     To the Association:

                     KELSEY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

                     Box 3904

                     The Pas, MB  R9A 1S6

and if mailed as aforesaid, shall be deemed to have been given on the fifth business day next following that upon which the letter containing such notice was posted.

  1. Time shall be of the essence of the Agreement which Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Manitoba. 
  2. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Division has caused its Corporate Seal to be hereunto affixed duly attested by the signatures of its proper officers in that behalf, the day and year first above written.

THE KELSEY SCHOOL DIVISION

___________________________

Chairperson

____________________________

Secretary - Treasurer

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Association has caused this Agreement to be executed as duly attested by the signatures of the proper officers of the Association.

THE KELSEY TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

___________________________

President

___________________________

Secretary

 

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Letter of Agreement

LETTER OF AGREEMENT  

Manitoba Public School Employees Dental and Extended Health Plan 

Between

The Kelsey School Division

and

The Kelsey Teachers’ Association

of the

Manitoba Teachers’ Society

RE: Sept 2020 Salary grid net of Dental and Extended Health

The Division administers the Manitoba Public School Employees Dental and Extended Health Plan as per the Collateral Agreement dated January 13, 2016 for the members of the Kelsey Teachers’ Association.  Teachers who are participants in the Dental Plan and Extended Health shall be paid according to article 4 in the Collateral agreement. The following salary schedule reflects the provisions of article 4 of the Collateral Agreement for September 2020.

STEP

EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 2020

 

 PREMIUM: $3093

 

0

 $  37,913

 $  41,531

 $  45,908

 $  56,267

 $  60,150

 $  63,513

 $      67,091

1

 $  40,218

 $  43,830

 $  48,567

 $  59,670

 $  63,566

 $  66,816

 $      70,390

2

 $  42,517

 $  46,130

 $  51,229

 $  63,068

 $  66,989

 $  70,119

 $      73,689

3

 $  44,395

 $  48,021

 $  53,476

 $  66,071

 $  70,407

 $  73,417

 $      76,987

4

 $  46,281

 $  49,919

 $  55,721

 $  69,077

 $  73,820

 $  76,713

 $      80,288

5

 $  47,819

 $  51,822

 $  57,973

 $  72,084

 $  76,777

 $  80,017

 $      83,584

6

 $  49,358

 $  53,716

 $  60,220

 $  75,086

 $  79,735

 $  83,316

 $      86,890

7

 

 $  55,610

 $  62,472

 $  78,090

 $  82,694

 $  86,615

 $      90,184

8

 

 $  57,511

 $  64,813

 $  81,099

 $  85,648

 $  89,913

 $      93,482

9

 

 

 

 $  84,102

 $  88,608

 $  93,214

 $      96,783

10

 

 

 

 $  87,127

 $  91,566

 $  96,514

 $   100,081

Dated at The Pas, Manitoba this 29th day of June, 2020

Signed on behalf of the Kelsey School Division:

___________________________

Chairperson

___________________________

Secretary - Treasurer

 

Signed on behalf of the Kelsey Teachers’ Association:

____________________________

President

____________________________

Secretary

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