PRAIRIE ROSE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

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

ARTICLE 6: PAYMENT OF SALARIES

Basic Entitlement

The amount of the 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 in each of the Fall and Spring terms divided by the total number of teaching days in the school year, as prescribed by the Department of Education, multiplied by the salary rates in effect during the following Fall and Spring Terms and aggregated.

Method of Payment

A) Salaries shall be paid on a twelve month basis on or before the last teaching Friday of the month for all employees except for Term employees starting after the first day of school.  Those Term employees will be paid on a 10 month basis with no accrual of salary for July and August.  Stated exceptions being the months of March, June and December, when payment shall be made on the last teaching day of said months, contingent upon completion of contractual duties.  July and August salary will be paid in two separate direct deposits on the last teaching day in June.

B)  Each teacher shall receive an advance, payable on the 15th of each month, equivalent to approximately 50% of net earnings for one month.  The advance will be payable on the last banking day prior to the 15th, when the 15th of the month falls on a weekend.

C) Salaries of a teacher commencing employment, or returning to active employment following an unpaid leave of absence, after the first teaching day of the school year, shall be paid in installments calculated as follows:

i) In the first month of employment, if the teacher is hired between the 1st and 15th of the month, the salary shall be paid in the fraction of the salary rate in effect as the total number of days employed for the school year, the monthly instalments shall be determined by dividing the salary entitlement for the balance of the school year by the number of months remaining to August 31st next. 

ii) In the first month of employment if a teacher is hired between the 16th and last day of the month, the salary shall be paid in the fraction of the salary rate in effect as the number of days employed in that month is of the total number of days as prescribed for the school year.  Thereafter, the monthly installments shall be determined by dividing the salary entitlement for the balance of the school year by the number of months remaining to August 31st next.

D)  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 year as the number of teaching days employed is of the number of days prescribed by the Minister of Education for that school year.

E)  Payment shall be made by direct deposit to the Canadian financial institution of the teacher’s choice. The teacher shall designate one account to which the direct deposit shall be made.