WESTERN TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

EFFECTIVE PERIOD: 2018/07/01 - 2022/06/30

ARTICLE 3 - SALARIES

3:06 Substitute Teachers

  1.  Substitute teacher means a teacher employed on a day-to-day basis.

 

  1.  Substitute teachers shall not be eligible for wages, benefits or rights under this collective agreement except as may be specifically covered in this article.

 

  1.  The following articles of the Collective Agreement apply to substitute teachers:

 

Definitions

 

Article 1

Purpose

Article 2

Effective Period

Article 3:02

Change In Salary Classification

Article 3:04

Basic Salary Schedule (Information purposes only)

Article 3:08 A)

Allowance For Past Experience

Article 3:10 II A)

Payment Of Salary

Article 3:11

Interest on Retroactive Pay

Article 10

Provision For Settlement of Disputes

Article 4:03

Deduction For Leave of Absence

Article 13

Work Environment

Article 14

Meal Period Supervision

 

  1.  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 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.

 

  1.  The only matters which may be grieved under Article 10 – Provision For Settlement of Disputes by a substitute teacher or the Association on behalf of a substitute teacher are the provisions of this Article, and the substantive rights and obligations of employment-related and human rights statutes to the extent that they are incorporated into this collective agreement.
  1.  Effective the date of signing, teachers without a degree shall be paid $121.94 per day including vacation pay. Teachers with a degree shall be paid at the rate of $154.18 per day including vacation pay.

Effective First Day Fall Term 2021: substitute rates shall increase by COLA*

*COLA is to be determined as follows: in January 2022, or as soon as possible thereafter, when the 12 month (January to December 2021) average annual Manitoba Statistics Canada Consumer Price Index (All Items) change is made known, the increase will be applied retroactively to September 1, 2021.

  1.  Any qualified teacher filling one position on staff for a continuous period of five (5) days or longer as a substitute teacher shall be paid according to his or her qualifications and experience according to the salary scale beginning with the sixth (6th) day of teaching in the same position.  However, if the duration of the substitution is known to be beyond twenty-five (25) calendar days, because of the nature of the absence, the substitute teacher will be paid the per diem of his/her classification according to his/her qualifications and experience, beginning on the first day of teaching; except that no substitute teacher shall receive a salary rate higher than the maximum salary provided for a Class 5 teacher.  Substitution days cannot be accumulated from one assignment to another.

 

  1.  Manitoba Teachers’ Society fees shall be deducted from a substitute teacher’s pay in accordance with the guidelines established by the Manitoba Teachers’ Society.

Western Teachers’ Association fees shall be deducted and remitted from a substitute’s pay monthly.  These fees shall be prorated on the basis of the number of days worked in a given month.

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 Manitoba Teachers’ Society fees or Western Teachers’ Association fees.