WINNIPEG TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION

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

LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING - Validity of Break Period Language Limiting Maternity Leave Top-Up Payments

The Winnipeg School Division
1577 Wall Street East, Winnipeg, Manitoba  R3E 2S5
Telephone:  (204) 775-0231
Fax:  (204) 772-6464
Email:  pclarke@wsd1.org

 

P.E. CLARKE  M.Ed.
Chief Superintendent

October 5, 2021

 

Michelle Wolfe, President

Winnipeg Teachers Association

202-2639 Portage Avenue

Winnipeg, MB   R3J 0P7

 

Dear Ms. Wolfe:

Re:  Letter of Understanding – Validity of Break Period Language Limiting Maternity Leave Top-Up Payments

The following sets out the understanding reached between the Winnipeg School Division and the Winnipeg Teachers’ Association of the Manitoba Teachers’ Society (“the Parties”) regarding the validity of the break language in paragraph 2 of the Memorandum of Agreement on Maternity Leave Benefits Application Rules attached to the collective agreement, which language results in teachers being paid less than the maximum top-up benefit of one hundred and thirty-five (135) days set out in Article 20:05 of the collective agreement:

  1. the Parties acknowledge that a similar issue is the subject of a grievance arbitration hearing between the Mountain View Teachers’ Association and the Mountain View School Division (“the Mountain View matter”), which matter is scheduled for September 7 to 9, 2016;
  1. to avoid delays in concluding the collective agreement between the Parties as well as to avoid  litigation the Parties agree to be bound by the final decision of the arbitration board in the Mountain View matter including any subsequent judicial decisions related thereto for the period of time the current collective agreement remains in effect; and
  1. nothing prevents either Party from proposing changes to Article 20:05 and/or the Rules of Application in subsequent collective agreement negotiations.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

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Chief Superintendent

 

This will confirm the Association’s agreement with the understanding set forth in the above letter as of this 5th day of October, 2021.

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