Government of Nunavut

Provincewide, Nunavut (710 instructors, principals, coordinators) and the Nunavut Teachers’ Association (NTA)

Renewal agreement: Effective March 1, 2018, to June 30, 2021. Signed on March 1, 2018. 
Wage adjustments: 
Effective July 1, 2017: 1%
Effective July 1, 2018: 1%
Effective July 1, 2019: 2%
Effective July 1, 2020: 2%
Dental: 60% reimbursement for periodontal, major dental services. $1,200 maximum reimbursement (excluding orthodontic services) per year.
Sick leave: 15 days at start of academic year (one-half day per month for part-time employees). 
AD&D: Employer pays 100% of premiums. 
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death in immediate family (father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, brother, sister, spouse, common-law spouse, child, stepchild, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, relatives permanently residing with employee); 2 days of employee doesn’t attend funeral. 
Probationary period: 2 years. 
Discipline: Sunset clause is 3 years.
Severance: After 1 year of service, 10 days’ pay for first year of service, 4 days’ pay for each subsequent year of service, maximum 140 days’ pay for first layoff. 4 days’ pay per year of service, maximum 135 days’ pay for second or subsequent layoff. After 10 years of service, pay equal to amount obtained by multiplying twice daily rate of pay by number of completed years of employment, maximum 26 for terminations.
Sample rates of annual pay (current):
Allowances
Principal’s allowance: $8,045 basic per year (previously $5,545 per year), plus $554 per teacher for first 5 teachers, $332 per teacher thereafter; $139 per student-support assistants, custodians, school secretaries, maximum $20,265 (previously $17,765 per year)
Vice principal’s allowance: Rate equal to one-half of principal’s allowance
Teacher consultants: $4,008 per year
Teacher education instructors: $3,325 per year
Teacher education coordinators: $3,752 per year
Program development specialist: $1,758 per year
Sample rates of annual pay (current, after increase):
Step
1: $61,848 rising 5 steps to $81,494
2: $63,671 rising 5 steps to $84,671
3: $65,501 rising 5 steps to $87,849
4: $67,331 rising 5 steps to $91,025
5: $69,156 rising 5 steps to $94,201
6: $70,986 rising 5 steps to $97,378
7: $72,814 rising 5 steps to $100,556
8: $74,646 rising 5 steps to $103,734
9: $80,523 rising 4 steps to $106,914
10: $82,434 rising 4 steps to $110,090
11: $89,631 rising 3 steps to $113,262
12: $112,430 rising 1 step to $116,444
Editor’s notes: Translations: Employer will provide translated version of collective agreement in lnuktut, English and French. Special leave: Employees earn one-half day of special-leave credits per month worked. Maximum 30 days’ accumulation. Courses: Employee will be paid for time at courses (if employer requests employee to attend). Employer will pay for return transportation costs, books and tuition, and will pay $10-per-day support to employee. Hunting, fishing, harvesting leave: Leave without pay may be granted on short notice, maximum 2 days per year, to employees to meet traditional hunting, fishing or harvesting pursuits. lnuktut allowance: $1,500 per year (previously $1,200 per year) for level 1; $2,400 per year for level 2; $5,000 per year for level 3 (proficiency in language). 
 

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