BILINGUALISM BONUS. 40.01 The Employer shall pay a differential of eight hundred dollars ($800) per annum to all employees covered by this agreement who are required by the Employer to work in both official languages.
BILINGUALISM BONUS. 27.01 The Employer agrees that a Bilingualism Bonus of $800 per year shall be payable to all eligible employees of the Natural Resources Union who are required by the Employer to read, write, understand and speak both official languages in order to communicate with the membership and with any person, other than regular employees of the Natural Resources Employees, other Components and the P.S.A.C. with whom the Natural Resources Employees must establish and maintain communication, when such employees are recognized by the Employer as meeting the language proficiency requirements for their positions. Employees not paid a bilingualism bonus shall only be required to work in the designated language of her position.
27.02 The Employer agrees that the Bilingualism Bonus will be paid to its employees as long as it will be paid in the Public Service or for any longer period that may be decided by the Employer.
27.03 An eligible employee shall be entitled to receive the Bilingualism Bonus for any month in which the employee has received a minimum of ten (10) days' pay.
27.04 An eligible employee is entitled to receive the Bilingualism Bonus during any period of paid leave up to a maximum of sixty (60) consecutive calendar days.
27.05 The Bilingualism Bonus shall be a flat annual amount of $800 calculated on a monthly basis and payment will be included in the normal bi-weekly pay cheque.
27.06 The Bilingualism Bonus shall be considered as part of an employee's salary for the purpose of the following: - PSAC Pension Plan - Canada or Quebec Pension Plan - PSAC Income Protection Plan - Worker's Compensation - PSAC Group Life Insurance - Unemployment Insurance
27.07 The Bilingualism Bonus will not be considered as part of an employee's salary entitlements for the following:
a) transfer;
b) promotion;
c) overtime calculation;
d) severance pay.
27.08 When an employee is notified by the Employer that she is no longer eligible to receive the Bilingualism Bonus, the notice of termination to the employee shall be provided two (2) months prior to its effect.
BILINGUALISM BONUS. The Employer shall pay a differential of eight hundred dollars ($800) per annum to all employees covered by this agreement who are required by the Employer to work in both official languages. **41.01 An employee who is pregnant or nursing may, during the period from the beginning of pregnancy to the end of the fifty-second (52) week following the birth, request the Employer to modify her job functions or reassign her to another job if, by reason of the pregnancy or nursing, continuing any of her current functions may pose a risk to her health or that of the foetus or child.
BILINGUALISM BONUS. 29.01 An employee who is required and qualified to use a second language shall be paid a bilingual bonus of $800.
29.02 Employees may be subject to retesting in accordance with clause 29.06.
29.03 The employer shall have the right to specify the language requirement of any position. The employer shall give reasonable notice to the incumbent employee and to the union of any proposed change in the language requirements of a position and shall consult with the union prior to any change being implemented.
29.04 If the employer changes the language requirements on a position that is occupied, whether the change is that of designating it bilingual or raising the level of competency required, or if an employee is not successful on re-testing, the incumbent of that position shall have the right to receive language training necessary to meet the revised language requirements. Lost time and expenses for language training shall be paid by the employer.
29.05 Employees shall not suffer any adverse effects beyond forfeiture of the bilingual bonus as a result of not meeting the language requirements of a position.
29.06 The standards and tests for the bilingual bonus shall be in accordance with those administered in the public service by the Public Service Commission.
BILINGUALISM BONUS. 31.01 A bilingualism bonus shall be paid to an employee who is required to use both official languages in the performance of his/her duties, and is qualified to do so:
(a) while in his/her regular position, or
(b) while temporarily filling another position.
31.02 An eligible employee shall receive the bilingualism bonus for the full month in which he/she received a minimum of ten (10) days' pay.
31.03 The bilingualism bonus shall be considered as part of an employee's salary only for the purpose of the following:
(a) Superannuation in lieu benefit as provided in Article 25.03.
(b) Canada Pension Plan
(c) Québec Pension Plan
(d) Employment Insurance
(e) Workers Compensation
(f) Group Life Insurance Plan
31.04 The bilingualism bonus shall not be considered as part of an employee's salary or used to compute an employee's salary entitlements for the following:
(a) Transfer
(b) Promotion
(c) Overtime
(d) Severance Pay
(e) Demotion
(f) Payment on death or termination of employment or unused vacation leave.
31.05 If, in any month, an eligible employee is disabled or dies prior to establishing an entitlement to the bilingualism bonus, the bilingualism bonus benefits accruing to the employee or his/her estate shall be determined in accordance with the bilingualism bonus entitlement for the month preceding such disablement or death.
31.06 The bilingualism bonus shall be a flat amount of $1360.00 and shall be paid to the qualified employees on the first pay day of November, except in the case of employees receiving the bonus while temporarily filling another position, who will receive the bonus on the same basis as that of the employee's regular pay.
BILINGUALISM BONUS. 29.01 An employee who is required and qualified to use a second language shall be paid a bilingual bonus of $1000.
29.02 Employees may be subject to retesting in accordance with clause 29.06.
29.03 The employer shall have the right to specify the language requirement of any position. The employer shall give reasonable notice to the incumbent employee and to the union of any proposed change in the language requirements of a position and shall consult with the union prior to any change being implemented.
29.04 If the employer changes the language requirements on a position that is occupied, whether the change is that of designating it bilingual or raising the level of competency required, or if an employee is not successful on re-testing, the incumbent of that position shall have the right to receive language training necessary to meet the revised language requirements. Lost time and expenses for language training shall be paid by the employer.
29.05 Employees shall not suffer any adverse effects beyond forfeiture of the bilingual bonus as a result of not meeting the language requirements of a position.
29.06 The standards and tests for the bilingual bonus shall be in accordance with those administered in the public service by the Public Service Commission.
(a) Part-time employees shall be entitled to the benefits, including leave entitlements, provided under this Agreement in the same proportion as their normal scheduled weekly hours of work compared with the normal weekly hours of work of full-time employees with the exception of bereavement leave.
(b) a part-time employee shall earn sick leave credits at the rate of one-quarter (1/4) of the number of hours in an employee’s normal work week for each calendar month in which the employee has received pay for at least twice (2T) the number of hours in the employee’s normal work week.
30.02 Notwithstanding the provisions of 30.01, an employee who, in her or his career with the employer, worked a combination of full-time and part-time shall receive Severance Pay, pursuant to Article 24, at the full-time week’s salary for those years, and portions of years, she or he worked full-time and at the equivalent of her or his part-time week’s salary for those years, and portions of years, that she or he worked part-time.
BILINGUALISM BONUS. 31.01 A bilingualism bonus shall be paid to an employee who is required to use both official languages in the performance of his/her duties, and is qualified to do so:
(a) while in his/her regular position, or
(b) while temporarily filling another position.
31.02 An eligible employee shall receive the bilingualism bonus for the full month in which he/she received a minimum of ten (10) days' pay.
31.03 The bilingualism bonus shall be considered as part of an employee's salary only for the purpose of the following:
(a) Superannuation in lieu benefit as provided in Article 25.03.
(b) Canada Pension Plan
(c) Québec Pension Plan
(d) Employment Insurance
(e) Workers Compensation
(f) Group Life Insurance Plan
31.04 The bilingualism bonus shall not be considered as part of an employee's salary or used to compute an employee's salary entitlements for the following:
(a) Transfer
(b) Promotion
(c) Overtime
(d) Severance Pay
(e) Demotion
(f) Payment on death or termination of employment or unused vacation leave.
31.05 If, in any month, an eligible employee is disabled or dies prior to establishing an entitlement to the bilingualism bonus, the bilingualism bonus benefits accruing to the employee or his/her estate shall be determined in accordance with the bilingualism bonus entitlement for the month preceding such disablement or death.
31.06 The bilingualism bonus shall be a flat amount of $1360.00 and shall be paid to the qualified employees on the first pay day of November, except in the case of employees receiving the bonus while temporarily filling another position, who will receive the bonus on the same basis as that of the employee's regular pay.
