Withholding Increments. (a) Notwithstanding Article 12.01, an increment increase which is otherwise payable shall be withheld where a review indicates an employee's performance has been unsatisfactory and the employee has been provided written notice prior to the completion of one thousand nine hundred and fifty (1950) or two thousand and eighty (2080) hours of work or paid leave depending on the hours of work code that, unless a return to satisfactory performance is achieved within a reasonable period of time non-disciplinary suspension, demotion or termination is likely.
(b) Where an employee on notice pursuant to (a) improves performance to a satisfactory level for a minimum of three (3) consecutive months, the increment will then take effect.
Withholding Increments. (a) Where a teacher has not met the standards at the appropriate level the employer may defer salary progression. A programme of support and development will be put in place to assist the teacher in meeting the standards within a timeframe agreed between the employer and the teacher.
(b) At the end of the review period:
(i) Where the teacher has met the appropriate standards, s/he will progress to the next salary step from this date. This will become the teacher’s new anniversary date for pay progression purposes.
(ii) Where the teacher has not met the appropriate standards the employer will determine whether there are significant areas of concern to warrant initiating competence procedures or whether the programme of further support and development should continue.
Withholding Increments. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, the School Committee retains the right to withhold or reduce the annual increment due to a teacher or to deny lateral movement from one schedule to another if the teacher's work is unsatisfactory.
Withholding Increments a. Salary increments shall be automatic upon each anniversary date (pursuant to Article B.24.3) unless unsatisfactory professional growth is evidenced by a less than satisfactory report under Article C.25 or C.27.
b. In the case where an increment is to be withheld, the teacher shall be notified by the Secretary-Treasurer of the Board, in writing, on or before March 31. Such notification is to include a statement of:
i. Detailed reasons for the action,
ii. Assistance offered to the teacher over the year, and
iii. Earlier indications to the teacher that such action might be taken.
Withholding Increments. (a) The Employer reserves the right to withhold the increment of a teacher whose performance is deemed to be less than satisfactory by the appropriate Principal. A teacher shall be notified no later than 15 June in writing of the Employer's intention to hold him/her on the same step of the salary grid, and the teacher shall be provided with written reasons why his/her performance has been deemed to be less than satisfactory.
(b) If the teacher's performance in the subsequent year is considered satisfactory, the teacher shall be placed at the position on the salary schedule he/she would have reached had the increment not been withheld.
Withholding Increments. Employment or adjustment increments may be withheld for inefficiency or other just cause related to an Employee's performance of duties, but only in accordance with the following:
(a) The Employee is evaluated in accordance with applicable Board policy or procedure;
(b) The immediate supervisor and or the principal shall not forward any recommendation to withhold an Employee's increment or a part thereof through the Superintendent to the Board unless at least forty-five (45) calendar days prior thereto, and in no case later than April 1 of the preceding school year in which such action would take effect, the supervisor/principal has given to the Employee as to whom the recommendation shall be made, written notice of the alleged cause(s) for the recommendations specifying the nature thereof with such particulars as to furnish the Employee an opportunity to correct and overcome such cause(s) provided however, this provision shall not apply to instances of serious inefficiency occurring on or after March 1, or to cause other than inefficiency.
(c) Any Employee who has had an employment increment or adjustment increment withheld under this provision shall be restored to guide the year following the withholding of the increment. In the event an employee suffers the withholding of an increment on at least two occasions after July 1,1996 while in the employ of the Board, then the difference in compensation occasioned by the withholding of the increment shall remain constant for the balance of the employee's employment by the Board.
Withholding Increments. Where a teacher has not met the standards at the appropriate level the employer may defer salary progression. A programme of support and development will be put in place to assist the teacher in meeting the standards within a timeframe agreed between the employer and the teacher. At the end of the review period: Where the teacher has met the appropriate standards, s/he will progress to the next salary step from this date. This will become the teacher’s new anniversary date for pay progression purposes. Where the teacher has not met the appropriate standards the employer will determine whether there are significant areas of concern to warrant initiating competence procedures or whether the programme of further support and development should continue.
Withholding Increments. Any salary step increment may be withheld in whole or in part by the Superintendent for unsatisfactory service.
Withholding Increments. Upon recommendation of the Superintendent, any salary step increment may be withheld in whole or in part by the School Committee for unsatisfactory service.
Withholding Increments. Notwithstanding the above, the Employer may withhold the increment on the basis of an unsatisfactory report. The Employer shall notify the employee in writing of such action prior to the increment date and give reasons thereof. If the employee is not served with such notice prior to the increment date, they will be deemed to have earned the increment. An employee may grieve against the withholding of their increment and the onus of proof that the increment may be withheld shall rest on the employer.
