Document Type
Arbitration Decision
Publication Date
6-10-1999
Keywords
School Boards, Nova Scotia, Salary, Public Sector Compensation Act, Increments
Abstract
The grievance involves the decision of all School Boards in Nova Scotia to refuse payment at the salary levels set out in Schedules of the Collective Agreement following the end of the effect of the Public Sector Compensation (1994-97) Act. The issue is whether teachers' experience-based salary increments provided for in the Agreement, and denied them for the school year 1994-95, are lost not only during the period the Act was in force, but also as the basis on which their salaries after October 31, 1997 are to be determined. According to the School Boards, their teachers permanently lost one year of experience. The Union claims that upon the expiry of the Act, teachers became entitled to be paid their increments based on actual years of teaching experience. The Employer responds that the Section is not time limited in its effect.
Recommended Citation
NSTU v Nova Scotia (Minister of Education & Culture) (1999), 79 LAC (4th) 1, 1999 CanLII 33347 (NSLA) (Arbitrator: Innis Christie).
