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Summer 2010

July 22, 2010

Good Morning Secondary Educational Assistant,

There has been a minor glitch for the 79 Educational Assistants that finished on June 28 2010.  It appears that the HRDC system is picking up the ROE and postdating them automatically as it appears that the earnings equals a full week.  It should only reflect 6 days of earnings, which would allow an allocation of one day in the last week.

I have been in touch with the HRDC Business Expertise regarding the issues and I assured him I would do my best to get the message out to as many of the affected members as I could. I encourage you not to go through the frustration of phoning HRDC until they can correct the problem.

The how to correct this problem has been disseminated yesterday to HRDC sites servicing Simcoe County DSB employees, 10 ROEs have already been corrected and they are working on the others, which they are hopeful will be completed by the end of this week or early next.

Please pass this on to any of your colleagues that may not receive this message, I hope everyone is having a great summer and taking time to relax.

In solidarity,
Silvanna Petersen Email me
Local 330 President

July 12, 2010

Good morning all,

It appears that payroll has been receiving many calls regarding the July 9th pay.  The main concern is that you believe you might have been overpaid. This is not the case; it is just different from what you have experienced in the past.

This new method, which was bargained at the table to advantage the membership, has your wages paid evenly over the school year regardless of the number of days actually worked.  Your annual salary is calculated (as shown on our website, www.opseu330.com ) over 22 pays throughout the school year and divided evenly as such.

Even though you only worked till June 30 2010 you were still entitled to the last full pay which you received on July 9th 2010. This year you have also not received a vacation payout or a claw back as in the past, which has also benefited you enabling you to claim Christmas and or March Break as wait time or monetary.

I know this has been slightly confusing but I believe it is in the best interest of the membership and now that the first year is behind us, it will probably go a lot smoother.

SUPPLY WORK MEMBERS

To OPSEU members that do supply work, you will receive your final pay on July 16th. Payroll is currently working on that pay and will forward ROEs when it has been completed, possibly today or Tuesday at the latest. You should still have applied on your last day of work and your ROE will be matched with your application as long as they use the reference code 3511012010SCHOOL. Service Canada extended the number of days an application can sit in their system, unmatched with an ROE, before it kicks out.  You are encouraged to apply right away and payroll has ensured us that their ROEs will be sent as soon as their last pay is processed. Enjoy you break, summer tends to fly when you are having fun :-)

In solidarity,
Silvanna Petersen Email me
Local 330 President

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