Territorywide (800 elementary and secondary teachers) and the Yukon Teachers’ Association
Renewal agreement: Effective July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2018. Signed on June 4, 2015.
Wage adjustments:
Effective July 1, 2015: 1.5%
Effective July 1, 2016: 1.5%
Effective July 1, 2017: 2%
Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% of extended health premiums.
Dental: Employer pays 85% of dental plan premiums.
Sick leave: 7.5 hours for every calendar month for which 10 days’ pay has been received, up to 75 hours per school year.
LTD: Employer pays 75% of long-term disability premiums.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for the serious illness, imminent death and/or death of a family member or person residing in employee’s household. Up to 2 days for travel and an additional 2 days for travel outside Yukon.
Seniority – recall rights: 2 years.
Severance: First layoff: 10 days’ pay for first year of service and 5 days’ pay for each succeeding completed year of continuous employment, to a maximum of 150 days. Subsequent layoff: 5 days for each completed year of continuous employment, to a maximum of 145 days. Retirement: 5 times the full-time daily rate multiplied by the number of full-time completed years in employment to a maximum of 35 years.
Mileage: Employees working outside of Whitehorse can recover cost of 2 round-trips to Whitehorse at employer’s current mileage rate. Some employees eligible for $2,242 Yukon Bonus travel benefit.
Sample rates of pay (current):
Category IV teacher: $68,865 per year rising in 10 steps to $101,296
Category V teacher: $74,105 rising in 10 steps to $107,051
Category V Plus teacher: $75,368 rising in 10 steps to $108,565
Category VI teacher: $76,628 rising in 10 steps to $110,081
Level 2 education assistant: $38,646 rising in 7 steps to $47,647
Level 3 education assistant: $40,515 rising in 7 steps to $49,675
Level 4 education assistant: $42,019 rising in 7 levels to $51,222
Category II Aboriginal language teacher: $49,326 rising in 8 steps to $66,068
Category III Aboriginal language teacher: $56,089 rising in 8 steps to $75,406
Category IV Aboriginal language teacher: $65,580 rising in 8 steps to $90,288
Category V Aboriginal language teacher: $68,865 rising in 8 steps to $94,800
Principal allowance (elementary): $5,271
Principal allowance (junior or senior high): $6,468
Editor’s notes: Rural leave: 1 day leave for employees with at least 2 years of continuous service in rural communities.
Wage adjustments:
Effective July 1, 2015: 1.5%
Effective July 1, 2016: 1.5%
Effective July 1, 2017: 2%
Medical benefits: Employer pays 75% of extended health premiums.
Dental: Employer pays 85% of dental plan premiums.
Sick leave: 7.5 hours for every calendar month for which 10 days’ pay has been received, up to 75 hours per school year.
LTD: Employer pays 75% of long-term disability premiums.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for the serious illness, imminent death and/or death of a family member or person residing in employee’s household. Up to 2 days for travel and an additional 2 days for travel outside Yukon.
Seniority – recall rights: 2 years.
Severance: First layoff: 10 days’ pay for first year of service and 5 days’ pay for each succeeding completed year of continuous employment, to a maximum of 150 days. Subsequent layoff: 5 days for each completed year of continuous employment, to a maximum of 145 days. Retirement: 5 times the full-time daily rate multiplied by the number of full-time completed years in employment to a maximum of 35 years.
Mileage: Employees working outside of Whitehorse can recover cost of 2 round-trips to Whitehorse at employer’s current mileage rate. Some employees eligible for $2,242 Yukon Bonus travel benefit.
Sample rates of pay (current):
Category IV teacher: $68,865 per year rising in 10 steps to $101,296
Category V teacher: $74,105 rising in 10 steps to $107,051
Category V Plus teacher: $75,368 rising in 10 steps to $108,565
Category VI teacher: $76,628 rising in 10 steps to $110,081
Level 2 education assistant: $38,646 rising in 7 steps to $47,647
Level 3 education assistant: $40,515 rising in 7 steps to $49,675
Level 4 education assistant: $42,019 rising in 7 levels to $51,222
Category II Aboriginal language teacher: $49,326 rising in 8 steps to $66,068
Category III Aboriginal language teacher: $56,089 rising in 8 steps to $75,406
Category IV Aboriginal language teacher: $65,580 rising in 8 steps to $90,288
Category V Aboriginal language teacher: $68,865 rising in 8 steps to $94,800
Principal allowance (elementary): $5,271
Principal allowance (junior or senior high): $6,468
Editor’s notes: Rural leave: 1 day leave for employees with at least 2 years of continuous service in rural communities.
