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Member information

[Update: May 13, 2010 ]

The following sections outline common issues of interest to our members. Recently hired teachers should also consult the New Teacher? section.

1. The Collective Agreement - including our current pay scales
2. Becoming permanent (regular sector only)
3. Knowing your workload
4. Office hours
5. Availability to the college
6. Leaves
7. Professional Development Funds
8. Sick days (regular sector only)
9. Short-term disability insurance (regular sector only)
10. Long-term disability insurance (regular sector only)
11. Medical insurance (regular sector only)
12. Travel insurance (regular sector only)
13. Life insurance (regular sector only)
14. Dental insurance (regular sector only)
15. Policy to Stem Violence, Discrimination, Harassment and Abuse of Power (College Policy)
    
    
    

The Collective Agreement

Your rights and obligations are defined in the Collective Agreement.

• 2005-2010 Collective "Agreement" - English (.pdf)

• Letter of Agreement 2005-2010 - Number 5 (.pdf)

• 2005-2010 Collective "Agreement" - French (.pdf)

• Letter of Agreement 2005-2010 - Number 5 - French (.pdf)

• 2005-2010 Collective "Agreement" with Number 5- French

• Revised 2005-2010 Pay Scale - Regular Sector (.pdf)

• Revised 2005-2010 Pay Scale - Continuing Education (.pdf)

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Becoming permanent (regular sector only)

Wondering when you'll become permanent? Here's a little table that summarizes the miscellaneous workload combinations leading to it, called the Road to Permanence (Acrobat document - 59KB).

You'll notice that all combinations require one main element: getting a poste. Postes are only available in the regular sector (not in Continuing Education). For more information on postes and charges, make sure you attend one of our Non-permanent teachers information meetings.

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Knowing your workload (CI and CI equivalent)

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Office hours

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Availability to the College

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Leaves

A leave allows you time with no requirement for availability to the College but where you keep your employment link. This means that when you return from the leave you reintegrate your teaching job. Professional Development leaves, both full-time and part-time are available to all teachers, including conted teachers. The others require either full-time status or permanence. Consult the leave table (Acrobat document - 51KB) to learn more about leaves. To apply for all leaves, except the voluntary workload reduction leave fill out a request for leave of absence form (Acrobat document - 95KB). For information on voluntary workload reduction leaves or to apply for the leave, fill out the voluntary workload reduction request form.

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Professional Development Funds

Full-time teachers have access to an annual $700 in funds, for professional development activities (courses, conference, etc.). If you are part-time, or hourly-paid, the amount is prorated to your load. For more information, consult the faculty professional development policies and procedures (Acrobat document - 166KB).

To apply for funds, fill a faculty professional development application (Acrobat document - 125KB) form ahead of the activity, and submit it to Nancy Houghton (from Human Resources) at local 1434.

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Sick-days (regular sector only)

A sick day is a day when you are sick and you are paid your regular salary by your employer. Regular Sector teachers enjoy 2 categories of sick-day banks:

• An annual sick-day bank
  7 days if full-time; otherwise prorated to workload
  (formula: annual CI / 80 * 7).
  Unused days disappear at the end of the year (mid-August).
  New bank of 7 days is added each Sept. 1.

• A permanent sick-day bank
  6 days if full-time, otherwise prorated to workload. These days are granted only once, and stay with you until used.

For more information, contact the DTU office, or download the Acrobat document (103 KB) Info on Sick-Leave Days.

After you have been sick, submit a Certificate of Absence form (Acrobat document 91 KB)

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Short-term disability insurance (regular sector only)

For detailed information on this issue, download the Acrobat document (103 KB) Info on Sick-Leave Days.

Here is a short summary.

The short-term disability insurance is a benefit under the collective agreement, so it is free. The goal of the short-term disability insurance is to cover teachers when their illness prevents them from teaching.

This insurance kicks in after 5 consecutive days of illness.

For the first year of illness, the payment is 85% of your normal salary. This applies for up to one full-year, or until your contract expires (whichever comes first).

For the second year of illness, the payment is 66.66% of your normal salary.

After 2 years, the long-term disability private insurance kicks in if you have it (you must have registered before becoming ill). See section below.

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Long-term disability insurance (regular sector only)

For detailed information on this issue, download the Insurance Contract and/or Info on Sick-Leave Days. Acrobat document (103 KB)

Here is a short summary.

The long-term disability insurance is an insurance plan you pay for. It is OPTIONAL for non-permanent teachers, but MANDATORY for permanent teachers.

This insurance kicks in after the 2 years of short-term disability insurance have run out.

The payment is 80% of the teacher's net monthly salary—NOTE: this revenue is generally not subject to income tax.

The benefits are paid as long as the illness prevents a teacher from teaching, up to retirement age (65).

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Medical insurance (regular sector only)

In Quebec, drug insurance is mandatory.

If you have a semester contract worth 0.2 of a load (20%) or more, you must subscribe to the Dawson Medical Insurance plan unless you are covered by a private drug insurance plan elsewhere.

If you have a spouse or family, they too must be covered with you unless they are already covered by a private insurance plan elsewhere.

Basically, The RAMQ's (Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec) drug plan does not want to cover anyone who has access to private insurance.

You may get the La Capitale booklet explaining your detailed coverage at the DTU office (8A.11) or at the Human Resources office (4B.7).  It is also available online at FNEEQ active members insurance

Both offices also have copies of the claims forms or you can download one online.

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Travel insurance (regular sector only)

Travel insurance is included with your medical insurance! Phone numbers to dial when travelling appear on the back of your  La Capitale medical insurance card (CAPS card). 

The benefits are explained in your insurance booklet.

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Life insurance (regular sector only)

Life-insurance is OPTIONAL, The coverage is for two times the annual salary up to age 70. After that $10,000. There is also optional insurance for dependents.

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Dental insurance (regular sector only)

OPTIONAL. Download the main details on this dental insurance plan Dental Insurance Plan (Acrobat document 121KB).

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Policy to Stem Violence, Discrimination, Harassment and Abuse of Power

This policy has been developed in light of the College’s Mission Statement, the Policy on Human Resource Management, the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms (RSQ, ch. C-12) and the Act respecting Labour Standards (RSQ, ch. N-1.1). Dawson College recognizes that all its employees and students are entitled to a respectful and harmonious work and/or study environment free from violence, discrimination, all forms of harassment, and the abuse of power, where respect of the individual’s dignity, physical and psychological integrity are safeguarded. You may download a copy of the policy as well as the procedures for lodging a complaint.

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