Payment of salary
The salaries specified in Appendix I shall be paid according to the system in effect in each establishment or according to any other system agreed upon by the parties. If a payday coincides with a statutory holiday, the pay shall be issued the day before the statutory holiday.
The paycheque may be sent to the residence of the resident or to a financial institution, upon agreement with the establishment.
Information printed on paycheque
On each paycheque, the establishment shall enter the following information :
- surname and given names of the resident;
- job title;
- date of pay period;
- cumulative amount of money due paid in days off;
- number of sick days remaining;
- gross amount of salary, call responsibility premium and teaching responsibility premium;
- nature and amount of deductions;
- net amount of salary, call responsibility premium, and teaching responsibility premium.
Provisions on termination of employment
The establishment shall provide the resident, on the day of his departure, with a signed statement indicating the amount owing to him in wages and fringe benefits, provided the resident notifies the establishment of his departure at least four (4) weeks in advance.
The establishment shall hand or send the resident, during the pay period following his departure, his paycheque, including fringe benefits
T4 and Relevé 1
The amount of union dues shall appear on the T4 supplementary and Relevé 1 forms, all of which must conform with the various regulations of the government departments concerned.
Error on paycheque: amount owed to resident
In the event of an error on a paycheque of five dollars ($5) or more which is the fault of the establishment, the latter undertakes to correct this error within four (4) business days of the distribution of cheques by paying the resident the amount owing to him.
No deductions shall be made from the resident’s pay for breakage or loss of any article, except where negligence on the part of the resident is proven.
Error on paycheque: overpayment to resident
- Eighty dollars ($80) per week, in the case of a resident without dependants;
- One hundred and twenty dollars ($120) per week, plus twenty dollars ($20) per week for each dependant, beginning with the third, in the case of a resident with dependants;
Interpretation
The amount that can be recovered on your paycheque is calculated in two stages. First, the Agreement provides that the establishment has to maintain a minimum amount on your paycheque: $80 per week if you have no dependent children, and $120 if you have dependent children. Beyond that, the establishment can withhold a maximum of 20% of the new amount.
Let us take the example of a first-year resident, with no dependent children, whose gross salary is $1,321 per pay. The establishment overpaid him by $2,000, which it now has to recover.
First, the establishment has to identify the resident’s status to determine the amount the Agreement deems untouchable. In our example, since the resident has no dependent children, Subparagraph 1 a) applies. Thus, the establishment has to ensure that a minimum amount of $160 ($80 X 2 weeks) is always included on the resident’s paycheque.
The article then provides that the establishment can reimburse itself at the rate of 20% of the amount available to it, until the debt is extinguished. In our example, the available amount is $1,161, i.e., $1,321 minus $160. So the establishment will be able to withhold on the resident’s paycheque an amount of $232, i.e., 20% of $1,161, until the debt is discharged.
The resident shall be notified of any change in payment.
Change of salary
Upon request and presentation of proof of status, a pay advance of up to sixty- five percent (65%) of the salary shall be paid at the latest five (5) days after the date of the payment stipulated in Article 31.01 to any resident who is entitled to his pay but whose paycheque could not be given to him in accordance with Article 31.01 for reasons beyond his control.