Subject: PERSONNEL PRACTICES AND BENEFITS

Original Policy:

Revised Policy:

Governing Board Approval: June 11, 1993

Hours of Work and Work Week - Regular Hours of work at the IBAC Secretariat are from 9 am. to 5 pm. Monday through Friday, with a one hour daily lunch period. Total regular weekly hours are 35. Work hours and days for part time employees are as determined by the Director General or Administrative Assistant. Part time employees are paid for hours actually worked.

Work Beyond Regular Work Week - Overtime pay provisions apply to those in non-managerial positions as defined by Canadian Labour Law. For work performed in excess of 35 but not more than 44 (defined in Quebec Labour Standards as the "standard work week") pay is at straight time hourly rate. For work in excess of 44 in a week but not more than 48, pay is at time and one half straight time hourly rate. For work in excess of 48 hours per week, pay is at two times straight time hourly rate. At the employees's request, compensatory time off will be given in lieu of pay for hours worked in excess of 44 in a week. Such time off is given at the rate of one and one half hour for each hour worked.

Payment of Salary or Wages - Managerial employees are paid once a month; Others are paid at intervals not exceeding l6 days.

Deductions from Pay - IBAC is required by Provincial and Federal statute to make certain withholdings from employees' pay. These include Federal Income Tax, the Quebec Pension Plan, the Unemployment Insurance Corporation, and Quebec Provincial Income Tax. These deductions are subject to statutory change.

Employer Contributions - IBAC is required to make contributions, in amounts specified by law to the Quebec Health Insurance Plan (QHIP) and the Quebec Pension Plan. These contributions are subject to statutory change.

Policy 50-2 (Page 2)

Employee Benefits

(1) Paid Holidays - IBAC observes the following Canadian/Quebec Holidays:

New Year's Day - January 1

Good Friday - Variable

Easter Monday - Variable

Victoria Day - 3d Monday in May

St. Jean Baptiste Day - June 24

Canada Day - July 1

Labour Day - 1st Monday in September

Thanksgiving Day - 2d Monday in October

Remembrance Day - Nov 11

Christmas Day - December 25

Boxing Day - December 2

For part time employees, pay for holidays is as follows: unless absent with employer authorization, the employee must work on the scheduled workdays next before and after the holiday; pay will be the average of daily pay for the days worked int he complete pay period preceding the holiday.

(2) Annual Paid Vacation - Vacation credits accrue to employees as follows:

- 10 working days after one year of employment on a continuous basis

- l2 working days after two years " "

- l5 working days after three years " "

- l7 working days after five years " "

- 20 working days after ten years " "

Vacation pay is as follows:

- Four percent of annual wages after one year of employment, continuously

- Five percent of annual wages after two years "

- Six percent of annual wages after three years "

- Seven percent of annual wages after five years "

- Eight percent of annual wages after ten years "

Unused vacation time may be carried over for a maximum one year. Under certain cases where a contract of employment is canceled, IBAC must pay the employee for leave not taken, as well as an indemnity based on gross wages of the current year. In such cases IBAC will make payment in accordance with Quebec Labour Standards.

When an employee is on vacation at the time of a paid holiday, an additional day of vacation shall be granted or, at employer option, an extra day of pay will be made.

Employee Benefits

(3) Sick Leave - Full time employees are eligible for sick leave pay during periods of excused absence for personal illness or injury. After 3 months of employment, sick leave is accrued at the rate of one (l) day per month. Unused sick leave may be accumulated to a maximum of 90 days. No accrued sick leave, or accumulations thereof, is payable at termination of employment.

(4) Other Provisions - IBAC recognizes and will comply with Quebec and/or Canadian Labour Standards for various other employee benefits, such as, but not limited to:

Weekly Rest Period

Maternity Leave

Parental Leave

Death or Funeral Leave

Marriages

Birth or Adoption

Pregnancy-related Examinations

Notice of Termination of Employment - IBAC adheres to the provisions of Quebec Labour Standards in respect of the timely granting of notice of termination of employment. The length of such notice varies according to the length of the employee's uninterrupted service.

Source of Policy -

(l) Director General, l993

(2) Commission des Normes du Travail, Government of Quebec, andbook on Labour Standards