Dealing with overtime

From Stems & Pieces

Vol 5 No 2 - Fall '87

(With changes to contract clause references)

What do you do when your chairperson hands you an SWF that shows more than 44 workload hours? Do you sign it because it properly reflects the hours of credit for the assigned work? And if you do, does this mean you have accepted the assigned overtime?

When your chairperson and you have agreed on the contents of the SWF and it comes to more than 44 hours you have rights under the Collective Agreement that you must enforce! See Article 11.01 J 1, which guarantees you the right to refuse any assignment which exceeds 44 hours. See Article 11.01 J 4 if you are a probationary teacher!

If you do agree to take on the overload, be sure to demand your rights under Article 11.01 J 3 - to a written overtime agreement, which will spell out the amount and timing of your cash receipt for the overtime. Don't accept any SWF without first getting the written agreement^* you are entitled to!

If your chairperson insists that you sign the SWF first, then tick the box marked for referral to the College Workload Monitoring Group and complain that you are entitled to a written agreement about the overtime before you accept it.

*Ed note: the agreement has since become a part of the form, but the right to refuse and the prohibition against assigning overtime without a written agreement are still there.