Policy 506 - Freight Entitlement

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• 506.1    As a way of attracting Professional Staff to the isolated community of Wollaston Lake, and in order to help in the moving costs to a new place of employment, the Hatchet Lake Band Board of Education provides a freight entitlement to it's Professional Staff, their spouses and dependannt(s) upon contract commencement and at contract completion.

• 506.2    Freight entitlement at commencement and completion of contract shall be:

1. For a Teacher with no spouse and no dependants 1500 lbs.
2. For a Teacher with non-accompanying spouse and/or dependant(s)  1500 lbs.
3. For a Teacher accompanied by a spouse and no dependants  2000 lbs.
4. For a Teacher accompanied by one dependant  2000 lbs.
5. For a Teacher accompanied by two dependants 2250 lbs
6. For a Teacher accompanied by three or more dependants  2500 lbs.
7. For a Teacher accompanied by spouse and dependant(s)  2250 lbs. 

 

• 506.3    Saskatoon or Prince Albert shall be the points of origin and destination for Professional Staff freight entitlements into and out of Wollaston Lake.

• 506. 4    Professional Staff are responsible for all shipping costs up to either Saskatoon or Prince Albert at contract commencement and from Prince Albert or Saskatoon at contract completion. 

•  506.5    For the sake of economy, the Education Program reserves the right to coordinate the shipment of freight at contract commencement and contract completion.

•  506.6    Personal freight entitlements will be usable up to six(6) weeks prior to the date of contract commencement and two(2) weeks after contract commencement.

• 506.7     Personal freight entitlements shall be shipped up to two(2) weeks prior to the date of contract completion and up to six(6) weeks after the date of contract completion.

• 506.8    Professional Staff whose freight shipments go over their entitlement amount either at contract commencement or at contract completion will have the extra shipping charges deducted from their pay cheques.

• 506.9    A Professional Staff member terminating his or her contract with the Board, other than for certified medical reasons, shall be responsible for all costs associated with shipping his or her and his or her family's belongings out of the community.

• 506.10    Professional Staff wanting to ship personal effects at either contract commencement or contract completion must utilize Education Program approved methods of shipment in order to qualify for the freight entitlement.  Staff wanting to ship belongings by other means are responsible for all freight costs associated with the shipping.

• 506.11    Professional Staff freight allowance is not cumulative and must be taken during the school year, or it will be forfeited.

• 506.12    A Professional Staff member terminating his or her contract with the Board prior to the completion of the academic year shall repay to the Board 1/185 of the moving costs for each day he or she falls short of 185 days.  The Board reserves the right to make deductions from the Employee's final payment.

• 506.13    For the purpose of the policy, the definitions of "spouse" and "dependant" are those used by Revenue Canada.

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