{"id":9560,"date":"2021-09-22T11:56:06","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T16:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/?p=9560"},"modified":"2021-09-22T11:56:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T16:56:08","slug":"eb-group-team-discusses-expanded-leave-flexible-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=9560","title":{"rendered":"EB group: Team discusses expanded leave, flexible work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.une-sen.org\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-bargaining-generic-scrape-960x488_eb_1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-bargaining-generic-scrape-960x488_eb_1.png 960w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-bargaining-generic-scrape-960x488_eb_1-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-bargaining-generic-scrape-960x488_eb_1-768x320.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>September 21, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Education and Library Science (EB) bargaining team focused on expanding a range of leave options and potential flexible work arrangements during talks with Treasury Board September 14-16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Expanding leave options<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The bargaining team proposed several improvements, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Enhancing sick leave&nbsp;<\/strong>by&nbsp;increasing the amount of sick leave that can be advanced to members, and limiting when a medical note may be requested while ensuring the employer covers any associated fees.<\/li><li><strong>Expanding leave for family-related responsibilities<\/strong>&nbsp;by increasing the hours provided. This would be applicable to care for any family member, along with care for children whose daycare or schools have closed. The proposal would also remove the cap of 7.5 hours for legal appointments and specify that the leave can be used to visit a terminally ill family member.<\/li><li><strong>Strengthening injury on duty leave<\/strong>&nbsp;by requiring that a certified workers\u2019 compensation authority determines the length of leave rather than individual managers, who do not have the same expertise or impartiality.<\/li><li><strong>Providing leave for medical appointments<\/strong>&nbsp;to those with chronic medical conditions, since these members may struggle to access time off for medical needs and resort to using vacation leave.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Flexible work arrangements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Treasury Board is exploring non-traditional working hours for employees. PSAC welcomes this initiativeand will ensure that any change to hours of work is implemented fairly, made accessible to as many members as possible, and entirely voluntary. Any change must also respect members\u2019 health and safety and right to disconnect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EB team returns to the table November 8-10. The common issues table will meet on September 27-29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Show your&nbsp;support<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Meet\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/meet-new-eb-bargaining-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">your bargaining team<\/a>, learn\u00a0why they got involved in this round of negotiations and\u00a0show\u00a0your\u00a0support\u00a0with\u00a0our bargaining graphics:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/sites\/psac\/files\/styles\/panopoly_image_original\/public\/meeting-background_eb.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Video background<\/a>\u00a0for all your work meetings\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/sites\/psac\/files\/styles\/panopoly_image_original\/public\/frame-bargainingteam_eb.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Social media frame<\/a>\u00a0for your social media profile picture\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/sites\/psac\/files\/supportbargainingteam_printable_eb.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Printable poster<\/a>\u00a0for your work area\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Stay in&nbsp;touch&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Please be sure to keep your contact information up to\u00a0date\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/user\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">with the member portal\u00a0<\/a>to receive\u00a0all the latest\u00a0updates\u00a0as we negotiate your next contract.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/psacunion.ca\/eb-group-team-discusses-expanded-leave-flexible?_ga=2.45998625.420254431.1632327999-1121130890.1580157739\">EB group: Team discusses expanded leave, flexible work | Public Service Alliance of Canada (psacunion.ca)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 21, 2021 The Education and Library Science (EB) bargaining team focused on expanding a range of leave options and potential flexible work arrangements during talks with Treasury Board September 14-16. Expanding leave options The bargaining team proposed several improvements, including: Enhancing sick leave&nbsp;by&nbsp;increasing the amount of sick leave that can be advanced to members, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/?p=9560\" class=\"more-link\">>><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;EB group: Team discusses expanded leave, flexible work&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2,12,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9560"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9563,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9560\/revisions\/9563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unesen.ca\/press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}