....until the Welcome Back Wine & Cheese!! Come one, come all, to the ETFO Durham Local office from 3:30 'til 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, to celebrate World Teachers' Day. We'll have great door prizes! Don't forget to bring a donation for the food bank...Just got your paystub today?? You may have noticed that it's larger than the last two paycheques. The first pay of the month (and the third, if applicable) is always the largest as the only deductions are your federation fee, and the usual statutory deductions (income tax and Teachers' Pension Plan contributions). The second pay of each month has the additional deductions for LTD (Long Term Disability) insurance, life insurance, and medical-dental insurance premiums.
YOU SHOULD ALWAYS CHECK YOUR PAYSTUB!! In particular, you need to confirm that you are being paid the correct base salary, especially if you have moved up a year on the salary grid, or had a category change. The quick way to check is to multiply the base salary by 25 and this will give you your annual salary, which you should then check against this year's grid in the collective agreement. Related story for today: one teacher changed categories over 20 years ago, but never checked to make sure the paperwork arrived and never checked her paystub or employee report to see if it was accurate. A clerk in the Employee Relations department caught the mistake in recent years and it turned out that she had been paid in the lower category all this time - it added up to approximately $70,000. lost over the 20 + years. She was given retroactive pay only for a few months back, as the law is clear - the onus is on you to check your salary regularly and report it immediately if it's not!
