SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 TO August 31, 2021 COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN: THE EITZ CHAIM SCHOOLS - and - THE FEDERATION OF TEACHERS IN HEBREW SCHOOLS TABLE OF CONTENTS ARTICLE 1 - DEFINITIONS .. ... ....... ... ... .. .... .................... .. ........ .. .. ..... .. ........ ... ... .... .. .. ... ..... .. .. .... 1 ARTICLE 2 - RECOGNITION .. ........ ... ........... .... .. .. ..... ...... ... ... .. ............... .. .... .... .. ......... .. ... ....... .. 1 ARTICLE 3 - FEDERATION SECURITY and DUES DEDUCTION ....................................... 1 ARTICLE 4 - RELATIONSHIP ................................ .......... ... ... .... .... .. ... .................... .. .... ..... ... ..... 2 ARTICLE 5 - GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE ......... ..... .. ... .. .... .. ... .... .... ... ... .. ... ........ .. .. .. .. ....... .. .. .. ... 2 ARTICLE 6 - BET DIN (Rabbinical Court) ........................... .. ............................. ................. .... 3 ARTICLE 7 - TERMINATION AND SENIORITY ........... ............... ...... .... .. .. ... ..... ..... .. .... ... ... .... .... 5 ARTICLE 8 - LEAVES OF ABSENCE .................... ......... .... .......................... ................... .......... 7 ARTICLE 9 - SICK LEAVE ................................................................................................... ..... 11 ARTICLE 10 - HEAL TH AND WELFARE .................................................................................. 13 ARTICLE 11 - GENERAL RIGHTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS .... .. .. ............... ... .. .. .... ..... ... 14 ARTICLE 12 - SCHOOL'S RIGHTS .......................... .. ... .................................................... .... ... 14 ARTICLE 13 - SALARY, HOURS, CLASSIFICATION .... .... .... ....... .. ...................... ... .. ............... 15 ARTICLE 14 - STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS ................... .................................................. .......... 17 ARTICLE 15-TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT ..... ....................... .. .. ..... .. ... .......... .. ... ............ 17 ARTICLE 16 - ESTABLISHMENT OF LIAISON/REVIEW COMMITTEE .............................. 18 ARTICLE 17 - RETIREMENT GRATUITY ............ .......... ........... .. ... ....... .. ..... ...... ... ... ......... ...... .. 18 ARTICLE 18- PROTOCOL FOR RETIRING AND POTENTIAL REHIRING ..... .. ...................... 19 LETTER OF UNDERSTANDING .................................................................. .... ....................... 21 APPENDIX "A" - 2017/18 YEAR ONE OF SALARY SCALE ........................ .. .. ............... .......... 22 APPENDIX "B" - 2018/19 YEAR TWO OF SALARY SCALE ................................. .. .. .. .. ............ 23 APPENDIX "C" - 2019/20 YEAR THREE SALARY SCALE .. .....................................................24 APPENDIX "D" - 2010/21 YEAR FOUR SALARY SCALE ........................................................ 25 ARTICLE 1 · DEFINITIONS 1.01 "CREDIT" means a sick leave credit entitling a teacher to payment of salary for one day under the provisions of this agreement during absence from duty. 1.02 "PERMANENT TEACHER" means a teacher employed by the School with more than three years seniority with the School or who has been granted Permanent Teacher status by the School prior to obtaining three years seniority provided he or she has taught and continues to teach a minimum of 10 hours per week. 1.03 "PROBATIONARY TEACHER" means a teacher employed by the School with three school years' seniority or less with the School but does not include a Permanent Teacher. 1.04 "SCHOOL YEAR" means the period between the day after Labour Day and the 30th day of June in the following calendar year. It is agreed that teachers are hired by the School on the condition that they are prepared to participate in such seminars, orientation sessions and teachers' meetings as may be arranged during the last five days prior to the commencement of the School Year. 1.05 "SENIORITY" is defined at Articles 7.03 and 7.04. 1.06 "TEACHER" means any person employed to perform educative functions in the classroom or activities associated in classroom work, who has been found by the Qualifications Committee established pursuant to Section 13.10 of this agreement, but does not include the principal or those above the rank of principal or tutors. ARTICLE 2 · RECOGNITION 2.01 The School recognizes the Federation as the sole collective bargaining agent for all Teachers in the Hebrew Department employed by the School save and except for those Hebrew Teachers teaching subjects in the General Studies Department or in the Pre-School Department, the Principal and those above the rank of Principal. The Federation's bargaining unit does not include General Studies Teachers. ARTICLE 3 · FEDERATION SECURITY AND DUES DEDUCTION 3.01 The School agrees that it shall deduct from the pay cheque of each Teacher who shall sign a Payroll Deduction and Disclosure Authorization Card, a sum certified by the Secretary of the Federation to be initiation fees and Federation dues; and any other deductions negotiated between the School and the Federation. Payroll Deduction and Disclosure Authorization Cards duly signed by all staff covered by this agreement shall be given to the School by the Federation following the signing of this Agreement or within 30 days of the beginning of a Teacher's employment at the School. Payroll Deduction and Disclosure Authorization Cards shall be valid - 2 - for the term of this agreement, and shall continue thereafter so long as an agreement continues between the School and the Federation. 3.02 The School hereby agrees that the sums deducted in accordance with Article 3.01 shall be forwarded to the Federation within 30 days of the end of the month in which said deduction was made together with a list of all staff members for whom such deductions were made and the amount of their monthly pay cheque. 3.03 The Federation agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the School from any action brought against the School by any Teacher as a result of the aforementioned deductions. 3.04 Any Teacher whose date of employment commences after the beginning of the School Year shall have a pro rata amount of the annual dues deducted according to the number of months of employment remaining during the remainder of the Contract Year. 3.05 All Teachers employed by the School, must as a condition of employment or continued employment, sign the Payroll Deduction and Disclosure Authorization Card. ARTICLE 4 - RELATIONSHIP 4.01 The School shall allow the Federation the reasonable use of a meeting room as available in the school premises for the conduct of Federation meetings as they may be scheduled from time to time outside of School hours. There shall be no charge for the provision of such room in the case of regular business meetings of the Federation. 4.02 Any correspondence regarding a grievance filed by a Teacher shall be sent both to the Teacher and the Federation. 4.03 The School shall make available to the Federation a bulletin board for Federation business on the premises. The Federation shall be entitled to place correspondence in the mail box of any Teacher. Both of these privileges are granted subject to their being used only for proper and reasonable purposes. ARTICLE 5 - GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE 5.01 The School and the Federation agree that the designated grievance procedure as hereinafter set forth shall serve as and constitute the agreed upon means to be utilized by the grievor for the prompt disposition, decision and final settlement of a grievance arising in respect of the interpretation, application, administration or alleged violation of this agreement, and the specifically designated grievance procedure shall be followed strictly. - 3 - Whenever the term "grievance procedure" is used in this agreement, it shall be considered as including the arbitration procedure. 5.02 STEP ONE A Teacher who has a grievance shall notify his Principal of the grievance and they shall discuss the grievance. In all discussions of the grievance following notification, the Teacher may be accompanied by a School representative of the Federation. 5.03 STEP TWO If the grievance is not resolved within ten (10) School days under Step One, the Federation may within the next ten (10) School days refer the grievance to a committee appointed for that purpose by the School, in writing on a form supplied by the Federation, which shall be signed by the Teacher and a Federation official, and a copy shall be given to the Principal or the Teacher's immediate superior. The committee shall attempt to resolve the grievance within ten (10) School days of the receipt of the grievance in writing. A reply to the grievance must be sent to the Teacher concerned and the Federation. 5.04 The Federation or the School may initiate a grievance in regard to any matter beginning at Step Two of the grievance procedure. The Federation or School shall initiate such policy or group grievance by giving notice to the other party within thirty (30) School days following the day that the cause for the grievance became known or reasonably ought to have been known to the grieving party. 5.05 The time within which such grievance may be brought may extend up to thirty (30) days beyond the term of this agreement if the day the cause became known or reasonably ought to have been known is within thirty(30) School days preceding the end of the term of this agreement. 5.06 Any grievance may be referred to Din Torah as provided for below after the time limits set out in Articles