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Basic superannuation benefit entitlements are increased each January to compensate for increases in the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
As illustrated in Table 2, the indexation adjustments since 1970, when the SRBA first came into force, have served to protect the value of superannuation benefit payments against inflation.
Indexation starts on the first of January of the year after someone retires.The first indexation adjustment is prorated to the number of full months of the previous year after the person retired.
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September 19, 2013
Treasury Board policy says all leaves without pay due to injury, illness or disability have to be 'resolved' within two years. The employer policy does allow for leaves to be extended in exceptional circumstances. But at two years, the employer notifies the employee that their leave without pay will end
September 18, 2013
Return to work (RTW) programs are meant to help with a worker’s return to their pre-leave employment, when the worker is ready to return to work and with an appropriate transition period. Return to work programs are subject to the same general principles as for any accommodation, since a return to work program is really a specific type of accommodation program.
September 13, 2013
Anyone who must stop work due to the internal complaint process, a work refusal or the direction of a health and safety officer are to be paid until work resumes or until the end of their shift.
Those due to work on the next scheduled work period or shift shall also be paid unless they have been given at least one hour’s notice not to go to work (s.128.1(1) and (2)). An employer may assign reasonable alternative work to workers who are deemed to be at work (s.128.1(3)).
September 13, 2013
The Canada Labour Code gives employees the right to refuse dangerous work. Here are some guidelines:
September 13, 2013
The Hierarchy of Controls refers to primary prevention for hazards in the workplace. Not all workplace controls are equal. Those controls which focus on the source of the hazard – elimination, substitution or isolation of the hazard – are generally the most effective means of preventing and controlling worker exposure.
Where possible, controls at the source should be a union priority.
September 13, 2013
“Danger” includes any existing or potential hazard or condition or any current or future activity that could reasonably be expected to cause injury or illness to a person.
Two key concepts are:
“potential hazard or condition” and
“any current or future activity”.
However there has to be a reasonable expectation of an injury or illness before the hazard or condition can be corrected, or the activity altered, or before workers can exercise their right to refuse unsafe work (s.122(1)).
September 13, 2013
The Joint Workplace Health and Safety Committee is to be involved in all investigations, and these will include incident/injury investigations, and similarly a Health and Safety Representative will be involved in all investigations, including incident/injury investigations.
The Co-chairs of the Workplace Committee will appoint the member or members of the Committee that shall participate in such investigations.
September 13, 2013
This process has to be used before other recourses available under Part II of the Code, except for the right to refuse dangerous work and the right of pregnant or nursing workers to temporarily withdraw from dangerous work.
September 13, 2013
Committees made up of union and employer appointed representatives need to be established in every workplace that normally directly employs 20 workers or more, according to Section 135 of the Canada Labour Code Part II.
Policy health and safety committees must be established where an employer has 300 or more employees. This committee takes a more strategic approach to health and safety in an organization by dealing with global issues.