The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) is a measure to support workers who lose their income as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The OSBCU continues to seek more information and advocate for our members, including those who are precarious workers. In the meantime, we encourage you to refer to information provide by CUPE National https://cupe.ca/canada-emergency-response-benefit-qa and we will share more information with you as soon as possible.
Month: March 2020
Schools closed – reopen April 6th
Hello everyone,
Schools are closed, with custodian staff in doing deep clean week of March Break. Then shut tight for two weeks. The board office will be running a skeleton crew in payroll and finance. If you are 10month permanent you are laid off as usual during the March Break and then paid for the two weeks. LTO staff will need to put in time sheets. The board has said they will not being paying casual staff and that you will need to stay on EI. We have checked and at this point the government has left it up to individual boards to make the decision on supply staff.
All staff need to be paying attention to their board email and website at the end of March Break for directions. Staff are expected to be available and working from home.