Our CUPE 917 Bargaining Committee will going to the table with UVic:
- January 24th – 25th
- February 6th, 8th, & 10th
UVic Outside Workers
Our CUPE 917 Bargaining Committee will going to the table with UVic:
CUPE 917 is hosting a Hybrid General Meeting on Wednesday January 18th, 2022 at 4:15pm in the MacLaurin D114
This meeting will be held in person and via zoom simultaneously..
MEETING AGENDA
Lifeworks Employee & Family Assistance Program and wellness resources:
The Wllbeing Calander offers resources in variety of easy-to-digest methods:
The LifeWorks Discounts are exclusive discounts offered to employees of Uvic.
Our Education Page has been updated. Click Here to check it out.
2023 TD1 tax forms will not be available until late January 2023 due to the Canadian Revenue Agency’s (CRA) delayed release of the 2023 TD1 form.
As a temporary solution, UVic will be setting every employee’s basic exemption to:
If you do not normally complete an annual TD1 or if you normally just claim the basic amount, then there will be no effect on your taxes.
If you normally complete a TD1 to:
your initial 1-2 payrolls will not have your personalized tax deductions (deducted at source). This will be resolved when you file your taxes in 2024.
Please check this page or www.uvic.ca/TD1 on the week of Jan 23rd.
If you have any additional questions, please contact the payroll office.
Employees Scheduled To Work On A Stat Holiday:
For this purpose, the Stat Holidays are December 26 & 27 as well as January 2 (the days that we consider “lieu days” are also considered Stat Holidays for the purpose of pay):
IF Employees Are Scheduled To Work During The Closure Period:
For this purpose, the Closure period days are December 28, 29, & 30:
IF Employees Receives A Call-Out During The Closure Period:
For this purpose, regular call out procedures apply. Please note that employees will also receive their normal day’s pay in addition to the doubled Call-Out hours.
Mechanical Shift Engineers
As with past years, as these gents work straight through the closure, they will automatically receive 3 additional days’ vacation for the closure period and no cards are required for them.
Here is a link to the guidelines.
Thanks again for all your understanding and cooperation in these matters. If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact your Executives, Shop Stewards, or Julie Ellerton.
CUPE 917 is hosting a Hybrid General Meeting on Wednesday November 16th, 2022 at 4:15pm in the MacLaurin D114
This meeting will be held in person and via zoom simultaneously..
MEETING AGENDA
Please join us for a party to make up for all we’ve missed.
Through the Campus Plan consultation process, issues relating to housing availability and costs were identified as high priorities for both employees and students on campus. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in rapid housing cost increases and very low availability for both rental and ownership housing. The ability to attain existing housing options close to campus is increasingly challenging for many UVic employees.
Other Canadian universities, such as UBC, have conducted regular studies on employee housing. This is the University of Victoria’s first assessment of employee housing, which is of increasing importance related to employee recruitment and retention.
Results of the study will be shared with the university executive and Board of Governors. The study will inform the university’s existing housing programs and will help identify new programs and opportunities related to employee housing. This will include exploring opportunities to use university lands to develop housing solutions and support commercial uses to increase the supply of housing in the region. The university will explore opportunities to support diverse forms of housing, complimentary commercial uses and opportunities to support Indigenous community uses and programs.
Key messages:
• We understand housing affordability and accessibility is a huge challenge across the region, which affects many of our students, faculty and staff;
• We’re the first employer in the region to undertake this work to recognize and employ a strategy for employee housing needs;
• The goal of the survey is to assess employee housing needs, availability, cost and preferences;
• Issues relating to housing availability and cost are high priorities for both employees and students on campus;
• We recognize that an assessment of employee housing is of increasing importance for employee recruitment and retention;
• The university is committed to exploring diverse forms of housing for both employees and students;
• Other universities in high priced markets, such as UBC and SFU, provide employee housing on campus.
Communications strategy:
A virtual survey will be created and distributed to all employment groups at UVic. The survey will be hosted on CitySpaces’ (company contracted to create the survey and compile the report afterwards) Survey Monkey account. Data is stored exclusively on Canadian servers to ensure privacy and data security is maintained. The survey invitation, reminders and findings will be distributed using UVic’s employee listserve.
All internal communications channels will be used to promote the survey as widely as possible.
Outreach to media via a media release or advisory will be considered as appropriate.
Please check out the designated Employee Housing Survey website for more information: https://www.uvic.ca/campusplanning/current-projects/employee-housing-survey/index.php