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6th StFXAUT Collective Agreement:

ARTICLE 2.10 PART-TIME ACADEMIC INSTRUCTORS (pgs. 134-140)
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Health Care Spending Account

As per ARTICLE 1.16.7 BENEFITS FOR PART-TIME MEMBERS (pg. 42):

1.0 Part-time Members, after being employed by the University for 450 hours, and Part-Time Academic Instructors or Part-Time Laboratory Instructors, after having taught four (4) three credit courses (who do not qualify for other StFX benefit plans), are eligible for a Health Care Spending Account against which they may claim their health care related expenses (including private Health and Dental Plan premiums).

2.0 The University will credit to each eligible Member’s Health Care Spending Account 5% of the total value of their compensation (e.g., per-course stipends) up to a maximum on an annual basis of:

    • July 1, 2022: $1,200
    • July 1, 2023: $1,200
    • July 1, 2024: $1,300
    • July 1, 2025: $1,400

 

3.0 Any unused portion of the amount credited in one year shall be carrier over to the subsequent year but no further.

Inquiries:
StFX:
– Human Resources: [email protected]
– Employee benefits phone number (connecting you to StFX’s benefit partners): (902) 867-4996
– Employee benefits webpage

Medavie:
– Blue Cross Health and Dental coverage phone: 1-800-667-4511
– Blue Cross Health and Dental website
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From the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT):

Fair Employment Week (FEW) is taking place from October 21 to 25, 2024.

FEW is the Canadian Association of University Teacher’s (CAUT) annual campaign to raise awareness about precarious employment and the growing reliance on Contract Academic Staff (CAS), and to improve the working conditions of CAS by amplifying their voices. To learn more about Fair Employment Week, please visit Make It Fair for Contract Academic Staff.

2024 Fair Employment Week Events:

  • Social Media Day of Action – Wednesday, October 23

Help spread the word online about Fair Employment Week and the realities of precarious employment on our campuses.

CAUT has developed digital resources to support associations’ engagement in this day of action.

Remember to use the hashtags #MakeitFair and #Fairness4CAS.

  • Follow the Association of Nova Scotia University Teachers’ (ANSUT) social media campaign on ANSUT X to highlight the contributions of Contract Academic Staff at Nova Scotian universities. If you would like ANSUT to feature your profile, please contact Teresa Workman at [email protected].

#MakeItFair

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2020 Fair Employment Week October 19-23: Make It Fair for Contract Academic Staff

By the numbers / CAUT survey of contract academic staff in Canada (September 2018)

CAUT releases results of first national survey of contract academic staff
(September 4, 2018)

Interview / Dr. Karen Foster (September 2018)

“Out of the Shadows: Experiences of Contact Academic Staff” (September 2018)

Shattering myths about contract academic staff (September 2018)

The faces of precarity (October 2017)

The precarious life of contract academic staff (October 2016)

Fair Employment Week: Make it fair for contract academic staff (October 24-28, 2016)

CAUT Policy Statement: Academic Freedom and Contractually Limited Appointments (Approved by the CAUT Council, April 2015)

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From the Association of Nova Scotia University Teachers (ANSUT):

Precarious U: Contract Faculty in Nova Scotia Universities by Dr. Karen Foster (2016)