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DATE: September 20, 2001
TO: Compensation Managers
Chiefs of Staff Relations
SUBJECT: Pay Administration During Labour Disruptions - Compressed Work Week and Shift Work
This is further to our bulletin dated August 8, 2001 regarding Pay Administration During Labour Disruptions. This bulletin
provides guidance on the procedures that should be followed for employees working either a compressed work week or shift work and
who are participating in strike activity.
Pay for absences due to strike activity is to be recovered for the regularly scheduled hours of work. The employee's scheduled
hours of work must not be reverted to the normal hours of work during the labour disruptions.
Example 1 - Compressed Work Week
An employee whose normal hours of work are 37.5 hours from Monday to Friday and who is working a compressed work week of
8.33 hours per day with every second Friday off, should have all days of strike activity for which s/he is scheduled to work
and does not, reported as 8.33 hours per day and not 7.5 hours per day. Should the employee participate in strike
activity on the second Friday, no recovery action is to be taken, as this is the employee's normally scheduled day of rest.
Example 2 - Shift Work
A shift work employee whose scheduled hours of work are 12 hours per day and whose normal hours of work under the relevant
collective agreement are 8 hours per day, should have all days of strike activity for which s/he is scheduled to work and
does not, reported as 12 hours per day and not 8 hours per day. Should the employee participate in strike activity on
his/her scheduled days of rest, no recovery action is to be taken.
Departmental Human Resources managers should direct any questions that they may have to their corporate compensation officials
who, if need be, can contact the Pay Administration Section.
Thomas A. Smith
Director, pay Administration Section
Labour Relations Division
Human Resources Branch
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