FOR THE UNIONIZED POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS OF QUÉBEC UNIVERSITIES
Polytechnique - U Laval - U de Sherbrooke - U de Montréal - UQAR - Mcgill U
Your status
FELLOW, EMPLOYEE, OR BOTH?
FELLOW, EMPLOYEE, OR BOTH?
Only employees may exercise the right to unionize provided under the Labour Code. If you are currently unionized, it means that you have employee status even as a postdoctoral fellow. In order to understand how this came about, one must examine the decisions of the Commission des relations du travail on the subject since 2011.
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FELLOW, EMPLOYEE, OR BOTH?Only employees may exercise the right to unionize provided under the Labour Code. If you are currently unionized, it means that you have employee status even as a postdoctoral fellow. In order to understand how this came about, one must examine the decisions of the Commission des relations du travail on the subject since 2011.
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WHAT DOES IT CHANGE TO BE AN EMPLOYEE?
WHAT DOES IT CHANGE TO BE AN EMPLOYEE?
Having been recognized as an employee has enabled you to unionize and, while awaiting your first collective agreement, has given you at least the minimum legal protections available to all workers with employee status. However, two things have not changed: you can still receive a fellowship, and this fellowship is not taxed differently.
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WHAT DOES IT CHANGE TO BE AN EMPLOYEE?Having been recognized as an employee has enabled you to unionize and, while awaiting your first collective agreement, has given you at least the minimum legal protections available to all workers with employee status. However, two things have not changed: you can still receive a fellowship, and this fellowship is not taxed differently.
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ABOUT FELLOWSHIPS CONVERTED TO SALARIES
ABOUT FELLOWSHIPS CONVERTED TO SALARIES
Respectively in February and March 2014, Université Laval and UQAM decided to remunerate by way of a salary all postdocs who had previously been receiving a fellowship from them. This change raised many questions among both the postdocs directly affected by it and those of other universities. We want to answer the main questions concerning this subject here.
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ABOUT FELLOWSHIPS CONVERTED TO SALARIESRespectively in February and March 2014, Université Laval and UQAM decided to remunerate by way of a salary all postdocs who had previously been receiving a fellowship from them. This change raised many questions among both the postdocs directly affected by it and those of other universities. We want to answer the main questions concerning this subject here.
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