et ae at a eS TIAN SCIENCE POLI IERG SQCIETy ir i Copies of these articles Ore in the Student Seruces Centre on each campus. Contact! Linda Coyle - N.W. Pat Major ~ Rich. Hank Ovdman - Surrey TO: Support Staff Employees FROM: Supervisor of Personnel Administration RE: Salary Agreement The College Council together with the Douglas College Staff Association Executive are pleased to announce that agreement has been reached to adjust salaries for Support Staff to reflect an increase of 12 per cent or $80.00 monthly, whichever is the greater, effective 1 April 1974. This increase will be reflected on your mid April pay cheque. A revised Salary Schedule showing these / increases as they will actually affect each Pay - | Rate is being prepared and will be distributed with your next pay cheque. Other major items of agreement at this time have been that annual vacation entitlement shall be increased to three weeks in the first calen- dar year in which 12 months service will be completed and four weeks in the calendar year in which 96 months service will be completed, and that the College and the Support Staff Associa- tion shall jointly work out the details of an Educational/Professional Development Leave policy for the College Staff. The two negotiating committees will be meeting soon to work out modifications, clarifi- cations and additions to the conditions of employment as contained in the Handbook for | Support Staff. Members with ideas or suggestions are urged to see any member of their negotiating committee as soon as possible. Any questions about the wage or other | agreements reached to date are welcomed at the Personnel Office but employees are requested to hold questions on specific salary levels until they have had a chance to read the revised Schedule. N.S. Bild Supervisor of Personnel Administration : wep meting sete hae 7g.