Daily Casual Work

In the event of an employer cancellation on the day of your assignment, you may look for another assignment or report to the cancelled worksite. Collective Agreement language (L13.09) suggests that the school should make reasonable effort to cancel the night before. We are starting to see assignments released to the job board the evening prior, but cancelled the next day. 

If you show up to the cancelled assignment, the employer is required to pay for either half the assignment (if the original assignment was .5 or greater) or the full assignment (if the original assignment was less than .5 of the day). You may be assigned other duties, and in such cases, you will be paid for those assigned duties.

Examples: Note in both examples, you are still required to show up to the school and report to the front office to be paid. 

1. You took on a .67 assignment, and the morning of, you were notified it was cancelled. You may show up to work, and if the principal has no professional duties ready for you, you may wait in the office or another designated space until they assign you duties. (Make sure you notify the office administrator that you are present!) You should be paid .33 even if the school is not able to find you an alternative assignment. If the school finds you work for one period, you will still be paid the .33. If the school finds you work for two periods, you will be paid the full .67 that was originally assigned. 

2. You took on a .33 assignment, and the morning of, you were notified it was cancelled. You may show up to work, and you should be paid the .33 regardless of whether the school can find you work or not.

*Please be polite to the office administrators, as they may not have caused the cancellation. Maintain professionalism with the principal/vice-principals and contact us if any issues arise.