Bulletin
BCH & Powertech – Scheduling 2020 Annual Vacation and RWWL days
November 4, 2020
To: All MoveUP Members at BC Hydro and Powertech
This bulletin is a follow up to the June 24, 2020 bulletin regarding the new collective agreement language on banking of annual vacation (A/V) and RWWL days.
The employer has denied our Policy Grievance at Stage 3 and your Union is currently reviewing the grievance to determine our next steps.
Your Union has received a report from the employer which indicates how many A/V and RWWL days members must use before the end of 2020 to ensure they are not paid out after March 31, 2021.
All members are to schedule their remaining A/V and RWWL days immediately, to be taken by the end of the current year (except any A/V you are allowed to bank per the new language in the collective agreement) . If you are denied your request, please contact your job steward.
There may be exceptional circumstances that will allow members to schedule their 2020 A/V and RWWL days in the following months January, February, and March 2021. However, in most circumstances, members should schedule and take their time off by the end of 2020.
In solidarity,
Barbara Junker, Union Representative
Tony Geluch, Union Representative
Mike Novak, Union Representative
April Young, Union Representative