FY 2010 Casual Exception Period Set

Article 7.1.B.5 of the 2006 National Agreement provides exceptions to the six percent and 11 percent casual caps during accounting periods 3 and 4. For Fiscal Year 2010, the casual exception period will be from Nov. 21, 2009 through Jan. 15, 2010.

2009 Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period Set

The December period referenced in Article 8, Sections 4 and 5, of the National Agreement, during which penalty overtime regulations are not applicable, consists of four consecutive service weeks. (See Why Is the Penalty Overtime Exclusion Period Only 28 Days?) This year the period begins Pay Period 26-09, Week 1 (Dec. 5, 2009) and ends Pay Period 1-10, Week 2 (Jan. 1, 2010).