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POLICY #2023-04-03
Student/Casual Employment
PURPOSE
To establish a uniform policy for the employment of students and casual employees
by the Municipality of the County of Pictou.
POLICY
1. The Municipality supports the employment of students as a means of providing
both financial support for their academic programs and skills that are relevant to
those programs and their career goals. The following criteria shall be used in the
recruitment and selection of student employees:
a. The Municipality will use a variety of communication methods to
advertise student and casual employment opportunities.
b. Students must be enrolled in a full-time post-secondary educational
program at the time of their application.
c. Applications will be screened based on educational merit and
any related work experience which may be an asset to the
position sought.
d. Where financial assistance is being received by the Municipality from
another level of government for specific student positions, the guidelines
of the funding organization will be given priority.
e. Successful applicants will be chosen by the respective supervisor.
f. The salary for students shall be determined by minimum wage for the
Province of Nova Scotia plus $3/hour.
2. A casual employee is someone hired on a day to day as required basis, or for
short term work normally performed by a full-time or part-time employee.
a. A casual employee is not a member of the bargaining unit.
b. The salary for casual employees shall be determined by minimum wage
for the Province of Nova Scotia plus $3/hour to $9 per hour.
c. The salary outlined in clause 2 (b) shall be determined by the supervisor
for the department and approved by the Chief Administrative Officer;
based upon the skills and job duties assigned by the supervisor.
d. Annual adjustments to the rates of pay for individual casual employees
will be determined as part of the annual budgeting process.
3. All previous policies with respect to the employment of student employees are
hereby repealed.