Unpaid days off won’t apply to educators: director of education
While the provincial government is looking at possibly bringing in unpaid work days for public sector employees, local school divisions have the option of choosing a different route.
The provincial government under Premier Brad Wall has been searching for ways to reduce the $1.2 -billion deficit. Wall, while attending the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association convention earlier this month, told the Crown nothing was off the table to find savings. The most recent option now being considered is having public-sector employees take unpaid days off.
The possible move echoes what then NDP Premier Bob Rae did in the early 90s, which were later called Rae Days.
Robert Bratvold, the director of education for Sask. Rivers School Division, said school divisions aren’t under the same structure as the provincial government.