Month in Review – Nunavut

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Month in Review – Nunavut

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LAWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Wages & Salary

Apr 1: To bolster recruitment and retention of staff in licensed child-care centres, the Nunavut Department of Education’s Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) division increased the ELCC Wage Scale Program rates by 3%. The ECLC wage scale covers four categories of staff: Management, Early childhood educators, Program support, and Centre support.

Training

March 31 is the deadline to apply for Nunavut Mine Training Fund (NMTF) support for community-based training initiatives in the mining industry and related fields. Examples of eligible training programs include pre-employment, introduction to mining, environmental monitoring, and operation of heavy equipment.

Health & Safety

Feb 18: Nunavut’s Department of Health reminded residents about the importance of keeping up to date with immunizations. It’s especially important that children receive routine immunizations on time to protect them from serious vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles, pertussis, and RSV.

Action Point: Find out how to create a legally and clinically sound workplace Exposure Control Plan to protect your employees against the risk of measles, RSV, pertussis, and other infectious illnesses.