Trustee says he’ T quit
so he can move back

TERRACE school trustee
Hal Stedham says he’ll
keep his recent election
promise to quit his job now
that the voters have re-
lurned him to office for a
second term.

Stedham is the princi-
pal of Denetia Elementary
School..in Lower Post,
B.C., a community that's
more than 900 kms away
and is part of the Stikine
School District.

He was hired the year
after his first election win
in 1999,

Stedham participates at
school board meetings by
teleconference when he’s

Hal Stedham

closures earlier this year,
citing conflict of interest,
His daughter is a school

though she was on leave
last spring when the clo-
sure votes took place.

Stedham removed him-
self from the vote to close
five schools, including two
in Terrace.

At the time, Stedham
said he wanted to avoid
any potential legal pro-
blems his vote could have
caused the school district.

As many as 100 other
trustees in B.C. are in the
same position, he said.

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teacher in the district, al- .

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He has not decided
whether he'll leave his job
in January or in June.

He said he doesn’t want
to leave without a replace-

ment or continuity during
the school year.

Stedham was embroiled
in a controversy over his
decision not to participa-
ted in a vole on school

trustee Gary Turner also
Geclared a conflict of in-
terest in the decision to
close schools because of a

family member working for

the school district.

Changes help employers

EMPLOYERS WILL save some money
beginning this month thanks te changes in
the provincial Employment Standards Act
affecting non-unionized workers.

Part time employees who had received
statutory holiday pay based on what they
earned will no longer do so.

The old regulation didn’t have a mini-
mum amount of days that had to be
worked. But the regulation now states an
employee must have had earned income
or worked on 15 of the previous 30 days
leading up to 4 statutory holiday.

As well, workers can now be called in
for a two-hour shift, which is half of what
the minimum call up used to be.

Provincial officials say changes to the
standards make things more flexible for
employers and workers.

Averaging agreements replace flexible
work schedules and permit the 40-hour

work week to be averaged over one, Iwo,
three or four weeks.

Daily overtime remains at lime and a
half after eight hours but now climbs to
double time after 12 hours instead of 11.

High-end commission salespeople such
as those who sell RVs, heavy equipment,
trucks and cars are excluded from over-
time, statutory holiday and minimum
wage provisions.

Employers who violate the new stan-
dards face escalating penalties ranging
from $500 to $10,000.

Part of the new regulations involve the
preparation of self-help kits containing in-
formation for employers and employees,

Changes to child employment rules are
not taking place yet. Any employer who
wants 10 hire an employee under 15 years
of age will continue to need a permit
from the employment standards branch.

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