Class size
Teachers get time-off compensation in class size/composition feud
Teachers must be compensated with extra paid holidays if their classrooms were set up in violation of provincial law about class size and composition, arbitrator James Dorsey has ruled.
Although the decision applies directly to only 21 teachers in four school districts, it will form the basis for settling thousands of other grievances filed by the B.C. Teachers' Federation (BCTF) alleging that school districts around the province have ignored the rules in Bill 33 since it became law in 2006.
