EMPLOYEE RETENTION
Human Resources Manual
Trainer’s Allowance
Section 315
March 31, 2009
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TRAINER’S ALLOWANCE
PURPOSE
1. The employer recognizes on-the-job training as an effective means of
supporting employee development and values the contribution of
employees who are responsible for providing such training.
2. The employer pays a trainer’s allowance of five hundred dollars ($500.00)
per month or portion thereof effective date of signing for the period of the
training to employees who are required to provide on-the-job training to an
employee for a specified period of time as part of a formalized training
program.
APPLICATION
3. These guidelines and procedures apply to Nunavut Employees’ Union
(NEU) and Excluded employees who are not assigned training duties as
part of their job descriptions.
DEFINITIONS
4. Designated Trainer a Government of Nunavut employee with
organizational awareness and job-specific knowledge and skills that is
selected by the employer and agrees to provide on-the-job training to a
trainee.
5. Formalized Training Program a structured or mandated on-the-job
training program, such as an internship or traineeship, in which there is a
comprehensive learning plan developed and an ongoing evaluation of
trainee’s progress.
6. Job Shadowing observing someone who is doing the job already to learn
specific systems, processes and/or day-to-day operational requirements
or specific job functions (i.e. “showing the ropes” to an employee).
7. Learning Agreement a document that outlines the duration of the training
period and the roles and responsibilities of the designated trainer, trainee
and supervisor involved in the formalized training program (see Appendix
A).
8. Learning Plan a documented process of identifying learning needs,
choosing a learning goal, identifying actions the employee and department
EMPLOYEE RETENTION
Human Resources Manual
Trainer’s Allowance
Section 315
March 31, 200