Former aquatic employees eligible for salary adjustment 

Djeneba Dosso

The City of Gatineau is actively seeking former employees who held positions in the aquatic sector after June 29, 2016, regarding possible salary adjustments as part of the city’s wage equity program.

“As many of them may have moved or left the region, an appeal is made to the population to trace them,” the city detailed in a press release on September 12. “They may be eligible for a retroactive salary adjustment under the ongoing pay equity process.”

The positions qualifying for the adjustment for the period June 29, 2016 to June 28, 2021, include chief pool lifeguard supervisors, head of beach lifeguard supervisors, monitors, chief monitors, and specialists I and II. For the period starting June 29, 2021, the positions targeted are the same but also include receptionists and assistant lifeguard supervisors.

Automatic deposits will be made into the rightful owners’ bank accounts until the end of December 2024; however, payments can only be issued with up-to-date contact and banking information on file. Therefore, people who have moved since holding one of the jobs listed above should send an email to rh.remuneration@gatineau.ca in order to supply their updated information. Forms for notice of change of address and direct deposits are available on the municipal site under Pay Equity, in the Careers section.

If the personal information is still the same, former employees do not have to contact the municipality. It is unclear whether a deadline to receive the forms has been set; however, salary adjustments for the aquatic sector will not be made past the end of the year.