Banking Staffing FAQs: Payment or under-use

Overuse payment

If I exceed my staffing entitlement, how do I pay the money back?

For any board that has staffing overuse at the end of the banking staffing year, pay period [yyyy]22, and the board remains with overuse for the year after the time period for balancing ends at pay period [yyyy]26, the Ministry will recover the value of overuse out of the board’s operations funds at the rate published in Appendix 1 of Chapter One:Operational Funding. Boards will be advised in writing of any required repayment and when the deduction from a future operational funding instalment/s will be actioned.

Boards are strongly encouraged to monitor their banking staffing reports throughout the year. The time period for balancing the staffing usage from the previous year end position is the final opportunity to use any saved staffing or repay any overused staffing.

Underuse

If I don't use all my staffing entitlement during the year, will the Ministry reimburse me for any banked staffing?

For any board that has staffing under-use at the end of the banking staffing year, pay period [yyyy]22, and the board remains with under-use after the time period for balancing ends at pay period [yyyy]26, the remaining under-use will be reimbursed up to a limit of 10% of the board’s staffing entitlement.

The comparison for underuse will be calculated on the basis of a board’s roll based staffing (ie not the GMFS or Assured staffing if that is greater than the roll-based staffing) and the board’s usage over the year. The rate at which the underuse will be reimbursed will be set by the Resourcing Division in April each year, after the conclusion of the banking staffing balancing period.