counting a month of work experience

[peachie]

I have a question based on counting a full month of work experience.

Criteria for the old rule SINP Post graduate student:
The Post-Graduation Work Permit Stream is for students who have graduated from a recognized post–secondary educational institution in Canada and worked for at least six months (with minimum 960 hours) of paid employment in Saskatchewan to apply for permanent residence while working for a Saskatchewan employer on a Post-Graduate Work Permit issued by CIC.

This was the response I received previously regarding clarification on having multiple employers:The six month employment requirement can be completed by different employers. Once you have worked for at least six months, for as many employers as you like, and have completed at least 960 hours and meet the rest of the eligibility criteria, you may apply to the student category.You must complete 960 hours AND 6 months of experience and you cannot apply until this criteria is met, not before. Processing time does not affect this.[/i]

So I worked on March 27 to April 5, 2012 for employer A.
April 6-9 was easter long weekend.
I then worked for employer B on April 10 to April 25, 2012...then I left.
Can I count this as one full month of work experience?

I have 2 months left to do the work experience. If I can count the above dates as 1 month, then I can submit my application by June 25th provided my employer gets their SINP employer approval form by that time. What do you think?

[SenoritaBella]

4 full 7-day weeks make a month(on average). But Mar 27th - Apr 25th does not give you 4 full weeks, so I would not cut it so close. Consider working for at least 2 more weeks before applying to be on the safe side. Would you also have at least 760 hrs by this June 25th?

[peachie]

Hi SenoritaBella.  I have had intermittent 2 weeks of work here and there while looking for the best job/employer so actually I already have 1070 accumulated hours at present.

If I add two more weeks, and they don't consider the March to April period as 1 full month then I could be refused.  Perhaps I should wait to work another full month till July? I so want to submit it already

[Prats]

My wife completed her one year post graduate diploma from a college in Toronto and landed in Saskatoon this March 2012 for completing her 960 hours work and applying for the SINP programme. She started working with a franchise of a brand as a  food Server. After working for approx 2 months we realized that the owner of the restaurant was very lousy and unprofessional and we asked her if she has ever done SINP for anybody to which she replied NO and has not much idea about it.|

My wife, hence, decided to join a better employer/brand where many people have got SINP before. She served a proper one months notice period and left the company professionally. While leaving she told the employer that she would need a letter from her stating the Joining date, end date, number of hours worked and the per hour salary she got, etc as per the SINP guideline. First, the employer refused to give anything like that. On her several requests and pleas she agreed to give it. My wife made the employer understand what all is required in that letter very well.

Today when she got the letter , she found that the DATE on the letter is incorrect, it incorrectly says she is still working with them, and it DOES NOT MENTION the hours she worked with them. The PAY STUB has her name incorrectly written and then manually rectified with pen. And she also got a ROE, on which everything was OK except the fact that the number of hours were less and it said something like INSURABLE HOURS which we don't understand.

EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED and hurt when my wife called the employer to get it rectified, she said " YOU ARE BOTHERING ME and I CANT GIVE YOU ANYTHING ELSE. This letter costs us a lot of money and we cant do it again."

Sir/Madam, pls guide us as to what can we do to make the employer give us in writing what we need from her. My wife has worked very sincerely with them for 3 months and we need the letter in the right format and words so as to apply for SINP after 960 hours are complete.  What can we do if she refuses to rectify her mistake and provide us the right letter and the correct pay slip with her correct name ? Can we apply for the SINP with just the ROE she has given to my wife or we actually need the letter ? Also, what are insurable hours ? Is it less than actual hours worked ? If yes, does it cut down our actual hours worked ?

PLS GUIDE US AND HELP US and provide us a solution. My wife has spent everyday in Canada following all rules and regulations since Sep 2010 and worked very very hard as a worker and as a student. It is not her fault if the employer is unprofessional and absolutely unaware.|

[peachie]

The ROE is sufficient to show that she worked for 3 months under that employer.  insurable hours is the hours that she worked for the employer; it is called insurable because it is for EI purposes.  Just count the hours from the ROE, submit the ROE copy and move on with the new employer.

this new employer is the one that has to provide the letter of offer for full time permanent position and everything else gthat is required for  SINP.  Even though your wife only has to work 6 months , she has to approach the employer to register with SINP now as an approved employer.

[jes_ON]

And she also got a ROE, on which everything was OK except the fact that the number of hours were less and it said something like INSURABLE HOURS which we don't understand.

Read here about insurable hours:
http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/tx/bsnss/tpcs/pyrll/clcltng/ei/stblsh-eng.html

If your wife was paid an hourly rate, the number of insurable hours should be the same as insurable hours. 

Has she has saved all her pay stubs?  Can prove the difference in the number of hours?  If so, there are things you can do, but if not, you're stuck.

It is not her fault if the employer is unprofessional and absolutely unaware.|

No, it is not her fault, and she did the right thing by finding a new employer.  At least she figured that out early - some people suffer for 2 years thinking they have no choice, and then find out they will have problems getting that letter...

Depending on what the difference in actual vs. reported hours is, it may be more productive to just move on and get the hours with the new employer.  In the scheme of things, another month is [usually] not a big deal...