Mr. Speaker, I have a return to Written Question 3-16(3) asked by Mr. Abernethy on February 9, 2009, to the Honourable Floyd Roland, the Premier, regarding the GNWT employee performance bonuses. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
There are three separate policies governing the awarding of performance pay to executive managers, senior managers and excluded employees.
Individuals who are employed through executive manager contracts include deputy ministers and other senior heads of departments and agencies. Provisions for performance pay are included in the executive manager contract. There are no automatic performance increases for these individuals. Based on outstanding job performance and contribution to department and government objectives, these individuals may be awarded up to 15 percent of their salary in performance pay. This can be paid as a one-time bonus, a salary increment or a combination of the two. Performance pay for senior managers is governed by the Senior Managers’ Handbook, which contains terms and conditions of employment approved by the Financial Management Board.
Based on job performance and achievement of specific objectives, senior managers may be awarded up to 8 percent of their salary in performance pay. This can be paid as a one-time bonus, a salary increment, or a combination of the two.
Performance pay for excluded employees is governed by the Excluded Employees’ Handbook. Based on exceptional performance, excluded employees can receive two pay increments for outstanding performance, or a bonus of 5 percent if they are at the top of their pay grid.
Performance pay totals for the 2007-2008 fiscal year are as follows:
$161,262.27 was paid out to 68 percent of the executive managers who were eligible for performance pay;
$738,863.00 was paid out to 82 percent of the senior managers who were eligible for performance pay; and,
$349,182.00 was paid out to 18 percent of excluded employees who were eligible for performance pay.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
