Members of this unit

You are members of this unit if you have received in the past year a salary that is managed by Polytechnique Montreal.

External grants whose funds are channeled through Polytechnique.

Funds managed by your research direction.

Specific excellence scholarships on which Polytechnique has no control or management.

  • You only need to be eligible for a portion of your salary to be a member.
Contacts

Your work relations representative: assep.postdoc@gmail.com

Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or issues!

Ongoing grievances and recent agreements

There are no current grievances for this unit. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or issues!

Negotiations

Negotiations for the next collective agreement will begin in 2025. Your negotiating team has been elected on November 28, 2024: learn more this page!

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Oui et non. Vous êtes automatiquement sous la protection du syndicat, et vos conditions de travail sont régies par la convention collective qui a été négociée pour vous par l’équipe syndicale. Cependant, contrairement à l’unité des auxiliaires d’enseignement, la signature de votre carte d’adhésion syndicale n’est pas automatique.

Vous n’êtes donc pas membre en règle par défaut, et vous ne pourriez par exemple pas participer aux Assemblées. Adhérer est gratuit, important pour la pérennité du syndicat et vous donne des avantages, alors n’attendez pas et complétez le formulaire!

At Polytechnique, employer contributions (about 20-25%) are deducted from your funding (e.g. Mitacs), so :

gross salary = financing – employer’s charges

This is the gross salary indicated on your invitation letter. Further charges are then deducted, depending on your tax rate and shown on your pay, to obtain your net salary:

net salary = gross salary – employee’s charges

Please note that if you come from abroad, you may be eligible for a partial exemption from employee taxes: see the question below for the procedure.

Send an e-mail to Guylaine Martin (guylaine.martin@polymtl.ca), copying the person in charge of postdoctoral researchers at Polytechnique (stage.postdoc@polymtl.ca), so that she can send you the latest version of the form.

Depending on the case, you may need the following documents: a certified copy of your original doctoral diploma (translated into English or French if it is not written in one of these two languages), a summary of your thesis, a work permit, and a letter of invitation from Polytechnique.

As a postdoctoral researcher, you have access to Polytechnique’s RRSP (Registered Retirement Savings Plan)!

You can contribute the amount of your choice, as a percentage of your salary, with each pay. Your employer will match your contribution up to a maximum of 5% of your salary.

Not planning to stay in Canada? No problem, you can recover the amount contributed to your RRSP through agreements between financial institutions. Find out more about the funds in your country of origin or departure!

To start contributing, write to the Polytechnique payroll department (paie@polymtl.ca), copying the person responsible for post-doctoral researchers on the Polytechnique side (stage.postdoc@polymtl.ca) and the union side (assep.postdoc@gmail.com).

You must be in possession of a RAMQ card, issued by the Quebec government. If you don’t have access to any other group insurance (via your spouse, for example), you have to subscribe to the insurance provided by your employer.

At Polytechnique, benefits begin 3 months after the start of your first contract. You will then receive an e-mail to create an account on the IA Financial Group. For further information, please contact Carol-Anne Deschênes (carol-anne.deschenes@polymtl.ca), with a copy to the person in charge of postdoctoral researchers at Polytechnique (stage.postdoc@polymtl.ca).

Under a closed permit, you can’t have an employer other than Polytechnique. You do, however, have two options for working for the union:

  1. Request a union liberation under articles 5.02 and 5.03 of your collective agreement: Polytechnique reimburses your supervision for any ASSEP release request, at the same rate as that for which you are working on your research. Your pay is unchanged, and you don’t have to work overtime. You can make an agreement with your supervisor to add the accumulated days at the end of your contract.
  2. Volunteer for ASSEP. You must continue to work full-time on your research, and cannot receive any remuneration from ASSEP.

Under an open permit, you can choose to work overtime for the ASSEP, which will thus be a new employer.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about your involvement: assepinformation@gmail.com