Employee Benefits
As per the Nova Scotia Education Act, the Nova Scotia Education Common Services Bureau administers pension and employee benefits plans for individuals employed by education entities. The NSECSB benefits plan has approximately 3,000 members and an annual premium of approximately $6 million.
The NSECSB benefits plan is administered by Johnson Insurance, and offers education entity employees a variety of services and benefits. If you are a member of the Employee Benefits Plan, click here to access the Johnson Insurance Members Only website for information on your coverage. The plan underwriter is Medavie Blue Cross, and to access their member website, click here.
Covid-19 Information for Employees
SSQ’s Psychological services in regards to Covid-19 - for employees with AD&D coverage: click here.
Medavie Blue Cross’ Member site has information pertinent to COVID at https://www.medaviebc.ca/en/ or call Medavie 1-888-227-3400 with your policy and ID number.
Download your employee group benefit plan handbook from the list below:
Annapolis Valley Centre for Education - CUPE
Annapolis Valley Centre for Education - Non-union
Annapolis Valley Centre for Education - NSGEU
Cape Breton-Victoria Centre for Education
Cape Breton-Victoria Centre for Education - Union
Conseil scolaire acadian provincial - CUPE (English)
Conseil scolaire acadian provincial - CUPE (French)
Conseil scolaire acadian provincial - Non-union (English)
Conseil scolaire acadian provincial - Non-union (French)
Conseil scolaire acadian provincial - NSGEU (English)
Conseil scolaire acadian provincial - NSGEU (French)
Nova Scotia Education Common Services Bureau Staff Plan
South Shore & Tri-County Centres for Education - CUPE
South Shore & Tri-County Centres for Education - Non-union
South Shore & Tri-County Centres for Education - NSGEU
South Shore & Tri-County Centres for Education - SEIU
Strait Regional Centre for Education - Non-Union
Strait Regional Centre for Education - Union
Information / Brochures
Brochure Managing Chronic Disease (3.09 MB)
Employee Benefits Committee Members
Employee Benefits Committee Terms of Reference
Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education
Lesley MacDonald, Vice-Chair
Cape Breton-Victoria Regional Centre for Education
Wendy King
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
Lisa deMolitor
Peter Baxter
Conseil scolaire acadien provincial
Normand DeCelles
Halifax Regional Centre for Education
Non-Union
Leanne Chesnutt
Nova Scotia Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
TBD
Nova Scotia Education Common Services Bureau
Jeremy Brown
Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union (NSGEU)
Corinne Carey
Lloyd Samson
Public Service Commission
Cathy Rankin
Claire Norman
Service Employees International Union (SEIU)
Jackie Swaine
South Shore Regional Centre for Education
Christie Macdonald
Strait Regional Centre for Education
Janice Gough
For committee minutes, contact NSECSB Administration at administration@nsecsb.ca.