There are potential impacts to an employee’s EI if their first day worked is stated as September 1. EI is payable Sunday to Saturday and since this is part of the payable week it may impact their earnings. Therefore the start date for the Fall Term will be September 2.
Pay periods for the 2018-19 academic year are as follows: https://cupe3906.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/501/2018/08/2018-19-pay-peroids.pdf