Ottawa | (1,340 civilian employees) and the Ottawa Police Association
Renewal agreement: January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2029.
Wage adjustments:
Jan. 1, 2025: 5.1%
July 1, 2025: 1.75%
Jan. 1, 2026: 1.75%
July 1, 2026: 1.75%
Jan. 1, 2027: 1.74%
July 1, 2027: 1.76%
Jan. 1, 2028: 1.75%
July 1, 2028: 1.25%
Jan. 1, 2029: 1.25%
July 1, 2029: 1.25%
Shift premium: 6% of the hourly wage rate of a police communicator (top step) per hour for regularly scheduled hours actually worked between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. As of Jan. 1, 2026, for hours worked between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. For employees covered by former agreement and temporary employees hired prior to Jan. 1, 1995: 5% for hours worked between 4 p.m. and midnight Monday to Friday and 10% on weekends, 10% for hours worked between midnight and 8 a.m. Monday to Friday, 15% on weekends.
Paid holidays: 14 days including 1 floating day.
Vacations with pay: 1.25 days for each completed month of service to start, 15 days after 1 year, 20 days after 10 years, 25 days after 15 years, 26 days after 15 years, 27 days after 21 years, 28 days after 22 years, 30 days after 23 years, 35 days after 27 years.
Overtime: Time-and-a-half for any time working in excess of normal tour of duty and on statutory holidays. Time-and-a-half for time spent attending court in off-duty hours.
Medical Benefits: Employer pays 100% of cost for single or family OHIP. Employer pays 96.44% of premium for semi-private hospital and extended medical program, employee pays 3.56%.
Dental: Employer pays 90.25% of premium for dental plan, employee pays 9.75%. Coverage maximum per insured is $1,800 per year.
Vision: $500 maximum per insured in 2025, increasing to $600 in 2027 and $700 in 2029.
Long-term disability: Employe pays 100% of premium for coverage that provides 60% of monthly salary to a maximum benefit of 109% of prevailing annual salary of a staff sergeant. LTD benefits cease when employee no longer qualifies, reaches normal retirement age, or is eligible to retire with a non-actuarily reduced pension.
Life insurance: Employer contributes $34.65 per month towards purchase of group life insurance for each employee.
Bereavement leave: 4 paid days for death of spouse (including common law), child, parent, sibling, parent-in-law, child-in-law, sibling-in-law, grandparent, grandchild, or person standing in loco-parentis. 1 paid day for death of grandparent of spouse.
Sick leave: 7 hours for each unbroken month of service annually. Up to 56 hours per year can be accumulated to a maximum of 595 hours. If exhausted, unearned credits may be earned and later paid back at a rate of at least 42 hours per year.
Call-in pay: Time-and-a-half for each hour with a minimum 3-hour guarantee.
Probationary period: 9 months. 12 months for Communications Centre employees and Special Constables.
Severance: Layoff notice: 2 weeks for employee with up to 1 year of service, 1 additional week for each additional full year of service to a maximum of 15 additional weeks.
Uniforms/clothing: Employees in Fleet Services, Evidence Control, Cellblock, Temporary Custody, Court Security, Summons Servers, Technical Services, Front Desk Services, and Identification shall be supplied with a uniform and $350 per year for dry cleaning.
Sample rates of pay:
Switchboard operator $34.47-$40.60 (2025) rising in 9 steps to $39.71-$46.77 (2029).
Administration assistant, archive and file storage clerk, fleet attendant, intelligence co-ordinator, training database administrator, TSR administrator: $38.19-$44.98 (2025) rising in 9 steps to $43.99-$51.81 (2029).
Corporate communications specialist, executive assistant, media relations specialist, parking co-ordinator, payroll administrator, special constable court security, talent development co-ordinator: $43.46-$51.18 (2025) rising in 9 steps to $50.06-$58.95 (2029).
Community developer, crime intelligence analyst, IT systems developer/data analyst, supervisor evidence control, supervisor youth programs, telecommunications support specialist: $50.26-$59.19 (2025) rising in 9 steps to $57.89-$68.17 (2029).
Client liaison officer, computer forensics examiner, crisis counsellor, data base administrator, health and safety advisor, manager corporate communications, senior networks security specialist, strategic youth program specialist: $59.71-$70.32 (2025) rising in 9 steps to $68.78-$80.99 (2029).
Manager, operations manager communications centre, program manager service initiative: $72.24-$85.08 (2025) rising in 9 steps to $82.21-$98 (2029).
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