Toronto (1,780 health-care workers, technicians, specialists, maintenance employees) and the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU), Local 500
Renewal agreement: Effective April 1, 2016, to March 31, 2019. Signed on July 13, 2017.
Shift premium: $2.10 per hour (previously $1.95 per hour) for each hour worked which falls within normal hours of evening shift. $2.35 per hour (previously $2.20 per hour) for each hour worked which falls within normal hours of night shift. $2.45 per hour (previously $2.30 per hour) per hour for each hour worked between midnight Friday to midnight Sunday or such other 48-hour period that employer may establish. $0.60 per hour when employee is assigned additional responsibility of providing preceptorship to students or mentorship to other employees.
Paid holidays: 11 days, plus 1 float day.
Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 3 years, 5 weeks after 12 years, 6 weeks after 21 years, 7 weeks after 27 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 7 1/2 or 8 hours per day or 35 or 37 1/2 hours per week. May be taken as time off, within 4 months, or paid out, maximum 5 days.
Meal allowance: Meal voucher, maximum $6 value, or $6 if employer is unable to provide meal voucher for employee who works more than 2 hours of overtime immediately following scheduled hours of work.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums.
Dental: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums.
Sick leave: 3/4 of day per month, maximum 9 days per year. May be accumulated, maximum 27 days.
STD: 70% of weekly earnings beginning at latest on 10th day of absence, maximum 26 weeks.
LTD: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums for coverage payable after 26 weeks of disability at 66 2/3% of earnings.
Pension: Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, mother, father, stepparent, son, daughter, stepchild, brother, sister. 3 days for death of mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandparent, grandparent-in-law, grandchild, guardian, ward, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew.
Seniority – recall rights: 24 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours’ pay at time and one-half.
Probationary period: 60 tours worked from date of last hire (450 hours of work for employees whose regular hours of work are other than standard workday).
Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months. Any absences of 30 consecutive days or longer will not be counted in calculating 18-month period.
Safety shoes: $125 per year for CSA-approved safety footwear.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide, where required, appropriate protective clothing.
Mileage: $0.42 per kilometre when employee is required to travel to CAMH or to return home, after being called back to work outside of regularly scheduled hours
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 2.8% increase):
Psychologist
Step 1: $44.91 rising 3 steps to $46.18
Pharmacist
Step 1: $38.93 rising 3 steps to $40.03
Research training coordinator/psychological associate
Step 1: $37.96 rising 3 steps to $39.03
Charge technologist
Step 1: $35.98 rising 3 steps to $36.99
Research-methods specialist/IT specialist/clinical-services consultant/sr. program consultant/contracts and licenses officer/facilities planning coordinator/health information specialist/PET systems engineer/project leader/IT/DS coordinator
Step 1: $35.28 rising 3 steps to $36.27
Social worker/counsellor/therapist 2
Step 1: $33.27 rising 3 steps to $34.21
Library coordinator/psychometrist/sr. media relations specialist
Step 1: $32.61 rising 3 steps to $33.53
Sr. technologist
Step 1: $34.26 rising 3 steps to $35.23
OT/PT
Step 1: $31.46 rising 3 steps to $32.35
Communications coordinator/IT IDS analyst/project coordinator/contract specialist/CH&E coordinator/CH&E specialist/research coordinator
Step 1: $31.01 rising 3 steps to $31.88
Dietitian
Step 1: $30.42 rising 3 steps to $31.28
Registered technologist
Step 1: $29.87 rising 3 steps to $30.71
Communications associate/IT programmer/analyst/librarian/finance coordinator/archivist
Step 1: $29.24 rising 3 steps to $30.07
Counsellor/therapist 1/behaviour therapist
Step 1: $29.24 rising 3 steps to $30.07
Animal facilities, lead-hand
Step 1: $24.39 rising 3 steps to $25.08
Lifeguard
Step 1: $16.45 rising 3 steps to $16.91
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 1.4% increase):
System architect
Step 1: $41.27 rising 2 steps to $41.84
Sample rates of hourly pay (current):
Research analyst
Step 1: $23.1 1
Editor’s notes: Computer/VDT monitors: After each hour of continuous operation of computer monitor, operator will be relieved for 5 minutes in which operator will perform other job-related duties. Standby pay: $3.50 per hour for employee on standby and available for call-back duty for holidays or minimum $5 for 8-hour period on standby.
Shift premium: $2.10 per hour (previously $1.95 per hour) for each hour worked which falls within normal hours of evening shift. $2.35 per hour (previously $2.20 per hour) for each hour worked which falls within normal hours of night shift. $2.45 per hour (previously $2.30 per hour) per hour for each hour worked between midnight Friday to midnight Sunday or such other 48-hour period that employer may establish. $0.60 per hour when employee is assigned additional responsibility of providing preceptorship to students or mentorship to other employees.
Paid holidays: 11 days, plus 1 float day.
Vacations with pay: 3 weeks to start, 4 weeks after 3 years, 5 weeks after 12 years, 6 weeks after 21 years, 7 weeks after 27 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work after 7 1/2 or 8 hours per day or 35 or 37 1/2 hours per week. May be taken as time off, within 4 months, or paid out, maximum 5 days.
Meal allowance: Meal voucher, maximum $6 value, or $6 if employer is unable to provide meal voucher for employee who works more than 2 hours of overtime immediately following scheduled hours of work.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums.
Dental: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums.
Sick leave: 3/4 of day per month, maximum 9 days per year. May be accumulated, maximum 27 days.
STD: 70% of weekly earnings beginning at latest on 10th day of absence, maximum 26 weeks.
LTD: Employer pays 80% of premiums, employee pays 20% of premiums for coverage payable after 26 weeks of disability at 66 2/3% of earnings.
Pension: Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan.
Bereavement leave: 5 days for death of spouse, mother, father, stepparent, son, daughter, stepchild, brother, sister. 3 days for death of mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, grandparent, grandparent-in-law, grandchild, guardian, ward, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew.
Seniority – recall rights: 24 months.
Call-in pay: Minimum 2 hours’ pay at time and one-half.
Probationary period: 60 tours worked from date of last hire (450 hours of work for employees whose regular hours of work are other than standard workday).
Discipline: Sunset clause is 18 months. Any absences of 30 consecutive days or longer will not be counted in calculating 18-month period.
Safety shoes: $125 per year for CSA-approved safety footwear.
Uniforms/clothing: Employer will provide, where required, appropriate protective clothing.
Mileage: $0.42 per kilometre when employee is required to travel to CAMH or to return home, after being called back to work outside of regularly scheduled hours
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 2.8% increase):
Psychologist
Step 1: $44.91 rising 3 steps to $46.18
Pharmacist
Step 1: $38.93 rising 3 steps to $40.03
Research training coordinator/psychological associate
Step 1: $37.96 rising 3 steps to $39.03
Charge technologist
Step 1: $35.98 rising 3 steps to $36.99
Research-methods specialist/IT specialist/clinical-services consultant/sr. program consultant/contracts and licenses officer/facilities planning coordinator/health information specialist/PET systems engineer/project leader/IT/DS coordinator
Step 1: $35.28 rising 3 steps to $36.27
Social worker/counsellor/therapist 2
Step 1: $33.27 rising 3 steps to $34.21
Library coordinator/psychometrist/sr. media relations specialist
Step 1: $32.61 rising 3 steps to $33.53
Sr. technologist
Step 1: $34.26 rising 3 steps to $35.23
OT/PT
Step 1: $31.46 rising 3 steps to $32.35
Communications coordinator/IT IDS analyst/project coordinator/contract specialist/CH&E coordinator/CH&E specialist/research coordinator
Step 1: $31.01 rising 3 steps to $31.88
Dietitian
Step 1: $30.42 rising 3 steps to $31.28
Registered technologist
Step 1: $29.87 rising 3 steps to $30.71
Communications associate/IT programmer/analyst/librarian/finance coordinator/archivist
Step 1: $29.24 rising 3 steps to $30.07
Counsellor/therapist 1/behaviour therapist
Step 1: $29.24 rising 3 steps to $30.07
Animal facilities, lead-hand
Step 1: $24.39 rising 3 steps to $25.08
Lifeguard
Step 1: $16.45 rising 3 steps to $16.91
Sample rates of hourly pay (current, after 1.4% increase):
System architect
Step 1: $41.27 rising 2 steps to $41.84
Sample rates of hourly pay (current):
Research analyst
Step 1: $23.1 1
Editor’s notes: Computer/VDT monitors: After each hour of continuous operation of computer monitor, operator will be relieved for 5 minutes in which operator will perform other job-related duties. Standby pay: $3.50 per hour for employee on standby and available for call-back duty for holidays or minimum $5 for 8-hour period on standby.
