FXT6.01

Where an employee reports for work at their scheduled starting time and work is not available, or is called and reports to duty and work is not available, they shall receive two (2) hours’ pay at their basic hourly rate.

FXT6.02

Notwithstanding Article FXT6.01 where an employee has been scheduled to work for less than two (2) hours, they shall receive payment for the hours scheduled.

FXT6.03

Articles FXT6.01 and FXT6.02 shall not apply where the employee has been notified, at least one (1) hour prior to their scheduled starting time not to report for work.

RPT15.1.1

An employee shall be entitled to a paid holiday each year on each of the following days which fall on a day that is a regularly scheduled work day for the employee:

• New Year’s Day
• Family Day
• Easter Monday
• Canada Day
• Labour Day
• Remembrance Day
• Good Friday
• Victoria Day
• Civic Holiday
• Thanksgiving Day
• Christmas Day
• Boxing Day
• Any other public holiday as proclaimed by the Governor General or the Lieutenant Governor.

RPT15.1.2

An employee shall be compensated for each of the holidays to which they are entitled under Article RPT15.1.1. The compensation shall be equivalent to that of their regularly scheduled working day, but shall not exceed seven and one-quarter (7-1/4) or eight (8) hours, as applicable.

RPT15.2

When an employee works on a holiday listed in Article RPT15.1.1, in addition to any compensation to which they may be entitled under Article RPT15.1.2, the employee shall be paid at the rate of two (2) times the basic hourly rate for all hours worked with a minimum credit of the number of hours in their regularly scheduled working day. At the employee’s request, the equivalent number of hours may be credited to the employee’s Compensating Time Bank in lieu of payment.

RPT14.1

An employee shall earn a pro-rated portion of the vacation credits shown below based on the ratio that their weekly hours of work bear to full-time employment:

(a) One and one-quarter (1-1/4) days per month during the first eight (8) years of continuous service;

(b) One and two-thirds (1-2/3) days per month upon completion of eight (8) years of continuous service;

(c) Two and one-twelfth (2-1/12) days per month upon completion of fifteen (15) years of continuous service;

(d) Two and one-half (2-1/2) days per month upon completion of twenty-four (24) years of continuous service;

(e) Two and eleven-twelfths (2-11/12) days per month upon completion of thirty (30) years of continuous service.

RPT14.2

An employee is entitled to vacation credits under Article RPT14.1 in respect of a month or part thereof in which they are at work or on leave with pay.

RPT14.3

An employee is not entitled to vacation credits under Article RPT14.1 in respect of a whole month in which they are absent from duty for any reason other than vacation leave of absence or leave of absence with pay.

RPT14.4

An employee shall be credited with their vacation for a calendar year at the commencement of each calendar year.

RPT14.5

An employee may accumulate vacation to a maximum of twice their annual accrual but shall be required to reduce their accumulation to a maximum of one (1) year’s accrual by December 31 of each year.

RPT14.6

On commencing employment an employee shall be credited with pro rata vacation for the balance of the calendar year, but shall not be permitted to take vacation until they have completed six (6) months of service.

RPT14.7

An employee with over six (6) months of service may, with the approval of the Deputy Minister, take vacation to the extent of their vacation entitlement and their vacation credits shall be reduced by any such vacation taken.

For the purpose of this Section, an employee’s length of “continuous service” will accumulate upon completion of a probationary period of not more than one (1) year and shall commence from the date on which an employee commences a period of unbroken, regular part-time or full-time (Uniform and Civilian) service in:

(a) the Ontario Public Service;

(b) a police force which is amalgamated with the OPP;

(c) the Canadian Forces Military Police;

(d) the OPP Administered First Nations Police;

(e) any other Canadian Police Service; and

(f) Effective January 1, 2025, Ontario Public Bodies and Commission Public Bodies.

(g) Within sixty (60) days of January 1, 2025, employees hired prior to January 1, 2025 and who remain employed will have a one (1) time opportunity to submit in writing a claim for previous service in an Ontario Public Bodies and Commission Public Bodies for the purposes of vacation entitlement only. The employee shall cooperate with the Employer by providing verification of previous service. These claims shall be reviewed by the Employer and employees shall be provided with the appropriate credit for years of service, for vacation entitlement purposes, commensurate with their years of service on a go-forward basis. For clarity, any change to the vacation entitlement shall become effective on January 1, 2025 and there shall be no retroactivity.

For clarity, vacation entitlement (the amount of annual vacation) is based on “continuous service” in (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g).

Vacation selection (the choosing of when to take vacation) is based on “seniority”. “Seniority” is continuous service with (a) and/or (b) only.

RPT14.8

Where an employee leaves the Regular service prior to the completion of six (6) months’ service as computed in accordance with Article RPT14.7, they are entitled to vacation pay at the rate of four percent (4%) of total earnings paid during the period of their employment.

RPT14.9

An employee who has completed six (6) or more months of continuous service shall be paid for any earned and unused vacation standing to their credit at the date they cease to be an employee, or at the date they qualify for payments under a long term disability plan provided by the Association and any salary paid for unearned vacation used up to that time shall be recovered by the Employer from any monies owing to that employee.

RPT14.10

An employee’s service shall not include any period when they are on leave of absence without pay for more than thirty (30) days or a period which constitutes a hiatus in service, such as:

(a) Political Activity (Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006, Part V)

(b) Layoff (Article RPT8 – Layoff, Surplus Entitlements and Surplus Pension Bridging)

(c) Educational Leave (Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006, Public Service Key Directive on HR Administration sections 14 and 15).

RPT14.11

An employee who has completed their probationary period shall, upon giving at least two (2) months’ written notice, receive before commencing vacation, an advance against the pay cheques that fall due during the vacation period, based upon the following conditions:

(a) such an advance shall be provided only where the employee takes at least two (2) consecutive weeks’ vacation;

(b) such an advance shall be in an amount equal to the employee’s lowest net regular pay cheque in the two (2) month period immediately preceding commencement of their vacation leave, and rounded to the closest ten dollars ($10) below such net amount;

(c) where more than two (2) pay cheques are due and payable during the vacation period, in no case will the advance exceed twice the amount set out in (b) above.

Any additional amount due the employee as a result of the application of (b) and (c) above will be paid to the employee in the normal manner.

RPT14.12

For an employee on a Compressed Work Week arrangement, a pro-rated deduction from the employee’s vacation credits will be made for each day of approved vacation leave of absence. The pro-rating will be determined by dividing the hours in the employee’s Compressed Work Week day by seven and one-quarter (7-1/4) or eight (8) hours in a day (as applicable). A partial day’s absence will be pro-rated on the same formula.

RPT13.1.1

An employee who is unable to attend to their duties due to sickness or injury is entitled in each calendar year to leave-of-absence with pay as follows:

(a) with regular salary for the portion of six (6) working days that the ratio of the employee’s weekly hours of work bear to full-time employment.

(b) with seventy-five percent (75%) of regular salary for an additional period of that portion of one hundred and twenty-four (124) working days that the ratio of the employee’s weekly hours of work bear to full-time employment.

RPT13.1.2

An employee is not entitled to leave-of-absence with pay under Article RPT13.1.1 of this Article until they have completed all of their regularly scheduled hours of work within a period of four (4) consecutive weeks.

RPT13.1.3

An employee who is on a sick leave of absence which commences on a regularly scheduled working day in one (1) calendar year and continues to include a regularly scheduled working day in the following calendar year, is not entitled to leave of absence with pay under Article RPT13.1.1 for more than the number of days provided in Article RPT13.1.1 in the two (2) years until they have returned to work and again completed the service requirement described in Article RPT13.1.2.

RPT13.1.4

An employee who has used leave-of-absence with pay for the total number of days provided in Article RPT13.1.1 in a calendar year must complete the service requirement described in Article RPT13.1.2 before the employee is entitled to further leave under Article RPT13.1.1 in the next calendar year.

RPT13.1.5

For the purposes of this Article, where an employee, due to an accommodation measure or a return to work plan, works on a temporarily modified schedule, regularly scheduled hours of work shall refer to the modified schedule for that employee.

RPT13.1.6

Employees returning from a leave-of-absence under a long term disability plan to resume employment must complete the service requirement described in Article RPT13.1.2 to qualify for benefits under the Short-Term Sickness Plan.

RPT13.1.7

For the purposes of this Article, the service requirement described in Article RPT13.1.2 shall not include vacation, leave-of-absence or any leave-of-absence without pay, but days worked before and after such leave shall be considered consecutive. Notwithstanding the above, where an employee is unable to attend to their duties due to sickness or injury, the days worked before and after such absence shall not be considered consecutive.

RPT13.1.8

The pay of an employee under this Article is subject to deductions for insurance coverage and pension contributions and other deductions that would normally be made, as though the employee was receiving regular salary.

RPT13.2.1

An employee who is on leave-of absence with pay under Article RPT13.1.1(b) may, at the employee’s option, have one quarter (1/4) of a day deducted from accumulated credits (attendance, vacation, or CTB) for each day of leave to which Article RPT13.1.1(b) applies and receive regular salary for each such day.

RPT13.2.2

An employee who is absent from employment due to sickness or injury beyond the total number of days leave-of-absence with pay provided for in Article RPT13.2.1 shall have their accumulated attendance credits reduced by a number of days equal to the number of days of such absence and is entitled to leave-of-absence with pay for each such day.

RPT13.2.3

Article RPT13.2.2 does not apply to an employee who qualifies for and elects to receive benefits under a long term disability plan provided by the Employer.

RPT13.3.1

(a) If an employee is absent for more than a calendar week due to sickness, no leave with pay shall be allowed unless a certificate of a legally qualified medical practitioner (i.e., physician, dentist who is a member of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons, or nurse practitioner, practicing within their respective scope of practice) is forwarded to the Commissioner or Assistant Deputy Minister (as applicable), certifying that the employee is unable to attend to official duties.

(b) Notwithstanding (a) above, the Employer may accept a certificate of a psychologist (i.e. a member of the College of Psychologists of Ontario who holds a certificate of registration for a psychologist authorizing autonomous practice, or an individual who has a similar status in another province or territory of Canada).

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Article RPT13.3.1(a), the Commissioner or the Assistant Deputy Minister (as applicable) may require an employee to submit the certificate required by Article RPT13.3.1(a) for a period of absence of less than a calendar week. The cost of the certificate requested shall be borne by the Employer.

(d) Where, for reasons of health, an employee is frequently absent or unable to perform their duties, the Commissioner or the Assistant Deputy Minister (as applicable) may, at the expense of the Employer, require them to submit to a medical examination and to release the resulting medical report to the Employer.

RPT13.3.2

While on sick leave or Workplace Safety and Insurance leave, it is the employee’s responsibility to report to the supervisor, at the earliest opportunity, any change in the employee’s medical situation that would permit the employee to return to full duties or to return to work in a limited capacity and/or estimate their return to work date.

RPT12.1

Where an employee is absent by reason of an injury or an occupational disease for which a claim is made under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, the employee’s weekly rate of pay shall continue to be paid for a period not exceeding thirty (30) regularly scheduled working days. If an award is not made, any payments made under the foregoing provisions in excess of that to which the employee is entitled under Articles RPT13.1.1 and RPT13.2.1 (Short Term Sickness Plan) shall be an amount owed by the employee to the Employer and may be re-paid by the employee by having a corresponding deduction made from the employee’s bank of accumulated attendance credits.

RPT12.2

Up to and including August 31, 2019, where an employee is absent by reason of an injury or an occupational disease for which an award is made under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, the employee’s weekly rate of pay shall continue to be paid without loss of credits for a period not exceeding one (1) year. This period may be continuous or an accumulation of several absences equivalent to one (1) year.

Effective September 1, 2019, where an employee is absent by reason of an injury or occupational disease for which an award is made under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, the employee’s salary shall continue to be paid without loss of credits for the duration of the member’s receipt of WSIB benefits.

RPT12.3

Effective November 1, 2016 salary payments under Article RPT12.2 shall be reduced to the extent necessary to provide that an employee’s net earnings equals one hundred percent (100%) of their net earnings prior to the commencement of their absence.

RPT12.4

Up to and including August 31, 2019, where an employee is absent by reason of an injury or an occupational disease for which an award is made under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, that is less than the employee’s weekly rate of pay and where the award continues to apply for longer than the periods set out in Article RPT12.2 and the employee has accumulated credits, the employee’s weekly rate of pay may be paid and the difference between the weekly rate of pay of the employee and the award shall be converted to its equivalent time and deducted from the employee’s accumulated credits.

RPT12.5

Up to and including August 31, 2019, where an employee is absent by reason of an injury or an occupational disease for which an award is made under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, that is less than the employee’s regular salary and where the award continues to apply for longer than the periods set out in RPT12.2 the employee may, at the employee’s option, elect to receive benefits under the Short Term Sickness Plan as described in Articles 12.01 and 12.08, including the right to use any accumulated credits to supplement the seventy-five percent (75%) benefit to one hundred percent (100%).

RPT11.1

The Regional or Bureau Commander or Director, OPC (as applicable), may grant leave-of-absence with pay to an employee, for not more than four (4) days in any calendar year, upon any special or compassionate ground. Such leave shall not be dependent upon nor charged against accumulated credits of the employee. And further, such leave of absence requests shall not be unreasonably denied.

RPT11.2

An application for leave-of-absence under Article RPT11.1 shall be in writing and shall set out the reason for the leave-of-absence.

RPT11.3

Any denial of such leave-of-absence request may be appealed to the Provincial Commander, Corporate Services, ADM, Policing Services Division (as applicable) or designee.

RPT10.01

An employee shall be allowed up to three (3) consecutive scheduled working days leave of absence with pay in the event of the death of their spouse, common-law spouse, same-sex spouse or partner, mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepson, step-daughter, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, ward, guardian, step-grandparents, step-grandchildren, grandchildren and the grandparents of the employee and spouse. “In-law” and “step” relationships listed in this Article include such relatives of a common-law spouse or same sex spouse or partner.

RPT10.02

An employee shall be allowed one (1) day leave of absence with pay in the event of the death of their aunt, uncle, niece or nephew.

RPT10.03

Necessary traveling time may be granted in accordance with Article RPT11.1 in the event of the death of a relative listed in Articles RPT10.01 or RPT10.02.

RPT10.04

Bereavement leave will not be pro-rated for an employee in a Compressed Work Week arrangement.

RPT9

In Article RPT12 (Workplace Safety and Insurance), Article RPT14 (Vacations and Vacation Credits), Article RPT15 (Holiday Payment), Article RPT10 (Bereavement Leave), Article RPT11 (Special and Compassionate Leave), Article 13.06 (Parental Leave), Article 13.05 (Pregnancy Leave), Article RPT13 (Short Term Sickness Plan) and Article RPT16 (Termination Payment), salary means earnings from weekly hours of work, exclusive of premium payments.

RPT8

The provisions of Article 28 (Layoff) and Article 29 (Surplus Entitlements) shall apply to surplus RPT employees with the following modifications:

(a) Surplus RPT employees who elect to be redeployed shall be assigned to RPT vacancies within the OPPA civilian bargaining unit. Surplus RPT employees will be assigned to full-time vacancies with their consent only.

(b) A surplus RPT employee who refuses a direct assignment to a full-time vacancy will lose further consideration for full-time position but will retain all other workforce adjustment entitlements.

(c) Reference to “Article 31 (Termination Payment)” shall be replaced with “Article RPT 16 (Termination Payment).”

RPT7

Isolation pay as provided by Article 35 shall apply; however, it shall be pro-rated based on the proportion of the part-time Regular employee’s weekly hours of work to the normal hours of work for the class as follows: