CAD 6.01

Cadets who work a minimum of forty (40) hours per week shall earn attendance credits of one and one quarter (1 1/4) days for each calendar month of full attendance. Attendance credits shall be used for protection purposes only in the event that an employee is unable to attend to their official duties by reason of injury or illness.

CAD 6.02

(a) After five (5) days of absence caused by 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 cadet’s supervisor certifying that the cadet is unable to attend to their 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).

CAD 6.03

Notwithstanding other sections, the Commissioner or their designee may require a cadet to submit a medical certificate for a period of absence of less than five (5) days. The cost of the certificate requested shall be borne by the Employer.

CAD 6.04

Accumulated attendance credits may not be carried over by the cadet should they become a member.

CAD 5.01

For the purposes of this Article –

(a) “overtime” means a period of work computed to the nearest half hour and,

(i) performed on a scheduled working day in addition to the scheduled working period and consisting of at least one half (1/2) hour.

(b)

(i) a normal working week is deemed to be five (5) working days of eight (8) consecutive hours each with a meal time period of forty-five (45) minutes during each eight (8) hour period.

(ii) if an employee completes a full eight (8) hour working day or any full shift agreed to under Article 5.05 and is required to forego the meal time period due to exigencies of service, the employee shall be paid for such period at the hourly rate of salary.

CAD 5.02

(a) Overtime shall be paid when an employee is required:

(i) to perform overtime immediately following a scheduled work period at the rate of one and a half (1-1/2) times the employee’s rate of salary;

(ii) to report for any period of work prior to a scheduled work period or after leaving the place of employment at the end of a scheduled work period, with a minimum payment of four (4) hours to be paid at the rate of one and a half (1-1/2) times the employee’s rate of salary;

(iii) to report for any period of work on any day that is not a scheduled work day, with a minimum payment of four (4) hours to be paid at the rate of one and a half (1-1/2) times the employee’s rate of salary.

CAD 5.03

Section 4.02(a)(ii) shall not apply where an employee on being called in not more than one (1) hour prior to the employee’s regular period of work, is given compensating time therefore at the end of that period of work or where the employee attends any training course of two (2) days or more and where the employee is provided with full subsistence.

CAD 5.04

(a) In work locations requiring a work schedule the following arrangements shall prevail:

General Shift Schedule:

(i) Schedules shall cover a seven (7) day period on any day of the week and shall be posted no later than 4:00 p.m. fifteen (15) days prior to the beginning of the period for which the schedule is intended. Rest days in General Shift Schedules shall be consecutive.

Platoon Schedule:

(ii) Schedules shall cover a minimum twenty-eight (28) day period and shall be posted no later than 4:00 p.m. fifteen (15) days prior to the beginning of the period for which the schedule is intended.

Rest days shall be consecutive except in the one (1) shift in a twenty-eight (28) day period where split rest days are required to arrange the platoon schedule.

(b) It is the intention to keep changes in shifts and work schedules to a minimum and, therefore, it is agreed that schedules shall be planned so that employees are not required to change shifts between rest periods while on a platoon schedule or between shift changes while on a general shift schedule. Exceptions to the foregoing are permitted only under the following conditions:

(i) circumstances beyond the Employer’s control requiring a shift change;

(ii) in a situation of emergency where an unusual or unexpected situation occurs;

(iii) if agreed upon between the employee and the Employer;

(iv) the employee has been notified before 4:00 p.m. six (6) days prior to the change, provided such notification changes the employee’s entire shift between rest periods.

In all other cases, the employee shall be paid time and one-half (1/2) for the first day worked on the amended schedule.

(c) Except in circumstances beyond the Employer’s control, the Employer shall not schedule the commencement of a shift within eight (8) hours of the completion of the employee’s previous shift provided, however, that if an employee is required to work before the eight (8) hours have elapsed the employee shall be paid time and one-half (1½) the hourly rate for those hours that fall within the eight (8) hour period.

CAD 5.05

It is understood that other arrangements regarding hours of work and overtime may be entered into between the Commissioner and the Association with respect to compressed work weeks. It is understood that the provisions of a compressed work week agreement are subject to the grievance procedure under this Collective Agreement.

CAD 4.01

The Employer agrees to pay and the Association agrees to accept for the term of this Collective Agreement the salaries for the classifications hereafter set forth in the Cadet Salary Schedule attached hereto as Appendix “A” to this Schedule.

CAD 4.02

When a classification is changed or a new classification is issued, the salary after being initially fixed by Management Board of Cabinet, will be immediately open to negotiations.

CAD 4.03

(a) Up to and including June 30, 2019, a shift premium of ninety-eight (98) cents per hour shall be paid for all hours worked at or after 4:00 p.m. and before 5:00 a.m.

Effective July 1, 2019, a shift premium of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per hour shall be paid for all hours worked at or after 4:00 p.m. and before 5:00 a.m.

(b) Shift premium shall be paid only to employees working on a rotating shift or fixed off-shift basis and shall not apply to regular day workers who are required to work overtime.

(c) Notwithstanding (b) above, shift premium shall not be paid to an employee who, for mutually agreed upon reasons, works a shift for which the employee would otherwise be entitled to a shift premium.

(d) Shift premium shall not be considered as part of an employee’s basic hourly rate.

CAD 3.01

The following Articles of the Collective Agreement shall also apply to Cadet members:

Article 1     Recognition
Article 2     No Discrimination/Workplace Harassment
Article 3     The Ontario Provincial Police Negotiating and Arbitration Board
Article 4     Grievance Procedure
Article 6.06    Stand By Time
Article 7     Short Term Sickness Plan
Article 23    Deductions From Pay
Article 24    Use of Detachment Facilities
Article 25    Information to the Association
Article 26    Deduction of Association Dues
Article 28    New Employees
Article 34    Legal Indemnification
Article 41    Duration

CAD 2.01

This agreement sets out all terms as they apply to Cadet members.

CAD 1.01

The term “Cadet” whenever herein used shall mean a person appointed to the Fixed Term service under the parameters set out in the Cadet Program and within this Collective Agreement.

RPT7.01

Each employee covered by this Collective Agreement, who is required to provide and wear a plain clothes uniform as part of the employee’s duties, shall be reimbursed by the Employer for expenses incurred in the purchase of such clothing, to a maximum of one-thousand, two-hundred and fifty dollars ($1,250.00) per annum prorated by the ratio that the employee’s weekly hours of work bear to full-time employment, inclusive of dry cleaning, upon presentation of the necessary receipts. If an employee performs such duties for less than a calendar year, but for a period or periods totaling one (1) calendar month (30 days) or more in that year, the employee shall be entitled to reimbursement of a proportionate part of the expenses in the same ratio that the employee’s time so spent bears to that calendar year.

RPT7.02

Each employee entitled to the expenses under Section RPT7.01 shall submit a claim once annually in January for the preceding year to be reimbursed not later than the month of February, next following.

RPT6.01

An employee shall be entitled to the following statutory holidays each year:

Any other public holiday as proclaimed by the Governor General or Lieutenant Governor.

RPT6.02

(a) Each regular part-time member shall be assigned a statutory holiday bank. A pro-rated percentage of ninety-six (96) hours, calculated on the ratio that the regularly scheduled hours of work bear to full time employment, will be credited to the bank on January 1st in each calendar year.

(b) If a regular part-time member works a regularly scheduled shift on a statutory holiday the regular part-time member shall be credited with one-half (1/2) of the total number of hours worked to the regular part-time member’s statutory holiday bank.

(c) One (1), two (2), or three (3) eight (8) hour, nine (9) hour or ten (10) hour periods, depending on the scheduled days of the employee, shall be utilized for the Christmas/New Year schedule pursuant to the letter of intent, dated May 3, 1979, with respect to Christmas and New Year schedules. Other accumulated hours may be taken on request of the employee and at the discretion of the Detachment Commander, having due regard for the known or anticipated work load.

(d) Hours accumulated under paragraph (a) and (b) of this Section, and remaining in the statutory holiday bank following the application of paragraph (c), shall be paid in the month immediately following the calendar year.

RPT6.03

An employee normally working in an administrative position, resulting in the employee’s absence on a day that a statutory holiday falls, shall be deemed to have taken that holiday, and the employee’s statutory holiday bank shall be reduced by an amount equal to hours normally worked in a shift, and no further compensation shall be granted. Should the employee’s statutory holiday bank be in a deficit at the year end, the appropriate number of hours shall be transferred from the employee’s overtime bank, vacation credits, attendance credits or shall be worked by the employee as compensation.

RPT6.04

Special holidays as proclaimed by the Governor General or Lieutenant Governor as referred to in Section RPT6.01 and which are granted during vacation leave-of-absence shall be computed as part thereof, but no other holidays shall be computed therein.

RPT5.01

An employee is entitled to a vacation leave-of-absence after the employee has completed no less than six (6) months’ service which shall be limited to the period covered by the employee’s accumulated vacation credits.

RPT5.02

An employee who leaves the service after serving more than a month but less than six (6) months shall receive vacation pay at the rate of four percent (4%) of salary paid to the employee during this period.

RPT5.03

Pay-in-lieu of vacation credits is payable on separation or on death of an employee from the service when an employee has been in the service for six (6) months or more.

RPT5.04

Vacation leave-of-absence must be taken at such time as is designated by the Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee. It is understood that, where practicable, the rescheduling of a previously assigned vacation period will be avoided unless such rescheduling is by mutual agreement.

RPT5.05

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

RPT5.06

Where an employee is unable to reduce the vacation accumulation before the end of the year because of

(i) sickness,

(ii) total disability,

(iii) an injury resulting in an award under the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997, or

(iv) an extraordinary requirement of the Employer, the Commissioner may extend the time limit in RPT5.05 above.

A request in writing for carry over of excess leave must be made prior to 31 December of each year. Failure to make a request will result in the loss of any excess vacation credits.

RPT5.07

Effective January 1, 2009, an employee shall earn a pro-rated portion of the vacation credits shown below based on the ratio that the employee’s weekly hours of work bear to full time employment:

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

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

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

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

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

(b) An employee who has completed one (1) year of service will be credited at the beginning of the vacation year with all the days of vacation to which the employee becomes entitled during the year.

(c) Notwithstanding sub-section (b) above, where an employee separates from the OPP prior to the end of the vacation year, vacation entitlement will be reduced, pro rata, by the number of whole months remaining in the vacation year.

(d) Where an employee separates from the OPP with a deficit of vacation credits, the value of this deficit will be deducted from any monies owing to the employee.

(e) In each calendar year an employee may opt to receive one (1) week’s pay in lieu of two (2) days (16 hours), three (3) days (24 hours) or four (4) days (32 hours) vacation leave, whichever represents the regularly scheduled weekly hours of work. An employee opting for pay must give written notice to the Detachment Commander or Section Manager by November 1st.

(f) Effective January 1, 2017, Article RPT5.07 (e) of this Collective Agreement is deleted.

(g) For the purpose of this Section, “vacation year” shall be the calendar year.

RPT5.08

Vacation credits do not accumulate during any month in which an employee is absent from duty for the entire month for any reason other than vacation leave-of-absence or leave-of-absence with pay.

RPT5.09

An employee is entitled to vacation credits in respect of a month or part thereof in which the employee is at work or on leave-of-absence with pay.

RPT5.10

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, full-time (Civilian and Uniform) 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.

RPT5.11

Where a member who has been working regular part-time wishes to revert to a full time position, any service as a regular part-time member which forms part of the member’s continuous service shall be calculated according to the following formula:

The result of the above calculation when added to the years served as a full time member will identify the total years of continuous service.

RPT5.12

An employee with less than 14 years of service may elect to designate one (1) vacation leave period per year whereby the Employer will protect the rest day(s) which occur immediately before and immediately after the vacation leave period. Employees who elect to protect their rest days during a specific vacation leave period shall identify the designated leave period during their respective annual vacation selection.

RPT5.13

An employee with more than 14 years of service may elect to designate two (2) vacation leave periods per year whereby the Employer will protect the rest day(s) which occur immediately before and immediately after the vacation leave period. Employees who elect to protect their rest days during a specific vacation leave period shall identify the designated leave period during their respective annual vacation selection.

RPT5.14

Where an employee is required to report for any period of work on or during the vacation leave period, including rest day(s) that occur immediately before and after the vacation leave period, the employee shall receive payment in accordance with Article 6.02 (c) of the collective agreement.