RPT4.01.01

An employee appointed to the regular service between May 1, 1979 and December 31, 2008 shall be entitled to the benefits described under this section:

An employee,

(a) who has completed a minimum of one (1) year of continuous service and who ceases to be an employee because of,

(i) death,

(ii) retirement pursuant to total and permanent disability that entitles them to a pension or payment under the Public Service Pension Plan,

or

(iii) dismissal for certain reasons under Section 39 of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006, or

(b) who has completed a minimum of five (5) years of continuous service and who ceases to be an employee for any other reason than,

(i) dismissal under Section 34 of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006, or

(ii) abandonment of position under Section 42 of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006,

is entitled to severance pay equal to that portion of a week’s pay represented by the ratio that the employee’s weekly hours of work bear to full-time employment, for each year of service.

Notwithstanding Article RPT4.01.01, an employee who voluntarily resigns is only entitled to termination payments for service accrued up to December 31, 2008.

RPT4.01.02

An employee appointed to the regular service on or after January 1, 2009 shall be entitled to the benefits described under this Article.

An employee,

(a) who has completed a minimum of one (1) year of continuous service and who ceases to be an employee because of,

(i) death,

(ii) retirement pursuant to total and permanent disability that entitles them to a pension or payment under the Public Service Pension Plan, or

(iii) dismissal for certain reasons under Section 39 of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006; or

(b) who has completed a minimum of five (5) years of continuous service and who ceases to be an employee for any other reason than,

(i) dismissal under Section 34 of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006,

(ii) abandonment of position under Section 42 of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006, or

(iii) a voluntary resignation under Section 41 of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006. A voluntary resignation does not include a retirement if the employee ceases employment and is entitled to a pension, other than a disability pension, under the Public Service Pension Plan immediately after retiring,

is entitled to severance pay equal to that portion of a week’s pay represented by the ratio that the employee’s weekly hours of work bear to full-time employment, for each year of service.

RPT4.01.03

Effective December 31, 2016, employees shall no longer accrue termination pay entitlement upon retirement. Termination pay accrued up to and including December 31, 2016 shall be payable at the wage rates applicable on December 31, 2016.

RPT4.01.04

Employees appointed on or after January 1, 2017 will not be entitled to termination pay.

RPT4.02

(a) The total of the amount paid in respect of accumulated attendance credits, severance pay, or both, to an employee appointed to the regular service on or before December 31, 2008 shall not exceed one-half (26 weeks) of the annual salary at the date when the employee ceased to be an employee pursuant to Article RPT4.01.01(a).

(b) The total of the amount paid in respect of accumulated attendance credits, severance pay, or both, to an employee appointed to the regular service on or after January 1, 2009 shall not exceed one-quarter (13 weeks) of the annual salary at the date when the employee ceased to be an employee.

(c) The calculation related to accumulated attendance credits or severance pay shall be based on the annual salary the employee was receiving when the employee ceases to be an employee.

(d) Where a computation for severance pay involves part of a year, the computation of that part shall be made on a monthly basis, and

(i) any part of a month that is less than fifteen (15) days shall be disregarded

(ii) any part of a month that is fifteen (15) days or more shall be deemed to be a month.

RPT4.03

An employee is not entitled to severance pay in respect of a period,

(a) when the employee is on leave-of-absence without pay for a period which is greater than thirty (30) days, or for a period which constitutes a hiatus in their service such as:

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

(ii) Layoff (Article 29)

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

RPT4.04

An employee may receive only one (1) termination payment for a given period of service.

RPT4.05

Any severance pay to which an employee is entitled under Article RPT4 shall be reduced by an amount equal to any payment to which the employee is entitled under Section 15.01(b) of Article 15.

RPT4.06

An employee, upon ceasing to be an employee, shall have any accrued severance pay entitlements from their service when covered by Part A of this agreement calculated on the basis of the employee’s salary as though the employee were employed full-time.

RPT3.01

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

(i) 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.
(ii) with 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.

RPT3.02

An employee is not entitled to leave-of-absence with pay under Section RPT3.01 of this Article until after completion of all regularly scheduled hours of work within a period of four (4) consecutive weeks.

RPT3.03

An employee who is on leave-of-absence with pay under this Article that commences in one (1) calendar year and continues into the next calendar year is not entitled to leave-of-absence with pay under Section RPT3.01 of this article for more than the number of days provided in RPT 3.01 in the two (2) calendar years until the employee has completed the service requirement in RPT3.02.

RPT3.04.01

An employee who has used leave-of-absence with pay for the total number of days provided in RPT3.01 in a calendar year must complete the service requirement of RPT3.02 before the employee is entitled to further leave under Section RPT3.01 of this Article in the next calendar year.

RPT3.04.02

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.

RPT3.05

The pay of an employee under this Article is subject to deductions for insurance coverage and pension contributions and contributions that would normally be made by the Employer as though the employee were receiving his/her regular salary.

RPT3.06

An employee who is on leave-of-absence with pay under Section RPT3.01(ii) of the Article may, at the employee’s option, have one quarter (1/4) of a day deducted from the employee’s accumulated credits (attendance, vacation, statutory holiday bank or overtime credits) for each day of leave to which Section RPT3.01(ii) applies and receive salary for each such day.

RPT3.07

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 Section RPT3.01 of this Article 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.

RPT3.08

Section RPT3.07 does not apply to an employee who qualifies for and elects to receive benefits under a long term disability plan provided by the Employer.

RPT3.09

(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, the Commissioner’s designee, 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 Section RPT3.09(a), the Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee, who shall be a Commissioned Officer, may require an employee to submit the certificate required by Section RPT3.09(a) for a period of absence of less than a calendar week. The cost of the certificate requested shall be borne by the employer.

RPT3.10

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

RPT3.11

An employee appointed prior to April 1, 1979, will be entitled to benefits provided by the Short Term Sickness Plan effective from May 1, 1979.

RPT3.12

Notwithstanding Section RPT3.11 and an employee who has qualified for or is receiving benefits provided under a long term disability plan provided by the Employer must complete the regularly scheduled hours of four (4) consecutive weeks of employment to qualify for benefits under the Short Term Sickness Plan.

RPT3.13

Employees appointed on or after April 1, 1979, must complete the regularly scheduled hours of four (4) consecutive weeks to qualify for benefits under the Short Term Sickness Plan.

RPT3.14

An employee shall have the attendance credits earned and unused to April 30, 1979, from those credits advanced on October 1, 1978, added to the employee’s total of accumulated credits. An employee shall retain all credits earned and unused prior to May 1, 1979, for use as specified under Section RPT3.06 of this Article, or, where the member is eligible, under Article RPT4 upon termination.

RPT3.15

For the purposes of this Article the regular scheduled hours of four (4) consecutive weeks 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.

RPT2.01

The following Articles of the Collective Agreement shall also apply to regular part-time uniform 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 5     SALARIES
ARTICLE 6     HOURS OF WORK & OVERTIME
ARTICLE 9     LEAVE-OF-ABSENCE
ARTICLE 10    COURT WITNESS
ARTICLE 11    AUTHORIZED LEAVE FOR OTHER REASONS
ARTICLE 12    LEAVE-OF-ABSENCE FOR ASSOCIATION BUSINESS
ARTICLE 15    ENTITLEMENT ON DEATH
ARTICLE 17    MOTORCYCLE ALLOWANCE
ARTICLE 18    UNIFORM AND EQUIPMENT ISSUE
ARTICLE 19    PAID DUTY
ARTICLE 20    TRANSFER TO OTHER MINISTRY
ARTICLE 21    NOTICE OF TRANSFER
ARTICLE 22    TEMPORARY POSTINGS
ARTICLE 23    DEDUCTIONS FROM PAY
ARTICLE 25    INFORMATION TO THE ASSOCIATION
ARTICLE 26    DEDUCTION OF ASSOCIATION DUES
ARTICLE 27    PERSONNEL FILE
ARTICLE 29    LAY-OFF AND RECALL
ARTICLE 31    INFORMAL DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURE
ARTICLE 34    LEGAL INDEMNIFICATION
ARTICLE 39    LONG TERM INCOME PROTECTION
ARTICLE 41    DURATION

RPT1.01

This agreement sets out all the terms as they apply to Regular Part-time Uniform members.

CPT9.01

There shall be ongoing discussion between the parties to this Collective Agreement on the casual part-time program in areas related to budget allocation, employee qualifications, and work assignments.

CPT9.02

Specific requirements with respect to such things as qualifications, experience, training, and previous job performance shall be as outlined in OPP policy. Changes to the policy will be subject to discussions pursuant to clause C9.01.

CPT9.03

Casual part-time police officers may be utilized in work assignments as designated by the detachment or unit commander, with the understanding that should a situation arise that requires immediate action they will be expected to respond as fully qualified police officers.

CPT8.01

Once a year, upon written request, the Detachment Commander or Section Manager shall grant an employee permission to examine the employee’s own personnel file at the location where it is maintained.

If it is determined, upon the basis of evidence supplied by an employee, that any material contained in the file is incorrect, such material shall be corrected accordingly.

An employee shall be permitted to examine their file during off duty hours and shall do so at their own expense.

CPT7.01

The Employer shall continue to make necessary or approved deductions from an employee’s pay for entitlements, taxes and other customary purposes and provide the employee with a statement of such deductions with each pay cheque.

CPT6.01

The issuing of uniforms and equipment necessary for the performance of duty will be upon the same basis as in effect upon the commencement date of this Collective Agreement.

CPT5.01

Casual part-time employees will receive four percent (4%) of gross pay added to the employee’s regular pay in lieu of vacation leave with pay.

CPT5.02

4.6% of gross pay, not including vacation pay, shall be added to the employee’s regular pay to compensate for the holidays defined in Article 14.01 of the Collective Agreement. When the employee is required to work on any of these holidays, the employee shall be paid at one and one half (1-1/2) times the basic hourly rate for all hours worked in addition to the 4.6%.

CPT5.03

The entitlements under CPT5.01 and CPT5.02 shall not be compounded.

CPT4.01

(a) A casual part-time employee shall be scheduled to work no more than thirty (30) hours in each calendar week.

(b) A casual part-time employee shall be paid one and one-half (1-1/2) times the basic hourly rate for authorized hours of work (computed to the nearest half hour) in excess of the normal scheduled work day for that location, i.e., 8, 9, 10, or 12-hour shift.

(c) The Employer will take all reasonable steps to ensure that any casual part-time officer’s hours do not exceed the thirty-hour (30) maximum per week unless operationally necessary. The Employer will provide the Association a quarterly report of hours of work and duties for casual part-time officers.