Completed medical certificate should be provided to the requesting Manager/Detachment Commander in a sealed envelope or scanned and sent by e-mail. To maintain confidentiality, the medical certificate should never be faxed.

If an employment accommodation is required the medical certificate must have the specific and time-limited medical restrictions, date of assessment, follow up assessment date and should NOT ever include diagnosis.

The medical certificate must include the date of assessment, the period of absence covered by the certificate, that the employee was unable to work due to illness or injury, expected return to work date, date of next assessment (if applicable) and any employment accommodation needs. The medical certificate should NOT ever include diagnosis.

A qualified medical practitioner, i.e. physician, dentist, nurse practitioner and a psychologist can complete a medical certificate.

A sick day is an absence from the workplace when you are unable to perform the duties of your position due to illness or injury; example: If a medical appointment renders a member unable to attend to their duties, i.e. tests that require sedation, anesthetic or a recovery period.

Some examples are: Scheduled routine medical appointments (annual medical checkup, dental hygiene, vision examinations, hearing tests, etc.), dependent care issues, weather, transit disruptions/traffic jams, vehicle breakdown, and utility disruption.

Uniform members as per Article 7 of the Uniform Collective Agreement.
Civilian members as per Article 12 of the Civilian Collective Agreement.
NOTE: Please refer to the STSP Qualification and Reinstatement chart which is available on the OPPA website at www.oppa.ca

Yes, members have the following options to top-up the 124 STSP credits at 75% salary to 100% salary:
Uniform members – vacation credits, overtime credits and statutory holiday credits. Civilian members – vacation credits and overtime credits.

OPP Association members are entitled to 130 STSP credits each calendar year. The first 6 days are at 100% salary and the balance of 124 days are at 75% salary. NOTE: 130 STSP credits are based on 8 hour days.