No, members must complete an OPPA Group Insurance form (Form 800) to add the new child(ren) to their insured benefits. The Form 800 is located on the “Forms Library” button of the Member Benefit Services area of the OPPA website at www.oppa.ca
Insurance premiums for mandatory and optional insurances will be deducted from the members SUB- Allowance. Members no longer in receipt of SUB-Allowance and continue to receive EI parental benefits will have an option to maintain their mandatory and optional insurances during the parental leave. Target Benefit Administrators (Target) will send a Benefit Billing directly to the member via e-mail or mail. Members may contact Target directly at 1-416-740-1335, 1-888-660-6055 or at Target@wlvinc.com
No, members must complete an OPPA Group Insurance form (Form 800) to add a child(ren) to their dependent life insurance(s). The Form 800 is located on the “Forms Library” button of the Member Benefit Services area of the OPPA website at www.oppa.ca
Members can purchase or increase optional life insurance policies within 31 days of a life event, i.e. new hire, birth/adoption of a child, marriage, divorce or death of spouse/child without providing an Evidence of Insurability. An Evidence of Insurability is required for all requests beyond 31 days of the life event. The Evidence of Insurability form is located on the “Forms Library” button of the Member Benefit Services area of the OPPA website at www.oppa.ca Members may contact Target Benefit Administrators at 1-416-740-1335, 1-888-660-6055 or at Target@wlvinc.com
While in receipt of SUB-Allowance, pension contributions and applicable pension arrears will continue to be deducted by the employer during the pregnancy and parental leave. Members no longer in receipt of SUB-Allowance and continue to receive EI parental benefits will have an option to maintain their pension
contributions and applicable pension arrears. Members should contact the Ontario Pension Board directly by e-mail at clientservice@opb.ca or at 1-800-668-6203 for all pension related inquiries.
Members should contact the Ontario Pension Board directly by e-mail at clientservice@opb.ca or at 1-800- 668-6203 for all pension related inquiries.
Engraved Watches (as seen below): Featuring the member’s name, retirement date, and badge number, if applicable.
Engraved Pendants (as seen below): Similarly personalized with the member’s name, retirement date, and badge number, if applicable.
OPPA Coasters: Given to those with 5 to 9 years (364 days).
Iceberg Arctic Circle Award: Presented to those who have served between 10 and 19 years (364 days).
The 1/8th rule was established to ensure that members receive their vacation entitlements while still providing appropriate and adequate human resources to manage operational requirements.
The 1/8th rule is used for determining how many members of a front line unit may be off on vacation at one time. For instance, with 1-8 members, one member off, for 9-16 another member can be off and so on. The sergeants are included in the platoon number.
This can be done by platoon, by unit, by detachment or by cluster. Members not included would be those on an administrative schedule performing duties that work independently of a platoon. For instance, those working in a vault would not be included with those working on prisoner transport. Additionally, members permanently accommodated and not working frontline duties would not be included.
If you have any further concerns, contact your local Branch Representative.
As we are all aware, the OPP is a deployed service made up of many work locations, including clusters, made up of more than one detachment. Past practice has allowed a few different methods of selection, however, all are based on seniority and the 1/6th rule.
- Select by Cluster: members of a clustered detachment will select in order of seniority
- Select by Detachment: members of each detachment in a cluster will select in order of seniority
- Select by Platoon: members of individual platoons/units select in order of seniority.
Platoon selection is a local selection system that is to be agreed upon by affected members. As in Q&A#2 there needs to be a 50% + 1 majority of the members who chose to vote in order to determine the local process. The platoon system does recognize seniority (within the platoon) but because the pool of members is smaller may be more restrictive. Management should ensure that there is an equal balance of seniority between platoons to avoid this issue. (Member’s continuous OPS date can be found in the WIN system)