CAD 8.01
Where a cadet receives an official notice and is required by the Employer to serve as a witness for an OPP related matter incurred in the carrying out of the cadet’s duties on behalf of the OPP, the employee will identify the date(s) required to attend. The supervisor will schedule the cadet to attend as part of the cadet’s regular working schedule.
CAD 8.02
In the event that such court dates(s) occurs after the cadet has ceased to be an employee, payments for attendance at court will be at the same rate as they would have received while employed as a cadet.
Bereavement Leave
CAD 7.01.01
An employee shall be allowed up to three (3) 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, stepdaughter, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, ward, guardians, step-grandparents, step-grandchildren, grandchildren and the grandparents of the employee and spouse. “In-law” and “step” relations listed in this article includes such relatives of a common-law spouse or same sex spouse or partner.
CAD 7.01.02
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.
CAD 7.01.03
Bereavement leave will not be pro-rated for an employee in a Compressed Work Week arrangement.
Pregnancy Leave
CAD 7.02
The Commissioner shall grant leave-of-absence without pay to a pregnant cadet who has served at least thirteen (13) weeks before the expected birth date including service as a Crown employee, as an employee of a Police force which is amalgamated with the OPP or as an employee in the First Nations Police force immediately prior to appointment to the public service. The pregnancy leave granted to cadets will be in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, 2000. Pregnancy leave shall be granted for up to seventeen (17) weeks and may begin no earlier than seventeen (17) weeks before the expected birth date.
Parental Leave
CAD 7.03
The Commissioner shall grant leave-of-absence without pay to an employee who has served at least thirteen (13) weeks including service as a Crown employee, as an employee of a Police force which is amalgamated with the OPP or as an employee in the First National Police force immediately prior to the employee’s appointment to the public service and who is a parent of a child following:
(i) the birth of the child; or
(ii) the coming of the child in the custody, care and control of a parent for the first time.
The leave of absence shall be in accordance with the provisions of the Employment Standards Act, 2000.
Workplace Safety and Insurance
CAD 7.04
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 provisions of the Act will apply.
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.
Definitions
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.
Overtime Amount
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.
Work Schedules
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.
Compressed Work Week
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.
CLASSIFICATION
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.
SHIFT PREMIUM
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.
An employee who is stationed at one of the following work locations shall receive the Northern Non-Resident Allowance in accordance with the following chart, pro-rated by the ratio that the employee’s weekly hours of work bear to full-time employment:
| Location | Weekly Rate |
|---|---|
| Armstrong | $45.00 |
| Atikokan | $37.50 |
| Big Trout Lake (Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug) | $45.00 |
| Blind River – East Algoma | $25.00 |
| Chapleau | $37.50 |
| Cochrane | $25.00 |
| Dryden | $25.00 (effective January 1, 2025) |
| Ear Falls | $40.00 |
| Elliot Lake – East Algoma | $25.00 |
| Englehart | $25.00 |
| Espanola | $25.00 (effective January 1, 2025) |
| Fort Frances | $25.00 (effective January 1, 2025) |
| Greenstone | $37.50 |
| Gore Bay | $37.50 |
| Hearst | $37.50 |
| Hornepayne | $40.00 |
| Ignace | $40.00 |
| Iroquois Falls | $25.00 (effective January 1, 2025) |
| Kapuskasing | $25.00 |
| Kenora | $25.00 (effective January 1, 2025) |
| Killarney | $40.00 |
| Kirkland Lake | $25.00 |
| Little Current | $37.50 |
| Manitouwadge | $40.00 |
| Marathon | $37.50 |
| Moosonee | $45.00 |
| Nipigon | $25.00 |
| Noelville | $25.00 (effective January 1, 2025) |
| North Caribou Lake (Weagamou Lake) | $45.00 |
| Pickle Lake | $45.00 |
| Pikangikum | $45.00 |
| Rainy River | $37.50 |
| Red Lake | $37.50 |
| Schreiber | $37.50 |
| Shabaqua | $25.00 |
| Sioux Lookout | $37.50 |
| Smooth Rock Falls | $37.50 |
| Temagami | $25.00 |
| Temiskaming Shores | $25.00 (effective January 1, 2025) |
| Thessalon | $25.00 |
| Upsala | $40.00 |
| Wapekeka | $45.00 |
| Wawa | $37.50 |
| White River | $40.00 |
For purposes of this Article, “work location” is defined as the address of the working place at which the employee is normally stationed or, in certain special cases, another location designated as headquarters by the Commissioner or the Commissioner’s designee.
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.