Collective Bargaining Arbitration Update Glenn Christie I Julia
Collective Bargaining & Arbitration Update Glenn Christie I Julia Nanos February 3, 2020 Bargaining & Arbitration Update
2019 End Rates (Ontario) Police Service Constable End Rate Comparable Fire End Rate Barrie $101, 520 $101, 270 Toronto $100, 924 $100, 925 Halton $100, 700 $101, 176 London $100, 608 $100, 599 OPP $100, 470 - Waterloo $100, 426 $101, 017 York $100, 421 $100, 983 Peel $100, 420 $101, 237 Bargaining & Arbitration Update 2
2019 End Rates (Ontario) Police Service Constable End Rate Comparable Fire End Rate Kingston $100, 395 $100, 614 Niagara $100, 311 $101, 040 Sudbury $100, 287 - Brantford $100, 268 - Amherstburg $100, 200 $91, 207 Strathroy-Caradoc $98, 662 - Cornwall $97, 646 - Port Hope $97, 439 - Bargaining & Arbitration Update 3
2020 End Rates (Ontario) Police Service Constable End Rate Comparable Fire End Rate Barrie $103, 689 $103, 306 Toronto $103, 457 $103, 458 Halton $102, 987 $103, 107 London $102, 630 - OPP $102, 630 - Brantford $102, 475 - Strathroy-Caradoc $100, 339 - Cornwall $99, 160 - Port Hope 99, 102 - Bargaining & Arbitration Update 4
2021 End Rates (Ontario) Police Service Constable End Rate Comparable Fire End Rate Barrie $105, 904 $105, 382 Toronto $105, 505 $105, 507 Halton $105, 031 $105, 076 London $104, 693 - OPP $104, 661 - Strathroy-Caradoc $102, 045 - Bargaining & Arbitration Update 5
2022 End Rates (Ontario) Police Service Constable End Rate Comparable Fire End Rate Barrie $108, 033 $106, 436 Toronto $107, 457 $107, 458 London $107, 009 - Halton $106, 659 $106, 660 OPP $106, 598 - Strathroy-Caradoc $103, 780 - Bargaining & Arbitration Update 6
2023 End Rates (Ontario) Police Service Constable End Rate Comparable Fire End Rate Barrie $110, 447 $109, 118 Toronto $109, 338 $109, 339 Bargaining & Arbitration Update 7
2019 Settlements and Awards - Ontario Bargaining & Arbitration Update
Ontario Provincial Police Year Percentage Constable End Rate 2019 Jan: 2. 15% $100, 470 2020 Jan: 2. 15% $102, 630 2021 Jan: 1. 00%; July: 0. 97% $104, 661 2022 Jan: 1. 85% $106, 598 Bargaining & Arbitration Update 9
Ontario Provincial Police • • • New introductory step in all civilian wage classifications Pregnancy and parental leave – SEB benefits decrease proportionally with any decrease in EI Scheduling and other committees Increase shift premiums WSIB top-up Psychological services Bargaining & Arbitration Update 10
Toronto Police Services Year Percentage Constable End Rate 2019 Jan: 2. 00%; July: 0. 5% $100, 924 2020 Jan: 2. 00%; July: 0. 5% $103, 457 2021 Jan: 1. 00%; July: 0. 97% $105, 505 2022 Jan: 1. 85% $107, 457 2023 Jan. 1. 75% $109, 338 Bargaining & Arbitration Update
Toronto Police Service • Part-time retiree pilot • Two officer patrol cars • Cleaning allowance • PRU allowance • Legal indemnification • Parental leave top-up: 15 weeks Bargaining & Arbitration Update 12
Toronto Police Service • Health benefits: • Psychological: $5, 000/yr (inc. therapists) • Vision: $450/24 months • Dental: $2, 300/year • Chiro: $500/yr • Physio: $4, 000/yr Bargaining & Arbitration Update 13
London Police Service Year Percentage Constable End Rate 2019 Jan: 1. 1%; July: 1. 2% $100, 608 2020 Jan: 1. 00%; July 1. 00% $102, 630 2021 Jan: 1. 00%; July: 1. 00% $104, 693 2022 Jan: 1. 1%; July 1. 1% $107, 009 Bargaining & Arbitration Update 14
London Police Service • Notice of contracting out of bargaining unit work • Notice of layoff and severance pay • Minimum manning language • Scheduling • Vacation • Long-Term Disability Bargaining & Arbitration Update 15
London Police Service • Benefits: • Psychology/psychotherapist/social worker: $7, 500/yr (2022) • Out of country emergency health ($5 M) • Osteo/physio/chiro/massage/speech therapy: $1650 (2021) • Orthodontic: $6, 000 • Major restorative: $3, 000 Bargaining & Arbitration Update 16
Barrie Police Year Percentage Constable End Rate 2019 Jan: 1. 00%; July: 1. 25% $101, 520 2020 Jan: 1. 00%; July: 1. 25% $103, 689 2021 Jan: 1. 00%; July: 1. 25% $105, 904 2022 Jan: 1. 00%; July: 1. 00% $108, 033 2023 Jan: 1. 00%; July: 1. 25% $110, 477 Bargaining & Arbitration Update 17
Barrie Police • Notice of cancellation of banked time • Unscheduled work on a statutory holiday • Cap on accumulated overtime • Performance evaluations Bargaining & Arbitration Update 18
Barrie Police • Compassionate Care/Caregiver Leave: 85% / 27 weeks (2023) • Pregnancy/Parental Leave: 85% / 50 weeks (2023) • Paid time off • Shift premium • DRE premium - $1, 000 (2022) • Breathalyzer Technician - $500 (2023) • Retirement incentive Bargaining & Arbitration Update 19
Barrie Police • Health benefits: • Vision: $800/24 months (2023) • Laser eye surgery: $3, 500/lifetime (2023) Dental implants: $7, 000/lifetime (2023) Clothing allowance: $1, 500 (2020) Vacation proration WSIB top-up • • Bargaining & Arbitration Update 20
Halton Regional Police Year Percentage Constable End Rate 2019 Jan: 2. 5% $100, 700 2020 Jan: 2. 2% $102, 987 2021 Jan: 1. 985% $105, 031 2022 Jan: 1. 55% $106, 659 Bargaining & Arbitration Update 21
Halton Regional Police • • Technological change Workplace harassment – external investigations (trial) Overtime and court time – 52. 5 hours (cap) Sick leave and sick notes WSIB top up (net) Bereavement leave Shift premiums Bargaining & Arbitration Update 22
Halton Regional Police • Pregnancy and parental leave top-up: “Where a member elects to receive parental leave benefits for greater than thirty-five (35) weeks, the amount of any supplemental benefit payable by the Board… will be no greater than what would have been payable had the member elected to receive the parental leave benefit for the thirty-five (35) week period. ” Bargaining & Arbitration Update 23
Halton Regional Police • Benefits: • Vision: $450/24 months • Paramedicals: $900/each per year • Psychological: $24, 000/year per member $2, 000/year per family member Bargaining & Arbitration Update 24
Hamilton Police Service Year 2018 Percentage Jan: 1. 75% Constable End Rate $98, 451 2019 2020 Bargaining & Arbitration Update 25
Hamilton Police Service • Rank progression • DRE Premium pay • Bereavement leave • Court time • Ability to reschedule vacation • Vacation in first and retirement year Bargaining & Arbitration Update 26
Hamilton Police Service • Health benefits: • Christian science practitioner • Psychological services: $10, 000/year • Hearing aids: $750/3 years • Physio: $3, 750/year (2020) • Paramedicals: $600/each • Vision: $450/24 months + $75 eye exam Bargaining & Arbitration Update 27
Cross-Canada Review Bargaining & Arbitration Update
Constable End Rates (2019 -2020) 110, 000 100, 000 2019 Bargaining & Arbitration Update hn o St. Jo nt ro To W in n ip eg on ka Sa s H ne ici M ed to at e ro s Ca m m be co La n to on Ed m id br Le th De l ta ge 90, 000 2020 29
RCMP Bargaining & Arbitration Update
RCMP Bargaining • National Police Federation certified in July 2019 • Collective bargaining expected to commence in 2020 • Salary, benefits, staffing and retention are key issues Bargaining & Arbitration Update 31
RCMP Bargaining • What will the cost implications be on all levels of government? • What are the possible impacts on policing in Canada? Bargaining & Arbitration Update 32
2018 Constable End Rates 110, 000 100, 000 St . J oh n g pe ni in W sk a Sa on m Ed Bargaining & Arbitration Update to to on n ta el D to ro n To O PP R C M P 90, 000 33
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Scope of Collective Bargaining Federal Public Services Labour Relations Act 238. 19 A collective agreement that applies to the bargaining unit determined under section 238. 14 must not, directly or indirectly, alter or eliminate any existing term or condition of employment or establish any new term or condition of employment if: (a) doing so would require the enactment or amendment of any legislation by Parliament , except for the purpose of appropriating money required for the implementation of the term or condition; or (b) the term or condition is one that has been or may be established under the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Continuation Act, the Public Service Employment Act, the Public Service Superannuation Act or the Government Employees Compensation Act. Bargaining & Arbitration Update 35
Interest Arbitration Criteria 148 In the conduct of its proceedings and in making an arbitral award, the arbitration board must take into account the following factors, in addition to any other factors that it considers relevant: (a) the necessity of attracting competent persons to, and retaining them in, the public service in order to meet the needs of Canadians; (b) the necessity of offering compensation and other terms and conditions of employment in the public service that are comparable to those of employees in similar occupations in the private and public sectors, including any geographic, industrial or other variations that the arbitration board considers relevant; (c) the need to maintain appropriate relationships with respect to compensation and other terms and conditions of employment as between different classification levels within an occupation and as between occupations in the public service; (d) the need to establish compensation and other terms and conditions of employment that are fair and reasonable in relation to the qualifications required, the work performed, the responsibility assumed and the nature of the services rendered; and (e) the state of the Canadian economy and the Government of Canada’s fiscal circumstances. Bargaining & Arbitration Update 36
Interest Arbitration 238. 21 … the arbitration board may, if relevant … take into account the impact of the determination on the operational effectiveness of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Bargaining & Arbitration Update 37
Interest Arbitration 238. 22 (1) The arbitral award… must not, directly or indirectly, alter or eliminate any existing term or condition of employment, or establish any new term or condition of employment, if (a) doing so would require the enactment or amendment of any legislation by Parliament, except for the purpose of appropriating money required for the implementation of the term or condition; (b) the term or condition is one that has been or may be established under the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Superannuation Act, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pension Continuation Act, the Public Service Employment Act, the Public Service Superannuation Act or the Government Employees Compensation Act; or Bargaining & Arbitration Update 38
Interest Arbitration (c) doing so would affect either of the following: (i) the organization of the public service, the categories of members as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act or the assignment of duties to, and the classification of, positions and persons employed in the public service, or (ii) the right or authority of the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police under the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Act to ensure that police operations are effective. Bargaining & Arbitration Update 39
Questions & Answers Bargaining & Arbitration Update
Collective Bargaining & Arbitration Update Glenn Christie I Julia Nanos February 3, 2020 Bargaining & Arbitration Update
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