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OTBU Executive Elections 2018-2020
Congratulations to all the candidates who were elected.
Your 2018-2020 Executive -elect are:
PRESIDENT :
Linda Bartram with 264 votes
FIRST VICE PRESIDENT:
Vincent Zambrano was acclaimed
SECOND VICE PRESIDENT:
Paul Bocking with 269 votes
SECRETARY:
Lillian Speedie-Court was acclaimed
TREASURER:
Michael Fraschetti was acclaimed
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS:
Jamie Whitaker with 235 votes
Coleridge Browne with 227 votes
Brad Mcleod with 187 votes
Laura Drexler with 181 votes
Unsuccessful candidates :
President :
DREXLER, Laura 64 votes
CARTER Janine 41 votes
Second Vice President:
Wilson, Peterr 84 votes
Executive Officer:
LESFRESNE Jon 162 votes
WILSON, Peter 86 votes
MALMUD, Maureen 74 votes
MACDONALD Ross 68 votes
DERRIDER, Ghislain 44 votes
SANDOVAL, Nelson 37 votes
The Elections Committee and Executive will review the results of the vote and the effectiveness of the new voting system to report back to the membership in the fall.
Labour Rights for OTs under Bill 148
Personal Emergency Leave (PEL) for Daily OTs
The Employment Standards Act (ESA) now entitles employees who have been employed for at least a week with an employer to access two paid Personal Emergency Leave (PEL) days and 8 unpaid PEL days per calendar year.
This paid PEL entitlement would apply to Occasional Teachers who currently do not have access to paid leave. A daily Occasional Teacher would be entitled to up to two days of paid PEL days per calendar year due to: Personal Illness; or Death, illness, injury, medical emergency or urgent matter relating to family members as defined in the ESA.
At a recent meeting of the OT Consultation Committee, the TDSB acknowledged the right of daily Occasional Teachers to access up to two paid PEL days per year in certain circumstances. Although each personal emergency situation is unique, generally speaking a daily Occasional Teacher who books an assignment and is then unable to attend the assignment due to any of the above reasons would likely be eligible for a paid PEL day (to a maximum of two PEL days per year). Here are a couple of examples assist you in deciding whether you should be requesting a paid PEL day:
Example 1: Member is booked for a one-day assignment the night before a job. At 6 am the next day, the member gets a call and finds out his father is missing from his long term care facility. The member has to cancel the booked job to help in the search for his father. The member subsequently makes a request for a paid PEL day for the cancelled assignment.
Example 2: Member has booked a three day assignment and has attended the first and second days of the assignment. The member develops a migraine on the third day of the assignment, can’t attend work and cancels the assignment. The member subsequently makes a request for a paid PEL day for the cancelled assignment day.
Until a formal protocol is in place, daily Occasional Teachers may access paid PEL days by:
a) contacting the school Principal and notifying them that you are cancelling an assignment booked in advance due to an immediate, personal emergency. This should be done as soon as possible after you are aware of the personal emergency.
b) submitting your request for the day to be paid to the TDSB Occasional Teaching Office using the Leave Request Form for Occasional Teaching Staff that can be accessed at TDSBWeb under “Forms Occasional Teaching.
If you have questions about applying for a PEL day or whether your situation would qualify, please contact the OTBU office to discuss the matter.
Family Medical Leave
Effective January 1, 2018, family medical leave is being increased from 8 weeks to 28 weeks, and the list of family members that the leave can be taken for has been expanded. The leave is available where a qualified medical professional issues a certificate stating that the family member has a serious medical condition with a significant risk of death within 26 weeks.
Critical Illness Leave
Bill 148 replaces what was formerly “Critically Ill Child Care Leave” with “Critical Illness Leave”, and expands it to a larger list of family members effective December 3, 2017. The leave is available to employees who have been employed for greater than 6 consecutive months, and consists of 37 weeks of leave in the case of a minor child, and 17 weeks in the case of an adult. The employee must present a medical certificate stating that the individual requires care or support, and setting out the period of time that the care is needed. The leave is then limited to the period of time set out in the certificate.
Pregnancy and Parental Leave
Effective January 1, 2018, pregnancy leave for employees who suffer a still birth or miscarriage is increased to 12 weeks following the loss. Also with respect to pregnancy leave, a “legally qualified medical practitioner” who can provide a medical certificate now includes a qualified physician, midwife, nurse with an extended certificate of registration, or a prescribed class of medical practitioners. Effective December 3, 2017, the parental leave provisions have been significantly increased. Parental leave is increased from 35 to 61 weeks for employees who took a pregnancy leave, and from 37 to 63 weeks for employees who did not. The improved leaves in both categories are available only to those employees whose entitlement to the leave arose on or after the date that the new provisions came into effect. Corresponding changes have been made to the Employment Insurance Act to allow employees to spread their EI benefits over the longer leave period should they choose to do so.
Domestic and Sexual Violence Leave
Effective January 1, 2018, there is a new provision for Domestic and Sexual Violence Leave that is available for employees who have been employed for at least 13 weeks. This leave is available where the employee or their child has experienced domestic or sexual violence or the threat of such violence. Two separate amounts of leave are available: 10 days and 15 weeks, although leave under each amount is deemed to be taken in whole units, regardless of whether the employee takes the whole day or whole week off. Under the Bill, the first 5 days of leave are paid days. The Bill states that the leave must be taken for one of the following reasons:
i) To seek medical attention
ii) To obtain services from a victim services organization
iii) To obtain professional counselling
iv) To relocate
v) To seek legal or law enforcement provisions
The Employment Standards Act (ESA) now entitles employees who have been employed for at least a week with an employer to access two paid Personal Emergency Leave (PEL) days and 8 unpaid PEL days per calendar year.
This paid PEL entitlement would apply to Occasional Teachers who currently do not have access to paid leave. A daily Occasional Teacher would be entitled to up to two days of paid PEL days per calendar year due to: Personal Illness; or Death, illness, injury, medical emergency or urgent matter relating to family members as defined in the ESA.
At a recent meeting of the OT Consultation Committee, the TDSB acknowledged the right of daily Occasional Teachers to access up to two paid PEL days per year in certain circumstances. Although each personal emergency situation is unique, generally speaking a daily Occasional Teacher who books an assignment and is then unable to attend the assignment due to any of the above reasons would likely be eligible for a paid PEL day (to a maximum of two PEL days per year). Here are a couple of examples assist you in deciding whether you should be requesting a paid PEL day:
Example 1: Member is booked for a one-day assignment the night before a job. At 6 am the next day, the member gets a call and finds out his father is missing from his long term care facility. The member has to cancel the booked job to help in the search for his father. The member subsequently makes a request for a paid PEL day for the cancelled assignment.
Example 2: Member has booked a three day assignment and has attended the first and second days of the assignment. The member develops a migraine on the third day of the assignment, can’t attend work and cancels the assignment. The member subsequently makes a request for a paid PEL day for the cancelled assignment day.
Until a formal protocol is in place, daily Occasional Teachers may access paid PEL days by:
a) contacting the school Principal and notifying them that you are cancelling an assignment booked in advance due to an immediate, personal emergency. This should be done as soon as possible after you are aware of the personal emergency.
b) submitting your request for the day to be paid to the TDSB Occasional Teaching Office using the Leave Request Form for Occasional Teaching Staff that can be accessed at TDSBWeb under “Forms Occasional Teaching.
If you have questions about applying for a PEL day or whether your situation would qualify, please contact the OTBU office to discuss the matter.
Family Medical Leave
Effective January 1, 2018, family medical leave is being increased from 8 weeks to 28 weeks, and the list of family members that the leave can be taken for has been expanded. The leave is available where a qualified medical professional issues a certificate stating that the family member has a serious medical condition with a significant risk of death within 26 weeks.
Critical Illness Leave
Bill 148 replaces what was formerly “Critically Ill Child Care Leave” with “Critical Illness Leave”, and expands it to a larger list of family members effective December 3, 2017. The leave is available to employees who have been employed for greater than 6 consecutive months, and consists of 37 weeks of leave in the case of a minor child, and 17 weeks in the case of an adult. The employee must present a medical certificate stating that the individual requires care or support, and setting out the period of time that the care is needed. The leave is then limited to the period of time set out in the certificate.
Pregnancy and Parental Leave
Effective January 1, 2018, pregnancy leave for employees who suffer a still birth or miscarriage is increased to 12 weeks following the loss. Also with respect to pregnancy leave, a “legally qualified medical practitioner” who can provide a medical certificate now includes a qualified physician, midwife, nurse with an extended certificate of registration, or a prescribed class of medical practitioners. Effective December 3, 2017, the parental leave provisions have been significantly increased. Parental leave is increased from 35 to 61 weeks for employees who took a pregnancy leave, and from 37 to 63 weeks for employees who did not. The improved leaves in both categories are available only to those employees whose entitlement to the leave arose on or after the date that the new provisions came into effect. Corresponding changes have been made to the Employment Insurance Act to allow employees to spread their EI benefits over the longer leave period should they choose to do so.
Domestic and Sexual Violence Leave
Effective January 1, 2018, there is a new provision for Domestic and Sexual Violence Leave that is available for employees who have been employed for at least 13 weeks. This leave is available where the employee or their child has experienced domestic or sexual violence or the threat of such violence. Two separate amounts of leave are available: 10 days and 15 weeks, although leave under each amount is deemed to be taken in whole units, regardless of whether the employee takes the whole day or whole week off. Under the Bill, the first 5 days of leave are paid days. The Bill states that the leave must be taken for one of the following reasons:
i) To seek medical attention
ii) To obtain services from a victim services organization
iii) To obtain professional counselling
iv) To relocate
v) To seek legal or law enforcement provisions
Victory: Custodial Jobs Protected
The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) reports that Cadillac Fairview, a company owned by the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, has agreed to recognize the union of custodial staff at the office buildings that it owns in Vancouver, ending its attempt to outsource their work. The Toronto Star also reported on the story. The union thanks all teachers who sent letters of support to the OTPP last week.
PD day October 5, 2018!!!
You are invited to join us at the AGO on the Friday, October 5th PD Day from 1:00-4:00 pm to view, discuss and participate in the latest AGO exhibition, Anthropocene.
It is a perfect exhibition for Occasional Teachers with a wide variety of subject backgrounds who can take knowledge from this exciting exhibition and bring it directly into their classrooms. Lunch provided.
An international group of scientists believe that we are in a new geological epoch called Anthropocene due to the impact humans have had on Earth. Spanning six continents and 20 countries, from the concrete sea walls of China to the marble quarries of Italy, from landfills in Nairobi to logging sites in British Columbia, Anthropocene reveals the human impact on our planet through large scale photographs, film and Augmented Reality AR installations for a full sensory experience. The artists travelled to countries on every continent, save Antarctica, documenting irreversible marks of human activity. Informed by scientific research, powered by aesthetic vision, inspired by a desire to bear witness, they reveal the scale and gravity of our impact on the planet.
RSVP to the OTBU office by phone: 416-423-3600 or email otbu.office@d12.osstf.ca . Register early as capacity is limited.
If you can't work, book yourself off SFE!
TDSB officials recently confimed their intention to operationalize clause 20.7.0 of the Collective Agreement. which reads :
"An occasional teacher who refuses four or more assignments for which they are qualified within a period of twenty (20) school days or who cannot be personally contacted for an assignment over a period of fifteen (15) consecutive school days may be removed from the list."
Therefore, if you are unable to work, please ensure you book off your period of unavailability with SFE.
If you are unable to accept work for a period exceeding 3 consecutive weeks, please submit a completed Occasional Teaching Leave Form.
If you know that you will not be available for daily work for a period less than 3 consecutive weeks, it is important that you adjust your SFE profile so you do not receive job offers.
This can be done via the web, or phone:
Creating Unavailable dates via Web Browser Access:
1. Type tdsb.eschoolsolutions.com in the address bar of your Internet Browsing Software.
2. Enter your User ID and Password.
3. Click Submit.
4. Go to Schedule.
5. Click on Unavail Dates.
6. Click on New.
7. Enter Start and End Date Range (MM/DD/YYYY) or use the calendar.
8. Select the All Day check box or enter the time range in HH:MM am or pm format.
9. Select the Call for Future Assignments checkbox, if during the unavailable time period entered you would still like to receive calls for future assignments. Leave box unchecked if you do not want any calls during this time.
10. Click Save.
Creating Unavailable dates via Telephone Access:
1. Dial 416-338-4500
2. Enter your Access ID and PIN.
3. Press 5 to Review or Modify Unavailability Dates.
4. Press 2 to add new Unavailability date(s)
5. Enter Start Date: two digits for the month, two digits for the day, two digits for the year (eg. September 2, 2016 = 090216)
6. Repeat for the End Date
7. Indicate if unavailability is all day
· Press 1 for YES
· Press 2 to enter time of unavailability. Enter two digits for the hour and two digits for the minutes. Press 1 for AM and 2 for PM.
Note: If you are in a full time LTO, you should keep your schedule listed as available Monday to Friday, but make yourself unavailable through the Unavailable dates. Once your LTO is over, please remember to check your Unavailable dates to ensure that you will receive calls for daily work.
Removing Classification or Locations from your profile
If you are interested in removing particular locations or classifications from your SFE profile, you may send your request to dispatchteaching@tdsb.on.ca. Once received, your request will be reviewed and an Occasional Teaching Office representative will be in contact with you.
Pay Day
Beginning with the June 2, 2016 pay, all teachers and PSSP members will no longer be provided with a printed pay statement on pay day.
Your pay statement will be available online only at MyINFO the Wednesday before pay day.
This applies to elementary and secondary contract teachers, all occasional teachers, and all Professional School Services Personnel.
Your T4 slip will also be available online.
For more information, please contact: myINFO Help Desk by phone at 416-338-4747 - Option 4, or by email at myINFOhelp@tdsb.on.ca
2017-2018 Pay Dates
Your pay statement will be available online only at MyINFO the Wednesday before pay day.
This applies to elementary and secondary contract teachers, all occasional teachers, and all Professional School Services Personnel.
Your T4 slip will also be available online.
For more information, please contact: myINFO Help Desk by phone at 416-338-4747 - Option 4, or by email at myINFOhelp@tdsb.on.ca
2017-2018 Pay Dates
OCT fee hike defeated!
The proposed fee hike for the Ontario College of Teachers has been defeated and will remain at $150 for the 2018-2019 year. Please remember to pay the fee before April 30 to avoid an expensive re-registration fee!
Strange times in Ontario provincial politics -Vote for Change June 7
Every Ontario political pundit must have a headache from continuously shaking their heads at the recent state of Ontario politics.
It was hard enough to fathom how a political party could implode so completely, so close to an election as did the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party.
Add to that the whiplash turnaround election of a leader who is a well-known extreme right wing populist, who has subsequently moved the PCs from what was widely, although erroneously, lauded as a “progressive” Conservative platform to one that, where we know anything about it, is entirely cuts-oriented. Add a Trump-like approach to campaigning, and it’s no wonder many of us are left wondering what’s next for Ontario generally, and publicly funded education in particular.
Why should you care? - Cuts will hurt
Here’s what we do know: Mr. Ford has promised to find “efficiencies”.
We know what that means: cuts.
Reports indicate that Ford will need to find $6 billion in “efficiencies” if he’s to replace the revenue that will be lost without the carbon tax. (Toronto Star, March 14, 2018)
Last Provincial election, Mr. Hudak was soundly rejected on the premise that he would let go 100,000 public sector workers in order to save just $2 billion.
Economist Jim Stanford predicts that Ford will need to find $25 billion in spending cuts over the four years he would govern should he be elected with a majority. (Globe and Mail, March 19, 2018)
He wants to change the Sex Ed curriculum, taking out the ‘controversial bits’. Ford, the same man who said “Absolutely Donald Trump respects women,” wants to determine how to teach about safe relationships and consent.
Then there’s his IOU to the social conservatives who once before argued for extended funding for private religious schools. This could lead to a voucher system where tax dollars are allowed to follow the student to a private school of their choosing, redirecting precious public money and jobs away from our schools.
Ontario’s educators have seen this movie before. In fact, we’ve starred in it. When a government looks to cut large amounts from its budget, we know how it ends for teachers, education workers, students and schools.
With one or two simple changes to funding and regulations teachers could be back to teaching 7 out of 8 and required to provide coverage and supervision; OTs could find that their work is diminished as a result and support staff could see their numbers reduced and/or the reintroduction of partnerships with community organizations whose lower paid employees take over. This is not hyperbole. These are all things that have happened under the last Tory regime.
Collective action is political action
The job of the OSSTF Toronto Executive is to advocate for and protect our Members and publicly funded education.
We can think of no greater threat to public education than a Ford-led Tory government, and no time where the collective action of the OSSTF Membership might have a greater impact on the protection of our students and our schools.
Changes to election financing means the union cannot advocate by donation. It is going to be up to each of us to get involved if we are to have any chance of warding off a Ford majority.
OSSTF Toronto election strategy
This strategy is decisively surgical in nature, using the best information we have to support candidates we believe in, and to support candidates who have the best chance of thwarting a Tory. This strategy was developed and agreed upon in conjunction with Provincial OSSTF, all Bargaining Units in this District and with the inclusion of Chapter 12, ARM (Active Retired members).
OSSTF Toronto endorsed candidates are:
Beaches-East York- Rima Berns-McGown
Don Valley East - Michael Coteau
Davenport- Marit Stiles
Don Valley North - Shelley Carroll
Etobicoke North- Mahamud Amin
Etobicoke Centre -Yvan Baker
Humber River-Black Creek- Tom Rakocevic
Etobicoke Lakeshore -Peter Milczyn
Parkdale-High Park- Bhutila Karpoche
Scarborough Guildwood - Mitzie Hunter
Scarborough Southwest - Doly Begum
Scarborough North - Chin Lee
Spadina-Fort York- Chris Glover
Willowdale -David Zimmer
Toronto Centre -Suze Morrison
Toronto-Danforth - Peter Tabuns
University -Rosedale - Jessica Bell
A list of endorsed candidates in the 905 region will be sent out next week.
Meet the candidate
OSSTF Toronto is hosting OSSTF members-only opportunities to meet OSSTF endorsed candidates in Toronto. Snacks, beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided. Receiptable expenses incurred as a result of travel/parking and/or dependent care will be reimbursed in accordance with OSSTF Provincial rates of reimbursement.
If you live in one of the following ridings and would like to attend, as an OSSTF Member who lives in that riding you are welcome as a guest of OSSTF Toronto. To RSVP, click the appropriate link below.
Scarborough-Guildwood
Davenport or Parkdale-High Park
Spadina-Fort York, or University-Rosedale or Toronto Centre
Don Valley East, Don Valley North, or Willowdale
Beaches East York or Toronto Danforth
Unsure what riding you live in? Check out the Elections Ontario electoral districts map. As we arrange for more of these events, information about how to register will be emailed to you.
#4hours4publicEd
Our #4hours4publicEd campaign is about you taking collective action with your OSSTF Toronto colleagues to protect publicly funded schools in Toronto.
We are asking each of you to give just four hours of your time.
There are 7000 teachers, OTs and education support staff in OSSTF Toronto. Together we can give 28,000 hours of time to endorsed candidates across our City and help ward off a Ford government.
Soon you will receive an email with a link where you can sign up to work for one of our endorsed candidates. We urge you to commit four hours now to help protect this province against what could be massive cuts in the near future.
Donations:
An individual may contribute up to a maximum of $1222.00/year.
An individual may contribute up to an additional maximum of $1222.00 during an election period.
There is a generous tax credit for donations too. For details check out this web page.
On behalf of each of our Executives, we urge you to take this election and what it bodes for our working lives, and the learning lives of our students very seriously, and get involved.
Linda Bartram, President OTBU
Olga De Melo, President PSSP
Leslie Wolfe, President TBU & OSSTF Toronto
It was hard enough to fathom how a political party could implode so completely, so close to an election as did the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party.
Add to that the whiplash turnaround election of a leader who is a well-known extreme right wing populist, who has subsequently moved the PCs from what was widely, although erroneously, lauded as a “progressive” Conservative platform to one that, where we know anything about it, is entirely cuts-oriented. Add a Trump-like approach to campaigning, and it’s no wonder many of us are left wondering what’s next for Ontario generally, and publicly funded education in particular.
Why should you care? - Cuts will hurt
Here’s what we do know: Mr. Ford has promised to find “efficiencies”.
We know what that means: cuts.
Reports indicate that Ford will need to find $6 billion in “efficiencies” if he’s to replace the revenue that will be lost without the carbon tax. (Toronto Star, March 14, 2018)
Last Provincial election, Mr. Hudak was soundly rejected on the premise that he would let go 100,000 public sector workers in order to save just $2 billion.
Economist Jim Stanford predicts that Ford will need to find $25 billion in spending cuts over the four years he would govern should he be elected with a majority. (Globe and Mail, March 19, 2018)
He wants to change the Sex Ed curriculum, taking out the ‘controversial bits’. Ford, the same man who said “Absolutely Donald Trump respects women,” wants to determine how to teach about safe relationships and consent.
Then there’s his IOU to the social conservatives who once before argued for extended funding for private religious schools. This could lead to a voucher system where tax dollars are allowed to follow the student to a private school of their choosing, redirecting precious public money and jobs away from our schools.
Ontario’s educators have seen this movie before. In fact, we’ve starred in it. When a government looks to cut large amounts from its budget, we know how it ends for teachers, education workers, students and schools.
With one or two simple changes to funding and regulations teachers could be back to teaching 7 out of 8 and required to provide coverage and supervision; OTs could find that their work is diminished as a result and support staff could see their numbers reduced and/or the reintroduction of partnerships with community organizations whose lower paid employees take over. This is not hyperbole. These are all things that have happened under the last Tory regime.
Collective action is political action
The job of the OSSTF Toronto Executive is to advocate for and protect our Members and publicly funded education.
We can think of no greater threat to public education than a Ford-led Tory government, and no time where the collective action of the OSSTF Membership might have a greater impact on the protection of our students and our schools.
Changes to election financing means the union cannot advocate by donation. It is going to be up to each of us to get involved if we are to have any chance of warding off a Ford majority.
OSSTF Toronto election strategy
This strategy is decisively surgical in nature, using the best information we have to support candidates we believe in, and to support candidates who have the best chance of thwarting a Tory. This strategy was developed and agreed upon in conjunction with Provincial OSSTF, all Bargaining Units in this District and with the inclusion of Chapter 12, ARM (Active Retired members).
OSSTF Toronto endorsed candidates are:
Beaches-East York- Rima Berns-McGown
Don Valley East - Michael Coteau
Davenport- Marit Stiles
Don Valley North - Shelley Carroll
Etobicoke North- Mahamud Amin
Etobicoke Centre -Yvan Baker
Humber River-Black Creek- Tom Rakocevic
Etobicoke Lakeshore -Peter Milczyn
Parkdale-High Park- Bhutila Karpoche
Scarborough Guildwood - Mitzie Hunter
Scarborough Southwest - Doly Begum
Scarborough North - Chin Lee
Spadina-Fort York- Chris Glover
Willowdale -David Zimmer
Toronto Centre -Suze Morrison
Toronto-Danforth - Peter Tabuns
University -Rosedale - Jessica Bell
A list of endorsed candidates in the 905 region will be sent out next week.
Meet the candidate
OSSTF Toronto is hosting OSSTF members-only opportunities to meet OSSTF endorsed candidates in Toronto. Snacks, beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided. Receiptable expenses incurred as a result of travel/parking and/or dependent care will be reimbursed in accordance with OSSTF Provincial rates of reimbursement.
If you live in one of the following ridings and would like to attend, as an OSSTF Member who lives in that riding you are welcome as a guest of OSSTF Toronto. To RSVP, click the appropriate link below.
Scarborough-Guildwood
Davenport or Parkdale-High Park
Spadina-Fort York, or University-Rosedale or Toronto Centre
Don Valley East, Don Valley North, or Willowdale
Beaches East York or Toronto Danforth
Unsure what riding you live in? Check out the Elections Ontario electoral districts map. As we arrange for more of these events, information about how to register will be emailed to you.
#4hours4publicEd
Our #4hours4publicEd campaign is about you taking collective action with your OSSTF Toronto colleagues to protect publicly funded schools in Toronto.
We are asking each of you to give just four hours of your time.
There are 7000 teachers, OTs and education support staff in OSSTF Toronto. Together we can give 28,000 hours of time to endorsed candidates across our City and help ward off a Ford government.
Soon you will receive an email with a link where you can sign up to work for one of our endorsed candidates. We urge you to commit four hours now to help protect this province against what could be massive cuts in the near future.
Donations:
An individual may contribute up to a maximum of $1222.00/year.
An individual may contribute up to an additional maximum of $1222.00 during an election period.
There is a generous tax credit for donations too. For details check out this web page.
On behalf of each of our Executives, we urge you to take this election and what it bodes for our working lives, and the learning lives of our students very seriously, and get involved.
Linda Bartram, President OTBU
Olga De Melo, President PSSP
Leslie Wolfe, President TBU & OSSTF Toronto
Teacher Tax Credit
It's tax time! You may be eligible to deduct certain expenses you incurred in the classroom for a refundable tax credit.
Check out the CRA site here for more information!
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/topics/about-your-tax-return/tax-return/completing-a-tax-return/deductions-credits-expenses/lines-468-469-eligible-educator-school-supply-tax-credit.html
Check out the CRA site here for more information!
https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/individuals/topics/about-your-tax-return/tax-return/completing-a-tax-return/deductions-credits-expenses/lines-468-469-eligible-educator-school-supply-tax-credit.html
Lump Sum Payment for Breech of Charter Rights / Bill 115 Remedy
The OTBU office has been informed by the TDSB payroll department that they will be including the lump sum payment, negotiated in the extension of the central collective agreement, on our November 2 pay stubs. The lump sum payment is equal to 0.5% of your earnings during the 2016-2017 school year.
The lump sum payment for the freeze on the wage grid will be paid on the last pay statement on June 28, 2018.
Ratings Certification for LTOs
OSSTF/FEESO has an internal system for providing Certification Rating Statements to its teacher members. These ratings are used to determine the pay rate for teachers by placing them in one of four possible groups. OTBU members should get a ratings statement in order to be paid correctly for LTO positions.
All teachers must complete Application Form 1 for a Certification Rating Statement in order to receive their maximum salary.
Click here for more info and access to the online forms.
All teachers must complete Application Form 1 for a Certification Rating Statement in order to receive their maximum salary.
Click here for more info and access to the online forms.
Events Calendar
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Don't Forget
PD day October 5 at the AGO!
GM in November, additional PD in December.
GM in November, additional PD in December.
Documents & Forms [see all]
Updated Guidelines for Members & CAS
Constitution 2017-18
OCT Advisory on Social Media
Child Care Expenses
OT Handbook 2014-2015
Collective Agreement
Memorandum of Understanding
ABQ Funding
Math AQ ABQ
OT TDSB Evaluation Form (4 month)
AMPA Delegation Nomination Form
Executive Election Nomination Form
MOE OT Evaluation
OT Evaluation less than 10 days
OT Evaluation more than 10 days
Payroll Directory
Health & Safety Forms
Access Pay Statements Online
Certification Statement
Pregnancy & Parental Leave Handbook
SEB Application form for LTO teachersExecutive Election Nomination form
Scrutineer Form
Constitution 2017-18
OCT Advisory on Social Media
Child Care Expenses
OT Handbook 2014-2015
Collective Agreement
Memorandum of Understanding
ABQ Funding
Math AQ ABQ
OT TDSB Evaluation Form (4 month)
AMPA Delegation Nomination Form
Executive Election Nomination Form
MOE OT Evaluation
OT Evaluation less than 10 days
OT Evaluation more than 10 days
Payroll Directory
Health & Safety Forms
Access Pay Statements Online
Certification Statement
Pregnancy & Parental Leave Handbook
SEB Application form for LTO teachersExecutive Election Nomination form
Scrutineer Form
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