Central Collective Agreement - OPSEU
Central Collective Agreement - OPSEU
Central Collective Agreement - OPSEU
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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT<br />
BETWEEN<br />
THE CROWN IN RIGHT OF ONTARIO<br />
(MANAGEMENT BOARD OF CABINET)<br />
“the Employer”<br />
and<br />
ONTARIO PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES UNION (<strong>OPSEU</strong>)<br />
“the Union”<br />
IN THE MATTER OF:<br />
The Employer and the Union herewith agree that:<br />
OPS Learn and Work Program for Youth Ages 16 – 19<br />
1. The Employer shall identify schools during each school year to deliver a joint specialized youth<br />
employment program targeting youth, ages 16 to 19, from priority communities who have<br />
demonstrated a need to be re-engaged in school and are now working towards completing high<br />
school diploma requirements. The selected schools and communities will be disclosed to the<br />
Union prior to student placement.<br />
2. The program will provide up to ten (10) course credits and twenty-one (21) weeks of paid work<br />
experience with the Employer and/or Crown agencies. The length of the program is up to two (2)<br />
academic semesters. The Employer will identify suitable work placements in the OPS and/or<br />
Crown agencies governed by the collective agreement between Employer and the Union.<br />
3. The wage rate paid to participants for the work experience portion of the program shall be the<br />
same as that paid to students in Special Employment Programs under Article 33 of the <strong>Central</strong><br />
collective agreement.<br />
4. The following articles of the <strong>Central</strong> collective agreement shall apply to participants in the<br />
program: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.1, 22 and 80. No other articles shall apply.<br />
5. A specialized co-operative education teacher of this program will be hired to work with the<br />
Employer to select the participants, support them through interviews and work placements, lead<br />
the classroom-based course work and provide follow-up support (partnering with the Ministry of<br />
Training Colleges and Universities).<br />
6. The nature of the work performed in the program shall be special project work, and will not be<br />
considered as vacant or new positions which otherwise require posting in accordance with the<br />
collective agreement, or a substitute for the recruitment of positions in the <strong>OPSEU</strong> bargaining<br />
unit.<br />
This program is not intended to adversely affect promotional, training and developmental<br />
opportunities of employees in the <strong>OPSEU</strong> bargaining unit or to provide replacements or<br />
substitutes for existing <strong>OPSEU</strong> members. Participants in the program will not perform work that is<br />
normally performed by members of the Unified or Correctional bargaining units or work that is<br />
the subject of a grievance by the Union within the parameters of the bargaining unit integrity<br />
dispute resolution protocol.<br />
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