COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS - OPSEU

PART A - WORKING CONDITIONS
INDEX OF ACRONYMS
For ease of reference, acronyms have been added to visually indicate the applicability of an article to the following employee
groups:
FXT – Fixed Term Employee
SE – Seasonal Employee
ST – Student Employee
FPT – Flexible Part Time Employee
RPT – Regular Part Time Employee
GO – Go Temp
These acronyms are not intended to substitute for the language of the Collective Agreement. Reliance should only be placed on
the actual text of the Collective Agreement.
DEFINITIONS
1.1 A "regular employee" is a public servant appointed under section 32 of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006 other
than for a fixed term.
1.2 “Regular Service" is that part of the Public Service composed of regular employees.
1.3 A "fixed term employee” is a public servant appointed under Part III of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006 for a
fixed term.
1.4 "Fixed Term Service" is that part of the Public Service composed of fixed term employees.
1.5 A "Regular part-time employee" is a regular part-time employee who has been appointed to the Regular Service.
1.6 A “Seasonal employee” is a public servant appointed under Part III of the Public Service of Ontario Act, 2006 for a
period of at least eight (8) consecutive weeks to an annually recurring full-time position in the Fixed Term Service in a
ministry. For purposes of this definition full-time means a minimum of thirty-six and one-quarter (36 ¼) or forty (40)
hours per week, as applicable.
ARTICLE 1 - RECOGNITION
(FXT, SE, ST, FPT, RPT, GO)
1.1 The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) is recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for a bargaining
unit consisting of all employees employed within the two bargaining units (Unified and Correctional) which are the
successor units to the six bargaining units as described by the Lieutenant Governor in Council in OIC 243/94 dated
February 3, 1994, in the Tripartite Agreement between the Crown, OPSEU and AMAPCEO dated April 21, 1995, plus
those employees included in the six bargaining units by the agreement of the Crown and OPSEU from February 3, 1994
to December 31, 2008.
1.2 For greater certainty, such employees include regular, fixed-term employees, students, GO Temps and such other
employees as may be mutually agreed.
1.3 For greater certainty, the Central Collective agreement shall apply to the employees employed in positions in the
Bargaining Unit described in Article 1.1 and the Bargaining Unit shall be deemed to be amended in accordance with any
agreement of the parties to amend any of the bargaining units listed therein.
1.4 Where the Employer establishes a new classification or creates a new position, within an existing class, the Employer
shall provide the Union with a copy of the class standard and/or position description, including bargaining unit status (if
applicable), at the relevant MERC.
1.5 Upon written request to the employee’s immediate supervisor, a regular employee in the bargaining unit shall be provided
with a copy of his or her current position description and other documents, if they exist, related to the duties and
responsibilities of the position, e.g. physical demands analysis. This information shall be provided within 20 working days
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