Toronto Occasional Teacher Local Bill 124 Remedy Arbitration Award

As part of the terms of the ETFO 2022-2026 Teacher/Occasional Teacher (T/OT) and Education Worker (EW) Central Agreements, ETFO and the government agreed that, in addition to the 1% annual increases negotiated during the 2019 round of bargaining, further compensation increases will be applied to ETFO salaries, wage schedules, daily occasional rates and applicable allowances (“wages”) as follows:

• for September 1, 2019 to August 31, 2020 (Year 1): An additional 0.75% increase will be applied to wages (i.e., 1% +0.75%);
• for September 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021 (Year 2): An additional 0.75% increase will be applied to wages (i.e., 1% +0.75%); and
• for September 1, 2021 to August 31, 2022 (Year 3): Arbitrator Kaplan would determine the additional increase applied to wages. His decision identified this additional increase at 2.75% (i.e., 1% +2.75%).

The Bill 124 remedy will be applied to the salary grids, wages and daily OT rates of all ETFO members retroactive to the 2019-20 school year, and it will result in permanent changes (increases) to members’ salaries, wages and daily OT rates. These increases are also pensionable.

Updated Bill 124 Remedy OT Daily Rates for 2019-22 Collective Agreement:

Occasional Teachers shall be paid the following Occasional Teacher Daily Rate for the period commencing September 1, 2019, to August 31, 2020:

• $230.43 Less than 100 days
• $253.54 100 days or more

Occasional Teachers shall be paid the following Occasional Teacher Daily Rate for the period commencing September 1, 2020, to August 31, 2021:

• $234.46 Less than 100 days
• $257.98 100 days or more

Occasional Teachers shall be paid the following Occasional Teacher Daily Rate for the period commencing September 1, 2021, to August 31, 2022:

• $243.25 Less than 100 days
• $267.65 100 days or more

 LONG TERM OCCASIONAL TEACHERS

LONG TERM OCCASIONAL TEACHERS The rate for Long Term Occasional Teachers is determined by placing the Long Term Occasional Teacher on the contract teachers’ salary grid (printed at the back of our Collective Agreement) in accordance with the teacher’s qualifications (*QECO rating) and experience acceptable to the TDSB.

The annual salary on the salary grid is then divided by 194 (representing the number of school days in a school year). The Long Term Occasional Teacher is then paid 1/194 of the annual grid rate for each day worked (either instructional or professional activity days). Long Term Occasional Teachers only receive pay for the 194 school days in a school year and are not paid for the Winter break, March break or any statutory holidays.

* If the TDSB does not have a copy of your most recent QECO rating, you must submit your current Qualifications Evaluation Council of Ontario (QECO) rating to the TDSB Occasional Teaching office to be paid at your correct level on the contract teachers’ salary grid.