Ottawa (570 civilian personnel) and the Ottawa Police Association (OPA)
Renewal agreement: Effective Jan. 1, 2016, to Dec. 31, 2019. Signed on Dec. 11, 2017.
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 2.05%
Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 1.90%
Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 1%
Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 0.79%
Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 1%
Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 0.99%
Shift premium: $0.45 per hour to employees for work on regular or special tour of duty in which majority of hours (4 or more hours) are worked after 3 p.m. exclusive of overtime. $0.55 per hour to employees for work on regular or special tour of duty in which majority of hours (4 or more hours) are worked after 9 p.m. exclusive of overtime. $1 per hour for all employees of communication centre who train other employees.
Paid holidays: 12 days, plus 1 floating holiday.
Vacations with pay: 5/6 of 1 day per month to start, 10 days after 1 year, 15 days after 3 years, 20 days after 10 years, 25 days after 15 years, 26 days after 20 years, 27 days after 21 years, 28 days after 22 years, 30 days after 23 years, 35 days after 27 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work in excess of normal tour of duty. May be taken as time off in lieu. May be banked, maximum 12 straight-time hours.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for OHIP coverage.
Dental: Employer pays 90.25% of premiums, employee pays 9.75% of premiums.
LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 60% of monthly salary, maximum $4,000 per month.
AD&D: Employer pays $6 per month toward premiums.
Life insurance: Employer pays $34.65 per month toward premiums.
Pension: Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System.
Bereavement leave: 4 days for death of relative (wife, husband, common-law spouse, child, father, mother, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparents, grandchild, person standing in loco-parentis). 1 day for death of grandparent of employee’s spouse.
Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours’ pay at time and one-half.
Probationary period: 3 months; 12 months for employees in communications centre.
Uniforms/clothing: Each employee working in transport, property room, court security, summons servers, identification sections will be supplied with uniform and will be paid $350 per year.
Mileage: $0.42 per kilometre for travel outside City of Ottawa.
Sample rates of annual pay (current, after 5.8% increase):
Group 1 (switchboard operator)
Step 1: $50,957.17 rising 5 steps to $53,913.72
Group 2 (ACIIS data-entry clerk, alarm clerk, filing-scanning clerk, mail-services attendant)
Step 1: $53,619.71 rising 5 steps to $56,735.14
Group 3 (admin-assistant airport, admin-assistant central patrol and district support, admin-assistant Crime Stoppers, admin-assistant directorate support, admin-assistant drugs, admin-assistant emergency mgmt and business continuity, admin-assistant fraud, admin-assistant guns and gangs, admin-assistant HROM, admin-assistant major crime, admin-assistant outreach and development, admin-assistant partner assault, admin-assistant SA CA, admin-assistant tactical, archive and file storage clerk, attendance clerk, background clearance representative, criminal intel/administrator and background coordinator, fleet attendant, fleet facilitator, HRIS administrator, intelligence coordinator, QM Storekeeper, release-of-information clerk, street check representative, training database administrator, TSR administrator)
Step 1: $56,455.74 rising 5 steps to $59,733.69
Group 4 (admin-assistant collision investigations, call centre agent, court liaison coordinator, CPIC operator, criminal intelligence monitor, EMVC report reader, evidence control attendant, identification clerk, major case management agent, project administrative support, senior admin-assistant BIS, senior admin-assistant CDCC, senior admin-assistant CID, senior admin-assistant directorate support, senior admin-assistant EOD, senior admin-assistant HR, senior admin-assistant planning, performance and analytics, senior admin-assistant professional standards, senior admin-assistant resourcing and development, senior ac/min assistant support services, senior finance clerk, senior finance clerk-petty cash, technical assistant, training and development coordinator, VICLAS coordinator)
Step 1: $59,744.65 rising 5 steps to $63,212.53
Group 5 (AFIS technician, background investigator, corporate communications specialist, electronics installer, executive assistant, executive assistant to executive officer, executive assistant to the chief of police, FOI analyst, investigative-support partner assault, investigative-support SA CA, investigative-support surveillance, logistics analyst, media-relations specialist, paid-duty coordinator, parking coordinator, payroll administrator, portable-radio coordinator, procurement-services coordinator, program-coordinator crime-free multi-housing, program-coordinator PSS, program-support service initiative, project-support facilities, quality-assurance analyst-call centre, report analyst, security-applications coordinator, service-centre analyst, special constable court security/temp custody, special constable document server, senior admin in assistant legal services, talent development coordinator, trainer and outreach worker, workforce management specialist)
Step 1: $64,237 rising 5 steps to $67,966.02
Group 11 (manager BIS Projects, manager business performance, manager business solutions support, manager capital projects, manager client-liaison, manager financial planning, manager infrastructure support, manager project management office, manager records and information management, manager scheduling and attendance, manager service centre, manager telecommunications, manager victim crisis unit, operations manager communications centre, program manager service initiative)
Step 1: $106,782.88 rising 5 steps to $112,984.52
Editor’s notes: Civilian-service pay: Civilian members will receive — in appreciation of long service — service pay per year: $250 after 5 years; $400 after 10 years; $650 after 15 years; $800 after 20 years; $1,100 after 25 years; $1,200 after 30 years; $1,500 after 35 years. Meal reimbursements: When employee works outside 100-kilometre radius of 474 Elgin Street police station, employee will be reimbursed for meals during time away (breakfast, lunch, dinner).
Wage adjustments:
Effective Jan. 1, 2016: 2.05%
Effective Jan. 1, 2017: 1.90%
Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 1%
Effective Jan. 1, 2018: 0.79%
Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 1%
Effective Jan. 1, 2019: 0.99%
Shift premium: $0.45 per hour to employees for work on regular or special tour of duty in which majority of hours (4 or more hours) are worked after 3 p.m. exclusive of overtime. $0.55 per hour to employees for work on regular or special tour of duty in which majority of hours (4 or more hours) are worked after 9 p.m. exclusive of overtime. $1 per hour for all employees of communication centre who train other employees.
Paid holidays: 12 days, plus 1 floating holiday.
Vacations with pay: 5/6 of 1 day per month to start, 10 days after 1 year, 15 days after 3 years, 20 days after 10 years, 25 days after 15 years, 26 days after 20 years, 27 days after 21 years, 28 days after 22 years, 30 days after 23 years, 35 days after 27 years.
Overtime: Time and one-half for all work in excess of normal tour of duty. May be taken as time off in lieu. May be banked, maximum 12 straight-time hours.
Medical benefits: Employer pays 100% of premiums for OHIP coverage.
Dental: Employer pays 90.25% of premiums, employee pays 9.75% of premiums.
LTD: Employer pays 100% of premiums for coverage of 60% of monthly salary, maximum $4,000 per month.
AD&D: Employer pays $6 per month toward premiums.
Life insurance: Employer pays $34.65 per month toward premiums.
Pension: Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System.
Bereavement leave: 4 days for death of relative (wife, husband, common-law spouse, child, father, mother, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, grandparents, grandchild, person standing in loco-parentis). 1 day for death of grandparent of employee’s spouse.
Call-in pay: Minimum 3 hours’ pay at time and one-half.
Probationary period: 3 months; 12 months for employees in communications centre.
Uniforms/clothing: Each employee working in transport, property room, court security, summons servers, identification sections will be supplied with uniform and will be paid $350 per year.
Mileage: $0.42 per kilometre for travel outside City of Ottawa.
Sample rates of annual pay (current, after 5.8% increase):
Group 1 (switchboard operator)
Step 1: $50,957.17 rising 5 steps to $53,913.72
Group 2 (ACIIS data-entry clerk, alarm clerk, filing-scanning clerk, mail-services attendant)
Step 1: $53,619.71 rising 5 steps to $56,735.14
Group 3 (admin-assistant airport, admin-assistant central patrol and district support, admin-assistant Crime Stoppers, admin-assistant directorate support, admin-assistant drugs, admin-assistant emergency mgmt and business continuity, admin-assistant fraud, admin-assistant guns and gangs, admin-assistant HROM, admin-assistant major crime, admin-assistant outreach and development, admin-assistant partner assault, admin-assistant SA CA, admin-assistant tactical, archive and file storage clerk, attendance clerk, background clearance representative, criminal intel/administrator and background coordinator, fleet attendant, fleet facilitator, HRIS administrator, intelligence coordinator, QM Storekeeper, release-of-information clerk, street check representative, training database administrator, TSR administrator)
Step 1: $56,455.74 rising 5 steps to $59,733.69
Group 4 (admin-assistant collision investigations, call centre agent, court liaison coordinator, CPIC operator, criminal intelligence monitor, EMVC report reader, evidence control attendant, identification clerk, major case management agent, project administrative support, senior admin-assistant BIS, senior admin-assistant CDCC, senior admin-assistant CID, senior admin-assistant directorate support, senior admin-assistant EOD, senior admin-assistant HR, senior admin-assistant planning, performance and analytics, senior admin-assistant professional standards, senior admin-assistant resourcing and development, senior ac/min assistant support services, senior finance clerk, senior finance clerk-petty cash, technical assistant, training and development coordinator, VICLAS coordinator)
Step 1: $59,744.65 rising 5 steps to $63,212.53
Group 5 (AFIS technician, background investigator, corporate communications specialist, electronics installer, executive assistant, executive assistant to executive officer, executive assistant to the chief of police, FOI analyst, investigative-support partner assault, investigative-support SA CA, investigative-support surveillance, logistics analyst, media-relations specialist, paid-duty coordinator, parking coordinator, payroll administrator, portable-radio coordinator, procurement-services coordinator, program-coordinator crime-free multi-housing, program-coordinator PSS, program-support service initiative, project-support facilities, quality-assurance analyst-call centre, report analyst, security-applications coordinator, service-centre analyst, special constable court security/temp custody, special constable document server, senior admin in assistant legal services, talent development coordinator, trainer and outreach worker, workforce management specialist)
Step 1: $64,237 rising 5 steps to $67,966.02
Group 11 (manager BIS Projects, manager business performance, manager business solutions support, manager capital projects, manager client-liaison, manager financial planning, manager infrastructure support, manager project management office, manager records and information management, manager scheduling and attendance, manager service centre, manager telecommunications, manager victim crisis unit, operations manager communications centre, program manager service initiative)
Step 1: $106,782.88 rising 5 steps to $112,984.52
Editor’s notes: Civilian-service pay: Civilian members will receive — in appreciation of long service — service pay per year: $250 after 5 years; $400 after 10 years; $650 after 15 years; $800 after 20 years; $1,100 after 25 years; $1,200 after 30 years; $1,500 after 35 years. Meal reimbursements: When employee works outside 100-kilometre radius of 474 Elgin Street police station, employee will be reimbursed for meals during time away (breakfast, lunch, dinner).
