Need more information about the new changes to the Employment Standards Act in Ontario?
Visit the link below to see answers to frequently asked questions and how they might affect you at work.
English FAQs: https://cupe.on.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/FINAL_FAQ_Members_Bill148_2018_03_01.pdf
If you work in the role of Noon Hour Assistant or Elementary School Student Supervisor, you will be offered the opportunity to enroll for the new EWBT Benefits Plan. Information regarding the plan and enrollment should be arriving at your home address in approximately three (3) weeks. From the time you receive the invitation to enroll, you will have 31 days to complete the enrollment, if you are interested. It is important to note that benefit coverage premium costs are determined by the provider according to the number of hours you are regularly scheduled to work as a permanent employee. The cost for someone working a ten hour work week is fifty percent (50%) of the premium while the cost increases to one hundred percent (100%) of the premium for those scheduled to work fewer than 10 hours per week. Please wait for your information package to arrive and check back to the website for updates.
As soon as you are informed that you have exceeded the Attendance Threshold, notify Irene or Patty right away. You can request to have Union representation with you at the meeting.
Get the information and support you need before meeting with your supervisor.
Check out the following link for more information about your right to be safe at work and your obligation to report incidents.
Complete and Incident Report, print your copy, fax your copy (after your supervisor signs it), keep your copy. When you are hit, pinched, kicked etc by a student, report it as Occupational Violence. Call the office for assistance or questions.
Just another good reason to complete Incident Reports and notify the Union of what is happening in your workplace.
CUPE Education Workers will now be transitioning to province-wide benefits (EWBT) on March 1, 2018. A significant number of Boards have not yet provided final required data to OTIP, our new plan administrator. Visit the link below for more information. Important details regarding the plan, including instructions for enrollment, will be sent to you after January 8, 2018. Updates will be posted as they become available, so check our website on a regular basis. You can register to receive updates as well!
Information for members thinking about retiring in the near future: CUPE_Bulletin-23Nov2017
Check out the following link for more information about your right to be safe at work and your obligation to report incidents.
The following Memorandum of Agreement was ratified on September 9, 2017 by the members of CUPE 4186 in attendance at the ratification meeting. Please read carefully, as there have been a few changes made to the original trial period document.
Sept 2017 Working Group – Memorandum of Agreement
Check out the video made from activites of our Ontario School Board Co-ordinating Committee