Pay increases to Ontario public sector workers

Pay increases to Ontario public sector workers

Globe and Mail Update

Published Wednesday, Feb. 02, 2011 9:43PM EST

Last updated Thursday, Feb. 03, 2011 7:40AM EST 

Pay increases awarded to 65,700 public sector workers who bargain collectively in Ontario following the government's call for a two-year voluntary wage freeze in the budget last March. The list includes 23 employee groups with 300 members or more.

For universities:

EMPLOYER	EMPLOYEES	AVERAGE ANNUAL INCREASE % (FIRST 2 YEARS)	AVERAGE ANNUAL INCREASE % (ENTIRE TERM)	TERM	COST TO EMPLOYER
University of Toronto	2,800 faculty and librarians	2.25	2.25	2 yrs	$18-million
Carleton University	600 teaching assistants, contract workers	1.5	1.67	3 yrs	$310,000
Carleton University	830 faculty	1.5	1.5	2 yrs	$1.1-mllion
Carleton University	750 support staff	1.75	1.83	4 yrs	$500,000
University of Western Ontario	1,700 faculty	1.5	1.5	4 yrs	$4.4-million
University of Western Ontario	1,100 staff	1.5	1.5	3 yrs	not available
University of Western Ontario	1,900 teaching assistants	0.6	0.6	2 yrs	not available
University of Waterloo	1,030 faculty	0	1.8	5 yrs	not available
University of Waterloo	1,300 staff	0	1.8	5 yrs	not available
Trent University	363 support staff	0	0	2 yrs	zero

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For hospitals:

EMPLOYER	EMPLOYEES	AVERAGE ANNUAL INCREASE % (FIRST 2 YEARS)	AVERAGE ANNUAL INCREASE % (ENTIRE TERM)	TERM	COST TO EMPLOYER
38 hospitals	16,000 support workers	2	2	2 yrs	$27.1-million
Ottawa Hospital	2,250 paramedical and professional staff	2.5	2.5	2 yrs	$4.86-million*
Ottawa Hospital	3,300 offices, trades, registered practical nurses	2	2	2 yrs	$4.9-million
Windsor Regional Hospital	400 social workers, psychologists, lab technicians	3	3	2 yrs	$1.44-million**
St. Joseph's Health Care, London	600 full and part-time mental health workers	2.5	2.5	2 yrs	$890,000
Northeast Mental Health Centre	460 workers	2.5	2.5	2 yrs	n/a

For long-term care homes:

EMPLOYER	EMPLOYEES	AVERAGE ANNUAL INCREASE % (FIRST 2 YEARS)	AVERAGE ANNUAL INCREASE % (ENTIRE TERM)	TERM	COST TO EMPLOYER
100 Homes	17,000 personal support, dietary, housekeeping workers	2	2	1 yr	$27.8-million***
Extendicare	1,438 employees	2.3	2.3	2 yrs	***
Oakwood Retirement	1,150 employees	2.2	2.2	2 yrs	***
Revera	550 employees	2.4	2.4	3 yrs	***

Other sectors:

EMPLOYER	EMPLOYEES	AVERAGE ANNUAL INCREASE % (FIRST 2 YEARS)	AVERAGE ANNUAL INCREASE % (ENTIRE TERM)	TERM	COST TO EMPLOYER
Ontario Provincial Police	5,700 uniformed officers, 2,700 civilians	2.54	1.7	3 yrs	$35.1-million****
Municipal Property Assessment Corp.	1,400 employees	0	0	2 yrs	zero
Art Gallery of Ontario	382 employees	0	0	2 yrs	zero

* Includes $564,000 in higher shift premiums

** An arbitrator awarded retroactive pay last October for a two-year period ending March, 2010, but the extra money will come from this year’s hospital budget.

*** The cost of all wage settlements for contracts that expired last year for long-term care homes, including $7.5-million awarded through arbitration for the 17,000 employees.

**** Figure calculated by The Globe and Mail. Neither the OPP nor the OPPA provided an exact figure.

Sources: Ministry of Labour reports, arbitration awards, compensation agreements, employers