During the week of January 23, 2012 the Bargaining Unit sent the PE Deptartment a list of those former members who have contacted the union.  As additional names are sent to the union, those are forwarded to the PE Dept.  You should expect a letter at your home in the next month or so. That means that once you have returned the form to the PE Department, you should be receiving a cheque shortly thereafter, should you qualify for a payment.

Since we’re doing our PD separately on February 17th, we had to come up with another way for us to all get together.  And we’ve found a fun way to do it!

Join us for an evening of trivia, fun, drinks and food. It’s on the subway line with lots of Green P parking nearby. Come out and mix and mingle with your PSSP Executive, Social Committee members, and other PSSPers. Let us know if you can make it, by contacting:  carmel.terner@tdsb.on.ca.   Hope to see you there!

-Your Social Committee

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PSS Review Final Report3

Review of the Literature on PSS Final

The review of Professional Support Services has been completed and is now moving through the final stages.  The final report (click on above links)  will be presented to Trustees at the next Program and School Services Committee: 25 January as a timed item for 6:15 p.m., and at the next Board meeting: 8 February.  Your president, Olga De Melo, is a member of the Steering Committee and will be attending the two meetings mentioned above.  Other Executive Officers will also be attending the February 8th Board Meeting.

Enjoy a Marlies Hockey Game for half-price on February 26th with your family/friends.

January 11, 2012 @ 4:30 pm to 7 pm
60 Mobile Dr, Erie Room   Food will be served so please RSVP by January 9th to: treasurer1@pssp.on.ca       

FOR Teachers’ Pension Plan Members of PSSP:   Retirement Planning Workshop  @ 60 Mobile Dr, Erie Room  on February 9, 2012

Please register with vp@pssp.on.ca  no later than January 26, 2012.

Please note the type of information requested regarding a dispute when you use the email address provided by the Employer.  As per the Pay Equity Award, when you email the employer regarding your dispute, an automatic cc is sent to the union office so we are aware of the issue.  Please contact us directly if you do not feel your issue is being resolved or if you have questions about the process.

Support Staff Results:  Total votes: 5, 107        In Favour: 4,888

Teachers/OT Results:  Total votes: 21,633       In Favour: 20,840

View: OSSTF letter re Vote

Collective Bargaining
On November 21, 2011 OSSTF Provincial Office sent letters to each of you outlining the need for a vote of the membership regarding how we conduct the upcoming negotiations. Information meetings and votes will be held in each education office as well as at the PSSP office as per the dates below. All votes must be into Provincial Office by 4 pm on December 14th.

• Dec. 5th 12 – 1 pm 140 Borough Dr Committee Rooms 3 & 4
• Dec. 7th 12 – 1 pm 1 Civic Centre In Services Rooms 1,2,3,4
• Dec. 1, 5, 8, 12, 13 3:30 – 5:30 pm PSSP Office @ 434 Rogers Rd,2nd floor

The meeting was held at Monarch Park CI on November 9, 2011 to announce the Pay Equity Plan which is an Order made by Arbitrator Louisa Davie. There are three monetary settlements included in the Plan. One is a Human Rights Settlement, which is tax-free, for every PSSP member who worked at the TDSB during any or all of the years from September 1998 to August, 2010. There are two retroactive adjustments, which are taxable income, and are limited to those job classes listed in the Plan as qualifying for pay adjustments.

To Assist in Understanding the Plan:

1. Job Classes requiring a Pay Equity Adjustment: see page 14, Appendix D.

2. All retroactive pay adjustments are income; therefore, taxable and subject to union dues.

3. Entitlement Period refers to the retroactive Pay Equity adjustment for the period September 1, 1998 through August 31, 2010. This payment is $1600 for each of those years, if employed in one of the job classes referred to in #1. If you were a temporary contract employee during those years and worked over 20 consecutive days in any of those years, you are entitled to up to 90% of the $1600 for each of the years that apply (pro rated to the amount of time you worked during each year). This payment will occur in two equal payments: by December 31, 2011 and by June 30, 2012.

4. Go Forward retroactive payments will be made for the period of September 1, 2010 to March 31, 2012. This payment will be made by March 31, 2012.

5. The Human Rights award is for damages resulting from a grievance filed by the union on June 22, 2011 as a result of the union’s allegation that the Employer violated the Pay Equity Act and Human Rights Code by the lengthy delay in negotiating a Pay Equity settlement. The award is $400 tax free for each year of the Entitlement Period to a maximum of 12 years. It will be paid by December 31, 2011 to all permanent contract employees and non-permanent employees who were part of PSSP during the Entitlement Period.

6. To calculate the additional retroactive payment amount noted in #4: Look at the current Salary Grids for 2010 and 2011 (see collective agreement page 76 on PSSP website). Look at page 11, Appendix C of the Plan and subtract the current amount from the adjusted amount for each year. The difference is the amount you will be receiving.

7. The Pay Equity Adjusted Salary Grid will be in effect on your paycheques beginning with the April 1, 2012 pay period.

8. The first payments will be issued no later than December 31, 2011. Therefore, if you have not received a payment by mid-January and believe you are eligible for one, please contact the union.

9. Retired members can expect the timelines will be different for each of the payments. As noted on page 6 of Appendix E, actively employed members will be paid first and inactive members will be paid next, ….. “the Employer is to make its best efforts to meet the deadlines…” Return to this website in early 2012 for information about the expected dates of payment for members no longer actively employed with the TDSB.

10. If you are a former TDSB PSSP employee or know someone who was, please contact vp@pssp.on.ca to give your contact information. Your information will be forwarded to the TDSB and you can expect a response from them.

PSSP members are eligible to apply for EI during the December holiday.  Sign in to your EI account, or create a new one, at  servicecanada.gc.ca.   Please follow the instructions on the link above (in orange) to learn how to apply, the codes to use and further information to assist your application.

The contest closed at 5 pm on December 14, 2011.  Thanks to all 143 participants.  The following PSSP members have won prizes:

Laura Mahoney, Psych Assoc, 1 Civic                   Workout top

Judy Jackson, Psych Assoc, 140 Borough            Women’s OSSTF t-shirt

Sophia Williams, CYW Kent PS                              Women’s OSSTF t-shirt

Aislinn Clancy, SW, Churchill CI                             OSSTF leather padfolio

Maria Pepperall, Psych Assoc, 1 Civic                   OSSTF leather padfolio

Sara Foster, CYW, 140 Borough                            Metal  water bottle

Marjorie James, CYW, 140 Borough                     Metal water bottle

We still need every PSSP membership to register on the Member Data Input on this  website.  Go to the ‘Resources’ tab and it is on the dropdown menu.

During  the Collective Bargaining process your Bargaining Unit will not communicate updates or other important information to the membership via TDSB email or on this  website, due to issues of confidentiality. Therefore, it is essential to have some means of communicating with you. Please take a few minutes to fill out the form.