Your Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
Thank you to those who attended our lunch and learn about understanding your HOOPP!
For anyone who missed out on the session, please see the slides by clicking the following link.
Also, please check out the following resources:
Understanding your pension – HOOPP
Would you like to learn more about your Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP)? You know your pension is important, but do you completely understand how it works?
You’re invited to our Understanding Your Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP) webinar.
When: April 8 and April 10 (pick one) from 12 PM to 1 PM ET
Where: Zoom – Please register in advance for one of the sessions using the following link:
Meeting Date Tuesday December 10 th , 2024 Time 6:30pm
Members
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Refer to appendix A for sign in sheet
Invitees/Observers Meghan Urwin, Acting President of Essex-Kent branch
Presenters Meghan Urwin
Secretariat Rosanne Belisle
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Your PIPSC WRH RT Bargaining Team is pleased to share the details of the tentative agreement reached with the hospital which will have an expiry date of September 30, 2025.
Your bargaining team was successful in securing several key gains, and important pay increases that serve to address the concerns that our members have brought up to our bargaining team, including through the bargaining survey.
Rates of Pay
Effective October 1, 2019 – Additional increase to rates of pay: 1.75%
Attendees: Tina MacDonald, Angie Logan, Jacky Jacques and Steve Vasialdis
Meeting 4:30 p.m.
Action - Jacky to work on this with Tina
Action – Tina to get update from PIPSC IT
Action – Bargaining matter
Present: Angela Logan, Jacky Jacques, Jennifer Stones and Tina MacDonald
Meeting started at 630 pm. Minutes taken by Angela Logan
Note: Executive Meeting Minutes will get posted on the PIPSC website under our Group. We have specific criteria for the style of the notes because they must be translated by PIPSC. Arial 12 font and no indents, fancy work, etc.
Call for Agenda additions. None brought forward.
Motion to approve the meeting agenda. Moved by AL. Seconded by JJ.
Motion to approve prior Minutes – 2021 AGM. Moved by SV.
None brought forward.
OTTAWA, June 5, 2020 – The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada (PIPSC), is calling on the Ontario government to fix the glaring errors with their pandemic pay plan, and include front-line Radiation Therapists treating vulnerable patients in Ontario’s Cancer Centres throughout the pandemic.
“We are extremely proud of our radiation therapists working on the front lines during this pandemic,” said President Debi Daviau. They have been exposed to COVID-19 in their workplaces. They’re risking their lives — and the lives of their families.”
Just like other healthcare workers deemed eligible for pandemic pay, radiation therapists are subject to the same requirements of the Ontario state of emergency. They are essential workers who cannot refuse to treat patients who are suspected or confirmed to have contracted COVID-19. They are taking all precautions possible including constant use of personal protective equipment (PPE).
The Ontario Hospital Association, many hospital CEOs, and employer and employee organizations have called for the pandemic pay to be expanded to all front-line hospital workers, but those pleas to the Ford government have gone unanswered.
“This isn’t just about the pay,” said Daviau. “It’s also a matter of respect and recognition for the critical services provided by these workers during the COVID-19 crisis. Cancer patients are a vulnerable population during this pandemic. The decision is beyond disappointing and upsetting for our members who have continued to treat at risk patients throughout this crisis. They deserve the same recognition as the other professionals in the hospitals who have been granted the pay.”
The Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada represents 60,000 public service professionals across Canada, including radiation therapists at Juravinski Cancer Centre, Walker Family Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook, Thunder Bay and Windsor facilities. Follow us on Facebook and on Twitter.
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For further information: Johanne Fillion, 613-883-4900 (cell), jfillion@pipsc.ca
The Ontario government has announced pandemic pay for front-line healthcare workers. Front-line health care workers are critical to the ongoing efforts to protect Ontarians and reduce the impact of COVID-19. Their sacrifices and dedication to service are remarkable.
The details of the program released provided examples of workers who will receive pandemic pay but it did not provide an exhaustive list.
We have written to Premier Ford asking for confirmation that our members who are working on the front lines in Ontario’s cancer centres will receive pandemic pay.
Read our letter to Premier Ford
We are proud of the important work of our radiation therapists. They are subject to the provisions of the Ontario state of emergency and are essential workers who cannot refuse unsafe work.
We know these members are taking all precautions possible, using personal protective equipment (PPE) and that they are being exposed to COVID-19 in their workplaces. It is our expectation that these members receive pandemic pay in compensation for the increased risk and demands of their work during this pandemic.
We will share the response we receive from Premier Ford.
COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
WINDSOR REGIONAL HOSPITAL
(The “Employer”)
AND
THE PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF CANADA