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1 On ta r io Pub l ic Se rvice Emp loye e s Un io n Syn d ica t de s empioy6 s de la fo n ct ion p ub l iq ue de I On t a r io M E M O R A N D U M TO : A l l P res ide n ts w i th mem be rs i n the M i n ist ry of C h i ld re n an d You th Se rv ices A l l Stewa rds i n the M i n istry of C h i ld re n a nd You th Se rv ices F RO M : DATE : S U BJ E C T : B r i a n G o u l d, O P S S u pe rv i s o r Fe b ru a ry 0 5, M i n ist ry of C h i l d re n a n d Yo u th S e rv i c es M i n u tes - Feb rua ry 04, E RC Attached, fo r yo u r i n fo rm at io n, a re the m in u tes of the above capt io ned meet i ng. P lease pos t o r othe rw ise ma ke them ava i lab le to the membe rs i n you r wo rkp laces. P l e a se u se t h e IVl ERC refe r ra l fo rm w h i c h s ho u l d b e u sed w he n refe r ri n g u n re so l ved l o ca l i s sue s to the m i n ist ry leve l. The refe r ra l sho u ld be sen t ca re of the.lob Secu r i ty U n i t w i th a l l th e s u p po rti n g do c um e n ta tio n, (e. g. m i n u tes, co rres po n de n ce, etc. ). P L EAS E NOTE : T H ES E M I N I ST RY M I N U TE S WE RE P R E PARE D BY T H E E M P LOYE R. A U T H O R I Z E D FO R D I ST R I B U T I O N : I N SO L I DA R I TY Wa r re n (Smoke y) T h oma s P re s i d e n t B /i"a'l G o u l d /" " ' ' O P S S u p e rv i s o r /k g a tt. C C : M E R C C h a i rs M i n i s try E R C I O0 Lesm i // Road Toron to, On tario M 3B 3P8 Tel : Fax : To ll free : TDD : or op s e u@op s e u. o rg www. op s eu. o rg OPSEU is affifiated with th e OFL, CLC and NUPGE 1 00, ch em in L esm i ll To ron to (On tario) M3B 3P8 T k T l c : Sa n s fra is : ATS : o u s e fpo s e fpo. o rg www. s e fpo. org Le SEFPO est associ la F TO, a u C TC e t a u SNEGSP

2 MINISTRY OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES MINISTRY EMPLOYEE RELATIONS COMMITTEE (MERC ) T h u rsd ay, Feb r u a ry 4th, MCYS C orporate Office B ay S treet, 6 th Flo o r T o ronto ON F or Mana gement : Kim Gallow (Co-Chair) P aul ine B arr Brenda LeMoine Doug Nesrallah, For OP SEU Gl enna Caldwel l (C o -Chair) * Tony Cunningham S tephen George Waltraud Knott, Regrets : Guests : Andrea Aitchi s on AGENDA ITEMS D IS CUSS ION ACTION REQUIRED TIMEFRAME M CYS T ran sfo rm at i on U pdate C h i l d We l fare C h i ld re n Me ntal Hea lth Y o uth J u st i ce Strateg i c F ramewo rk Staff i n g Rev i ew- RMYC YSO Staffing Review is completed and Ministry to u p d ate o n n ext ste ps Em p l oye r c u rre n t p r i o r i ty w i l l b e f i n a l i z at i o n of t h e YSO staff i n g revi ew Th e U n i on h ad req u e ste d oth e r c l as s i f i cat i o n s at P age 1 of 7

3 AGENDA ITEMS D I SCUS S ION ACTION REQUIRED Staff i n g rev i ew- J u st i ce Rona l d Leste r Re g i ste red P ract i ca l N u rse s M E RC Atte n da n ce at Co r re ct i o n a l S e rv i ces C o l l eg e of O n ta r i o D i ve rs i ty S t rate g y - sp ea ke r was to be i nv i ted R es u lts B ased P l an n i n g Atte n dan ce S u p po rt M an ag eme n t P i l ot P roj e ct p re s e n tat i on Se c u re I so lat ion U n it Overview and Presentation from C e n t re fo r E m p l oyee H ealth & S afety a n d We l l n ess Review of Re cru itme nt d ut ie s an d resp o n s i b i l i t i es- e m p l oye r to p rov i d e p o l i cy/ p ract i ce S t u d e n t P o l i cy R MYC a l s o b e rev i ewe d t h e em p l oye r i n d i cated th at th e oth e r c l as s i f i cat i o n rev i ews w i l l b e co n s i d e re d at a l ate r d ate Th e em p l oye r i n d i cate d th at th e re w i l l n ot be a YSO staffi n g mod e l rev i ew at the Rona ld Leste r Yo uth C e n t re Em p l oye r i s n ot con s i d e r i n g t h is at th i s t i m e A joint MERC presentation is provided at the co rre cti o n a l offi ce r b as i c t ra i n i n g. U n i o n a n d e m p l oye r ag re ed th at th ey wo u l d l i ke to p rov id e a s im i la r jo i nt p re se n tat io n to the YSO stu de nts. Th e u n i o n w i l l ch e ck to se e i f a p re se n tat i o n i s d on e for th e comm u n ity Employer presented an overview of activities c u rre n t ly b e i n g u n d e rta ke n i n th e M i n i st ry. Mater was discussed and the Ministry specific Res u lts based P lan n i n g B ri efi n g Boo k s h ared whe n ava i l ab l e Em p l oye r d i d co n s i d e r an d i s n ot p re pa re d to ad opt th e B l u ew ate r s e c u re iso l at io n po l i cy as th e d iv i s i on a l p rov i n c i a l po l i cy M ate r d i s c u sse d R efe r to N ew B u s i n e s s I tem P o l i cy d eve l o p m e n t i s be i n g u n d e rta ke n an d w i l l be s h a re d w h e n ava i l ab l e R e m ove f rom ag en d a P re s e n tat i on to be j o i n t ly deve l op e d U n i on w i l l fo l l ow u p A m o re fo rm a l p re s e ntat i on w i l l b e u n d e rta ke n at th e n ext M ERC m e eti n g Re m ove f rom ag e n d a R em ove f rom ag e n d a Em p l oye r w i l l i nvite th e C e n t re fo r Em p l oye e H e a l th & S afety an d We l l n ess to th e p rese n t at t h e N ext M ERC T IMEFRAME E n d of Fe b M ay 20, P age 2 of 7

4 AGENDA ITEMS C u rri c u l um Review J o b s pe cs T ran sfe r Paym e n t Ag e n c i es a n d Yo u th OT I S A l e rts D [ SCUS S ION I nfo rmatio n was s h a red D i scu s s i o n re g a rd i n g m eth od s of d i s c l os u re M i n i st ry P l an fo r T ran sfe r Em p l oye r i n d i cated th e re a re n o p l an s R em ove f rom ag e n d a P aym e n t Yo u th Fac i l i t i e s re g a rd i n g c l os u res H e a lth R eass i g n m e n t Yo u th OT I S a l e rt s c ree n a l l ows P ro bat i o n Ofi ce rs to i n d i cate w h e re i n fo rm at i o n cam e f rom an d w h eth e r i t was ve r if i e d U n i o n h as con ce rn s t h at h ealt h reas s i g n m e n ts m ay n ot b e occu r r i n g Th e u n i o n i s a l s o co n ce rn e d th e H ea l th P rod u ct ivity P rog ram ( H P P ) p roces s is com p rom i s e d by t h e e m p l oye rs i n ab i l ity to p rov i de fo r h e a l th reass ig n me nts ACTION REQUIRED E m p l oye r to p rov i d e con te n t w h e n avai l a b l e Em p loye r w i l l fo l low up w ith H R co n tacts to e n s u re p ro pe r p roce ss a re i n p l ace Re m ove f rom ag e n d a E m p l oye r w i l l a r ran g e fo r two se pa rate p rese ntat io n ; one fo r the m i n i stry and o ne fo r th e b roade r O PS Refe r re d to H P P S tee r i n g Com m i tte e T IMEFRAME Next M ERC and fo l low i ng M ERC A nti D i s c rim i nat io n an d Syste m i c C h a n g e Com m ittee H e a l th & S afety Re p o rt Tra i n i n g & D eve l o pm e nt (T&D) Com m i tte e Tab l e cont i n u e s to m e et an d wo rk i n g o n seve ra l i n itiat ive s Co- chair from union side will now be Eric Thompson T& D com m ite e tab l e d th e l e a rn i n g o p p o rt u n ity q uest io n na i re Employer will review and will request the T& D com m ite e to d eve l o p a ro l l o u t p l a n H ea l t h P rod u ct ivity P rog ram ( H P P ) H P RO P rov i n cial O ve rt ime Comm itte e fo r Yo u th Faci l i t i e s J o i n t Ate n d an ce St rategy Th e p a rt i e s a re w o rk i n g on an ove ra rch i n g ag re e m e n t E m p l oye r i n d i cate d i n p r i n c i p l e t h ey a re s u p p o rt ive of th e i n t rod u ct i o n of H P RO at a l l Y o uth Faci l i t i e s N o u pd ate Ate n d an ce ta rg ets we re m et an d b oth p a rt ie s want to Employer will keep union apprised of time frames as they are determ in ed P age 3 of 7

5 AGENDA ITEMS I m p leme ntatio n Com m ittee (JAS I C ) Ro l l O ve rs D g SCUS S ION con g rat u l ate s taf fo r m e et i n g t h e 2% ta rg e t The com m itte e co n t i n ue s to meet and d i s c u s s ion s regarding pay outs will be at the JASIC table ACTION REQUIRED T IME FRAME S i n g l e case m an ag em e n t m od e l s u rvey U n i o n ra i se d con ce rn s w i t h re s p e ct to th i s s u rvey. Re m ove f rom ag e n d a Specific concerns include ; staf feel they will be eva l u ate d, th e s u rvey m ay com p rom i s e th e i n te ract i on w it h th e p a re n t an d yo u t h as it is b e i n g com p l eted o n act iv e s cas e s. U n i o n re com m e n d s t h at th es e type s of s u rveys be s h are d at M ERC fo r i n p ut p ri o r to im p l em e ntat i o n. E m p l oye r re s po n d e d th e p u rp ose of t h e s u rvey was to rev iew the mod e l and not i nd ivid ua l staff ' s wo rk an d oth e r co n ce rn s w i l l b e ta ke n u n d e r adv ise m e n t Tab l ed w ith e m p l oye r. Th e u n i o n h as re q u e sted th at O PS Secu r i ty Confe re n ce E m p l oye r to res pon d Fe b. 1 9th, Volunteering Initiative and R e q u e st by U n i o n th at M CYS part i c i pate i n th e Employer will review and provide a response By Next MERC M CY S CP R I : C h i ld ca re Wo rke r I I I to C h i l d ca re Wo rke r IV as i n M i n i stry of Ed u cat ion Act i o n P l a n s fo r M i n i s t ry- O PS S u rvey two peo p le from th e M ERC attend the co nfe re n ce com m u n ity lea rn i ng p rog ram w h ich p rov ide s e m p l oye e s o n e d ay of a ye a r R efe rra l P rocess to M ERC was n ot fo l l owed, item retu rne d to LERC Staf E n g ag em e n ts s e ss i o n s a re com p l ete Ret u rned to LE RC to ame n d m i n utes and that refe rral to M ERC need s to be m i n uted Co-Ch a i rs w i l l se n d a m em o re g a rd i n g th e M E RC refe rra l p roce ss to the LERC' s and R E RC' s U pd ate to b e p rov i d e d as soo n as poss i b l e w h e n ava i l ab l e By e n d of M a rch C r i t i ca l i n fo rm at i o n Exch an g e : act ive an d n o n act ive o rd e rs PO b e i n g as ked to i n p u t d ata T ra n s p o rtat i o n p o l i cy fo r U n i o n i s re q u e st i n g th at t h e t ran s p o rtat i o n p o l i cy fo r Defe rred to next M E RC Po l i cy to b e refe rre d to H ea l t h & S afety ASA P Page 4 o f 7

6 AGENDA ITEMS DISCUSSION ACTION REQUIRED TIMEFRAME p ro bat i o n p ro b at io n b e re fe r re d to th e H e a l th & s afety Com m i tte e C r i s i s Em e rg e n cy R es pon se Committee for review and input N o u pd ate at th i s t i m e d e b r i e f i n g u p d ate Sy l A ps Sy l A ps i s a 3 0 be d s e c u re d e tent i on c u stod y faci l i ty R em ove f rom ag e n d a Ce c i l Face r- u pdate on fem a l es Would like to know whenever M CYS e m p l oyee s re t i re fo r m a l e yout h ye a rs of ag e at t h e t i m e of th e i r offe n ce C u r re n t ly th e re i s n o p rov i n c i a l reso u rce fo r fe m a l e at th i s t i m e The em p loye r advi sed that the fema l e s f rom Ce ci l Face r w i l l be re l ocated to th e N e a r N o rth Youth Centre. The male youth from the Near North Youth C e n t re w i l l b e re l o cate d to Ce c i l Face r. Th i s chan g e i s part of the Yo uth J u st i ce T ran sfo rm at i o n i n i ts com m i tm e n t to d eve l o p ge n d e r s pecif i c fac i l i t i e s. E m p l oye r i n d i cate d t h at th e re i s n o staf i n g i m pact. Th e u n i o n ra i s e d co n ce rn s re g a rd i n g o u tso u rc i n g an d q u est i on s th at co rp o rate d i sc l os u re w as n ot p rov i d ed. U n i o n re q u e ste d to b e adv i se d as em p l oye es ret i re Employer will review concerns and provide a res p o n se. Employer will review and respond to the req u est Fe b r u a ry 26, N ext M E RC Vacan cy L i sts U n i o n i s re q u est i n g t h e M i n ist ry' s t ru e vacan cy l i st E m p l oye r await i n g d i re ct i o n f rom C E R C U n i o n ' s u n d e rsta n d i n g i s i ts b u s i n e s s as u s u a l u n t i l a f i rm d i rectio n f rom CERC has be e n re ce ive d. U n ion i s rece iv i n g repo rts f rom othe r M i n i st rie s M ERC ta b l e s. LT I P, ope n & close d, WS I B, V EO an d s u rp l u s act ivity l i sts Em p loye r awa it i ng d i rect io n f rom CE RC U n i o n ' s u n d e rs ta n d i n g i s i ts b u s i n ess as u s u a l u n t i l a fi rm d i re ct io n from C E RC has b ee n re ce ived. U n io n i s rece i vi n g re po rts f rom oth e r M i n ist ri e s M ERC Page 5 of 7

7 AGENDA ITEMS D ISCUS S ION ACTION REQUIRED YSO R EFRESH ER T rai n i n g HO NO U R G UA RD D ate of N ext M eet i n g : ta b les. U n i o n i s re q u e s t i n g a f ive ye a r p l u s YS O re f re s h e r t ra i n i n g U n i on i s as k i n g th e em p l oye r to co n s i d e r a YJ S h o n o u r g u a rd Th u rsday, May 20th, We l l es l ey S t re et Employer to review and respond Employer to review and respond TIMEFRAME N ext M E RC N ext M E RC OPSEU CHAIR DATE SIGNED DATE SIGNED Page 6 of 7