On t a r io Pub l ic Se rvice Emp loye e s Un io n Syn di ca t de s emp loy6 s de la fon ct io n p ub l iq ue de I 'Onta r io M E M O R A N D U M TO : A l l P res id e n ts w i t h m em b e rs i n t he M i n i st ry of E co nom i c Deve l o pme nt & Tra d e A l l Stewa rd s i n th e M i n i stry of Eco n om i c Deve lo pm e n t & Tra de FRO M : DATE : S U BJ ECT : B ri a n G o u l d, O PS S u p e rv i so r D e cem b e r 1 0, 2 0 0 9 M in ist ry of Econom ic Deve lopment & T rade E RC M i n utes - Septem be r 14, 2009 Atta c h ed, fo r yo u r i n fo rm a t io n, a re th e m i n u tes of t h e a bove ca ptio n ed m eeti ng. P l e a se post o r ot h e rw i se m a ke t h em ava i l a b le to t h e mem b e rs i n yo u r wo r k p l a ces. A l so ata che d i s a M ERC re fe rra l fo rm w h i c h s ho u ld be u sed w h e n refe rr i n g u n re s o lved lo ca l i s s ue s to the m i n i st ry leve l. The refe r ra l sho u ld be sen t ca re o f the Job Secu ri ty U n i t w i th a l l the s u p po rti n g do c um e n ta t io n, ( e. g. m i n u te s, co r res po nd e n ce, etc. ), w i t h a ny refe r ra l s. P L EAS E NOTE : T H E S E M I N ISTRY M I N UTES W E RE PRE PARE D BY TH E E M P LOYE R. AUTHO R IZED FOR D ISTR I BUTION : I N SOL I DAR, Wa r ren (Smokey ) Thomas P re s i d e n t B 'i n"g uj-d " //- - ' ' OPS Su perv iso r /g i at. CC : M ERC C h a i rs M i n i s try E RC 1 00 Le smill Road To ll free : ops e u aps e u. org Toronto, On ta rio M3B 3P8 1-800-26 8-7376 TDD: 4 1 6-443- 98 98 www. op s e u. o, g OPSEU is affifiated Tel: 4 1 6-443-8888 or 1-800 -66 3-1 070 with th e OFL, CLC Fax : 4 1 6-48 -746 9 and NUPGE 1 00, ch em in L esmill Toron to (On tario) M 3B 3P8 T I ; 4 1 6-443 - 8888 T l c : 4 1 6-448-746 9 San s fra is : 1-800 -26 8-7376 ATS : 4 1 6-443- 98 98 o u 1-800 -6 63-1 070 s e fpoes e fpo, o rg,w, s e fpo. org te SEFPO est associ6 la F TO, a u C TC e t a u SNEGSP
M E DT/ I ndmcs 3 rd F l oo r B o M E RC [vi E ETI NG M IN UTES M o n day, Se ptem ber 1 4, 20 09. 'droom, Se rvi ce Ma n agemen t & Fa c i l i t ies B ra n ch 9 0 0 Bay St reet, To ro n to P rese n t : M i n istry D a n Keat i n g, Co -c h a i r Ja i m ee Goodman Ca t hy C h a n g O P S E U Ro n La n g e r, C o - c h a i r D ian e Pe l l e t i e r S a n d ra H a rp e r - J o b S e c u r i ty Of i c e r J oe Kava n a g h N ick Wedgwood A. B us i n ess Ar i s i n g 1. M i n u te s B. B us i ness Ar i s i n g From M i n u tes Co-c h a i rs s i g n e d m i n u tes fo r J u n e 9, 2 009 m e e t i n g. M i n utes wi l l b e posted o n S tafn e t. Emp loye r to po st m i n u te s. 1. J o i n t H e a l t h & Safety C om m itee U pd ates 9 0 0 Bay S t., 777 B ay, 5 6 We l l e s l ey, 5775 Yo n g e, 1 20 1 W i lson an d 1 8 0 E lg i n, Otawa 2. B a rg a i n i n g U n i t I nteg rity P roj ect 3. Employe r' s o n g o i n g re d u ct io n of O P S E U m em b e rs Five com mittees are fuly stafed. CEHSW is working with th e comm itte es to ass ist th em i n estab l is h i ng thems e lves a nd e n s u ri n g req. i red m emb e rs a re trai ned. O PS EU wi l l sp eak to m e m b e rs re g a rd i n g a re p re s e n tat ive at th e 25 0 Yo nge and 1 20 1 W i l son locatio ns. OPSEU indicated that the project is now being referred to as " I n c l u s i o n s ". T h e wo rk i n I n c l u s i o n s h as es ca l ate d to enforce the new Collective Agreement. Ma na g e m e nt sup p l ied O PS EU w i t h a n updated c ha rt as of A u g u st 1 7, 20 09, ' ep rese n ti n g M ED, M 1T I, MSBCS, M R I. Th e c ha rt i n d i cate s O PS E U 44%, AMA PCEO 32%, S M G O PS EU wi l l p rovide a n update at t he n ext m e e t i n g.
1 4%, M C P 9%, n d Exc l u d e d 1 % o OPS EU i nd i cated t hat a t l M E RC : s wi l l b e req u i red to p rovide a standa, rd set of repo rts. 4. A rtic le 1. 4 D isc l osu res O PS E U w i l l a dv i s e m a n a g e m e n t o f a ny fu t u re d i sc l os u res i n q u esti o n. Remove from agenda. 5. Ove rt ime a nd T rave l T i m e G u i d e l i n e s - M MA H d o c u m e n t OPS EU re i te rated t h e n eed fo r g u ide l i nes o n overtim e a nd t rave l t i m e. M a n ag e m e n t w i l l fo l l ow u p o n O PS E U ' s req u e s t. 6. Co n s ume r P ro te ct i o n S e rv i ces B ranch - Payday Loans U n i t s taff i n g appo i n tme nts 7. O PS E U E co n om i c D e ve l o p m e n t S t im u l us Co m m i tte e/cam pa i g n O PS EU i nd i cated that th e Payday Loa n s u n it has be g u n rec ru itmen t fo r tv, o pos itions. O PS E U p rovide d n fo rm at i o n o n th e O P S E U E c o n om i c D eve l o pm e n t S t i m u I u s C o m m itte e a n d i n fo rm e d ma na geme n t th at th e s umm it wo u td l i ke ly ta ke p la ce o n M a rc h 4th a n d 5 th 2 0 1 0. O PS E U i s c u r re n t l y s e e k i n g spe ake rs and spo qso rs fo r the s u m, m i t. Re m ove f rom agenda. 8. R i s i n g G as P r i ce s K i l o m e t r i c R a te s O PS E U re com m e q d e d a n ew f o rm u l a to rewa rd employe es fo r c a rpoo l i n g, wh i c h O P S E U fe e ls wo u l d b e co n s i ste n t w i th t h e g o ve rn m e n t ' s 9' te e n ag e n da an d co n tri b u te to cost sav i n gs. Ma n a g e m e n t to rev i ew O PS E U ' s reco m me n datio n an d re port back. C. S ta n d i n g item s 1. Act ive S u rp l u s N oth ing to repo rt
3. Appen d ix 33 U nc lass ified Con t racts/ Lo n g Te rm Tem po ra ry Ass ign men ts N o th i n g to re p o R M a n a g e m e n t p re s e n te d a l i s t of J n c as s if i e d e m p l o ye e s fo r t h e fo u r m i n i s t ri e s. 4. Vacancy L ists M anage men t adv sa d that as a res u t t of H R T ra nsfo rmatio n, th ey n o lo nge r have t h e req u i red resou rces to p roduce vacan cy l ists. D. New B us iness 1. MCS - Designated Ad m i n ist rative Au tho rities ( DAA ' s ) 2. Stude n t Issues (statutory holiday pay) 3. a ) Resum ptio n of Jo in t Labo u r Re latio ns tra i n i n g b ) Conf l ict Reso l ut ion c o u rse th ro u g h C FLL 4. Resu lts Based P l a n n i n g - M E DT, MCS, M R I req u i re d as pe r C ERC d i rective 5. B udg e t in rega rds to the 5% red uct ion based o n att r i t io n OPS EU req ue ste d i n fo rmatio n o n t he DAA ' s staf i ng leve ls an d budget a l l ocat io n. O PS EU req uested i nfo rm ation abo ut the n umbe r of s tu de n ts wh o re c e ived of e r l ette rs stat i n g t hat th ey we re rece iving vacat i on pay. Man age men t adv sed th at th e re we re no iss ues i n ou r c l i e n t m i n i st r i e s a ro u n d statuto ry h o l i d ay pay fo r stu d e n ts. a ) OPS EU s u gg e sted that the M ERC team take a re f re s h e r co u rs e o n D e ce m b e r 1 0th, 2 0 09. b ) F u rth e r i n fo rm s.t i o n w i l l b e p rov i d e d re g a rd i n g d ate s fo r a Co n f l i ct Reso u t o n Co u rse OPS EU rem i nded Ma na gem e n t of t he d isc los u re req u i re m e n ts th at p e rta i n to R B P. M an ag e m e n t ass u red OPS EU that they wi l ad h e re to th e se req u i reme nts. Man ageme nt adv sed th at m i n ist r i es have n ot been p rovided wi th spec if ic i nfo rmation a ro u n d the 5% re d u ct i o n. Management will follow up on O PS E U ' s re q u e st. O PS EU to p rovid e stu de n t pop u latio n n u m be rs fo r o u r c l i e n t m i n i st r i e s. M a n a g e m e n t w i l l re g iste r f o r t h e D e ce m be r 1 0, 2 0 09 cou rs e.
.. 6. H 1 N 1 Status U pdate M E DT, MCS, M R I T he Em e rg e n cy M a n ag e m e n t Le a d fo r o u r c l i e n t m i n ist r i e s p rov i d e d a p re s e q tat io n o n P a n d em i c P l a n n i n g a n d H I N 1. I nfo rmation on pan dem ic p l an n i ng and H 1 N 1 a re poste d o n Staffn et. 7. O n ta r i o Em e rg i n g Te c h n o l o gy F u n d O PS E U requ ested i nfo rm ation on th e ro le and cost of the Cov i n gton Cap it : p roj ect. Manageme nt wi l l fo l l ow u p on th is i tem. E. Next Meet i n g Date 1. N e >4d e e t i n g / /, / T he n ext M E RC m e e ti n g wi l l b e h e ld o n Decembe r 2nd, 2 0 0 9 at 230 p. m. R n Lan @ r, OoCC ha i r Date d : Dan Keat i M E DT Dated :