"Perserverance has paid off!" City Council Adopts Non-Union Employee Compensation
COTAPSA is reporting that City Council adopted the following recommendations of the Employee and Labour Relations Committee and the Executive Committee at its meeting held on February 24, 2011.
The recommendations are:
1a. City Council approve a 2.25% cost-of-living adjustment effective January 1, 2011, for all non-union employees employed in the Toronto Public Service consistent with the City's practice of providing increases similar to negotiated wage increases with the City's unions;
1b. City Council continue the performance-based pay policy for all non-union employees eligible for progression through their respective grade salary ranges (minimum to maximum salary – job rate); and
In 1b (above) the progression through the salary ranges (0%, 1% or 3%, depending on performance) continues for employees that are not at the top of their range.
1c. City Council, subject to the re-introduction of a re-earnable lump sum performance- based payment for non-union employees arising from Council's consideration of the report requested in Recommendation 3, direct that the re-earnable performance-based-lump-sum payments for non-union employees who have reached their respective maximum salary (job rate) be deleted.
2. City Council authorize Staff to make the appropriate budget adjustments from the 2011 Non-Program Operating budget to the City Divisions' budgets to implement the recommendations.
3. City Council request the City Manager, to review the Non-Union Compensation Policy and report to City Council, through the Employee and Labour Relations and Executive Committees by the end of 2011, providing any such best practices recommendations to ensure that a modern, affordable and competitive compensation policy and program is in place for 2012 and beyond; and including in the report any recommendations regarding the re-earnable-performance-based-lump-sum payments for non-union employees who have reached their respective maximum salary (job rate) for 2011.
COTAPSA’s Executive Director has spent much time and effort with City Councillors and City Officials advocating on Members behalf. COTAPSA is pleased the City is working with us to reinstate equality and equity for all non union employees.
COTAPSA requests all Members to speak to your colleagues who are not yet Members of COTAPSA and advising them that this COLA increase was a result of COTAPSA’s hard work and perseverance.
Encouraging your colleagues to join COTAPSA will benefit us all with a stronger united voice as we work towards securing a Framework Agreement with the City in 2011.
