US EditionOntario civil servants get retroactive salary increases after Bill 124 renegotiation
- Ontario public servants, including teachers, nurses, and air ambulance paramedics, have won a 6.5% retroactive pay increase in response to a clause in their 2022 contract.
- The pay increase comes after arbitration and mediation between the Ontario Public Service Employees Union and the Ford government.
- The retroactive pay decision is a result of the declaration of Bill 124 as unconstitutional, which capped salary increases for public sector workers at 1% per year.
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Ontario Public Servants Get Pay Hike After Court Ruling
Thousands of public servants in Ontario are getting the highest wage increase in over 10 years after a court ruled a law capping wage increases was unconstitutional. The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) says its bargaining team has successfully mediated a 9.5 percent increase over the next three years for 30,000 of its members. The increase includes a 1 percent increase for each year that was previously agreed upon. “This governmen…
Ontario public servants awarded 6.5% pay hike in wake of Bill 124 ruling
Ontario public servants have won additional pay increases of 6.5 per cent — the latest in a series of retroactive pay decisions for workers affected by a wage restraint law that was found unconstitutional.
Ontario civil servants get retroactive salary increases after Bill 124 renegotiation
Tens of thousands of Ontario civil servants will get salary increases totalling nearly 10 per cent following wage renegotiation prompted by the province’s wage-cap law being ruled unconstitutional.
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