Ontario Ministry of Labour – Employment Standards

• Employment Standards in Ontario - What you need to know

• For more information, please visit the Ministry of Labour, Employment Standards website

Ontario Municipal Employee Retirement Savings (OMERS)

• For more information, please visit the Ontario Municipal Employee Retirement Savings Plan (OMERS) website.

Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan (OTPP)

• For more information, please visit the Ontario Teacher’s Pension Plan (OTPP) website

At the York Region District School Board, all of our internal/external job postings are posted through Apply to Education. In order to view internal job postings, you must be a York Region District School Board employee and have an employee ID number.  If you are a new employee to the York Region District School Board, additional information about how to apply to internal job postings will be provided on the Careers Page of the Board Wide Web (Internal Portal) once you have been provided login information. 

• Conflict of Interest

• Information Access and Privacy

• Use of Technology

• Intellectual Property, Copyright and Professional  Services

• Health and Safety - Employees

• Healthy Schools and Workplaces

• Violence Prevention and Intervention

• Health and Safety Pamphlet

• Casual Replacement Coverage

• Employee Assistance Program (ComPsych - operates under Guidance Resources brand) Brochure

Health, Dental and Life Insurance

YRDSB benefits, including Health, Dental and Life Insurance are provided by the Employer Life and Health Trust (ELHT), administered by either OTIP or Cowan, depending the employee Group.

COWAN Administers:

• Non Union and Supervisory Officers ~ Trust - CAEAS/ECAB
• Continuing Ed Day School ~ Trust - CAEAS/ECAB
• Principals and Vice Principals ~ Trust - One-T

OTIP Administers:

• CUPE ~ Trust - CUPE Education Workers’ Benefit Trust
• OSSTF, PSSP ~ Trust - Education Workers
• ETFO, ETFO-OT ~ Trust - Education Workers
• OPSEU ~ Trust - OCEW

Health, Dental and Life Insurance information outlined within each group listed in the below sections.

Long Term Disability

Long Term Disability (LTD) may assist you if you are unable to work due to an injury or illness with financial support and access to rehabilitation services and emotional support to help you get better.

• Mandatory enrolment into the OTIP LTD plan
  • All Permanent employees as of the first day of employment.
  • No form is required.
  • OPC members follow a different process.
• Not eligible to enrol into the OTIP LTD plan
  • All Temp/Term employees

OMERS Pension Plan

Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System

• Defined benefit pension plan 
• Designed to provide a lifetime retirement income
• All permanent staff must be enrolled into OMERS.
• Exceptions
  • Employees who have an Ontario College of Teachers certificate (OCT) 
    • regardless of role or status of OCT
    • immediate enrollment required into the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
  • Reemployed OMERS pensioners

OMERS Tools:

• OMERS Member Handbook
• OMERS Member information sessions

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan

• Defined benefit pension plan 
• Designed to provide a lifetime retirement income
• If certified with the Ontario College of Teachers, an employee must be enrolled in the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (TPP) regardless of position or status of membership.  
• Provide OCT Number upon hire or as soon as it has been received or attained.

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (TPP) Member information tools:

• OTPP Working member resource centre

• Mandatory Compliance Training – requirements for employees

• For more information, see Professional Learning & Training.

• Payroll Services - How to Read Your Pay Statement 

• Casual Employees

• Night School, Summer School, Adult Day School, OPSEU ESL/LINC Staff

• Occasional Teachers, Long Term Occasional Teachers

• Permanent Caretakers and Maintenance Staff (CUPE 1196)

• Principals/Vice-Principals

• Psychologists, Attendance Counsellors, Supervisory Non-Teaching, Trustees, Permanent Secretarial, Administrative, CUPE 1734 and Technical Staff

• Regular Teachers

• Temporary/Term Employees

• CUPE 1734 Benefits New Hire Letter

• CUPE 1734 Benefits Guide

See Employee Pension and Benefits Tab above under "General Information".

• Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1734 Collective Agreement 

• For more information, please see Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1734 - Support Staff of the York Region District School Board.

• CUPE 1196 Benefits New Hire Letter

• CUPE 1196 Benefits Guide

See Employee Pension and Benefits Tab above under "General Information".

• Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1196 Collective Agreement

• For more information, please visit the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1196 – Caretaking and Maintenance Staff of the York Region District School Board website

• CAEAS-ECAB Eligibility Q and A

• CAEAS-ECAB Benefits Plan Design Summary

• CAES-ECAB Benefits Plan

• COWAN web page

See Employee Pension and Benefits Tab above under "General Information".

• Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO) - ETFO OTIP ELHT New Hire and Benefits Guide​

• OSSTF OTIP ELHT LTO and LTA(PSSP temp/term) Eligibility Rules

See Employee Pension and Benefits Tab above under "General Information".

Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO)

• Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) Collective Agreement

• For more information, please visit the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) website

• Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) – York Region Occasional Teachers’ Branch Collective Agreement

• For more information, please visit the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) – York Region Occasional Teachers’ Branch website

Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF)

• Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF) Collective Agreement

• For more information, please visit the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation (OSSTF) website

Ontario Public Service Employees Union (Local 514)

• Ontario Public Service Employees Union (Local 514) Collective Agreement

• For more information, please visit the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (Local 514) website

• OSSTF OTIP ELHT LTO and LTA(PSSP temp/term) Eligibility Rules

See Employee Pension and Benefits Tab above under "General Information".

• PSSP-OSSTF Collective Agreement

OCEW Benefits Guide

See Employee Pension and Benefits Tab above under "General Information".

• OPSEU 514 Collective Agreement