It's Mandatory; LTOs on June 28th; Don't Lose $500

It's Mandatory for all Occasional Teachers/LTOs!
Whether you are daily, or in a long-term assignment, you must complete the online training modules listed in the Employee Portal under Employee Training, then 2018-2019 OTE Required Training.
Please note, Mandatory Training must be done by end of school, June 28, 2019.
Be sure to click Submit when you have completed the modules. To verify it's been received, log back into the Employee Portal and if the check marks are still there, it's been accepted.
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LTOs and June 28th PD Day
Our office has received many calls about whether or not LTOs are to attend school on June 28th.
If your assignment has a posted end date of June 28, you are expected to report to the school where you will work and be paid according to your FTE.
For LTOs with unposted end dates, if no permanent teacher is coming to replace you that day, you are expected to report to the school where you will work and be paid according to your FTE.
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Last Chance for almost $500!
Daily OTs have access to 5 half-days of paid PD.  At this late date, the only options are online modules listed in the Employee Portal in the Conference Registration section. These can be done anytime up to the end of day on June 28th, and count for all purposes as a day of work,  including for credit for the 10 days necessary to remain on the OT Roster, credit for Teachers' pension, experience credit for grid placement, Employment Insurance etc.
NB. For purposes of Employment Insurance, the Board reports a day if work as 8 hours.
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Please note this will be the last BLOG for this school year.
The ETFOTVOT Office will be closed over the summer break. 
The office email will be checked weekly.
If you require Provincial Assistance, please call their number directly at:
1-888-838-3836.
On behalf of your President, Terry Card and the Executive, wishing you all a restful, safe and enjoyable summer.

Employment Insurance and End of Year Library Books

The Board would like to remind Occasional Teachers that all Records of Employment will be sent electronically to Service Canada by Payroll Services. Employees do not need a hard copy of their Record of Employment to apply for Employment Insurance. Payroll Services will process the mass Records of Employment Insurance purposes by July 18, 2019.

For purposes of Employment Insurance only, TVDSB reports a full day as 8 hours.
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FROM EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT CANADA

Important Notice for Teaching Staff - 2019

Applying for Employment Insurance Benefits

As teaching staff, this notice will provide you with information and help guide you through your application for Employment Insurance (EI) benefits.

You may be eligible for EI regular benefits if:

• your teaching contract has ended and you are a teacher at a pre-elementary, elementary, secondary, technical or vocational school;
• you teach on a casual or substitute basis; or
• you had employment other than teaching.

You may also be eligible for other EI benefits as long as you meet the conditions for each benefit.

** Please do not use a 16-digit reference code to submit your application. **

When to apply

Apply as soon as possible after you stop working. Do not wait until you get your Record of Employment (ROE) to apply. If you wait more than four weeks after your last day of work to apply, you may lose benefits.

If you have had a recent claim

If you have received EI benefits in the past 52 weeks or if you have an existing claim, we will reactivate your claim once you submit a new application.

If you want to start a new claim instead of reactivating your existing claim, contact Service Canada  at 1-800-206-7218 before you start.

If you are applying for the first time or want to start a new application

1. Visit Canada.ca/ei for information on EI benefits and eligibility and to apply online.

2.  Make sure you have the information below when you begin your application:

• your social insurance number (SIN);
• your dates of employment;
• your banking information for direct deposit.

3.  Complete your online application. After you apply, we will also need your ROE.

• If your employer submits electronic ROEs to Service Canada, you do not need to provide them to us.
• If your employer issues paper ROEs, you must get copies of all ROEs issued in the past 52 weeks. Submit them to Service Canada by mail or in person as soon as possible.

Next Steps

A benefit statement and access code will be sent to you

Service Canada will mail you a benefit statement with a four-digit access code once your application is complete. You need this code and your SIN to inquire about your application and to submit biweekly reports. If you have applied in the past, you already received an access code. You will not get a new one. Use the access code you already have.

Receiving the EI benefit statement does not mean that Service Canada has made a decision about your claim.

You must submit biweekly reports

Depending on which benefits you applied for, you will need to keep a detailed record of your job search and submit biweekly reports to Service Canada. In these reports, you must:

• show you are available and looking for work;
• declare any income; and
• indicate which days you are not available for work (for example, when you are on vacation).

When payments start

Before you can receive any payments, you must submit a first biweekly report using your access code. There is usually a one-week waiting period for which you will not be paid before you start receiving benefits.

You will receive your first payment about 28 days after you apply if you are eligible and have submitted all required documents.

Sign up for My Service Canada Account (MSCA)

With MSCA, you can check the status of your application. You can also:

• submit your biweekly reports;
• view and update your personal information;
• find out when your payments start and end;
• view your electronic ROEs or confirm that they have been issued;
• sign up for direct deposit or change your direct deposit details.

Visit Canada.ca/myservicecanadaaccount to sign up today.

If you have any questions, contact Service Canada at 1-800-206-7218 or visit Canada.ca/ei .

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If you have borrowed any resources from our Library, please make sure you return them before the end of the month.    

Clarification re: payment for mandatory online modules

You will see a half day job appear in TVARRIS on June 28th once the training has been processed.   Processing was done on May 31st so if you completed before then and are eligible, you should see a job for June 28th in your TVARRIS.  The location of the job will be HR 1 and the reason for the job will be PD. Additional comments will include OTE Mandatory Training. Do not remove this job or you will not be paid.

Future processing dates will be June 13th and July 2nd.  All jobs will be processed by July 2nd!

If you have deleted the job or have completed the training and do not see it after processing dates, please contact Charlene Hofbauer at ext. 20506.

The following modules are posted in the Employee Portal as OTE training:

Anaphylaxis & Asthma Management Training Video
Asthma Metered Dose Inhaler Resource Video
Concussion Awareness PART I (June Safety Spotlight) (Mandatory)
Concussion Part II - Response, Management (June Safety Spotlight) (Mandatory)
September - Emergency Codes and Asbestos Awareness (Mandatory)
October - Fire Code Training 2017
November - Ladder Safety Awareness (Mandatory)
December - Slips, Trips and Falls (Mandatory)
Video 1 - Violence Awareness & Handling Violent Situations
Module 3 - Post Incident Review & Documentation
Module 10 - Working Late
Module 11 - Handling Cash
Module 12 - Workplace Design
Module 13 - Recognizing and Coping with Aggressive Behaviour

Action for Friday June 7; Wage Cap Legislation; and PLDF Process over the Summer

To plan a coordinated response and a united message on June 7, ETFO is asking all locals to alter the #RedForEd actions for next week to mark a year of cuts.

Along with the other education affiliates, we are encouraging members to wear black. Black was chosen to signal that we, the people of Ontario, are mourning a year of devastating cuts to education and our public services.

To make this action successful, we need your help to inform members about this action to wear black on Friday, June 7.

In addition to wearing black on June 7, members are encouraged to participate in a workplace action and share a message on social media. Let's give this government a report card and a failing grade for its actions and plan that are putting corporations over children and their future.

Here are three ways that ETFO members can send a united message Friday:
1. Wear black on Friday, June 7
2. Organize an action, in your workplace, with a small group, or participate as an individual to issue Doug Ford a report card and give the government a failing grade. Share your group photo and report card on social media, and use the hashtag #Fordisfailing.
NOTE: ETFO will provide a template report card that can be downloaded and printed from the website.
3. Challenge your friends, family, and parents to participate. Let's send a strong message online and use the hashtag #FordisFailingOntario

In our region, a bus from the OPSEU Regional Office at 1092 Dearness Drive, will leave at 3:30 to take participants to MPP Jeff Yurek's office, 750 Talbot Street in St. Thomas. That protest runs from  4 PM - 6 PM. Your spot on the bus can be reserved at https://www.oflevents.ca/london_june_7_day_of_action_to_resist_ford_cuts

For those from the Woodstock area who are not working June 7th,  protests will gather from 9 AM to 10:30 AM in front of MPP Ernie Hardeman's office at 12 Perry Street.
These government actions must stop before they destroy the Ontario we all cherish.  Let's be part of the noise that draws their attention!

Please join us in sharing information with your colleagues about the united action to wear black next Friday.  Together we can continue to make a difference and defend public education.
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Wage Cap Legislation is Here!
Once again, Teachers' democratic right to negotiate a Collective Agreement, has been threatened.  This is one more step in eroding Ontario's public services. Check out ETFO Provincial's response at:
https://shar.es/a0hiG2.
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The TVOT PLDF Subsidy

The TVOT office will be closed over the summer break in July and August. For those of you who are completing your PLDF approved courses in June, we will make our best effort to process your subsidy before the end of the month PROVIDED you submit the required documents for your application, namely; proof of successful completion and receipt of payment for the course (if it wasn't initially included with your application). Otherwise, your subsidy will be processed when we return from the break in September.
The 1 school month requirement for these required documents will be extended for you as well to the first week of September.

It is a good practice to read through and familiarize yourselves with all requirements stipulated on application forms in order to avoid disappointment.