As you will see in the list of pay dates in your TVOT pocket calendars, there is no pay allotted for statutory holidays. Teachers are exempt from parts of the Employment Standards Act and as such, neither permanent Teachers nor LTOs are entitled to pay for any statutory holidays. Thus information is available at the government site: Special Rules for Government Employees
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TVDSB Asymptomatic Testing Sites (voluntary)
TVOT members can participate in the asymptomatic testing that is being conducted for all TVDSB employees. To access the registration links, log into the Board's SharePoint Hub (click on the 9 dots in the square beside the TVDSB logo when you're in Outlook and SharePoint is one of the options) > then Health and Safety > then Covid-19 Resources. The sites that are taking registrations are blue, will take you to a registration page when you click on them.
March 10th testing is at East Elgin Secondary School; March 11th is at Westminster Secondary; March 17th testing is at Glencoe Secondary School; and March 18th is at A.B. Lucas Secondary.
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LTO Evaluations Unnecessary with Revocation of Reg. 274
When Regulation 274 was the law, those on the LTO List who had successfully completed a long-term assignment of 4 months or longer became eligible for a permanent position. Successful completion was often based on an LTO evaluation. Since Reg. 274 was revoked in October 2020, there is no longer any need for those in LTOs to be evaluated in order to be eligible for permanent hire.
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With the next Ontario election due no later than June 2022, provincial parties are holding public consultations to help direct their election platforms. This week, the provincial Liberal Party is seeking feedback on two topics: 1) Education and Life-long Learning and 2) A Fair and Just Ontario.
As front-line workers in education, it is up to us to advocate for a strong public system and here is the link where you can provide your input Liberal Party Consultations - the process takes just a few minutes.
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Only Two Weeks Left to Claim Missing Strike Pay
If you are owed strike pay from 2020, you have until March 20, 2021 to let us know. This is a firm deadline with no exceptions. If you miss the deadline, no payment will be issued.
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Provincial ETFO has commissioned Stratcom Communications to develop focus groups from within ETFO's membership to test out different messaging regarding the elections for the Ontario Government, so if you are contacted, please consider participating.
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