OAPSB LABOUR SEMINAROverview of PC1 Salary % and End-rates

across the Province

NOV 21, 2014

Presentation byFred Kaustinen

Background - 2014

53 police employers: 52 PSBs + Prov (OPP)Approx 34,200 employees

2014 PC1 average* = $89,549

2014 PC1 weighted average* = $90,441

2014 PC1 high* = $90,837 (Barrie)

ON CPI Sep 13-Sep14 = 2.65%

29 of 53 employers represented at this seminar

*note: based on salary information provided by 46 of 53 employers

Wage Trends/Levels – 2015

15 employers have settled 2016, another awaiting ratification. We have info on 14 8 settled for < 3%, including 2 large services 4 small-size (< 25 employees) had PC1 rates below the

average, and settled for 3+% 3 mid-size had PC1 rates below the average, and settled for

3+%: LaSalle (38 employees) Orangeville (64 employees) Sarnia (179 employees)

Highest: Orangeville = $93,333

Wage Trends/Levels – 2016

6 employers have settled 2016 The largest (Brantford – 237) settled for 0% (& benefits) 3 had PC1 rates below the average in 2013, less than 25

employees, and settled for 3+% 2 had PC1 rates below the weighted average, and settled

for 3+%: LaSalle (38 employees) Sarnia (179 employees)

Highest: Sarnia = $95,956

So What?

15-16 employers have settled beyond the common-front mandate (some before the mandate was established)

1/2 the post-2014 settlements are below CPI

Other 1/2 the post-2014 settlements had below average wages

Coordinated bargaining is having a positive effect

Coordinated bargaining is threatened, not dead

None of the 6 x 2014 settlers are here; 18 other employers not represented here

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