SENATE ACKNOWLEDGES UNDERFUNDING OF CANADA'S CROWN PROSECUTORS
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Last week, the Standing Senate Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs presented its report on Bill C-75, An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Youth Criminal Justice Act and other Acts and to make consequential amendments to other Acts.
Touted as the Government's response to the...
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THE AJC JOINS THE FIGHT TO STOP CUTS TO LEGAL AID ONTARIO
Monday, May 27, 2019
The Government of Ontario announced in its April 2019 budget that Legal Aid Ontario would see a 30% cut in funding retroactive to April 1, 2019. This amounts to $133 million in the coming year and $164 million by 2021 and will hurt some of Ontario´s most vulnerable people while adding new costs...
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Update on Retro Performance Pay
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
You will recall that when the Collective Agreement retroactive pay implementation was being finalized, retroactive adjustments to Performance Pay paid in previous years were not done. (...
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2019 Performance Pay
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
We have been advised that 20.6% of the PPSC population received "Exceeds" ratings and that the percentages will remain the same as last year for those already at the top of the range. This means 4.3% for "Meets" and 6.5% for "Exceeds".
All others not at the top of the scale simply move up...
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JOINT STATEMENT: FEDERAL UNIONS APPROVE AGREEMENT ON PHOENIX DAMAGES
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Late last week, a subcommittee of federal public service unions and employer representatives reached a tentative agreement to provide damages to public service workers in light of the ongoing Phoenix payroll debacle. This tentative agreement was two years in the making. Today, the undersigned...
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Phoenix Damages
Monday, May 6, 2019
Dear AJC members,
As mentioned in previous communications, I, as your AJC President, co-chair the Subcommittee on Phoenix Damages. I am pleased to announce that the parties have come to a tentative agreement.
The subcommittee has worked diligently over the last 2 years to find a...
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The judicial review of the decision by the Binding Conciliation Board
Friday, May 3, 2019
The judicial review of the decision by the Binding Conciliation Board we filed in October last year, proceeded yesterday morning. The proceedings were limited to the employer's motion ...
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Bargaining Update #5 2018-2019 Negotiations
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
The AJC met with the Employer on March 26th, 27th and 28th in bargaining sessions.
We can report that we are slowly making our way through all the proposals and beginning to get into more detailed discussion, creating some forward movement.
The Employer has now responded with...
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Bargaining Update
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
The AJC met with the Employer on March 26th, 27th and 28th in bargaining sessions.
We can report that we are slowly making our way through all the proposals and beginning to get into more detailed discussion, creating some forward movement.
The Employer has now responded with...
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Another win for AJC Members: Settlement reached in the "Unable to Assess" lockstep policy grievance
Thursday, March 21, 2019
On March 23, 2016, the AJC filed a policy grievance on account of eligible LPs being deprived of their incremental lockstep increases on account of receiving an "Unable to Assess" rating. The matter was scheduled for hearing in October 2018. This grievance was filed after the AJC had already...
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