Highlights of the 2023-2025 Ontario Health Collective Agreement
Term
- A two-year term from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2025
Total compensation increase of 10.5%
- Under the tentative agreement, AMAPCEO-represented employees at Ontario Health will receive retroactive, across-the-board compensation increases of 6.5% for the term of the new agreement:
- 3.5% on April 1, 2023
- 3% on April 1, 2024
- AMAPCEO-represented employees will also receive as a Bill 124 remedy, an additional 4% of retroactive increases:
- 2% on April 1, 2020 (inclusive of the 1% previously negotiated)
- 2% on April 1, 2021(inclusive of the 1% previously negotiated)
- 3% on April 1, 2022 (inclusive of the 1% previously negotiated)
- Annual merit pay provisions will continue.
- The Employer will strive to pay all retroactive salary increases—including increases to merit pay—within 90 days.
Major improvements to health benefits
A new Health Care Spending Account or Wellness Spending Account
- Following ratification of the tentative agreement, the Employer will establish a Health Care Spending Account or Wellness Spending Account for each permanent employee (whether full-time or part-time) going forward.
- On a yearly basis, employees may select a Health Care Spending Account or Wellness Spending Account. Either will be funded at $500 per year.
- The Health Care Spending Account:
- Is not an insured benefit. It is over and above existing insured plans. It is not taxable to employees.
- Must be used for either or a combination of eligible medical expenses as defined in the Income Tax Act (e.g. medical equipment and some paramedical providers) and/or out of pocket expenses under the insured plans where the expense is eligible under the Act.
- The Wellness Spending Account:
- Is a taxable benefit.
- Is not restricted to CRA-eligible health expenses, instead providing funds to for a range of wellness-related expenses (e.g. gym memberships, fitness and programs, sports equipment, and ergonomic equipment).
Improved access to and coverage for psychological services
- Effective January 1, 2025, coverage for psychological services will increase from $40 per half hour to $80 per half hour, and annual coverage from $1,400 to $1,600 per calendar year.
- Under the tentative agreement social workers will be included in your benefits plan as eligible practitioners for psychological services, in addition to psychologists, family therapists, or marriage counsellors.
- Social workers are easier to find and their rates tend to be lower, so this improvement will make accessing mental health services much easier.