Glossary of Common Acronyms

ACERC: AMAPCEO-Central Employee Relations Committee: In the Ontario Public Service (OPS), the committee consisting of an equal number of union and employer representatives who meet regularly to review, discuss, and resolve broad issues that transcend individual disputes across the OPS.  

AMERC: AMAPCEO-Ministry Employee Relations Committee

ALOC: Association of Law Officers of the Crown

ASMP: Attendance Support Management Program

AWA: Alternative Work Arrangement

BPS: Broader Public Sector

CA: Collective Agreement

COC: Compensation Option Credit

COLA: Cost of Living Adjustment

CWW: Compressed Work Week

DFR: Duty of Fair Representation

DRO: Dispute Resolutions Officer

DM: Deputy Minister

EE: Employee

ER: Employer

ERC: Employee Relations Committee

FSRA: Financial Services Regulatory Authority

FDR: Formal Dispute Request Form

FXT: Fixed Term Employee

GSB: Grievance Settlement Board

HARLO: Healthcare, Agency, Regulatory, and Legislative Offices bargaining units

HOOPP: Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan

IPC: Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

JBRC: Joint Benefits Review Committee

JE: Job Evaluation

JRP: Joint Review Panel

LOA: Leave of Absence

LTIP: Long-Term Income Protection

LTD: Long-Term Disability

MOA: Memorandum of Agreement

MOS: Minutes of Settlement

NOL: Notice of Layoff

OAC: Ontario Arts Council

OCA: Ontario Child Advocate, formerly Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, now part of the Ontario Ombudsman's office

OCY: Ontario Ombudsman - Children and Youth Unit, formerly OCA

OFLS: Ontario Ombudsman - French Language Services Unit

OFLSC: Office of the French Language Services Commissioner, now OFLS

OHRC: Ontario Human Rights Commission

OLRB: Ontario Labour Relations Board

OPACY: Office of the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, now part of the Ontario Ombudsman's office

OPB: Ontario Pension Board

OPS: Ontario Public Service

OPSEU: Ontario Public Service Employees Union

pCPA: pan-Canadian Pharmaceutical Alliance

PEGO: Professional Engineers Government of Ontario

PHO: Public Health Ontario

PIPSC: Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada

PSPP: Public Service Pension Plan

SNA: Surplus Notice Alert

STSP: Short-Term Sickness Plan

TEI: Transition Exit Initiative

VC: Vice Chair

WA: Workplace Advisor

WPR: Workplace Representatives

WRC: Workplace Relations Committee

WRTS: Workplace Representative Tracking System