Glossary of Acronyms
Some of the following acronyms may appear in various AMAPCEO documents and fact sheets. Relevant links have been included where applicable.
ACERC: AMAPCEO Central Employee Relations Committee
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
COC: Compensation Option Credit
COLA: Cost of Living Adjustment
CWW: Compressed Work Week
DFR: Duty of Fair Representation
DRO: Dispute Resolutions Officer
EE: Employee
ER: Employer
ERC: Employee Relations Committee
FDR: Formal Dispute Request Form
OFLSC: Office of the French Language Services Commissioner
FXT: Fixed Term Employee
GSB: Grievance Settlement Board
HOOPP: Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
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
MCIIT DM: Ministry of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade Deputy Minister
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
OHQ: Ontario Health - Quality Unit, formerly called Health Quality Ontario
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
OPS: Ontario Public Service
OPSEU: Ontario Public Service Employees Union
PEGO: Professional Engineers Government of 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
WPR: Workplace Representatives
WRC: Workplace Relations Committee
WRTS: Workplace Representative Tracking System
