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Monday, January 10, 2022

Benefit Changes Effective January 1, 2022

The Pension & Benefits Committee has reviewed the maxima corresponding with the extended health and dental benefit provisions and approved the following changes effective January 1st, 2022:

Benefit Provision Previous Maxima New Maxima
Extended Health Counsellor (Psychologist/Social Worker/Psychotherapist) $943 $975
All other Paramedical Services/ hearing aids $743 $768
Private duty nursing $22,517 per year 23,271 per year
Out-of-pocket cap $130 single/ $262 family $133 single/ $267 family
Dental Basic Services $2358 $2466
Major Services $3553 $3716
Orthodontia $3533 $3716
Retiree Life Insurance Coverage for eligible employees who retire on or after January 1, 2022 $5700 $5900
Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Minimum Wage Changes January 1, 2022

The minimum wage rates in Ontario are increasing on January 1, 2022 as summarized in the following table:

Minimum wage rate

Current wage rate

Effective January 1, 2022

General minimum wage – applies to most employees

$14.35 per hour

$15.00 per hour

Student minimum wage – applies to students under the age of 18 who work 28 hours a week or less when school is in session, or work during a school break or summer holidays

$13.50 per hour

$14.10 per hour

Liquor servers minimum wage – applies to employees who serve liquor directly to customers or guests in licensed premises as a regular part of their work

$12.55 per hour

$15.00 per hour
Tuesday, November 30, 2021

New Workday homepage and search experience coming soon!

Stay tuned for a newly designed Workday home page and enhanced search experience!

Features include:

  • Highly visible tasks awaiting your action 

  • Personalized, timely suggestions to remind you of upcoming absences, new pay slips available and other relevant information

  • Global navigation to allow access to applications from any area in Workday 

  • Ability to add external shortcut links, such as the Benefit rates page or Workday user guides 

  • Faster, more relevant search results 

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Minimum Wage Changes October 1, 2021

The minimum wage rates in Ontario are increasing on October 1, 2021 as summarized in the following table:

Minimum wage rate Current wage rate Effective October 1, 2021
General minimum wage – applies to most employees $14.25 per hour $14.35 per hour
Student minimum wage – applies to students under the age of 18 who work 28 hours a week or less when school is in session, or work during a school break or summer holidays $13.40 per hour $13.50 per hour
Liquor servers minimum wage – applies to employees who serve liquor directly to customers or guests in licensed premises as a regular part of their work $12.45 per hour $12.55 per hour

More information can be found on the Government of Ontario’s website.