Wherever You Need Us
Members Can Expect COTAPSA to Advocate on Their Behalf Across the City’s Operations
meets regularly with City officials:
- Mayor
- Councillors
- City Manager
- Deputy City Managers
- Senior officials
presents issues to various City Council committees:
- Employee and Labour Relations Committee
- Budget Committee
- Executive Committee
- Economic Development Committee
- Government Management Committee
provides leadership workplace reorganization with:
- Toronto Public Service Initiative Steering Committee
- Benefits Monitoring Committee
- City Human Resources/COTAPSA meetings
- Occupational Health and Safety Coordinating Committee
- Pandemic Influenza Steering Committee
advocates for improvements to terms and conditions of employment in:
- Benefits
- Job Evaluation
- Compensation
- City policies
monitors City policies and practices to ensure fairness and equity in:
- Sick leave policy
- Lieu time/overtime policy
- Acting assignment policy
- Hiring practices
- Unused vacation days
- Pay for performance
- Mileage Increase
- Governance reviews (IT, EMS, Health, Social Services, Finance & Administration, etc.)
represents members in the following areas:
- Human rights complaints
- Job evaluation, requests for reconsideration
- Letters of expectation
- Termination packages
- Unfair and unjust performance reviews
- No cost of living allowance (COLA) increases
- Pandemic influenza planning
- Ministry's order to pay lost wages (Employment Standards Initial Complaint and Appeal)
monitoring & commenting on governance & reorganization reviews where:
- Programs have not been reviewed since amalgamation
- There have been significant changes in processes and only minor changes to organizational structure
- Divisions need to evaluate compliance with their mandates
- Staff retirements combined with growing responsibilities
in the following areas:
- Accounting Services
- Administrative Services
- Animal Services
- City Planning
- Design, Web, Photo/Video and Pre-Press Services
- District Service Improvement
- Economic Development, Culture & Tourism
- Emergency Medical Services
- Employee and Labour Relations
- Employment and Social Services
- Family Health and Healthy Lifestyles
- Finance and Administration
- Human Resources
- Inspection, Enforcement and Prosecution
- Information and Technology
- Parks, Forestry and Recreation
- Policy, Planning, Finance and Administration
- Public Health
- Toronto Fire Services
- Toronto Public Services People Plan
- Toronto Water
protects during these program reviews by ensuring:
- Retraining is provided by the City of Toronto
- Suitable placement within the City if no position exists within the affected division
- Proper separation packages
