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May 2025 Newsletter

Ontario colleges honoured among Canada's Greenest Employers; reminds colleges of new requirements in the Ontario ESA; and provides updates on upcoming training opportunities. As well, the CEC has announced a new EFAP provider for colleges and provides updates on labour relations with the four union bargaining groups.
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Part-time Support Staff Bulletin Update - CEC urges OPSEU to resolve negotiation stalemate through mediation

The College Employer Council (CEC), representing Ontario’s 24 publicly funded colleges, today calls on the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) to engage in non-binding mediation to break a months-long impasse in negotiations with the part-time college support staff.
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April 2025 Newsletter

CEC newsletter: college HR personnel examined the classification arbitration process; deadline for partial-load optional benefits applications passed; part-time academic employees have officially unionized; significant dates approaching in collective bargaining
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Case Studies

College Demonstrates Commitment to Combat Sexual Violence

In a recent arbitration decision, a public College successfully argued that Sexual Violence in the workplace is conduct that is of such a serious nature that termination is justified in the absence of serious mitigating circumstances.