Hours of Work and Overtime

The ability to collectively negotiate the terms and conditions of your employment, including your hours of work and overtime, is an important advantage of being a unionized professional.

Your Collective Agreement defines the parameters of hours of work and overtime in Article 46.

Bargaining Unit: Ontario Health - Quality Unit

Collective Agreement Article: 46
First Published: August 12, 2020
Last Updated: March 18, 2021

Your hours of work and overtime

The regular work week is 36.25 hours of work.

Full-time employees

Full-time employees at the Ontario Health - Quality Unit are entitled to receive compensating leave time of:

• 1 hour for each hour worked in between 36.25 hours and 44 hours per work week;
• 1.5 hours for each hour worked more than 44 hours per work week; and
• 1.5 hours for each hour worked on your regularly scheduled day off.

Part-time and fixed-term employees

If you are a part-time or fixed term employee at the Ontario Health - Quality Unit who is typically scheduled to work less than 36.25 hours per week:

• you will be paid at your normal rate for any hours worked up until 36.25 hours per week; and
• after that, you will receive compensating leave time as though you were a full-time employee (above).

Refusing overtime and the impact of overtime on mental and physical health

Frequent overtime can be stressful, affect your work-life balance, and lead to burn-out. If frequent overtime demands are becoming a challenge, please seek the assistance of a Workplace Representative in the Ontario Health - Quality Unit.

If the stress, timing, or other factors associated with overtime demands are significantly impacting your mental or physical health, it may be necessary to request an accommodation.

How to take your accumulated compensating leave time

You can request to take your accumulated compensating leave time at any time. As with any time off, it should be mutually agreed upon between you and your supervisor, but they cannot unreasonably deny your request.

If you still have remaining leave time on December 31

• Work with your supervisor to mutually agree on a schedule for you to take your leave before September 30.
• Any remaining leave not taken by September 30 will be paid to you as a lump sum based on your salary rate when you earned the leave time. It will be paid within one month.

Frequently asked questions

Can my supervisor ask me to work overtime without compensation?

Your supervisor or another Employer representative cannot, and should not, request or permit you to work overtime without compensation when that work would otherwise be compensated.

Can I submit a claim for overtime if I am required to carry a mobile phone or computer for work?

Carrying a mobile phone or computer for work is not considered overtime.

However, if there is an expectation from your supervisor that you respond to an email or phone call, or conduct work outside of your normal working hours, you should claim that as overtime.

Can I claim overtime under the AMAPCEO Collective Agreement if I am temporarily assigned to a non-bargaining unit position?

If you are temporarily assigned to a non-AMAPCEO position, your hours of work and overtime are set by the terms and conditions of the non-bargaining unit position. This means that the AMAPCEO overtime and hours of work provisions do not apply. See Article 11.3 of your Collective Agreement.

If you have questions or need assistance

Please contact an AMAPCEO Workplace Representative at the Ontario Health - Quality Unit, and get in touch by email.

Workplace Representatives are trained union members who have volunteered to confidentially assist members like you in the workplace. They should be your first point of contact in seeking information and representation with an issue at work.