Item - 2019.GL9.18

The General Government and Licensing Committee received the report (October 29, 2019) from the Chief People Officer for information.

The General Government and Licensing Committee recessed its public session to meet in closed session to consider this item, as it relates to personal matters about identifiable individuals, including municipal or local board employees, and labour relations or employee negotiations.

This report provides information on non-union employee separation costs for 2018. In 2014, the City of Toronto's Auditor General reviewed the City's non-union employee separation costs. The review affirmed that separation costs had been awarded in accordance with City of Toronto policies, procedures, applicable legislation, and jurisprudence. The Auditor General recommended that separation costs continue to be monitored and that the costs be reported out regularly. 

The City of Toronto has statutory and legal obligations to provide separation pay when the employment relationship is terminated by the City of Toronto without just cause. Administering separation payments for non-union employees whose employment is terminated without cause falls under the authority of the City Manager. 

The payment provided in each circumstance is informed by both provincial legislation and the application of a number of factors that are consistently considered by the courts. The total number of exits in each of the reported years represents a very small percentage of the total number of non-union employees employed by the City of Toronto.