Appendix Q - Remedy Payment
Between 2017 and 2022, the Crown and all employee groups resolved the matter of remedy related to the Putting Students First Act (PSFA) court ruling. The ministry issued Transfer Payment Agreements (TPA) to school boards to provide settlement payments to employees and former employees with all costs funded by the ministry.
While most of the payments have been successfully distributed to employees and former employees across the sector, there remain a number of outstanding payments (e.g., uncashed cheques, etc.). The Crown will hold the funds associated with these outstanding payments in reserve for employees who come forward to collect their payment for up to 7 years after the initial payment. The timeline for eligible employees to come forward and receive a payment are as follows:
- Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation (OSSTF) - November 1, 2024
- Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) - January 31, 2025
- Principals and Vice-Principals (PVP) - October 4, 2025
- Other Non-Union (Non-Union) - November 16, 2025
- Ontario Council of Educational Workers (OCEW) - February 15, 2026
- Education Workers Alliance of Ontario (EWAO) - February 28, 2026
- Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) - June 1, 2030
On an annual basis, school boards are required to report back to the ministry any eligible payments made in order to receive the appropriate funding.
For payments made up to August 31, 2025 which have not yet been reimbursed by the ministry, please complete the reporting requirements in Appendix Q, as well as the detailed reporting template (Excel file) available for download in the File Download Portal (FDP) in the 2024-25 Financial Statements folder. The procedure for downloading the files is provided in the FDP User Guide.
The password to open the file is Remedy2025.
Instructions to complete the reporting template can be found on the first worksheet. Please ensure that the totals reported in the worksheet reconcile to the totals reported in Appendix Q. Note that funding for any successful remedy payments will be flowed through the existing remedy TPA and not through Core Education Funding.
Please upload the completed Excel file to the FAAB SharePoint site.
Please note that the remedy transfer payments received by a school board should be reported as “Provincial Grants - Other” on Schedule 9 and can be entered on any of the open lines from 2.8.1 to 2.8.6. Any remedy payments made to employees should be reported on Schedule 10, item 78 (Other Non-Operating Expenses), column 10 (Other Expenses).