shocking.
TORONTO - The city and its two largest agencies, the TTC and the Toronto Police, spent $55.6 million last year supporting a roster of more than 1,600 employees on long-term disability, the Toronto Sun has learned.
According to information obtained under municipal freedom-of-information (FOI) legislation, there were 1,636 unionized and staff employees on the LTD rolls at City Hall, the Toronto Police Service and the TTC at the end of 2014.
On average, these employees have been off work and covered by LTD for six-and-a-half years, with a sizable 23% of them on LTD for more than 10 years.
The departments with the highest LTD rates may be surprising. Long-term care homes have 178 staff on LTD with employment and social services (welfare) close behind at 124 individuals.
The statistics provided through the city’s human resources department shows that 51 city employees have been on LTD for more than 20 years and one between 30 and 35 years.
At the TTC, 57 staffers have been on LTD for 10 years or more. At the TPS, that number is 23.
Mayor John Tory told the Sun he felt the process the city is following to monitor LTD cases is “reasonable” but he found the magnitude of the numbers “troubling.”
He referred specifically to the number of people on LTD and the length of time “in some cases.
“I will be asking them (city officials) — as a minimum — if the process if being applied rigorously,” he said. “Do they make the maximum effort that’s provided for in our own policy to re-employ these people in another job?”
The FOI request was initiated in early December. It took two-and-a-half months to get all of the figures back from the three respective bodies. The city and the TTC did not charge to provide the information.
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TORONTO - The city and its two largest agencies, the TTC and the Toronto Police, spent $55.6 million last year supporting a roster of more than 1,600 employees on long-term disability, the Toronto Sun has learned.
According to information obtained under municipal freedom-of-information (FOI) legislation, there were 1,636 unionized and staff employees on the LTD rolls at City Hall, the Toronto Police Service and the TTC at the end of 2014.
On average, these employees have been off work and covered by LTD for six-and-a-half years, with a sizable 23% of them on LTD for more than 10 years.
The departments with the highest LTD rates may be surprising. Long-term care homes have 178 staff on LTD with employment and social services (welfare) close behind at 124 individuals.
The statistics provided through the city’s human resources department shows that 51 city employees have been on LTD for more than 20 years and one between 30 and 35 years.
At the TTC, 57 staffers have been on LTD for 10 years or more. At the TPS, that number is 23.
Mayor John Tory told the Sun he felt the process the city is following to monitor LTD cases is “reasonable” but he found the magnitude of the numbers “troubling.”
He referred specifically to the number of people on LTD and the length of time “in some cases.
“I will be asking them (city officials) — as a minimum — if the process if being applied rigorously,” he said. “Do they make the maximum effort that’s provided for in our own policy to re-employ these people in another job?”
The FOI request was initiated in early December. It took two-and-a-half months to get all of the figures back from the three respective bodies. The city and the TTC did not charge to provide the information.
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