TORONTO, ON – Mar. 23, 2018 – The Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act was implemented in 1996 to make Ontario's public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers. The act requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Ontario to make salary and employment information available to the public. The Canadian Hearing Society supports transparency and accountability and provides this information annually.

On March 23rd the 2017 Ontario “Sunshine List” – which includes the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of all employees paid $100,000 or more in the previous calendar year – was made public. This year there is an unusual number of Canadian Hearing Society staff included with exceptional compensation amounts identified on the list.

The 2017 compensation numbers include a one-time pay out of banked sick days for union and non-union employees as agreed during the collective bargaining process. In some cases, the payouts for sick days could be a significant percentage of a person’s annual salary. In addition, annual compensation numbers reflect an increase to base compensation from prior years for some CHS employees, including a retroactive increase for the last four years as negotiated in the new collective agreement. Simply put, these numbers do not reflect the normalized annual compensation for the majority of staff members who are included on the 2017 list.

The Canadian Hearing Society issued this statement to clarify these details for our staff and the general public upon release of the 2017 Sunshine List. 

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