If you would like to become more involved in occupational health and safety, there are plenty of 
opportunities. You could consider being a health and safety representative in your school. Maybe you would 
like to serve on a Joint Health and Safety Committee. Even if you would simply like to know more about 
your rights and duties, ETFO offers health and safety workshops, training and resources to meet your needs.

PENSIONS

ETFO members with teacher qualifications are members of the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP). 
Other ETFO members become members of Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) when 
eligible. You are never too young to care about your pension plan or to learn what benefits accrue to you.

ETFO, through OTF, participates in the joint sponsorship of the OTPP with the Ontario government. 
Through that partnership ETFO works to ensure that the interests of our members are protected as the 
plan is administered, and when plan changes are negotiated. Both OTPP and OMERS provide members 
with secure online access to their pension information. Instructions can be found on their websites. OTPP 
calls this iAccess Web, OMERS calls it myOMERS.

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP)

5650 Yonge Street, Suite 300 Toronto, ON, M2M 4H5
Tel: (416) 226-2700
1-800-668-0105 (toll free)
Fax: (416) 730-7807
1-800-949-8208 (toll free) 
E-mail: inquiry@otpp.com
Website: www.otpp.com

Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS)

One University Avenue, Suite 800 Toronto, ON, M5J 2P1
Tel: (416) 369-0813
1-800-387-0813 (toll free)
Fax: (416) 369-9704
1-800-369-9704 (toll free) 
E-mail: client@omers.com 
Website: www.omers.com

 Have your social insurance or pension membership number available to use when making inquiries 

by mail or telephone.

ETFO provides workshops through our locals about pensions and retirement planning.

EMPLOYMENT INSURANCE

Many members (occasional teachers, DECEs, educational assistants, PSPs, ESPs) are employed by their 
boards for fewer than 12 months a year. As a result, they are laid off from their positions at different times 
during the year. These members are entitled to apply for Employment Insurance (EI) benefits from Service 
Canada. Contract teachers are typically precluded by regulation, from collecting regular employment 
insurance benefits.

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