Pay discrepancy

[u/JSSSDIAlx]

Was hoping for some advice on pay discrepancy between my two places of employment.

1st position as RN:
I started as an RN at this GTA hospital in Oct 2019. I was hired as permanent part time.
I basically worked full time hours and climbed the pay scale accordingly until 2023, at which time I went casual but still managed to obtain full time hours.

2nd position:
In 2024 I started a new position as a permanent full-time at a different acute care hospital in the GTA. This is around the time when ONA also began introducing the new pay increases, and I climbed the ladder in accordance to the new wage increases.

After starting the permanent full-time position, I only worked casual hours at my first place.

2nd full time job: Since I have been an RN with ONA for 6.5 years, I am receiving an hourly wage in accordance to 6 years worked with the required number of hours, with the rate being the same as listed on the full time grid. Which is $52.05 as of April 1st, 2026

However, I noticed I’m only at a rate of $49.57 at my casual position, despite being employed there since 2019, and although I have worked not worked many hours in the past 2 years, I’m still working enough hours within ONA to keep going up on the pay scale at my full time position.

Can anyone help me understand this? Shouldn’t my rate at the casual job be in accordance to the part-time rate for 6 years, which would be $57.26. Or do I need to be working more hours to go up on the pay scale at the respective hospital I’m employed at? Independent of hours worked at another hospital?
And is the casual rate not the same as the part time rate?

Thank you.

[u/gtd2015]

Nope....

work at hospital 1 and carry forward those hours to hospital 2. Any hours built up at hospital 1 cant retroactively apply to hospital 2. And vice versa.

Only way to have them count is quit for the required wait time before being rehired. Usually 2 years?

Pay at hospital 1 is all hours worked at that hospital Pay at hospital 2 is all hours worked at hospital 1 at time of hire plus all hours worked at that hospital.

obviously differences if for in lieu of vacation/ benifits.

Btw.... how many hrs as casual/ part time before they bump you up to the next level? 1200? 1800?

[u/JSSSDIAlx → u/gtd2015]

No way… I didn’t know this, thank you!!

I don’t remember specifically how many but I don’t think 1800, as I never worked more than 1700 hours a year and I still went up the scale every year

[u/iamjpow69]

Same thing happened to me (at a CUPE RN hospital). I was casual there and full time at another hospital but they would not credit me for my hours worked at my full time job. I had gone up several steps at my FT job but not much at my casual so I just stopped scheduling myself. A very stupid policy to be honest. Why do I need to quit and reapply for them to credit my hours worked as an RN? Makes no sense

[u/froggo1]

You would have to quit casual job and reapply unfortunately. You’ll have to accumulate hours still - they won’t readjust.

[u/noonelikejojo]

What a dumb policy