Election Official FAQs
You should be paid 4-6 weeks after election day (June 7).
No, cheques will be sent by mail once payment has been processed.
Please note, if you requested payment by cheque, it can take up to two weeks for mail delivery once the payment has been processed.
You can find the details of your pay online through the Employee Portal.
You will need to enter:
- Your access code (employee number), which can be found on your Poll Official Contract;
- The last three digits of your SIN;
- Your last name (case sensitive); and
- Your date of birth
If you do not see any payment information in the Employee Portal, it means that your payment might be currently being processed. We encourage you to check again on the next Thursday.
Login information for the Employee Portal was provided to you in your Poll Official Contract.
If you no longer have access to your Poll Official Contract, please complete our Election Official Contact Form. You should receive a response in five business days.
Login information for the Employee Portal was provided to you in your Poll Official Contract.
If you no longer have access to your Poll Official Contract, please complete our Election Official Contact Form. You should receive a response in five business days.
The total number of hours worked for Elections Ontario in a calendar year is used to determine if CPP and EI should be deducted. Once you have worked 35 hours for Elections Ontario in a year, CPP and EI start to be deducted, beginning with the first hour worked. Income tax is deducted based on bi‑weekly tax tables supplied by the Canada Revenue Agency.
You can find information about the status of your pay online through the Employee Portal.
You will need to enter:
- Your access code (employee number), which can be found on your Poll Official Contract;
- The last three digits of your SIN;
- Your last name (case sensitive); and
- Your date of birth
Please note, if you requested payment by cheque, it can take up to two weeks for mail delivery once the payment has been processed.
If you do not see any payment information in the Employee Portal, it means that your payment might be currently being processed. We encourage you to check again on the next Thursday.
Your online payment details are your pay stub. You can find the details of your pay online through the Employee Portal.
You will need to enter:
- Your access code (employee number), which can be found on your Poll Official Contract;
- The last three digits of your SIN;
- Your last name (case sensitive); and
- Your date of birth
You can find the details of your pay online through the Employee Portal.
You will need to enter:
- Your access code (employee number), which can be found on your Poll Official Contract;
- The last three digits of your SIN;
- Your last name (case sensitive); and
- Your date of birth
If you do not see any payment information in the Employee Portal, it means that your payment might be currently being processed. We encourage you to check again on the next Thursday.
We will need to update your address information. Please complete our Election Official Contact Form. You should receive a response in five business days.
A Record of Employment will only be issued if EI was deducted from any of your cheques. Records of Employment are submitted electronically by the employer to Service Canada- you will be able to access your Record of Employment through Service Canada.
Only people under the age of 18 or over the age of 70 are automatically exempt from paying CPP.
If you are between 65 and 70 and would like to be exempt from CPP deductions, you must file and send a CPT30 form to Elections Ontario.
You can get the CPT30 form from the Canada Revenue Agency.
Please note, deductions will stop being deducted the month following Elections Ontario’s receipt of the signed document.
Employers must deduct Employment Insurance from an employee's insurable earnings if that employee is in insurable employment during the year.
There is no age limit for deducting EI premiums.
T4s are only issued for income:
- Under $500 with deductions of Income Tax, CPP and/or EI.
- Over $500 dollars with or without deductions.
If applicable, you will receive your T4 by the end of February 2019, as per the guidelines set out by the Canada Revenue Agency.
We will look into this for you. Please complete our Election Official Contact Form. You should receive a response in five business days.
Mileage may have been deducted:
- By 16 km for the return of documents to the returning office
- By 40 km for travel to training
- Or if an audit of the travel log submitted showed that the distance claimed did not match the distance calculated
If you still feel you have been paid for less mileage than you should have been, please complete our Election Official Contact Form. You should receive a response in five business days.
Your Poll Official Contract states your cell phone allowance, if any.
Yes, you will be paid for training.
Please complete our Election Official Contact Form. You should receive a response in five business days.