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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHale 13-05-111NTHEMATTEROFANEXPEDITEDCLASSIFICATIONARBITRATION BETWEEN: ONTARIOPUBLICSERVICEEMPLOYEESUNION,Local416 (FORSUPPORTSTAFF) (hereinaftercalledthe"Union") -and COLLEGECOMPENSATIONandAPPOINTMENTSCOUNCIL (FORCOLLEGESOFAPPLIEDARTSandTECHNOLOGY) IntheformofALGONQUINCOLLEGE (hereinaftercalledthe"College") -and GRIEVANCEOFMARSHAHALE OPSEUFileNo.2012-0416-0022 (hereinafterthe"GrieverortheIncumbent") ARBITRATOR:RichardH.MeLaren,C.Arb. REPRESENTINGTHECOLLEGE:DianeMeCutcheon-ActingDirector, LabourRelations Leah-AnneBraun-ActingManager, OrganizationalEffectiveness BrentDick,-SiteSupervisor,Employment Services REPRESENTINGTHEUNION:SandyGreen-Anderson-Local416 ChiefSteward MarshaHale-Griever JanStrickland-PresidentLocal416 AHEARINGINRELATIONTOTHISMATTERWASHELDATOTTAWA,ONTARIOON 10MAY2013. INTERIMAWARD AlgonquinCollegeCommunityEmploymentServicesisbasedinthePembroke andPerthcampusesoftheCollege.Apredecessorprogramknownas"Job Connect"hadapositionofClericalAssistantwhichtheGrievoroccupied.TheJob ConnectprogramwasdiscontinuedandtheCollegewastherecipientofanew governmentprogramentitled"CommunityEmploymentServices".TheGrievor wastransferredtoPembroketotheResourceCentrelocatedinabusinessmall wherethegovernmentministrieswhooffertheseprogramsarelocated.Anew PositionDescriptionForm("PDF")wasdevelopedeffectiveAugust2010.The Grievorworksinthispositionasaclericalassistantbutclaimsinhergrievance thatshenowdoesresourceworkaswellandthisaspectofthepositionisnot reflectedinthePDF. TheCollegehasevaluatedthepositionatPembrokeandthegrievanceisdirected atthatevaluation.AtthetimethatImetwiththepartieson10May2013itwas apparenttomeandtoallpresentthatfurtherdiscussionswithmyassistanceand directionwererequiredbeforethemattercouldproceedtoarbitration.The purposeofthisInterimAwardistoprescribethatprocessandoutlinewhathasto bedone.Ontheagreementofallpartiesconcernedthematterwasadjourneduntil afurtherhearingsetfor18June2013inOttawaattheCollege.Atthehearingon the10thofMayitwasfurtheragreedasfollowsandisnowincorporatedinthis InterimAwardasordersoftheArbitrator. 1.Thehearingheldon10May2013istobecontinuedon18June2013.At thattimethepartieswillhavearevisedPDFandthearbitratorwillhear evidenceandargumentonwhateverFactorsundertheJobEvaluation Manualremainindispute. 2.Thepartieswereaskedtousethebalanceofthehearingdaytodiscusstheir differencesinthePDF.ByagreementofthePartiesandOrderofthe Arbitratorthepartiesaretohaveafurthermeetingon27May2013to resolveornarrowtheareasofdifferenceinthePDF.ThePDFdiscussions willbefinalizedatthattime. 2 3, On3June2013theUnionwillsubmittotheCollegeitswrittensubmission onanyfactorsthatremainindisputeandwhytheyoughttoberatedatthe leveltheUnionclaims.Thiswrittenprocesswillincludereferencetothe revisedPDFandtheUnionpositiononratingtheFactorsintheManual. 4.TheCollegeistoprovideitswrittenreplytotheUnionsubmissionsby10 June2013. 5.ThepartiesaretomaketheirsimultaneoussubmissionstotheArbitratoras providedforintheCollectiveAgreementbyl4June2013. 6.Ifthepartieshavenotreachedasettlementthenacontinuationhearingwill beheldon18June2013attheCollegeatalocationtobedetermined commencingateither9a.m.or1p.m.(tobeestablishedatalaterdate). DATEDatLondon,Ontariothis11'hdayofMay,2013. RiehardH.McLgre,C.b. Arbitrator 3