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IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
Before
THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD
BETWEEN
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
(Union) Union
- and -
The Crown in Right of Ontario
(Treasury Board Secretariat) Employer
BEFORE Randi H. Abramsky Vice-Chair
FOR THE UNION Kate Hughes
Cavalluzzo Shilton McIntyre &
Cornish LLP
Counsel
FOR THE EMPLOYER Benjamin Parry
Treasury Board Secretariat
Legal Services Branch
Counsel
HEARING
SUBMISSIONS
January 25, 2016
June 27, 2016
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Decision
[1] Having heard the submissions of the parties, I hereby order as follows:
[2] The Employee Screening Tool subcommittee process pursuant to
Section 3 of the Memorandum of Agreement shall commence on July
13, 2016.
[3] Commencing in September 2016, the subcommittee will meet once a
month to discuss the ESRA tool’s implementation for each ministry.
a. The applicable ministry will ensure that a representative involved in the
ministry’s tool implementation will attend the meeting to discuss the
tool’s implementation and questions about the process used.
b. The tool implementation for each ministry will be discussed one
ministry at a time.
c. While co-ordination of the applicable line ministry’s attendance at the
subcommittee and the order of the ministries will be arranged by the
Employer, the first three ministries will be the Ministry of Community
Safety and Correctional Services, Attorney General, and Natural
Resources and Forestry in no particular order.
[4] The parties may agree to amend any timelines or meeting dates.
[5] The Subcommittee will continue until the earliest of:
a. The parties reach a resolution; or
b. All the ministry subcommittee meetings have been completed; or
c. The parties agree otherwise.
[6] At any point in time after 3 months from September 2016 (i.e., December 2016)
should the subcommittee discussions prove to be fruitless either party may
terminate the subcommittee with two weeks written notice and the Union may
seek a date before Vice-Chair Abramsky to continue the hearing. In addition,
should all of the ministry subcommittee meetings have been completed and the
discussions proved to have been fruitless the Union may seek a date before
Vice-Chair Abramsky to continue the hearing.
[7] Vice-Chair R. Abramsky is seized with the implementation of this Agreement and
any other matters pursuant to the September 18, 2013 Memorandum of
Agreement, including the hearing of these grievances. The parties agree to set a
date on the earliest opportunity should a hearing be necessary.
Dated at Toronto, Ontario this 29th day of June 2016
Randi H. Abramsky, Vice Chair