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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
(Goring) Union
- and -
The Crown in Right of Ontario
(Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services) Employer
BEFORE Gail Misra Vice-Chair
FOR THE UNION Christopher Bryden
Ryder Wright Blair & Holmes LLP
Counsel
FOR THE EMPLOYER Peter Dailleboust
Treasury Board Secretariat
Legal Services Branch
Counsel
HEARING August 18, 2016
- 2 -
Decision
[1] The Union has referred to arbitration eleven grievances that had been filed on
behalf of the grievor, Wendy Goring.
[2] There have now been three days of hearing held in these matters, August 31,
2015, June 16, 2016 and August 18, 2016, although the case has not actually
begun to be heard yet.
[3] On August 18, 2016 the grievor was not present at the hearing room by 10 a.m.,
the scheduled time for commencement of the hearing. The parties and I waited
for over an hour, at which point counsel for the Union advised the Board that the
grievor was not going to attend as she was not feeling well, and did not want to
drive to the hearing venue.
[4] The Union sought an adjournment of the day, and the Employer did not contest
the request. As such I have granted the adjournment request. However, if Ms.
Goring wishes to continue to pursue her grievances, she is directed to attend at
the continuation of this case scheduled for August 30 and 31, 2016. She needs
to understand that the Grievance Settlement Board and the parties have
expended significant resources to prepare for and attend at the August 18, 2016
hearing day, and that those resources have been wasted as a result of her failure
to attend the hearing. Should the grievor fail to attend at the next hearing dates
without providing good and sufficient reason for her non-attendance, she should
understand that there may be negative consequences for her grievances.
Dated at Toronto, Ontario this 22nd day of August 2016
Gail Misra, Vice Chair