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l 1111 GRIEVANCE COMMISSION DE
SETTLEMENT REGLEMENT
BOARD DES GRIEFS
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GSB# 967/93
OPSEU# 93E137
IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRA~ION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
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THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD \
BETWEEN
OPSEU (MacMillan) Grievor
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The Crown in Right of ontario
(Ministry of Health)Thames Valley Amb Ltd
Employer
BEFORE N Dissanayake Vice-Chairperson
S Urbain Member
D. Montrose Member
FOR THE A. Lee
GRIEVOR Grievance Officer
Ontario Public Service
Employees Union
FOR THE P Whalen
EMPLOYER Counsel
Barristers & Solicitors
HEARING January 26, 1994
April 22, 28, 1994
June 1, 1994
July 8, 1994
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DECISION
This is a grievance filed by Ms Alison MacMillan,
all~ging that she was dismissed without just cause The
dismissal was effected by a letter dated June 3, 1993
The employer, Thames Valley Ambulance (TVA) is a
corporation solely owned by Mr Bob Duffield It operates a
licensed ambulance service, which is regulated by the
Ambulance Act and is subject to the requirements and
guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health It operates its
ambulance service out of four bases in the London area TVA
vehicles are dispatched by the London Central Dispatch Centre
(LCDC) which is part of the ontario Public Service
The grievor worked a shift on June 1, 1993 starting at
7 00 P m and ending at 7 00 a m the next day Her discharge
resulted from events that occurred during this shift Based
on all of the evidence, the Board makes the fOllQwing findings
of fact
The grievor commenced employment with TVA in June, 1985
as a part-time Driver/Attendant In April 1986 she assumed
full-time status, but vOluntarily reverted to part-time in
October 1991, when she obtained a position as dispatcher with
the London City Police
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On the shift on June 1, 1993 she was partnered with
Driver/Attendant Ms Tracy Garneau Upon arrival she realized
that the vehicle assigned by her TVA shift supervisor, no ~
1173, had not returned to base However, a second vehicle,
no 1176 was available in the bay Short~y after 700 p m
she started a vehicle check on no 1176, which included
checking to ensure that the vehicle was properly stocked with
the required supplies and equipment
At 7 05 P m she was interrupted by a call from Mr
McKaig the dispatcher at Leos During a very brief
conversation, he informed the grievor that he was expel:iiencing
a shortage of vehicles and that she was assigned to whatever
vehicle was at base When the grievor ,inf ormed that the
vehicle at base was no 1176, he stated that that would be the
vehicle she would use The grievor indicated that when the
other vehicle returns, she would take that Mr McKaig did
not object, but stated that for t~e pre~ent, the grievor was
to use no. 1176.
1 grievor received
At 7 21. 30 P m the a call from Mr
McKaig again All conversations between dispatchers and
vehicles are routinely recorded The transcript of the tape
of the call in question was filed in evidence and is as
follows
1 Ring
2 Grievor Hello
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3 McKaig Hello How are you?
4 Grievor Good
5 MCKaig Ah, they shouldn't be too long coming
back I got one UHMRI to South Street
6 Grievor o K I'll call you when the truck is
checked
7 McKaig No Now Take the information now
8 Mckaig: 1 7 1, roger
9 Grievor (Hangs up no 1)
10 Ring, Ring
11 Grievor Hello
12 McKaig Hi, I said take the information now
13 Grievor Well, you started talking to somebody
else
14 McKaig I rogered a car Eleanor Campbell
UHMRI, CCTC at Vic, South street And I'll
put you on it now
15 Grievor Occurrence number
16 McKaig Sorry?
17 Grievor Occurrence number
18 McKaig Call number is 514593
19 Grievor We'll go on it when we're finished
our check with the vehicle when it gets back
20 McKaig You can explain that to the
21 Grievor (Hangs up no 2)
22 Ring Ring
23 Grievor Yes
- 24 McKaig You'll go in 1176 and you'll go now
25 Grievor: Ah, no
26 McKaig Yes Are you refusing
27 Grievor Is this a Code 1?
28 McKaig Are you refusing the call?
29 Grievor: No I'm not What code is this?
30 McKaig Are you refusing the cail?
31 Grievor What code is this?
32 McKaig It's a Code 1
33 Grievor It's a Code 1 o K., I'll get back to
you (Hangs up no 3)
34 Ring
35 Grievor: Standby please (Hangs up no.4)
36 McKaig: 7 3 Roger
37 Ring Ring Ring
38 Garneau Hello
39 McKaig Who's this?
40 Garneau Tracy
41 McKaig Tracy, go on the call ~n '76 please
42 Garneau OK, does she have the address?
43 McKaig You're ordering it
44 Garneau o K
45 McKaig It's an order
46 Garneau o K
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47 McKaig o K Either do it or refuse it That's
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48 Garneau o K
49 McKaig o K Bye
The forgoing exchange lasted a total of 2 minute~ and 19
seconds By the time this exchange ended, vehicle no 1173
had returned to base The grievor and Ms Garneau took it and
completed the call in question
The ultimate decision to discharge the grievor was made
by Mr Duffield He testified that the incident came to his/
attention on June 2nd, through supervisorMr Chris Darby
The (evidence indicate,s that Mr Darby became aware of t'he
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exchange between the grievor and Mr McKaig, when the griever,
after hanging up for the third time, called Mr Da'rby to
complain about her perceived unreasonableness of Mr McKaig's
insistence that she use car no 1176 to do a code 1 call
immediately Mr. Darby acivised the grievor that he had no
authority over dispatchers and directed her that she comply
with the dispatcher's instruction Upon f indingout that
there had been a problem between the grievor and a dispatcher,
Mr Duffield instructed Mr John Mercer, operations Manager,
to investigate
Mr Mercer inquired from Mr Darby, who informed him that
there had been a problem between the grievor and Mr McKaig,
that Mr MCKaig had some difficulty getting a call done Mr
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Mercer obtained a written statement from Mr Darby Mr
Mercer next visited the Dispatch Centre ,and obtained a copy of
the tape of the exchange between the grievor and Mr McKaig
FOllowing Mr Mercer's visit to the Dispatch Centre, Mr
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McKaig's supervisor requested an incident report from Mr
McKaig, which the latter filed A copy of this was also
provided to Mr. Mercer Mr Merc~r reported to Mr Duffield
and provided him the copy of the tape, the statement by Mr
Darby and Mr McKaig's incident :r:eport Mr Mercer, then
prepared two forms for the grievor and Ms Garneau
respectively, requesting a report on the incident Through
three questions set out, Mr Mercer wanted an explanation as
to why they had not responded to the code 1 call using vehicle
no 1176 right away, when the dispatcher so requested the
first time The forms were placed on a tray where mail was
usually placed for pick up by employees The form states that
it is to be completed "on the first working shift that this
request is received". Ms. Garneau replied, stating in essence
that she was not privy to the excha~ge between the grievor and
Mr McKaig and that since no 1173 was back by the time she
answered the last call, they had taken it to do the call
There was no response received from the grievor
Having received the tape, Mr Darby's statement, Mr
McKaig's incident report and Ms Garneau's report, Mr
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Duffield had a meeting with Mr Mercer and Ms Irene
Carruthers (Asst Manager) on June 3 , 1993 Based on the
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information they had, they concluded that the grievor had
refused to do a call dispatched by Mr McKaig and that such
conduct contravened TVA rules as well as the Ambulance Act
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They discussed discharge of the grievor as an appropriate
response, but left the final decision to Mr Duffield The
same day Mr Duffield decided to discharge the grievor That
day the grievor was not scheduled to work, but was expected to
come in to pick up her pay cheque On Mr Duffield's
instructions, Mr MeJ;'cer withheld her pay chequ~, and
instructed her to attend a meeting with Mr Duffield and Ms
Carruthers on June 4, 1993.
The grievor attended the June 4th meeting with two union
stewards There is no dispute that Mr Duffield started the
meeting by handing the letter of discharge to the grievor
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The union witnesses claim that after reading the letter,~they
asked Mr. Duffield specifically whether he wanted to hear the
grievor's side of the story and that Mr Duffield replied that
he did not and that he had all the information he needed on
tape They also testified that Mr Duffield denied their
request that they be allowed to hear the tape Mr Duffield,
corroborated by Ms Carruthers, denies that the union made
either request He testified that while he did not want a
"heated discussion", he was willing to listen
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Before turning to the merits of the parties' positions,
we turn to the process followed by the employer In the
absence of any requirement in the collective agreement for a
particular procedure, an employer is legally free to make its
disciplinary decisions in any manner However, it is the
employer's responsibility to ensure that its decision is
legally correct, because if the decision is challenged, the
onus would be on it to establish just cause In these
circumstances, it is very foolish for any employer, to not
confront the grievor with the allegations and provide the
grievor with a full opportunity to respond, before making any
decision as to discipline. By not doing that the employer
runs the risk that it may make its decision without knowledge
of circumstances or an explanation which would exonerate the
grievor or at least reduce the gravity of the,misconduct Why
any employer would fail to take that very basic precaution is
beyond this Board's comprehension
In the case at hand, there is no doubt in our minds that
the employer had no ,intention or desire to hear the grievor's
side before making its decision While the request form was
left for pick up, no one in management knew that the form had
been picked up by the grievor Mr Mercer spoke to the
grievor that day and yet did not bother informing her that
there was an important form for her to pick up We find on
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the evidence that the grievor was not aware of the form and
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did not pick it up
Whether or not the union requested for an opportunity to
present the grievor's side at the June 4th meeting, it is
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clear that _Mr Duffield had made up his mind before the
meeting. At the meeting the first thing he did was to hand
over the letter of discharge He did not ask the union or the
grievor for any explanation While Mr Du~field testified
that he would have been willing to listen, we have no doubt
that nothing the grievor would' have had to say would have
affected Mr Duffield1s decision If he was interested in
hearing the grievor's side, he would have given her that
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opportunity before making the decision This was made clear
by Mr Duffield during the cross-examination When counsel (
suggested that he should have met with the grievor before
making his decision he replied "the tape said it all" Even
during his testimony he was of the view that in view of the
existence of the tape it was not necessary to hear any
explanation the grievor may have had
While we find that the process followed by the employer (
was not prudent and not appropriate, that by itself does not
vitiate the discipline imposed In the absence of any
mandatory procedure stipulated in the collective agreement,
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the Board must still inquire whether the employer, despite the I
flawed procedure, reached the correct conclusion
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Counsel for the employer submits that the grievor
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breached a number of company rules by her c;:onduct on June 1,
1994 Additionally, he claims that her conduct constituted
"insubordination" and that she failed to follow the "obey now
and grieve later rule" He submits that her conduct,
considering that she was employed in the health care industry,
was so grave that discharge was an appropriate penalty
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The Board agrees with union counsel that the arbitral
doctrine of ihsubordination and the "obey now" rule has no
relevance or application to the facts in hand That doctrine
deals with direct orders made by a supervisor Clearly, Mr
McKaig was not a supervisor He was an employee of a
different employer wpo had to interact with the grievor in the
course of performing his duties as dispatcher
Therefore the employer i s case boils down to an allegation
that the grievor contravened company policy In the
alternative, even if the grievor had not contravened any
specific policy, she could be subject discipline, if her
conduct on June 1, 1993 was so inherently inappropriate and
culpable
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Mr Duffield when asked why he disciplined the grievor
replied "In my opinion it was a blatant act She refused to
do the call 4 times That is against the company policy and
the Act Employees are hired to care for the sick I feel it
was very serious" When asked what company policy was
violated Mr Duffield refer~ed tq a number of provisions in
the Operation Procedures Manual in effect at TVA Those are
listed below numerically for convenience
1 Upon receipt of any call from CAe C ,
you will respond immediately and the
ambulance should be mobile from the
station with-in two minutes at the most
after receiving the call from Dispatch,
and indicate via radio that you are 10-8,
giving destination
2 Ambulance crews rule not delay or refuse
service of any ambulance calls under any
circumstances
3 If the Ambulance officer has concerns
about the nature of any duty assigned,
he/she should record all information and,
do the call, then when practical, contact
the superintendent for clarification or
discussion
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4' REMEMBER - always respond to the
assignment and if necessary express
concerns afterwards - NEVER. REFUSE TO
RESPOND
Mr Duffield also referred to statements in the procedure
manual which require all employees to be aware of and comply
with policy and procedure and the Ambulance Act and \
regulations
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To understand the grievor's def~nce it must be noted that
the company policy as published does not distinguish between
different types of calls (Codes 1 to 4) in setting out the
conduct expected fromemp loyees However, the evidence is
clear that in practice, the employee response expected varied
depending on the code of the call The dispatcher testified
that the call he assigned to the grievor was a code 1, which
was the lowest priority He further testified that the
patient in question was being returned from treatment at a
hospital and that this type of call took the lowest priority
even among code 1 calls He testified that when dispatchers
call an attendant to assign a code 1 call, it was not unusual
for the two to engage in a casual conversation for a few
minutes He also conceded that not infrequently, on receipt
of a code 1 call, attendants would tell him that they would do
the call after the break or after they finish a cigarette,
coffee or meal He testified that that was acceptable
practice This testimony was corroborated by all witnesses,
including some of the employer witnesses The evidence also
is clear that as a general rule, if a code 1 is dispatched
before a vehicle check had been done, it was appropriate for
the crew to complete the vehicle check before going on the
call
The evidence indicates that while generally code 1 calls
are not expected to be treated with the same degree of urgency
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as other calls, on the day in question the dispatcher Mr
McKaig was under pressure to have this particular code 1 call
dispatched quickly The evidence is that June 1st was a very
busy day with several code 3 and 4 calls Earlier Mr McKaig
had dispatched a different crew to do the same code 1 call
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that was later assigned to thegrievor That crew called back
and reported that the patient was not ready when they arrived
Sometime later Mr McKaig had a request again for the transfer
of the same patient, who had a medical team with her The
hospital was anxious to have her transferred quickly By the
time Mr McKaig called the grievor to assign her that call,
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the call had already been delayed by about 1-1/2 hours Mr
McKaig had previously been disciplined for delaying the
dispatching of a crew to a similar call We find that it was
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pressure caused Mr MCKaig to insist that the
grievor proceed immediately On vehicle no 1176 rather than
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wait for the return of no 11 7'3 and that she should not
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further delay responding by waiting to complete a vehicle
check In other words, we fi~d that the urgency demanded by
Mr McKaig was unusual for a code 1 call Nevertheless we
find that it was within Mr McKaig's authority to use his
discretion in the way he did, having regard to the particular
circumstances of that call
The grievor testified that she did not want to take
vehicle no 1176 on the call because she had not completed
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checking it and because it was not equipped with a defibulator
and portable radio Based on the evidence, we do not accept
that that was the reason for the grievor's reluctance to
comply with the dispatcher's instructions Normally, in a
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code 1 situation, the grievor would have been allowed to w~it
for the returning vehicle and to complete the vehicle check,
before proceedinq on the call The grievor was not aware of
the special circumstances of this particular call She
therefore could not understand why on this occasion Mr McKaig
was departing from usual practice She testified that -she
felt that he was being "ornery", "stubborn" ang
"unreasonable" In our view she felt that Mr McKaig.; was
departing from what she understood to be the normal practice
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and felt that Mr McKaig was being unreasonable We find that
this is what in fact caused her to question his instructions
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The most serious allegation against ,the grievor, and
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according to Mr Duffield the reason for her discharge, was
that she refused to do the cal~ During her testimony, the
grievor explained her behaviour during the exchange with Mr
McKaig She testified that she hung up the first time (line
9 on transcript above) because, Mr McKaig started to talk to
another vehicle (line 8) The grievor made the same
explanation to Mr McKaig when he called back (at live 13)
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We find that at line 14 Mr McKaig had conveyed all of
the information the grievor needed to do the call and by line
18 a call number had been obtained At line 19 the: grievor
says that they would go when they finish checking vehicle no
1173 once it returns At line 20 Mr McKaig starts a sentence
but is cut off The grievor test~fied that she hung up this-
time because she did not hear Mr MCKaig speak
Mr MCKaig calls back once again At line 24, he gives
a clear dir,ection "You'll go in 1176 and you'll go now" The
grievor gets verification that it is a code 1 call and at line
33 says "OK I'll get back to you" and hangs ,up She
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testified that she hung up this time, intending to call a
supervisor to complain that Mr McKaig was being unreasonable
and hoping that the supervisor would intervene she called
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Mr Darby after hanging up Mr Darby informed her that he
had no authority over dispatchers and directed that she should
comply with the directions of the dispatcher
While the grievor was on the telephone with Mr Darby,
Mr _McKaig called again on the other phone The grievor
picked it up, said "standby please", and hung up She
testified that she did so because she was on the other phone
speaking to Mr Darby Mr McKaig called back once again
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Thi~ time Ms Garneau answered He made it clear that he was
ordering them to do the call in no 1176 By then the grievor
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also had a direction from her supervisor to comply At that
time the dispute was moot because vehicle 1173 had returned to
base The grievor and Ms Garneau used no 1173 to do the
call
The first issue to determine is whether from the
foregoing facts it could be said that the grievor blatantly
refused to do the call as Mr Duffield concluded In our
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view, the evidence makes it clear that the grievor did not
refuse to do the call She was willing to do the call, but
was questioning the dispatchers instructions as to how the
call was to be done. He wanted her to proceed immediately
using vehicle no. 1176 She felt that was unreasonable and
that it would be proper to wait for the return of vehicle no
1173 When Mr McKaig would not go along with her point of
view she tried to enlist the support of Mr Darby Mr Darby
gave a direction that she comply with the dispatcher's
directions, i~e to take no 1176 without waiting for vehicle
no 1173 to return However, by then no 1173 had returned
and she took it We do not know whether she would have
complied, if no 1173 had not returned at that time
Mr Peter Bergsma, the Manager of the London Central
Dispatch Centre testified in chief that in his view the
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exchange at lines 21 to 25 amounted to a "refusal,j However,
under cross-examination he was asked whether any crew that
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does not respond immediately to a code 1 call, was engaging in
"a refusal " He replied "No But what's missing here is a
lack of communication between attendant and dispatcher,
particularly the attendant A crew may tell the dispatcher
they will go after finishing coffee break or lunch and based
on the request the dispatcher Ir!.ay grant it " When asked "how
about delaying to finish a vehicle check", he replied "In most;
circumstances for a code 1 the dispatcher will allow it to be
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finished"
Mr John Hambides, Manager of Resource Development with
the Emergency Health Services Dept of the Ministry of Health
has responsibility for the education and trairving of staff at
Emergency Health Services and to coordinate ambulance s'ervices
throughout Ontario He was called by the employer In chief
when asked for his opinion r~lating to lines 24 and 25 in the
exchange, replied "It appears she is refusing the call"
, employer counsel later asked "What if an attendant
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has a problem with the directions given by a dispatcher " Mr.
Hambides replied, "That happens Then she should say what the
problem is. She can make alternate suggestions That's
acceptable But if the dispatcher instructs to proceed on the
call the attendant should proceed without delay" In cross-
examination, he was asked whether in his professional opinion,
the fact that an attendant questioned the directions of a
dispatcher was grounds for disc::harge He replied "No As
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long as its done in a cooperative manner to determine if
that's the system There are occasions when an attendant may
question the dispatcher But the bottom line is if the
dispatcher disagrees, the attendant must follow the
instructions "
In our view, the testimony of these two employer
witnesses support our finding that what the grievor did was
not refuse to do the call What she did inappropriate was the
persistent questioning of the dispatchers directions and the
manner in which she did so The person in the best position
te assess what the grievor was doing was Mr McKaig. He was
the one who gave tpe direction and he directly experienced the
griever's response He was called by the employer to testify
He testified very clearly that he did not take the grievor's
response as a refusal He went on to state that if he had
felt that the grievor was refusing ,he would have sa,id so in
his report and that he deliberately avoided alleging a refusal
because the grievor did not refuse to do the call
Having concluded that the grievor did not refuse to do
the call, the Beard must determine whether she nevertheless
acted inappropriately so as to justify a disciplinary response
on the part of the employer Having reviewed the grievor's
conduct we must conclude that she did engage in culpable
conduct which warranted and justified discipline We
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recognize that this was a lowest priority code 1 call The
policy requiring a response within two minutes is not strictly
enforced in this type of call Nevertheless, thel leeway
allowed is that c;ln attendant may request the dispatcher for
permission to vary his directions Therefore by initially
suggesting that she would wait for vehicle no 1173, the
grievor did no wrong However, the dispatcher clearly stated
that he did not agree to her suggestion There was a
disagreement between the attendant and the dispatcher It
must be remembered that there was a third party involved in
this, namely, the patient who was waiting for the ambulance
Once the dispatcher made it clear that he was directing the
call to be done, the debate ought to have ended. Considering
the nature of the service being given by the employer, the
patient should not have to be delayed while the attendant and
the dispatcher carryon an argument That is not a tolerable
state of affairs It is for this reason that the employer's
policy (See p 11 suora) requires that the attendant comply
with the dispatcher's instructions and complain later. The
grievor clearly breached this policy
We also find that the grievor's conduct was culpable in
the manner she expressed her anger or annoyance with Mr
MCKaig She felt that he was being unreasonable Her
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reaction was to try to intimidate him into agreeing to her own
terms. Thus she hung up without waiting for Mr McKaig to
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respond On another occasion she just said "stand by" and
hung up without explaining that she was on another line To
say the least, that was not professional conduct In a
service such as emergency health care, that is not a tolerable
attitude While on occasion hang ups may occur, we do not
accept the union's position, that this type of conduct has been
knowingly condoned by the, employer
While this was a low priority call and while the grievor
did not refuse to do the call outright as alleged by the
employer, we nevertheless agree that it is simply not
tolerable to have an attendant persistently carrying on a
debate with the dispatcher when there was a call to t?e done
The service to the patient must take priority over the
resolution of any dispute between dispatcher and attendant.
The grievor acted culpably by carrying on the debate once the
dispatcher made it clear that he wanted the call done and by
acting unprofessionally during the exchange by abruptly
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hanging up.
The next issue is whether the grievor's conduct in
question justified the ultimate penalty of discharge. We have
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concluded that the grievor's conduct was not as serious as the
employer alleged. She did not refuse to do a call The
evidence indicates that the grievor has been a competent and
dedicated employee since she started in 1985 All of the
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evidence supports that Most significant is the
uncontradicted evidence that she has never had any discipline
whatsoever prior to this incident She readily agreed that
refusing to do a call was a serious offence and that she would
never do that She also admitted that she unintentionally
violated the TVA policy by not do~ng the call and que~tioning
the dispatcher's reasonableness later
Employer counsel recognized that the employer had not
followed the principles of progressive discipline in
\ discharging the grievor However, he subJ;llits that the
grievor's conduct was so serious that it demonstrated that she
was not suitable to be employed in the ambulance service
industry, and that her conduct irreparably undermined her
employment relationship
Having regard to the nature of the grievor's infraction,
and her record of employment, the Board cannot agree There
is no indication from the evidence that the grievor would not
respond positively to progressive discipline. The infraction
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in question was an isolate departure from an attendant who
previously had a flawless career at TVA since 1985. To uphold
the discharge in these circumstances would be discard all of
the jurisprudence stressing the importance of corrective
discipline
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Having regard to the nature of the grievor's conduct and
the mitigatory circumstances, we direct that the grievorbe
reinstated in her position, subject to a suspension without
pay for a period of 10 working shifts subject to that
penalty, the grievor shall be entitled to be compensated for
all monies lost, benefits and seniority The Board remains
seized in the event the parties encounter difficulty in the
implementation of this award '-
Dated this 13th of January, 1995 at Hamilton, ontario
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vice-Chairperson
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I agree with the award up to the duration of the penalty imposed ".
The conduct of the grievor in this incident cannot be compared .to a delayed -
response to a direct order on a factory floor, simply impeding production, but
to a health care system coping with life and death situations To allow
,... ambulance crews to procede at their own time in the ambulance of their choice,
could lead rapidly to a deterioration of service and patient c~re In addition,
this Infraction, could cause the employer to lose or suspend the right to
operate an ambulance service
The grievor's unblemished .record of employment since 1985 dictates she should be
reinstated to her part time position Her regular position is a dispatcher with
the London City Police
In view of this, the grievor should be reinstated without pay, benefits or
seniority to her part time position at the Thames Valley Ambulance Ltd
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D C Montrose