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GSB#1390/99, 1022/00, 1298/00
UNION# 99E231, 00E763, 00E931
IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
Before
THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD
BETWEEN
Ontario Public Service Employees' Union
(Weekes)
Grievor
-and-
The Crown In Right of Ontario
(Ministry of Correctional Services)
Employer
BEFORE Loretta Mikus Vice-Chair
FOR THE GRIEVOR Arleen Huggins
Counsel
Koskie & Minsky
Barnsters & Solicitors
FOR THE EMPLOYER Fateh Salim
Counsel
Legal Services Branch
Management Board Secretariat
HEARING March 11, 2002
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At the medIatIOn of March 11 2002, the partIes resolved all outstandmg Issues m respect of the
gnevance ofMr Anthony Weeks They asked that the followmg paragraphs of the Memorandum of
Settlement be made an Order of the Board.
It IS therefore ordered as follows
MEMORANDUM OF SETTLEMENT AND RELEASE
In the Matter of a Proceeding Before the Grievance Settlement Board
Between
The Ontano PublIc ServIce Employees Umon (OPSEU)
("the Umon")
and
Anthony Weekes
("the Gnevor")
and
The Crown m RIght of Ontano
(Mimstry of CorrectIOnal ServIces)
("the Employer")
Whereas the Gnevorfiled the followmg gnevances GSB FIle # 1390/00 (ongmally filed as
a group gnevance), 1022/00 and 1298/00
And Whereas the partIes wIsh to fully and finally resolve all matters ansmg out of the
gnevances as they relate to the Gnevor and all matters ansmg out of the Gnevor's
employment wIth the Employer to date
Therefore the partIes agree to a full and final settlement of all outstandmg matters to date,
wIthout precedent or prejUdICe and wIthout the admIssIOn ofwrongdomg by any party
4 The Employer agrees that all of the Gnevor's files wIthm the Mimstry of
CorrectIOnal ServIces wIll be purged of all medIcal mformatIOn wIthm three
busmess days of the executIOn of the Minutes of Settlement and Release
Such medIcal mformatIOn IS to be kept separate, to be accessed only for
legItImate purposes mcludmg attendance support program and
accommodatIOn Issues The mformatIOn m the medIcal file IS to rem am
stnctly confidentIal The Employer agrees to provIde the Gnevor wIth a
letter confirmmg that hIS medIcal mformatIOn has been separated from hIS
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personnel files wIthIn three busIness days of the executIOn of thIS agreement.
The Gnevor and Counsel for the Umon wIll reVIew the files as purged.
5 The Employer agrees that It wIll reVIew the Gnevor's personnel files to
determIne whether there are any references to the travel claim InVestIgatIOn
conducted by Ms Rose BuhagIar The Employer further agrees that, If any
such InfOrmatIOn IS found wIthIn the Gnevor's personnel files, It wIll be
removed wIthIn three busIness days of the executIOn of thIS agreement. The
Gnevor and Counsel for the Umon wIll reVIew the files as purged.
6 The Employer agrees that no repnsals wIll be taken agaInst the Gnevor and
the IndIVIduals that were named by the Umon as potentIal wItnesses In the
above matter
7 The Employer confirms ItS commItment to zero tolerance of Instances of
dISCnmInatIOn and/or harassment In the workplace The Employer further
confirms ItS commItment to contInue to abIde by ArtIcle 3 of the CollectIve
Agreement and vanous human nghts legIslatIOn IncludIng, but not lImIted to
the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Ontario Human
Rights Code In respect of the Gnevor
8 The Employer agrees to provIde the Gnevor wIth a letter In accordance wIth
AppendIx "A" attached hereto thIS agreement.
9 In consIderatIOn for the foregoIng, the Gnevor agrees to wIthdraw the
complaInt he filed wIth the Ontano Human RIghts CommIssIOn (OHRC)
dated March 27 2000 The Gnevor agrees to advIse the OHRC of hIS
wIthdrawal In wntIng wIth the follOWIng language
Please be advIsed that I, Anthony Weekes, do not wIsh to proceed
any further wIth the complaInt I filed pursuant to the Ontario Human
Rights Code on March 27 2000 The facts gIVIng nse to my
complaInt have been fully and finally resolved to my satIsfactIOn by
means of a Memorandum of Settlement In proceedIngs before the
Ontano Crown Employees Gnevance Settlement Board.
AccordIngly I would request that the CommIssIOn ImmedIately
wIthdraw the complaInt I filed agaInst my Employer the Crown In
RIght of Ontano (Mimstry of CorrectIOnal ServIces) ItS
representatIves, employees and officIals
The Gnevor further agrees to forward thIS letter to the OHRC adVISIng of the
wIthdrawal of hIS complaInt, no later that 3 busIness days after the Employer
has fulfilled ItS oblIgatIOns as specIfied In paragraphs 1,2,4 5 and 8 above A
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copy of thIS request wIll be provIded to the Employer at the same tIme that It
IS sent to the OHRC
10 The Gnevor and the Umon hereby agree to wIthdraw the gnevances whIch
fall under GSB file # 1390/99 1022/00 and any other outstandmg gnevances
that the Gnevor has filed pnor to the executIOn of thIS agreement.
11 The partIes agree that thIS agreement be made an Order of the Gnevance
Settlement Board. Notwlthstandmg the foregomg, It IS understood that the
terms set out m paragraphs 1 2, and 3 of thIS agreement shall rem am
confidentIal and shall not be dIsclosed to any thIrd party unless reqUIred by
law
12 ThIS agreement constItutes full and final settlement of any and all claims,
gnevances, complamts or actIOns whatsoever that the Gnevor has agamst the
Employer ItS representatIves, employees and officIals to date, whether under
a collectIve agreement, statute (includmg but not lImIted to the Employment
Standards Act, the Occupational Health and Safety Act and/or the Human
Rights Code) regulatIOn polIcy contract or law as a result of or ansmg out of
the facts gIvmg nse to the gnevances (GSB FIle no's 1390/99
1022/00 1298/00) The Gnevor understands that the executIOn of thIS
agreement constItute full and final settlement of any and all claims that the
Gnevor may have had agamst the Employer on hIS claims of dlscnmmatIOn
and harassment that occurred pnor to the date thIS agreement IS sIgned. The
Gnevor further understands that hIlS precluded from relymg upon any of the
underlymg facts of the gnevance (GSB file no's 1390/99 1022/00 1298/00)
to support any claim of dlscnmmatIOn and/or harassment m the future
13 The partIes agree that the GSB and Vice-Chair Loretta Mikus shall rem am
seIzed wIth respect to any Issues covered by thIS agreement.
14 The Gnevor acknowledges that he has read thIS agreement and understands
ItS contents The Gnevor further acknowledges that he IS sIgmng thIS
agreement of hIS own volItIOn and wIthout duress
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AppendIx "A" referred to m the Minutes of Settlement and Release reads as follows
Dear Mr Weekes
The Mimstry regrets the CIrcumstances gIvmg nse to these gnevances and the Impact
It may have had on you and your famIly
Yours tml y
lam LeIthead
RegIOnal DIrector
Adult InstItutIOnal ServIces
Dated at Toronto thIS 7th day of May 2002
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Loretta Mikus, Vice-Chair