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GSB# 2006-0479
UNION# 2005-0517-0079
IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
Before
THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD
BETWEEN
Ontano PublIc ServIce Employees Umon
(Jessop) Union
- and -
The Crown III RIght of Ontano
(Mimstry ofCommumty Safety and CorrectIOnal ServIces) Employer
BEFORE Barry Stephens Vice-Chair
FOR THE UNION Scott Andrews
Gnevance Officer
Ontano PublIc ServIce Employees Umon
FOR THE EMPLOYER Faith Crocker
Staff RelatIOns Officer
Mimstry of Commumty Safety and
CorrectIOnal ServIces
HEARING June 20 2006
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DeCISIon
The partIes have agreed to an ExpedIted MedIatIOn-ArbItratIOn Protocol It IS not necessary to
reproduce the entIre Protocol here Suffice It to say that the partIes have agreed to an "True
MedIatIOn-ArbItratIOn" process, whereIn each provIdes the VIce-chair wIth submIssIOns, whIch
Include the facts and authontIes each relIes upon. The process adopted by the partIes provIdes
for a canvaSSIng of the facts dunng the medIatIOn phase, although the VIce-chair has the
dIscretIOn to request further InformatIOn or documentatIOn. ArbItratIOn decIsIOns are Issued In
accordance wIth ArtIcle 22 16 of the collectIve agreement, wIthout reasons, and are wIthout
preJudIce or precedent.
The gnevance In thIS case relates to the gnevor's claim for a speCIal and compaSSIOnate leave for
Fnday Apnl 8 2006 Ms Jessop requested the leave so that she could attend a servIce held for
Pope John Paul II. The umon submIts that the leave request was appropnate, gIven the relIgIOus
sIgmficance of the death of a pope The employer responds that, after consIdenng the request,
they determIned that speCIal and compaSSIOnate leave was not appropnate, as the day dId not
COInCIde wIth the recogmzed relIgIOUS holIdays for Roman CatholIcs The gnevor was granted a
vacatIOn day to accommodate her desIre to attend the event In questIOn.
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After reVIeWIng the submIssIOns of the partIes and the collectIve agreement, It IS my conclusIOn
that the gnevance should be dIsmIssed.
Dated ~t Toronto thIS 25th day of July 2006