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UNION#2018-0368-0189
IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
Before
THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD
BETWEEN
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
(Handley) Union
- and -
The Crown in Right of Ontario
(Ministry of the Solicitor General) Employer
BEFORE D.J.D. Leighton Arbitrator
FOR THE UNION Dan Sidsworth
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Grievance Officer
FOR THE EMPLOYER Sia Romanidis
Treasury Board Secretariat
Employee Relations Advisor
HEARING June 6, 2019
- 2 -
Decision
[1] Mr. Steve Handley, a Correctional Officer at the Central East Correctional
Centre, filed a grievance on July 25, 2018, alleging that the employer breached
the collective agreement by suspending him with pay during an ongoing
investigation. He seeks full redress and to have any record of the suspension
removed from his file. The employer submitted that there was no violation of the
collective agreement.
[2] The parties referred this grievance to mediation/arbitration in accordance with
Article 22.16 of the collective agreement. At the outset of the hearing, the parties
agreed that I had the jurisdiction to hear this matter. The parties asked that I
issue a decision without precedent or prejudice, and without written reasons.
[3] Having carefully considered the submissions of the parties, as well as the
jurisprudence of the Board, I have decided to deny the grievance and it is hereby
dismissed.
Dated at Toronto, Ontario this 16th day of September, 2019.
“D.J.D. Leighton”
D.J.D. Leighton, Arbitrator