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IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
BETWEEN:
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THE EASTERN ONTARIO HEALTH UNIT
(The Employer)
AND:
THE ASSOCIATION OF ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS:
ONTARIO
(TheAssociation)
AND IN THE MATTER OF THE GRIEVANCE OF PIERETTE GUILBAULT
BOARD OF ARBITRATION: HOWARD D. BROWN, CHAIRMAN
JOE HERBERT, UNION NOMINEE
ROBERT WHITTAKER, EMPLOYER NOMINEE
APPEARANCES FOR THE
EMPLOYER:
THOMAS A. STEFANIK, COUNSEL
RAYMOND BESNER, DIR. CORP. SERVICES
APPEARANCES FOR THE
ASSOCIATION:
PHILIP G. HUNT, COUNSEL
SUE McCULLOCH, L.R.O.
BRIAN GRIFFINS, STAFF REP.
PIERETTE GUILBAULT, GRIEVOR
A HEARING IN THIS MATTER WAS HELD AT OTTAWA ON JUNE 8TH, 1994
AWARD
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At the hearing the parties filed an Agreed statement of
Facts as follows:
BETWEEN:
ASSOCIATION OF ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS: ONTARIO
(The Association)
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EASTERN ONTARIO HEALTH UNIT
(The Employer)
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS FOR GRIEVANCE OF PIERETTE GUILBAULT
1. Pierette Guilbault was hired by the employer in July of 1991,
and has at al~ times been employed as an occupational
therapist represented for collective bargaining purposes by
the Association. Prior to 1991, Pierette Guilbault was
employed as an occupational therapist for.a total of 8 years
in Europe. From January through April of 1991, Ms. Guilbault
was employed with Paramed in ontario.
2. Documentary evidence of Ms. Guilbault's prior experience is
attached as Exhibit 1 to this Agreed Statement of Facts.
3. From the inception of the employment relationship to the date
of settlement of the Collec~ive Agreement, Ms. Guilbault was
paid an actual salary in the amount of $36,794.00 per annum.
4. Upon settlement of the Collective Agreement, Ms. Guilbault was
assigned to group 2, level 1 on the salary scale set forth in
the Collective Agreement, which would have reduced her salary
to $35,655.00, but for article 20.01(b) (ii) of the Collective
Agreement. After the completion of one full year, Ms.
Guilbault was advanced to group 2, level 2 which resulted in
an annual salary of $36,288.00 plus 1% for the percentage
increase in transfer payments, for an effective annual salary
of $36,650.88, under the Collective Agreement. In fact she
continued to be paid at $36,794.00 per annum.
5. It is the position of the grievor that having regard for her
more than 8 years of related experience, she should have been
placed at group 2, level 3 ($37,821.00 per annum) from the
inception of the employment relationship, and that she should
have progressed to group 2, level 4 following the completion
of her first full year.
Dated this ~ day of June, 1994.
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Assoc tion of Allied Health
Professionals: Ontario
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Eastern Ontario Health Unit
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The grievance, dated September 2, 1992 is a claim that the
Employer did not place the grievor on the salary scale in
accordance with her related experience and thereby was in violation
of Article 20.0l of the collective agreement which is as follows:
20.0l(b) Starting Salary - Placement on the Grid
(i) The Employer shall recognize related experience to the
the extent of one increment for two years experience
to a maximum of two increments above the start rate.
The Employer denied the grievance and referred in its
reply to it in part:
"It has been the practice of the Eastern ontario Health
unit when hiring personnel from outside Canada not to
recognize previous experience that may not meet the
established Canadian standards. The Health unit has
however recognized the 698 hours completed at your
previous Canadian employer and your present seniority
with the Home Care Program in establishing your current
salary."
The parties stipulated that the grievor was certified by
the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists for practice in
Canada in 1990 prior to her employment with this Health Unit. The
parties agreed that the Board has jurisdiction to deal with the
grievance.
The issue is whether the grievor's experience prior to her
certification in Canada as an Occupational Therapist should be
considered under the provisions of this Agreement for her placement
on the grid. It was submitted by the Association that there was no
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suggestion by the Employer that the grievor's experience in France
did not meet the Canadian standards or that it investigated the
particulars of that experience to ascertain the appropriate point
of placement on the salary grid. Her experience was valued in her
hire by the Employer. This Article mandates the recognition of a
previous experience which is not restricted to Canada and does not
refer to certified experience. In its submission the Employer had
a duty to investigate the extent of the grievor's experience not
just her qualifications which is a broader concept. To assess the
grievor's placement on the grid it must determine her experience
which is not specifically referable to Canadian certified
experience. Reference was made to the following awards: The
Oueenswav Carleton Hospital and the Association of Allied Health
Professionals (I.G. Thorne, March 4, 1987); Re ottawa civic
Hospital and Association of Allied Health Professionals (Jane
Emrich, November 1985).
The submission for the Employer is that the salary scale in
the collective agreement must refer to a properly credited
Occupational Therapist and related experience to that
classification. Where the creditation is not required, it is so
stated in the salary scales such as for the Speech Language
Pathologist (Non-Accredited). Therefore the Employer correctly
considered certification in Canada as the related experience
requirement under Article 20.0l (b) for an Occupational Therapist.
The grievor was hired after she had obtained that designation and
was deemed to be qualified in that classification so that any
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related experience after that qualification was achieved would be
and was applied by the Employer.
It was submitted the Employer is not required to
investigate the experience of an applicant for a position prior to
being qualified as an occupational therapist in Canada as certified
by the Canadian Association of Therapists. The experience required
must be related to the classification of Cccupational Therapist and
the person who is credited in that classification. Experience in
the job gained prior to that qualification is not part of. the
Employer's responsibility to consider for the purposes of placement
on the grid under this Article.
When the grievor was hired by the Employer she was a
credited occupational therapist in Canada and deemed to be
qualified in that classification. Her prior employment experience
at Paramed was credited by the Employer as related experience to
that classification. The grievor claims however, that her past
experience as an Occupational Therapist in France should be
considered to allow her progress to Group 2, Level 3 at the higher
salary rate. There is no doubt on the evidence that the grievor
had experience as an Occupational Therapist in France according to
her CV and the other documents which were filed and there is no
doubt as to her qualifications for that classification. That is.
however not the issue which is restricted to the determination of
what the Employer must consider in placing the grievor on .the
salary grid pursuant to the specific terms of Article 20.0l(p) .
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Arbitrator Emrich referred to the meaning of the term
"related with dictionary definitions including Black 1 sLaw
dictionary in which it is defined as "standing in relation
connected allied, akin". On that basis, "related experience" as
set out in Article 21.0l(b) must be considered in relation to that
experience which is connected to the classification for the
purposes of applying the contractual requirements in a reasonable
context. In so doing that must in the context of this article,
refer to the classification of Occupational Therapist set out in
the salary scale in Schedule A of the Agreement. To hold that
classification requires accreditation in Canada and presently in
ontario, but at the time of this grievance a certificate was issued
by the Canadian Association of Therapists which the grievor
obtained prior to her hire by the Employer.
We find that it is the experience which relates to that
classification which must be considered by the Employer and that
classification does not exist for the purposes of this collective
agreement without the certification required in this country. In
the Ottawa Civic Hospital award the collective agreement
specifically provided consideration of related clinical experience
in countries other than Canada as distinguished from experience in
this country and it is noted that the grievor in that case was
hired with regard to his experience in retail pharmacy compared to
the responsibilities of a Registered Pharmacist at the Hospital.
Arbitrator Thorne dealt with a situation where the Hospital sought
to hire a Registered Technologist and the grievor was not
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registered at that time but sought credit for recent related
clinical experience as a Non-Registered Technologist. ,That case is
distinguished on its facts from the present case where the grievor,
was hired by the Employer as a credited Occupational Therapist.
In the circumstances of this grievance we find that the
related experience for the purposes of Article 20.0l(b) is that
which is related to and applies to that classification requiring
Canadian creditation. The grievor's experience as an Occupational
Therapist in France while significant in the grievor's ability to
obtain the Canadian qualification it was gained outside of Canada
and was not related to the classification in this agreement which
requires creditation in Canada. To provide that link of experience
gained outside of Canada would require specific language such as
found in the ottawa civic Hospital case.
Contrary to the submissions of the Association, we find
that Article 20. Ol (b)
is restricted and applies to the
classifications set out in Schedule A of the Agreement.
Accordingly it is experience related to the classification of
Occupational Therapist which itself requires certification in
Canada at the time of thegrievor's hire by the Employer which the
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Employer must consider.
For the purposes of this agreement, the
grievor's employmenet history in France is not relevant to that
consideration.
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We find that the Employer correctly applied the terms of
Article 20.0l(b) in the placement of the grievor on the salary grid
by properly crediting the grievor with her experience at Paramed in
Ontario prior to her employ at this Health Unit. We find that is
the extent of consideration required to be given by the Employer
which need not under these terms investigate experience prior to
the grievor obtaining the designation of occupational Therapist and
certified in Canada. Whether that experience contributed to or was
the basis for the Canadian certification does not bear on the
Employer's responsibility to place employees on the salary grid
under Article 20.0l.
For all these reasons we find that the Association did not
establish a violation of the collective agreement as alleged.
Therefore it is our award that the grievance is dismissed.
DATED AT OAKVILLE, THIS 22nd DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1994
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HOWARD . vB"t.o , CHAIRMAN
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JOE HERBERT, UNION NOMINEE
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ROBERT WHITTAKER, EMPLOYER NOMINEE
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IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
BETWEEN:
EASTERN ONTARIO HEALTH UNIT
the Employer
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ASSOCIATION OF ALLIED HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS: ONTARIO
the Union
AND IN THE MATTER OF THE GRIEVANCE OF P. GUILTBAULT
ADD END U M
without disagreeing with the result of the chairman I s
award, I wish to express a different view of the collective
agreement requirements. It appears to me that an employee wishing
to seek credit for recent related experience must place themselves
within the collective agreement provision by demonstrating that the
experience is directly related to the work which they presently do.
That would appear to entail evidence concerning the work presently
done, the duties of the previous work, and if necessary, evidence
of the relationship.
I would agree that in this case, the evidence necessary
to establish that the employee meets the threshold requirements was
not put before us.
Dated at ottawa, ontario this l4th day of November, 1994.
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e Herbert, Union Nominee
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IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
BETWEEN:
THE EASTERN ONTARIO HEALTH UNIT
(The Employer)
AND:
THE ASSOCIATION OF ALLIED HEALTH
PROFESSIONALS: ONTARIO
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(The Association)
AND IN THE MATTER OF AN ASSOCIATION POLICY GRIEVANCE
BOARD OF ARBITRATION: . HOWARD D. BROWN, CHAIRMAN
JOE HERBERT, UNION NOMINEE
ROBERT WHITTAKER, EMPLOYER NOMINEE
APPEARANCES FOR
THE EMPL9YER:
THOMAS A. STEFANIK, COUNSEL
RAYMOND BESNER, DIR. CORP. SERVICES
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APPEARANCES FOR
THE ASSOCIATION:
PHILIP G. HUNT, COUNSEL
SUE, McCULLOCH, L.R.O.
BRIAN GRIFFINS, STAFF REP.
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A HEARING IN THIS MATTER WAS HELD AT OTTAWA ON JUNE 8TH, 1994.
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AWARD
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The Association claims the Employer unilaterally changed
the transportation allowance contrary to Article l6.0l of the
collective agreement which is:
ARTICLE lEi - ~SPORTATrON i\LLOW1\NCE
16.01
Effective January 1, 1991, the Em~loyer agree~ to
reimburse the employee for all kJ.lometers dr.l. Yen
for business purposes at the following rates:
o 4,000 km
4001 10,700 km
10,701 24,000 km
over 24,000 km~
30.5c per km.
2G.5c per km.
22.SC per km.
19.DC per Jan.
16.02
parking expenses for business purposes will be
fully reimbursed.
The grievance dated October 23rd, 1992 requests a re-
calculation of the mileage payment with retroactivity. The issue
concerns the interpretation of the kilometers driven by an employee
"for business purposes". The mileage rates are not at issue. The
grievance was denied by the Employer and was subsequently submitted
to arbitration and came on for hearing as above noted. There is no
dispute between the parties as to the Board's jurisdiction to deal
with this grievance.
It is the Association's position that the practice prior to
October l6th, 1992 when the Employer's policy was changed, was that
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the employees were paid portal to portal for kilometers driven and
requests that payment be restored.
When an.employee drove directly from her home .to se.rve.clients,~f
the Health unit without first reporting to her office and returned
home at the end of the last client call of the day the employee had
been paid for all kilometers from and to her home. After October
l6th, 1992 the Employer paid mileage claims calculated. from the
office to which the employee is assigned excluding lithe distance. to
and from assigned office and place of residence. The Association
further claimed that the Employer was estopped during the life of
this collective agreement from changing the previous practice for
transporation allowance claims.
Ms. McCulloch testified that she attended the negotiations
between the parties for this agreement which took over.a year to
conclude and stated that they were aware of the pre-existing
transportation policy and that the transportation allowance was one
of the most contentious issues. It is a significant benefit to.the
employees who make home visits to clients. A number,of.,proposals
were exchanged by the parties on this issue including the mileage
rates. When .the MOH rates were conceded by the Association the
members wanted a broad meaning given to the application of:. .the'
rates which were to be calculated portal to portal that ,is; the
calculation of the mileage starts when an employee leaves. home:;'ito:.:
service a client and ends at her home unless the employee ,.travels'.:
directly from her home to the Health unit office. ., 'In .>that',
situation the mileage.calculation would commence from that .office., : ,
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The employee would not be compensated for mileage from her
residence if the office was her first or last stop in her day. She
said the parties agreed to maintain the status quo with regard to
the calculation of the transportation allowance with the applicable
rates.
The Association did not attempt to alter the wording of
Article l6 on the basis that the practice would continue for the
term of this collective agreement which expires on March 3lst,
1996. She said that by the prior policy of the Employer, time at
work and business mileage were considered to be the same but after
October 1992 the time worked started at the same point at the
employee's residence but the allowance was differently calculated
from the office. That change was significant to a number of the
employees who live up to l50 kilometers from their office.
If an employee travelled directly from her home to her
office or from the office to her home that mileage was not paid and
that policy has not changed.
Ms. McCulloch agreed that during the negotiations the
Employer did not represent that it would change that practice. She
said that the terms of Article l6 were drafted by the Employer
during negotiations as this was not the Association's proposal.
She agreed that the Employer did not refer to the status quo in
relation to this section or that the mileage would be calculated
from travel to the first to the last client. She agreed that the
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Employer did not change its position during the bargaining; The
Association sought to improve the calculation of mileage by
reference to portal to portal but agreed with the terms of Articl~
l6 as drafted. Each employee has an office designated' by the
Employer even if she works at other Health unit offices. When they
travelled to other offices an allowance was paid for business
purposes.
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It is the submission for the Association that the Employer
cannot be permitted to unilaterally change the application of an
important monetary issue to the detriment of the employees during
the term of the agreement. When an employee travels from client to
client in a discrete circle and away from home it has been
recognized as business mileage and compensated under Article l6.0l.
That was a long standing practice with a common understanding of
the calculation made under this Agreement which cannot be changed
during the course of that Agreement. The Association relied on the
Employer's agreement at negotiations to maintain the status quo and
therefore did not bargain the guideline language. It relied to its
detriment on the Employer's position on this issue at bargaining.
It was argued that the Employer cannot implement policies
inconsistent with the terms of the collective agreement while-it' is
in effect. Where the Employer's present policy applies'tothe
start and end of the workday from the employee's place" of ',' work "
there is no dispute but the practice of calculating mileage'from
the employee I s home when the first and last visit' is that 'o'f' a
client should be maintained. Re OPSEU and the Crown in Riqht of
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Ontario, a decision of the Grievance Settlement Board (Kates, July
1988) .
It was submitted for the Employer that its policy set out
in October 1992 repeats the terms of and is not inconsistent with
Article l6. It excludes the calculation of the distance from the
employee's residence to her office which is not business travel.
The Employer does not pay employees for their travel from home to
their work place. The Employer is not estopped from reverting to
the system of calculation which is consistent with Article l6. In
its position the portal to portal claim of the Association is not
reasonable.
It was further submitted that there was no clear
representation by the Employer at negotiations which was intended
to be relied on by the Association that the status quo would be
maintained. While Ms.' McCulloch had an understanding that the
employees would not be worse off in the application of Article l6
then before there was no clear evidence of representation on this
issue and there was no effort to define a designated office for the
purposes of the transportation calculation. The Employer is
therefore not estopped from applying its mileage policy in October
1992. Re Cancoil Thermal Corp. and UFCW, LOCAL l75, 34 L.A.C. (3d)
l74 (Little); Re The Eastern Ontario Health unit and the
Association of Allied Health Professionals: Ontario - policv
Grievance, Job Postinq (Jamieson, June 7, 1994).
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The issue arising in this grievance can be determined on
the application of the language of Article l6. Ol in which :the
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condition for the reimbursement for the transportation allow~nce is
that such kilometers be driven "for business purposes".
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When ,an
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employee is required by direction of the Employer which c,~nbe both
by individual direction and by general practice relating to all
employeesthrough,a pOlicy,such as that in place to travel,2~cits
behalf to attend matters of which the Employer is ~esponsiblein
its operations, such travel time by its very nature is travel for
business purposes of the Employer. That concept applies whether
the employee sets out from her residence or from the, office, to
attend to the Employer's business. The key to this conside,ration
is the requirement placed on the employee to service the Employer's
needs in this manner.
On the facts of this case, it has been obviously beneficial
to the Employer to have the employees attend at its:.client's,
residences to carry out the service required by th~~.before,or if
at all, travelling to their designated office. Arbitrator Jamieson
acknowledged in his award that travel allowances for these
employees were "clearly the primary concern,for the Association"
and that,
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it was conceded that employees "presently operate froni'.'
more than one office and do service clients, in more,than
one area, it took the position that the coll'ective. "._-
agreement contemplates that each employee in the, " . ','_ ,
bargaining unit be assigned a single work location'or a
home office: Any requirement to work at locatior;s,,:away
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from that home office is compensated for under the hours of
work and transportation allowance provision in the
collective agreement."
The issue in that award did not involve the application of Article
l6 but was an allegation of an improper job posting where the
Employer has specified two office locations for a single job. In
the present issue however, it is not the location where the
employee is assigned as her office but whether the employee is
required by the Employer to travel to do work for it before giving
to her designated office.
There is no dispute that if the employee reports to the
office before an assignment to a client, the mileage fr.om her
residence to that office' is not calculated or paid under Article
16.01 and we agree that such mileage which is travel to and from
the office at which the employee is assigned and reports is not for
business purposes which would be covered under the terms of Article
16.0L That situation must be separated from the Employer's policy
whiph by direction or permission of the Employer has been to direct
its employees to travel from their residences to service a client
without first reporting into their office and to return home
without reporting to her office.
The whole of that work day
involves travel from client to client of the Employer which we find
is travel for business purposes. That distinguishes the concept
for the purposes of the Employer from personal mileage driven to
report to the Employer'S premises in whichever location the
employees are assigned, before carrying out any work for the
Employer.
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,The parties have not specifically defined the meaning of
"business purposes" but the use of that term reflects that the
travel of employees for which the expectation of reimbursement can
be reasonably expected and the use of the employee's vehicle for
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the purposes of the conduct of any responsibilities in the
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Employer's operations to which the employee'has been assigned or
expected to be carried out. In our view, to direct these employees
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to service clients by travelling from their residences to those of
the clients falls within the purpose and intent of this clause.
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In the Kates award the Board dealt with a travel' allowance
policy which did not include commuting between an employee'; home
and headquarters. It was found that the employee who was required
to attend a training course and was authorized to use his own
automobile for that purpose and was not required to report to his
regular place of employment to achieve his destination but began
and ended his trip at his residence, "as such he was on' travel
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status at that point".
That finding is consistent' with the
ordinary meaning of travel for business purposes which relate to
the operational requirements of the Employer.
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In the present case, when the employee reports to 'her
designated office before attending any client of the Employer her
travel to and, from that office has not been claimed and'is clearly
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in that cont~xt,understood to be part of the policy which has been
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To extend however, that restriction
in effect since at least 1987.
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to all circumstances' is to deem that the employee who'is' req~ired
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to give service to a client and does not report to her office at
the start or the end of the day that has it started and ended her
day at her designated office regardless of the Employer's
requirements to service its clients. That is not consistent with
a reasonable interpretation of the purpose for which a
transportation allowance is applied. There is no dispute that such
an allowance is not paid for commuting from an employee's place of
residence to her office. When however, an employee is required to
proceed to deal with a client of her Employer outside of that
parameter, we find such travel is for the benefit of the Employer
and falls within the term of "business purposes" for which the
employee is entitled to compensation under Article l6.0l of this
Agreement. That conclusion is consistent with the Employer I s
practice prior to October 6, 1992. We find that the change to the
policy implemented by the Employer after that date was improper as
it was inconsistent with the requirements for payment of the travel
allowance provided by Article l6.0l.
Having regard to the foregoing decision, it is not
necessary for the Board to deal with the estoppel issue raised by
the Association.
We find that the Employer's practice as it was with regard
to the payment of Transportation Allowance when the collective
agreement was entered into was consistent with the terms Article
l6.0l and its change of policy in October 1992 contravened
those terms by failing to recognize the nature of the travel it
DISSENT
Robert Whittaker, Employer Nominee
Re: The Eastern Ontario Health Unit &
The Association of Allied Health Professionals
Transportation Policy Grievance
I must dissent from the majority decision of the Board in an arbitration award
with respect to the above referenced grievance.
The provisions of the collective agreement are relatively straight forward on
the issue in dispute. Employees are entitled to be compensated for mileage that is
incurred while on company business. I am fully in agreement with this principle
which is articulated several times in the award. My dissenting opinion flows from
that portion of the award that would designate as "business travel" that mileage
travelled by employees, from their residences, where they do not first travel to their
designated office at either end of the work day.
For the majority of the employees of the Health Unit, the practice of the
employer in calculating mileage is not an issue, as they regularly report to their
home office before beginning the days assignment, and return to the office at the
end of the work day. Mileage from the office to the various call locations and back
to the office is compensated at the applicable rate per kilometre and is truly
"business'travel" as anticipated by the provisions of the collective agreement.
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The problem arises with those employees who have chosen to live some
distance from their home office. More specifically, employees who live in Ottawa
and Montreal. Employees living at these distant locations have been permitted by
the employer, in many instances, to report directly to the location of their first client
call in the morning and return home at the conclusion of the work day after their
fmal client call. The award, as currently drafted, will compensate these employees
on what is referred to as a "portal to portal" basis. Such a practice would unfairly
favour those employees who have chosen to reside a great distance from their home
office as well as require the employer to compensate them for greater mileage than
would be incurred if they were required to report to their home office before
beginning the days assignments.
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In the alternative, the employer could require all employees to report to their
home office at the beginning and conclusion of the work day, While such a practice
would alleviate the problem of compensating employees for mileage which is
properly personal rather than business in nature, it would cause some employees to
spend significantly more time on the road at either end of the work day which is not
necessarily a productive use of time. The practice of the employer with respect to
employees who are not required to repo,rt to their home offices on a daily basis,
however, should not result in the employer having to compensate employees for
what in my opinion is properly personal business mileage.
As an alternative, for those employees who begin the work day at a clients
residence rather than their home office it would be more appropriate to provide
compensation for mileage incurred starting at the first client in the morning and
ending with the last client in the day where the employee returns directly home,
rather than home to home as provided for in the award.
In my opinion, I do not believe the award will serve the parties well. I further
do not believe that the parties intended, by the language of the collective agreement,
to have some employees financially advantaged at the employers expense through a
practice of accommodation. '
Respectively submitted,
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Robert M. Whittaker
Employer Nominee
RMW:sem
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT
ARSSEV LIMITED
P.O. BOX 249. 228 LAKESHORE ROAD EAST. OAKVILLE. ON L6J 5A2
IN THE MATTER OF:
TWO ARBITRATIONS
BETWEEN:
EASTERN ONTARIO HEALTH UNIT
AND:
ASSOCIATION OF ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS;
ONTARIO
AND IN THE MATTER OF THE GRIEVANCE OF PIERETTE GUILBAULT
AND ASSOCIATION POLICY GRIEVANCE
FOR THE SERVICES OF:
HOWARD D. BROWN
TO hearing room expense
$316.75
TO travel and hearing expenses
851. 00
$1167.75
GST: (7%)
81. 75
TO arrangements for and
attendance at hearings
at Ottawa on June 8, 1994,
to consideration and '
preparation of two awards,
to receipt and consideration
of addendum and dissent and
completion with board members,
to correspondence, telephone
and other expenses in total:
GST: (7%)
TOTAL FEES
AMOUNT lD BE PAID BY EACH
THE EMPLOYER AND THE UNION
$4400.00
308.00
$~6~~LO~EES & EXPENSES:$5,957.5S
$2,978.7~
ACCOUNTNo. 16-85
GST # RlO0245844
November 22, 1994
Please make cheque payable to ARBSEV LIMITED
Please include account number with
payment to ensure proper credit