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Commission de
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GSB# 2017-3156
UNION# 2017-0499-0060
IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
Before
THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD
BETWEEN
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
(Azaranka) Union
- and -
The Crown in Right of Ontario
(Liquor Control Board of Ontario) Employer
BEFORE Michelle Flaherty Arbitrator
FOR THE UNION Kamal Bakhazi
Koskie Minsky LLP
Counsel
FOR THE EMPLOYER Mackenzie Anderson
Liquor Control Board of Ontario
Counsel
HEARING DATE May 18, 2022
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Decision
[1] Having heard the representations of the parties, and having accepted their request
that the following award shall be without precedent and without prejudice to any
future grievances arising under the Collective Agreement between the parties, I
order the following:
[2] Subject to the terms set forth herein, effective within two (2) weeks of the date of
this Award, the Grievor’s full-time seniority date shall be adjusted to November 6,
2017. Unless specified otherwise in this Award, this adjustment will have no
retroactive effect with respect to wages, benefits and/or any other entitlement under
the Collective Agreement.
[3] Within four weeks of this Award, the LCBO will pay to the Grievor Five Thousand
Four Hundred Six Dollars and Sixty-Two Cents ($5,406.62), less applicable
deductions and withholdings and less union dues, to account for the Grievor’s lost
earnings, broken down as follows:
a) $3,805.45 in lost wage increases;
b) $777.90 in lost shift opportunities; and
c) $823.28 in lost overtime opportunities
[4] Effective the date of this Award, the Grievor’s hourly wage rate shall be adjusted to
$31.95, representing the 4th step of the wage grid for the Warehouse Worker 4
classification. The Grievor’s anniversary date, including for the purposes of the
LCBO’s salary review process, shall be adjusted to November 6, 2017.
[5] I shall remain seized with regards to any disputes or differences concerning the
interpretation, implementation or alleged violation of this Award.
Dated at Toronto, Ontario this 18th day of May 2022.
“Michelle Flaherty”
_____________________
Michelle Flaherty, Arbitrator