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Crown Employees
Grievance Settlement
Board
Suite 600
180 Dundas St. west
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Z8
Tel. (416) 326-1388
Commission de
règlement des griefs
des employés de la
Couronne
Bureau 600
180, rue Dundas Ouest
Toronto (Ontario) M5G 1Z8
Tél. : (416) 326-1388
GSB# 2021-1668, 2021-2712, 2022-0785
UNION# 2021-0378-0051, 2021-0378-0060, 2022-0378-0037
IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
Before
THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD
BETWEEN
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
(Elawar) Union
- and -
The Crown in Right of Ontario
(Liquor Control Board of Ontario) Employer
BEFORE Janice Johnston Arbitrator
FOR THE UNION Anjana Kashyap
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Grievance Officer
FOR THE EMPLOYER Bev Jordan
Liquor Control Board of Ontario
HR Advisor
HEARING October 4, 2022
-2-
Decision
[1] The Employer and the Union agreed to participate in the expedited Mediation-
Arbitration process in accordance with the Memorandum of Agreement found in
Appendix 2 to the collective agreement. The majority of the grievances dealt with in
this process are normally settled. However, if where a mediated agreement is not
attainable and the grievance remains unresolved, the Memorandum of Agreement
provides that the GSB Arbitrator shall issue a decision. The decision issued by the
Arbitrator shall be applicable only to the case heard and shall not be used as a
precedent for future cases and is not appealable. Any decision rendered must be
issued within two weeks of the date of the hearing.
[2] On October 4, 2022 the parties at the Durham Retail Service Centre agreed to
participate in the expedited Mediation-Arbitration process in accordance with the
Memorandum of Agreement found in Appendix 2 to the collective agreement. The
grievance that is the subject of this decision was one of the grievances that the
parties agreed to deal with.
[3] The Grievor in this case received a letter of counsel in September, 2021 and a
second one dated January 10, 2022. Letters of counsel are not disciplinary in nature
and are not grievable. The Grievor has also filed a grievance alleging that the PA
system is unfair and that he should have received a score of “1” for perfect
attendance. The LCBO has recently changed the form that it is using for
performance appraisals and is no longer using a points based system. It is therefore
no longer possible to achieve a numerical score for attendance. In any event, there
has been no violation of the collective agreement.
[4] After carefully considering these grievances I have concluded that there has not
been a violation of the collective agreement. Accordingly, the grievances are all
dismissed.
Dated at Toronto, Ontario this 6th day of October, 2022.
“Janice Johnston”
Janice Johnston, Arbitrator