HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-1361.Fredericks.87-10-19IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
Before
THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD
Between: OPSEU (C.1. Fredericks)
Griever
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The Crown in Right of Ontario
(Ministry of the Environment)
Employer
Before: B.B. Fisher
I. Freedman
H. Roberts
Vice Chairman
Member
Member
For the Griever: P. Lukasiewicz
Counsel
Gowling & Henderson
Barristers & Solicitors
For the Employer: B.. Younger
Staff Relations Advisor
Staff Relations/Safety
Ministry of the Environment
Hearing: June 9 and August 13, l.987
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DECSICN
'Ihiscaseimolvesaj&~tionforthspceiticmof
mabbmmamc3atthe --plant. 'Ihe
inambmtinthepiticm,Mr.Dy,wasadvissdofhisrisprtsto
participateinthe~.WDyadvisedtheBoardthathe
wascCmtenttohaveMr.m.ls,hislaalLmionvice~identIas
anolzse3xertoassisthim. Mr. ~dlasemttopartidpatein'the
pmSdbgsandaskedm~cmsofany.wi~ =-any
Eai7mati~orargrrment.After~c8-lewitness,theemPl~
advisedthem3rdthattheywerecMpp~their~itiontothe
grievanc3=.IheBoardthenadvissdMr.tYy0fthe~0f
thesnployem'acticmardgavehimfullI* . 'tytop-athis
ca!nwi~ortomake~buthedec.lined.todoeither.
.lbecritariaselfxtedbytheeqloyerinthe~de&3ionmakiq
processwasaazqtedasfairaMquitzblebythemion. lbe
~~~ofacc~lsideraticnofthefo~~sixseparate
factoIx
1. l4edmicale‘xperience;
'2. Awrittentest;
3. Anora.li.ntemiew;
4. weldingtheoryand~ce;
5.B.lereadin3;
6. -c!at.ion.
Toeachofthfzsecatsqoric+samrkwasdlloQtedmadedepmhgan
ule~i~wei~tgivenbytheemplayertothevaricusaspectsof
the selection ptzcces. Eachofthethtzehtemiswersthenrated
thea@kants forea&oftheakavewntiamdsixcategoriesami
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applieda nurwical rating. !&se ratiqi were then totalled.A
ampc~wasmadebythisBoardofthedifferentratings.~
ofaMal~of140,theaveragescareforthegriarorwas89
whi.le#eavexagascorefortheina&entwas91. Asthehiring
criteriahadbeenqecificallydesignedbythe5pbye.rsothatit
amldberat&cmarmmericalscale, mmgemmtshculdthenhave
examhedtberatinganda@iedsecticm4.3oftheCollectiVe
Agremmt~cil~asfollcus:
Tnfillingavacancytheenployershallgive-
@maryconsidemti~toqualificatitms~
abilitytoprfomthequiredduties. l%-iere
~i~ao~ab+yaremlatively
cor&kMion. "
amtmmasswxiceshallbea
mis.Ewzdhasnopx&&!minfirdingthatthetezsp,"relatively
aqualncoversthesitmtionwhere#ereisa@ntspreadofonly
2pintsout0f140andtherefarefiIristhatinthlscase1~
ofamtimmssenriceshculdbavebeenaPlsidered.Iheevidenceof
theeuplayeristhatsmioritywasnotcon3ideredatall.lbe
diffwenceinseniorityk&wemtheirmbentiurltheapplicant
wassignificantastkinamhnthadabmtl.5ymrssmiority
whenasthegriewrhadjustomr4yearsseniority. _
Iherefoze,in~l~~ 4.3 Of the cukctive Agreement,
thisBoardfindsthatthe~ifi~ti~anltheabiliti~of
inam&& and tin2 griever were relatively equal at-d considering
thedxamaticdiffererce intheirlengthofamtimassemicqthe
grievorshouldhavekeenappointedtothepitiunof
wmc3.
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Tllerefore, the grievance iSEil.l~and~~Willgo
~intiqthegrievorto~pitionofmabbmme/mchanic3
effesztivem 13, 1987. Fu3%bmE,thegri~shallbe
cmpnsatedforalllc6twagesardkemfi~fmntheda~upon
whichthevacancywasfU.led,whi~msagredtobeNavenber25,
1985. Thegri~~sdorityinthispiti~shallbedeemEdto
be fran Novmbs 25, 1985. lhis Board retains jurisdictim if the
partieshaveanyprcble.mindetmdkqtheagpmpda~~for
aanplimtim.
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~at#mto, this 19th day of Cctober, 1907.