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Home My WebLink About1985-1362.Kelly.87-11-20IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION Under THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AC? Before THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD Between: OPSEU (D.W. Kelly) Griever and The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Transportation and Communications) Employer Before: B. Fisher Vice Chairman G. Nabi Member A. Stapleton Member For the Griever: J. Masher Counsel Gowling and Henderson Barristers and Solicitors For the Employer: K. Cribbie Staff Relations Officer Staff Relations Branch Ministry of Transportation & Communications Hearings: June 11, 1987 October 1, 1987 DECISION This is a classificationgrievanaa. The grievor, who holds the position of Supply Clerk II at the Bamrmft war&mse, claimsthatheisperfomlilq the~rkofa~lyClerkIVandshaild~~re-dlassifiedretroactiveto 20 working days prior to the filiq of the grievame ( Bcember 3, 1985). Healsoclaimsthathehasbeen~~~lyUerkrVworksince September 1, 1984. Iheunionachnittedthattheanlytestthatthey~applyinginthis- isthestandardstest,inotherwo~,thattheworkperformedby Mr. Kellywasthatofa Supply ClerklVandnotofaSupply ClerkII. The union admitted that the job description applicable to Mr. Kelly's position ofSmiorWar&msingClerk, whichwasmarkedae exhibit13,wasproper ardthatit co?xespoMedto the apprcpriate Supply Clerk II description in the class &an&xl for the Supply Clerkseries. InOrdertOunderstard theuniguesituationattheEancmftwar&-,it is necessary to briefly explain the oxganizaticmal set up at the time in guestion. lheonlymanagenmtstaffatthepmmiseswasMr.l&Kmna,who held the pcsitim of District Pur&asingardSupplySupervisor. The warehouseitselfwasdividedinto2eectims; lELmhcuw and pJrhas%. Onthewamhmsiq side, I+%. E(Dss Sevemheldtheposition of-warehouse SqarAsor,WhichisaSqplyClerkVIpositioh. Reportingtohimwasthe~ grievor, Mr. Cavanah atxlMr. Keller, all 3 of&i&held&a classification of Supply Clerk II. AlSOlXpO~tOtheWarehcruse SuparvisorhasMr. Pilatzkea, aSupplyUhit Cpezatorbaaringthe classification of Motor Vehicle Cperator I. -2- LUring 1984, the W- Supervkor,Mr.Sevem,sufferfAasericus accidentardas a resultwas offvork forasuMbbal paricd of time. F-mnUmttimtathepresent,Hr.Sevemhasexperi~~~health PmblensandasaresulthasnatbeenabletoQlryarttheduties o.f Warehome Supervisor on a.consistent basis. During .Mr. Severn's fresuent a l@Y -, mcmaqm&designa~thegri~rasActing Wa.r&cue~kard~i~tiwi~the~riateadditional capnsation. Itisusefultosetforth~grievor~s~loymenthistory frosnthedateoftheacci~tothepresent,vmicfi isas follows: pmm February 27, 1984 f-larch 27, 1984 septerr$er 4, 1984 @~&ET 10, 1984 September 16, 1986 Nwembe.r 6, 1986 February 23, 1987 B &&g@ March 26, 1984 Actbq Wax&axe Supervisor September 3, 1984 SeniorwarehaJsirg Clerk October 9, 1984 ActingWarehnuse Supervisor September 15, 1986 SeniorWarehousiyClerk Nwenber 5, 1986 ActingWarehcuseSupsmisor Febrtmy 22, 1987 Senior Ward-ms i.ngClerk P- ActirywaxehmsSupervisor ExtensiveevidmoawasheardbythisBoatdfmnthaqiev0rard Mr.~withrespecttotheacbA.dutiesperfonr&kyt%eg-risvor since 1984. NeiUxzrtbeunionmr maMgemerrtcalledMr.seVerntotestify onanymatke?c. ~eeviaensaiscloseaulat~.KellyMs~o~,not~ythetasks set forth in thatpiasition descriptian furths senior warehmsinq clerk, butwasinfactperformingadditionalduties~~abcnrethoseofa -3- clerk11 pmiticn. These additicmal dutieswereofa supervisoq and teachingMturethatpfiperlybelongedtoMr.severn.Thesetasksincluded the follcwirq itens: l.Mr.wlyaDnsiEtently~newelQloyees~suaooer shdentsinthe workingsofthe~; 2.He~i~the~k~ofatherslyplycler)csII~dLsorariewed theworkofsumnerstuSntsatxlccntra&help. lhisiml~reviewing theaxqxterentries foraaxracy; 3.Mr.Kellyactedasa resourcepersonforquesticuxsthatarosefrom other clerks ard slmm2.r -. In addition, al- Mr. Kelly's j&description iniicat&thathewasarEposedtoreferqueetionable requisitions and shi&.rgdixxqamiestohis sqervisor, Mr. Xelly in fact didmtdo sobutratherdeaAtwiththeee discrepancies and questionable requisitions dixectlywithctherpecplehbothe supervisor mmallywauldhavedealtwith; 4.Thegrievoramsistently3~-orderedinv~rywiticutabtaining directionfranhisdhct53penhor; 5.Ihegrie~ronadailybasisassi~taskstothe~lyUnitOperator whichmnnallywuuldhavelxendcnebythe~ Supe.rvisor. 'Ihisis~yapartiallistoftheexhra~~thatMr.Kellyperfozmed buttheyclearlyshcuthathewaspWfonningfuncti~aboveanibeyond his jab deecription. me emplaver ccmedeiin~thatMr.pellywasperformilY3tasksthat were~hisj~descriptioPl~statedthat~.~lyei~ voluntarilytmkwerthesetasksordidthesetasksbecausethey=t-e -4- delegated tohby the Warehouse Supervisor who was also a bargaining unit person. The employer's position is that one bargaining unit person carrmtclaimareclassifi~ti~becauseanatherbargaining~tperson.in effectdelegatestas)cstohimhrtza#2ritmstbeshcmthatmnagement psxmnelccs&nedthedelegatiQloftasks. It was the evidence 0fMr. McWencathathebecaueawareaboutayearago thatMr.Sarernhaclinfaddelegateda~porti~ofhisjob dutiestoFfr. Kellyan3thatMr.Icellyhad-istentlyperiormadthem. Mr.McXeMaalx,acbnittedthat~.Wlyhadalotoftmublein~ing histasksfranActingSupervisorto~lyClerkII.Ihearidence~~ afinlingthatMr.Kellyperformedthesamesortofduties~~his supervisorwasthereornot. Mr.McWehnadidnottestifythathewas unaware of the fact that Mr. Kelly waspsrfonnirxqtheseextradutiesamdgivehtheclcsmess of the work site, thisBoard fir&thatalthcughMr. t4cKema may not have been a- of a formal delegationofduties toMr. Wly, hemusthavebeenaware of thefactthatMr. Kellywssopmlycarryim~mtdutiesthatwuuldnomlly bscarriedmtbytheWa&mse Supervisor. Inanyevent,the~ll0yerclearly~ofthe~l~~thegrieMnce wasfileiinDec&Jer, 1985 and since the griever has in effect amtimed tocarrymthedelegateddUtiesoftheWaL+mse supervisor sime that date,itrruetbethatnmmgmmt hasbeenamreofthissituatimsima DsoAm-,l985.Sincetheyhavetakenabeolutelynostepstopfevent Mr.Kel1yfmnperf0nllirlgthetaskst2xathehasbeendelf2rzJatedbyhis War&maesuperVisor,maMgenent hasczcdmedthisbehaviauandcarmot ncwrelyonthedef-0flackof~lefQe. -5- Mr. W.Wmaalsoztdmittedinhiswidenmthat, inhiscpinion, thewurk perfonmlbyti. Kellysime 1984 hasnotbeminthsnatu~ofaSqqly ClerkIIpositiw~ratherWkSmDLein~~withaSKplyClerkIV position. Mr. WJmmahasheldhispcsitionfor31years. Themployercalleda ~witness,Mr.Ozdner,&~heldtheposition ofSeniorF0licyim2standardspdvixrrintheC0xpora~ard~i~ SemicesfzctimoftheMinisby. This~eSDat-lWSEilledaS~eXpTt witness tobstifyae toclassific&icmprx&mes WithintheMinistry. unfoll-blnately, I&. c0dne.r abentedhimselffmntheentirebstimnygiven bythegriworanlMr. t+2Kana rqading the grievorfs jab duties and thereforehewasuMwareofanyoftheextracMiesperformedby Mr. Kelly. lbezfomMr. CcCinerfswidmceasanexpeHzwaslimitedto cmmmtingonahypotheticalquestianprttohimbytheduimanand repeatedby- fort& employer. Whm ask&as tx~whatxculdbe the pmper classification for a Sqply Clerk II who was, in addition to his cm job functions, performing a s&&antialpxtionofdutiesofa WarehcruseSupervisorthat~teen~egatedtohim,~.Codnerfreely admittedthattheprqerclassificaticn for suchapositionbwldbe that of a Supply Clerk IV axl mt a Sqply Clerk II. Based~thewidenoeand~yanthe~ions~ofthe~loyer's repl?SSmtativesvlattheylmew0ftheexhradut.i~andthattheseextra dutieswarld~ituteaclassnT~lyClerkpositi~,thisBoardfinds thatthegrievorhasinfactbeen~ox.m&dUtieSbeyoMthe classification of senior wa?AKusi.rg clerk. Theaployer's camsel inhisclosing~ wm3%dthatifthisboard findsthatUr. &ally's job functione!msmtthatofaSuFplyClerkII i -6- thatthemrcpriate cbssificaticnwarldbea~ly Clerk IV. This positimwas sharedbytlaegriewr. Iherefore,thisboardfirdsthatthegriewr,Mr.Wly,~dbe reclassifiedtoaSKplyClerkIVardthatthis~~ifi~ti~shouldbe retroactiveto2Oworkirqdays~i~tothefilingofthe~i~which was on - 3, 1985. Ishaildmtetbtthisgrievarre arisesartofavetyunique fact SitU&iIXY hVOlViq the delegation Of a ~iaors'dUti~ due to prolonged illness. lhisdezisimshaildinnowaybeinteqretedasagemral pmposition involving War&ms ixyclerks astheunioninthisparticular mseadmitt&thattheSenior Wha&msingClerkjobspacificationms pmperlyclassifiedas aSqqlyClerkIIpc&ticnbutcmlytbtin~s unique fact situation was it nezssxyto~intothefzxtraduties psrformsdby thegrievor. I assume thatpartieswillhave notruble -the appropriate ampensation tobepaidumlerthis order, lxmver, we remain seized of thismaW~danyproblemsarise. Dated at Toronto, this 20th day of November, 1987. B. Fisher - Vice Chairman (Addendunj. attached) G. Nabi - Member A. Stapleton-- Member This grievance is unique in that there was no violation of the Union Agreement and Management acknowledged that the Grievor had performed all the tasks required in the classification he is seeking, The Board is asked to confirm the Grievers request to Cupply’ Clerk IV and has acceeded to his request retroactive 20 working days prior to filing of the Grievance. I concur and wish to record my complete satie- faction. Both Counsels showed a sense of fairness and ubderstanding. ?he Greivor, I&. Kelly, proved without a doubt he ir honest sincere end a dedicated eaployec. Gordon Kabi. Nominee. Addendum ,