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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-1249.Pearson.13-04-11 DecisionCrown Employees Grievance Settlement Board Suite 600 180 Dundas St. West Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Z8 Tel. (416) 326-1388 Fax (416) 326-1396 Commission de règlement des griefs des employés de la Couronne Bureau 600 180, rue Dundas Ouest Toronto (Ontario) M5G 1Z8 Tél. : (416) 326-1388 Téléc. : (416) 326-1396 GSB#2012-1249 UNION#2012-0618-0022 IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION Under THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT Before THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD BETWEEN Ontario Public Service Employees Union (Pearson) Union - and - The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Children and Youth Services) Employer BEFORE Felicity D. Briggs Vice-Chair FOR THE UNION Tim Mulhall Ontario Public Service Employees Union Grievance Officer FOR THE EMPLOYER Karen Martin Ministry of Government Services Centre for Employee Relations Employee Relations Advisor HEARING March 14 and April 2, 2013. -2 - Decision [1] Since the spring of 2000 the parties have been meeting regularly to address matters of mutual interest which have arisen as the result of the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services as well as the Ministry of Children and Youth Services restructuring initiatives around the Province. Through the MERC (Ministry Employment Relations Committee) a subcommittee was established to deal with issues arising from the transition process. The parties have negotiated a series of MERC agreements setting out the process for how organizational changes will unfold for Correctional and Youth Services staff and for non Correctional and non Youth Services staff. [2] The parties agreed that this Board would remain seized of all issues that arise through this process and it is this agreement that provides me the jurisdiction to resolve the outstanding matters. [3] Over the years as some institutions and/or youth centres decommissioned or reduced in size others were built or expanded. The parties have made efforts to identify vacancies and positions and the procedures for the filling of those positions as they become available. [4] The parties have also negotiated a number of agreements that provide for the “roll-over” of fixed term staff to regular (classified) employee status. [5] Hundreds of grievances have been filed as the result of the many changes that have taken place at provincial institutions. The transition subcommittee has, with the assistance of this Board, mediated numerous disputes. Others have come before this Board for disposition. [6] It was determined by this Board at the outset that the process for this disputes would be somewhat more expedient. To that end, grievances are presented by way of statements of fact and succinct submissions. On occasion clarification has been sought from grievors and institutional managers at the request of the Board. This process has served the parties -3 - well. The decisions are without prejudice but attempt to provide guidance for future disputes. [7] Jeffrey Pearson is a Grounds Maintenance worker at Cecil Facer Youth Centre. He filed a grievance that alleged the Employer violated the Collective Agreement by “running an unfair/flawed competition”. By way of remedy he asked to be given full time employment at Cecil Facer. [8] The job competition that the grievor referred to in his grievance was for a position that was limited to job threatened employees. The grievor was not the successful candidate. [9] The grievance is denied. There was no evidence of a flawed process. Nor was there any violation of the Collective Agreement. Finally, I understand that the incumbent had greater seniority than the grievor. Dated at Toronto this 11th day of April 2013. Felicity D. Briggs, Vice Chair