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CROWN EMPLOYEES DE L'ONTARIO
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180 DUNDAS STREET WEST SUITE 2100 TORONTO ONTARIO M5G lZ8 TELEPHONE ITELEPHONE (.416) 326-1388
180 RUE DUNDAS OUEST BUREAU 2100 TORONTO (ONTARIO) M5G IZ8 FACSIMILE'TELECOPIE (.416) 326- 1396
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IN THE HATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
Before
THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD
BETWEEN
OPSEU (Burrage)
Grievor
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The Crown in Right of Ontario
(Ministry of Correctional Services)
Employer
BEFORE M. Watters vice-Chairperson
FOR THE L Yearwood
GRIEVOR Grievance Officer
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
FOR THE A Pruchnicki
Grievance Administration Officer .
EMPLOYER
Ministry of Correctional Services
HEARING November 26, 1992
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The Agreed Statement of Facts provided by the parties is
appended to this Award These facts were supplemented by the
viva voce evidence of the grievor
It was the grievor's evidence that the meals referred to in
paragraphs six (6) and nine (9) of the Agreed Statement of Facts
did not satisfy his nutritional requirements He testified that
he did not consider the meals offered in those two (2) periods to
be vegetarian in nat~re The grievor described the meals
provided as a non-meat, high cholesterol, diet He stated that
the failure to provide appropriate vegetarian meals continued
until October 24, 1992 The grievor asserted that he was
deprived of 148 meals prior to this date The Union sought
compensation based on minimum meal allowance rates
In my judgment, article 17 of the collective agreement is
inapplicable to this dispute Quite clearly, the grievor did not
Qualify for a meal allowance, or a meal, under either article
17 1 1 or 17 2 2 Qualification under those provisions is a
precondition to the applicability of the exception referred to in
article 17 7 I am unable to read this latter article as
providing some independent right to the grievor It would seem
that throu~h a long standing practice, employees such as the
grievor have received duty meals This benefit is not extended
pursuant to the collective agreement but is done as a matter of
policy and practice Given the lack of a contractual obligation
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to provide such meals, I am unable to conclude that the grievor
may grieve against the Employer's failure to provide the
preferred dietary regimen prior to October, 1992 A similar
approach was taken by the Board in Union Grievance, 455/80
(Palmer) with respect to parking fees On the totality of the
evidence, I find that apart from the period April 22 to May 15,
1992, the Employer has made a reasonable attempt to accomodate
the grievor's dietary needs
For all of the above reasons, the grievance is denied
Dated at Windsor, Ontario this 15th day of December, 1992
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M V Watters
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GSB FILE NO 785/92
AGREED STATEMENT OF FACTS
IN THE HATTER OF GRIEVANCE
BETWEEN
o P S E U
(Dana Burrage) Grievor
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THE CROWN IN RIGHT OF ONTARIO
(Ministry of Correctional Services) Employer
1 Mr Burrage is an employee of the Ministry of
Correctional Services (MCS) at the Lindsay Jail as a
Correctional Officer 2 He joined the OPS on December
5th 1977
2 The Correctional bargaining unit staff work three (3 )
rotational shifts Two (2 ) 12 hour shifts;
0700 hours - 1900 hours
1900 hours - 0700 hours
and one (1) 8 hour shift,
0700 - 1600 hours
3 The Lindsay Jail through a long standing established
practice provided 4 free meals per day to the
Correctional Staff Breakfast, lunch and supper were
provided to the 0700 hours - 1900 hours shift, one
supper meal per staff member was provided for the 1900
hours- 0700 hours shift Staff on the 0700 hours -
1600 hours shift were provided 2 meals
4 The grievor was responsible for supervising inmates
during his meal break As a result of having to eat at
his post, the grievor was provided with a paid meal
break and duty meal
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5 On February 22, 1992, the grievor provided the employer
with a medical note from his doctor indicating that he
was required to follow a lacto-ovo Vegetarian diet
(Appendix 1)
6 At the time his request was presented, Ms K Gallow,
the superintendent authorized the kitchen staff to
substitute eggs and cheese for the grievor's meals
7 On April 22, 1992 the superintendent, on direction from
the Regional Manager, suspended alterations/
substitutions to meals served to staff
(Appendix 2 and 3)
8 On April 27, 1992 Mr Burrage grieved that the employer
did not provide the meals that met the requirements of
his diet
9 On May 15, 1992, the superintendent, in response to
direction given by the Assistant Deputy Minister,
advised the kitchen staff that employees, who requested
a vegetarian meal, would be provided one Furthermore,
the superintendent indicated in her correspondence that
Mr Burrage and Mr Goden (Kitchen Manager) would be
developing a rotating vegetarian menu
(Appendix 4 and 5)
10 On July 27, 19~2, the superintendent advised all staff
that the breakfast meal would no longer be made
available, effective July 28, 1992
(Appendix 6)
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, Corr~c~lonal Services Klr\l;lton, Cntlrlo . KII'IQtt12n (Ontario) I
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Eastern But.au Tel.phon.: (813) S48048S0 T'''pnon.: '(813) 546-4W)
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Apr_l 23, 19'12 RECeY\lEO
MEl'-tORANDUM TO: super:.ntendents ~~ a't 199a
Eastern Ragion
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FROM: A. J. Ro~erts AOM\ All.
Regional Manager (I) LlNCS,\"f J
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S~J!lC'I': ":REST~IC'1'IONS ON THE i'TJRCHJ\SE OJ' 1'000
ANO a:SVElUG~ ITEMS" (MEMO OF KARCH
~O, 1992 1ReM ~~. N. MCX~~~~LL, ADM
I have obtained further direct_on to the above (page 2,
tirs't. paragraph) from Mr N McKerrall this date.
The message in the ADM's me~orandum of March 30, 1992 is
that we do not purchase "spacialll foods or beverages for
statf' mea:.a. Staff must take 11ni meals only.
Any "freell food Qr beverages which staff have ~een reoeiving
(suc~ as toast, jugs of milk in staff treezer, ete ) must
not continue please advise your Union Representative of
Mr Hc!<er:-ell's memorandum prior to informing 'four staff
Ycu should give approximately one week's notice prior to
st~pping this practice, pointing out that this is a
corporate decision and basec on fiscal constraints, etc.
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A J. Roberts
Regional Manager (I)
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cc: Mr s. Shocm, Regional Director (E)
'1r. M.R. Hawkins, Regional Manager (C)
Mr R. Lavigne, PC (I)
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Ontario APPENDIX 3
Unesay F'ri$On de Telephone: (70S) 324-3792 T"ephone (70S) 324-3792
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E:flctiy. imm.dia~.ly statt "il1 receive line c!uty me.ls only.
'l'her. will be ~o alteration./substit~t~ons to meals ..rve4 to
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Your co-operation in this matter is appreciated.
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AS513tant Depu~y M.tms~~ i 1 1992 1i~(Jlo~CN
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DAn: May 7, 1992 ADMJAA6TRA TION
UNDSA Y JAIL
SL-:BJ1:CT: "SPECIAL MEALS FOR STAnn
Rear.tly it has bee., brocght to my attcnticm that there have b~ several requests to
institutional manaiers by staif for special meals, i.e. veg~, low salt, low
chclestetol, etc. The:us request3 are usually medically mated in nacure and oriainate
from individuals who cannot eat llns meals.
Effective immediately, please inform your superintendents to make a smnda.."d.
vegetarian meal available to staff as we eto for inmates. Thi$ authoritation does not
extend :0 any special meals ether than the ordinary veaetarian diet.
!hank you very much for your aS$istance in this matter.
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APPENDIX 5
Dat" Kay l~th, 1~'2
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SUI-JECT: VEG!1AR1AN DIET
!ffective immediataly ataff may request to be on . veq.tarian oi.t
(no red m.ats, tiah or pcul tr:l> by maki.':lq a request to t~a
superintendent.
~h. cook haa ~e.n a4vi..4 ot the three otfic.r~ that have requ.ata4
this diet to date.
until a 7 day rot&~ion menu 1a developed ~y Hr. lurr:aqa and .Hr.
ac4en, t~e cooka will either a4&?t the reqular meal to a veq.tarian
m.al or prepare an additional meal .a a .u~.tit~t., ie. (aerY8
sala4 plata).
The tentative plan is to develop a .even day rotlticn veqetarian
4i)t to supplement the ra~ular dia: when it Clan not ):)e adaptecS_
Xenu i tams will :be prepared. in bulk, i., 10 · 20 portions and
individ.ual tro.en tor later use.
statf must advise the cocle per30nally when they a:re on duty-
(Daily oal1. are r800mmendad tor the initial .tart.)
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Da t e : July 27th, 1992
To: All Staff
From K D. Gallow, Superintendent
Lindsay Jail
SUBJECT: BREAKFAST MEAL
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All staff should be re!ilinded that pursuant to notice' given at the
April 28th, 1992 E.R.C. meeting, the breakfast meal will no longer
be available to staff effective Tuesday, July 28th, 1992.
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K.D. Gallow,
superintendent.
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