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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-2080SYMONS98_04_07 ~ ~ ONTARIO EMPLOYES DE LA COURONNE CROWN EMPLOYEES DE L'ONTARIO 1111 GRIEVANCE COMMISSION DE SETTLEMENT REGLEMENT BOARD DES GRIEFS 180 DUNDAS STREET WEST SUITE 600, TORONTO ON M5G 1Z8 TELEPHONEITELEPHONE (416) 326-1388 180, RUE DUNDAS OUEST BUREAU 600, TORONTO (ON) M5G 1Z8 FACS/MILEITELECOPIE (416) 326-139<5 GSB # 2080/97 CUPE 2487 # 8 10 IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION Under THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT Before THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD BETWEEN CUPE 2487 (Symons) Grievor - and - The Crown In Right of Ontano (MamtoulIn Ambulance ServIce) Employer BEFORE R. Brown Vice-Chair FOR THE R. Carnovale UNION NatIOnal RepresentatIve CanadIan UnIon of PublIc Employees Local 2487 FOR THE D Robmson, Q C EMPLOYER Counsel Mathews, DInsdale & Clark HEA RING Apnl 1, 1998 '" < DECISION Don Symons was offered a posItIon as a part-tIme employee performmg summer relIef work on the condItIon that he be certIfied as an emergency medIcal care attendant (EMCA) He began workmg In May of 1997 At the tIme of hIre, no deadlIne was set for lum to obtaIn the EMCA certIficatIOn Mr Symons took the exam m July but dId not pass HIS employment was termInated on October 15 because he had not yet obtall1ed hIS EMCA certIficatIOn He was certIfied In January of 1998, the next tlme the exam was offered. In January of 1998, Mr Symons enrolled In a nurSll1g program at Mohawk College RegulatIOns under the Ambulance Act do not reqUIre a part-tIme employee, workll1g not more than twenty-four hours per week, to have an EMCA certIficate AccordIngly, the lIDIOn contends Mr Symons should have been allowed to contInue workIng part-tIme The rehef sought IS rem statement, WIthout loss of semonty, and compensatIOn for lost wages The employer contends any compensatIOn should be reduced to take account of the gnevor's return to school whIch rendered hIm unavailable for work Based upon the formal submIssIOns of the partIes, and Informal dISCUSSIOns WIth them, I Issue the follOWIng orders 1 The gnevor shall commence regular part-tIme employment on May 1, 1998 or as soon thereafter as he prOVIdes appropnate certIficatIOn for all reqUIrements set by the Mnustry of Health and the base hospItal \ 2 ~ 2 He shall be scheduled to work on the next schedule posted after presentatIOn of the appropnate certIficatIon 3 The employer shall pay $1,500 00 to the local umon. 4 The gnevor shall be credIted WIth sIxteen hours semonty per week for the penod from October 15 to December 31, 1997 He shall also be credIted WIth semonty for all hours worked before October 15 RIchard M Brown, VIce-ChaIr Ottawa,Ontano April 7, 1998 3