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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-4534.Adlaf.19-12-17 Decision Crown 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# 2014-4534 UNION# 2015-5112-0027 IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION Under THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT Before THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD BETWEEN Ontario Public Service Employees Union (Adlaf) Union - and - The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of the Solicitor General) Employer BEFORE Brian P. Sheehan Arbitrator FOR THE UNION Dan Sidsworth Ontario Public Service Employees Union Grievance Officer FOR THE EMPLOYER James Cheng Treasury Board Secretariat Employer Relations Advisor HEARING December 5, 2019 - 2 - Decision [1] The Employer and the Union at the Toronto South Detention Centre (TSDC) agreed to participate in the Expedited Mediation/Arbitration process in accordance with the negotiated Protocol. It is not necessary to reproduce the entire Protocol. Suffice to say, that the parties have agreed to a True Mediation/Arbitration process wherein each party provides the Arbitrator with their submissions setting out the facts and the authorities they respectively will rely upon. This decision is issued in accordance with the Protocol and with Article 22.16 of the collective agreement; and it is without prejudice or precedent. [2] This Award concerns a grievance dated January 14, 2015, filed by Harjet Adlaf who is employed as a Correctional Officer 2. [3] The Union sent notices to the grievor advising that his grievance was scheduled for the October 23 and 24, 2019 and December 4 and 5, 2019 Mediation/Arbitration proceedings taking place at the TSDC. [4] The grievor failed to attend both of those Mediation/Arbitration proceedings. [5] It is imperative that a grievor make reasonable efforts to participate in the adjudication of a grievance processed on his behalf; and a failure to attend scheduled proceedings can be rightly viewed as an abandonment of the grievance by the grievor. [6] The next med/arb session at TSDC is scheduled for February 5 and 6, 2020. The grievor is hereby ordered to attend on one of those days and participate in the process - 3 - with respect to his grievance. The failure of the grievor to comply with this order will result in his grievance being deemed withdrawn. Dated at Toronto, Ontario this 17th day of December, 2019. “Brian P. Sheehan” Brian P. Sheehan, Arbitrator