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GSB# 2019-0262; 2019-2186; 2019-2885
UNION# 2019-0252-0006; 2019-0252-0023; 2020-0252-0003
IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
Before
THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD
BETWEEN
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
(Coffin) Union
- and -
The Crown in Right of Ontario
(Ministry of the Solicitor General) Employer
BEFORE
David R. Williamson
Arbitrator
FOR THE UNION
Iliad Nazhad
Ryder Wright Blair & Holmes LLP
Counsel
FOR THE EMPLOYER George Parris
Treasury Board Secretariat
Legal Services Branch
Counsel
HEARING February 24, 2021
-2-
DECISION
[1] Following the submissions of the Parties in relation to the grievances brought
forward by Mr. Coffin, and in the matter of the disclosure of the Grievor’s medical
records, I hereby order the following:
A) The Grievor shall execute the required releases permitting disclosure of the
following items:
All clinical notes, reports, tests, referrals and correspondence, for the
period January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2020, relating to the Grievor’s
facial hair and night-shift accommodations, in the files of any medical or
health-care professional, including primary-care physicians, specialists,
or treatment service providers.
B) The disclosure of the above documents is subject to the following
conditions:
1) Counsel for the Union will first review the disclosure for the purpose
of redacting any irrelevant medical information. If necessary,
Counsel for the Ministry may inquire as to the general nature of why
the redacted portions are not relevant.
2) Counsel for the Ministry shall be provided with a single copy of the
documents.
3) Counsel for the Ministry may show these copies to no more than two
of their Advisors, and the Advisors shall not be permitted to make or
keep copies of any of these documents. Counsel for the Ministry
shall retain all copies of these documents in his control and shall only
make copies of documents as is necessary for the purposes of
production in the Hearing.
4) Where either Counsel seeks a variation from the terms of this Order
they shall bring a Motion before the Board.
Dated at Toronto, Ontario this 25th day of February, 2021.
“David R. Williamson”
______________________
David R. Williamson, Arbitrator