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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# 2020-2496; 2020-2498; 2020-2499; 2020-2500; 2020-2501;
2020-2502; 2020-2503; 2020-2504
UNION# 2021-0411-0003; 2020-0502-0014; 2020-0502-0015; 2020-0502-0016;
2020-0502-0017; 2020-0502-0019; 2020-0502-0021; 2020-0502-0022
IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
Before
THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD
BETWEEN
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
(Cooper) Union
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The Crown in Right of Ontario
(Ministry of the Solicitor General) Employer
BEFORE Barry Stephens Arbitrator
FOR THE UNION Matthew Appignanesi
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Grievance Officer
FOR THE EMPLOYER Julia Evans
Treasury Board Secretariat
Legal Services Branch
Senior Counsel
HEARING DATE July 28, 2021
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DECISION
[1] As a result of the mediation/arbitration held via teleconference on July 28, 2021,
I order the following:
1. Produced documents - The employer will produce to union counsel the
chart setting out the scores for the incumbents selected as a result of the
grieved competition. The employer will also provide the materials
reviewed by the interview committee for each grievor, which includes the
ideal answer for each interview question.
2. The confidentiality of these documents shall be maintained.
3. The documents provided to union counsel are to be used solely for the
purposes of the mediation and or litigation of grievance 2020-2496.
4. Union counsel is authorized to disclose the produced materials to his
client and the grievors to the extent necessary for the purposes of the
mediation and or litigation of grievance 2020-2496 and the conditions of
production set out in this Order also apply to the grievors and to OPSEU.
5. The produced documents are not to be copied or distributed except to
the extent necessary for the mediation and or litigation of grievance
2020-2496.
6. Neither the documents nor their contents shall be disseminated or
discussed with anyone outside of this arbitration process.
7. All copies of the produced documents are to be destroyed or returned to
the employer, at the employer’s option, at the end of the litigation of
grievance 2020-2496, which would include any period for judicial review.
8. The production directions in this decision are without prejudice to any
position that either party may take in respect of future production
requests if and as they arise.
Dated at Toronto, Ontario, this 20th day of August, 2021.
“Barry Stephens”
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Barry Stephens, Arbitrator