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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
- and -
The Crown in Right of Ontario
(Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services)
Employer
BEFOREVice-Chair
Deborah J.D. Leighton
FOR THE UNION
Laura Josephson
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Grievance Officer
FOR THE EMPLOYER
Gary Wylie
Ministry of Community Safety and
Correctional Services
Staff Relations Officer
HEARINGOctober 7, 2009.
- 2 -
Decision
[1]Mr. John Cooper, a correctional officer at Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre, grieved on
November 20, 2008, that the employer wrongly denied him the right to work on October
31, November 1 and 2, 2008. The employer denied that it had violated the collective
agreement.
[2]The parties referred this grievance to mediation/arbitration in accordance with Article
22.16 of the collective agreement. At the outset of the hearing the parties agreed that I
had the jurisdiction to deal with this matter. They asked that I issue a decision without
precedent or prejudice, and without written reasons in accord with the provisions for
expedited hearings under Article 22.16.
[3]Having carefully considered the submissions of the parties, as well as the jurisprudence
of the Board, I hereby grant these grievances and order the employer to pay the grievor
36 hours at the standard rate of his pay.
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Dated at Toronto this 27 day of October 2009.
Deborah J.D. Leighton, Vice-Chair