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GSB# 2021-0738
UNION# 2021-0526-0019
IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
Before
THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD
BETWEEN
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
(Singh) Union
- and -
The Crown in Right of Ontario
(Ministry of the Attorney General) Employer
BEFORE
Dale Hewat
Arbitrator
FOR THE UNION
Jorge Hurtado
Morrison Watts
Counsel
FOR THE EMPLOYER Jonathan Rabinovitch
Treasury Board Secretariat
Counsel
HEARING December 8, 2021 and January 31, 2022 (by
video conference)
-2-
DECISION
[1] This matter is a grievance filed on behalf of Shanelle Singh (the “Grievor” ) ,
alleging wrongful termination from employment. A hearing was held by
videoconference on December 8, 2021. The Grievor failed to attend the hearing.
On December 13, 2021, I issued a Decision directing the Grievor to provide
Union Counsel the reason for her non-attendance by January 13, 2022, failing
which this matter may be dismissed.
[2] On January 31, 2022 a videoconference was held during which the Employer
Counsel asked for this matter to be dismissed. Union Counsel stated that he sent
an email to the Grievor on December 14, 2021 advising her of my December 13,
2021 Decision and asked her to provide him with a reason for her non-
attendance on December 8, 2021. Union Counsel did not hear back from the
Grievor and wrote to her again on January 20, 2022 asking her to explain her
failure to attend the December 8, 2021 hearing and to provide her explanation by
January 24, 2022. In that email he also told the Grievor that a videoconference
was scheduled for January 31, 2022 and that if she did not provide a response,
that it was likely that her grievance would be dismissed.
[3] As of today’s date, the Grievor has not contacted Union Counsel despite all of his
attempts to reach her. As a result, I find that the Grievor has abandoned her
grievance and order that this matter be dismissed.
Dated at Toronto, Ontario this 2nd day of February 2022.
“Dale Hewat”
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Dale Hewat, Arbitrator