HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-12093.Vriesema.23-10-13 Decision
Crown Employees
Grievance Settlement
Board
Suite 600
180 Dundas St. West
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Z8
Tel. (416) 326-1388
Commission de
règlement des griefs
des employés de la
Couronne
Bureau 600
180, rue Dundas Ouest
Toronto (Ontario) M5G 1Z8
Tél. : (416) 326-1388
GSB# 2022-12093; 2023-00160
UNION# 2023-0467-0004; 2023-0467-0012
IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
Before
THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD
BETWEEN
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
(Vriesema) Union
- and -
The Crown in Right of Ontario
(Ministry of the Solicitor General) Employer
BEFORE D.J.D. Leighton Arbitrator
FOR THE UNION Gregg Gray
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
Grievance Officer
FOR THE EMPLOYER Jennifer Charlton
Treasury Board Secretariat
Employee Relations Advisor
HEARING May 31, 2023
-2 -
Decision
[1] Mr. Daniel Vriesema, a Correctional Officer at the Quinte Detention Centre, filed
two grievances on February 15 and March 22, 2023 alleging that the employer
breached the collective agreement by denying him meal claims, respectively, for
January 25, and February 4 and 5, 2023 as required under Article COR 12.1.1.
The employer submitted that there was no violation of 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 precedential value, and without written reasons.
[3] Having carefully considered the submissions of the parties, as well as the
jurisprudence of the Board, I have decided to grant the grievances and hereby
order the employer to pay three meal allowances forthwith, amounting to $37.50.
Dated at Toronto, Ontario this 13th day of October 2023.
“D.J.D. Leighton”
D.J.D. Leighton, Arbitrator