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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# 2022-9913; 2022-9914
UNION# 2022-0234-4234; 2022-0234-4235
IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
Before
THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD
BETWEEN
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
(Grievor) Union
- and -
The Crown in Right of Ontario
(Ministry of the Solicitor General) Employer
BEFORE Kelly Waddingham Arbitrator
FOR THE UNION Rebecca Jones
Ryder Wright Holmes Bryden Nam LLP
Counsel
FOR THE EMPLOYER Caroline Cohen
Treasury Board Secretariat
Legal Services Branch
Senior Counsel
HEARING January 9, 2024
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Decision
[1] This is a termination grievance. Despite good faith efforts the parties were unable
to mediate a resolution to the grievance. Instead, after a discussion with counsel,
an agreement was reached regarding the steps required to ensure that this
proceeding is ready for hearing. The parties agreed as follows:
(a) The Employer shall by January 12, 2024 finalize its production
requests to OPSEU;
(b) OPSEU shall by January 19, 2024 provide the Employer with
its position regarding the grievance, specifically answering the
question posed by Employer’s counsel at the January 9, 2024
mediation;
(c) The Employer shall provide by February 23, 2024, a statement
of the facts it says are not in dispute with any supporting
documents with respect to such alleged facts;
(d) OPSEU shall respond by March 22, 2024, indicating which
such alleged facts they are prepared to agree (or if not, what
amended fact(s) they are prepared to agree to);
(e) The Agreed Statement of Fact shall be finalized by April 12,
2024;
(f) OPSEU shall on or before May 31, 2024 produce to the
Employer the documents which it has requested or, to the
extent OPSEU objects to producing a document in whole or in
part, briefly state its reasons for each such objection;
(g) The parties shall by no later than June 20, 2024 advise of any
preliminary motion(s), outstanding production issues or any
other pre-hearing issue.
[2] The grievance is scheduled to proceed to a hearing on October 8, November 19,
December 17, 2024 and January 15, 2025.
Dated at Toronto, Ontario this 12th day of January 2024.
“Kelly Waddingham”
Kelly Waddingham, Arbitrator