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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-1360.Desjardine.12-02-09 DecisionCrown 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#2010-1360 UNION#2010-0440-0027 IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION Under THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT Before THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD BETWEEN Ontario Public Service Employees Union (Desjardine) Union - and - The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services) Employer BEFORE Deborah J.D. Leighton Vice-Chair FOR THE UNION Laura Josephson Ontario Public Service Employees Union Grievance Officer FOR THE EMPLOYER Caroline Markiewicz Ministry of Government Services Centre for Employee Relations Labour Relations Intern HEARING February 3, 2012. - 2 - Decision [1] Mr. Don Desjardine, a Correctional Officer at the Brockville Jail and St. Lawrence Valley Correctional and Treatment Centre, grieved on July 24, 2010 that employer should have compensated him to attend a medal presentation on November 12, 2009. He seeks full redress. 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 precedent or prejudice, and without written reasons. [3] Having carefully considered the submissions of the parties, as well as the jurisprudence of the Board, I hereby deny the grievance. Dated at Toronto this 9th day of February 2012. Deborah J.D. Leighton, Vice-Chair