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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-3612.Butsch.12-05-25 Decision Crown Employees rieva nce Settlement oard 1Z8 l. (416) 326-1388 x (416) 326-1396 t des griefs es employés de la t Z8 l. : (416) 326-1388 léc. : (416) 326-1396 UNION# 2012-0368-0017 IN THE MATTER OF THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT Before THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD ETWEEN G B Suite 600 180 Dundas St. West Toronto, Ontario M5G Te Commission de règlemen d Couronne Bureau 600 180, rue Dundas Oues Toronto (Ontario) M5G 1 Té Té Fa GSB#2011-3612 AN ARBITRATION Under B Ontario Public Sployees Union (Butsch) Union (Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services) Employer ervice Em - and - The Crown in Right of Ontario BEFORE Felicity D. Briggs Vice-Chair FOR THE UNION ice Employees Union FOR THE EMPLOYER Scott Andrews Ontario Public Serv Grievance Officer ces ations Advisor Sean Milloy Ministry of Government Servi Employee Relations Division Employee Rel HEARING May 3, 2012 - 2 - Decision [1] The Employer and the Union at the Central East Correctional Centre agreed to participate in the Expedited Mediation-Arbitration process in accordance with the negotiated Protocol. Most of the grievances were settled through that process. However, a few remained unresolved and therefore require a decision from this Board. The Protocol provides that decisions will be issued within a relatively short period of time after the actual mediation sessions and will be without reasons. Further, the decision is to be without prejudice and precedent. [2] Ms. Autumn Butsch filed a grievance alleging she should have been paid call back pay for her actions on January 6, 2012. She stated that she had worked night shift and after she got up from sleeping she learned that she had a message to call her supervisor at work. [3] She returned the call and spoke to her manager. She was told that she had been called earlier to ask if she had gone home that morning with keys. By the time this conversation was held, her manager had located the missing keys. [4] It is for this effort that Ms. Butsch asserts she should receive four hours of pay at the rate of time and one half. The Employer contended that this is not “work” as that is set out in the call back provisions of the Collective Agreement. - 3 - [5] I agree with the Employer. In my view, the communication that took place involving the grievor on January 6, 2012 was not “work”. The Employer initially called because it was thought that the grievor might have inadvertently left the jail with keys. It goes without saying that loss of keys is a significant issue in a correctional facility and it is not surprising that the grievor might have received such a call if the keys cannot be located. [6] However, a short telephone discussion such as this is not “work” as considered by the call back provisions of the Collective Agreement. She was not asked to perform any of her normal job functions or to give advice. [7] The grievance is denied. Dated at Toronto this 25th day of May 2012. Felicity D. Briggs, Vice-Chair