J. E. Emrich

The grievors, first-level supervisory staff at the Whitby Jail, filed a grievance alleging that the employer acted arbitrarily, discriminatorily, and in bad faith by failing to address the erosion and elimination of salary differentials between managers and their bargaining unit subordinates.

The employer objected that the grievance was inarbitrable.

The Public Service Grievance Board dismissed the grievance, finding that it lacked jurisdiction to rectify salary relationships or revise compensation levels for management personnel, and that the grievors failed to establish bad faith or discriminatory conduct by the employer.

The grievor, a shift supervisor, filed a grievance alleging that a subordinate bargaining unit employee was paid at a higher hourly rate due to salary compression.

The employer objected to the Board's jurisdiction, arguing that setting compensation levels for management personnel is the exclusive function of the Civil Service Commission.

The Public Service Grievance Board found that while it has jurisdiction to hear complaints regarding working conditions and terms of employment, it lacks the authority to rectify salary relationships or review the adequacy of the management compensation plan.

The grievance was dismissed as inarbitrable.