Peter Chauvin

The Union brought a motion under Rule 3 of the Grievance Settlement Board's Rules of Procedure to have three grievances heard together by the same Vice-Chair.

The grievances all pertained to the I&IT Support Services department and involved the same supervisor.

The Employer opposed the motion.

The Vice-Chair granted the motion, finding that the grievances shared common questions of law or fact, and that hearing them together would create efficiencies, avoid inconsistent findings, and not prejudice the Employer.

The union filed a grievance alleging the employer improperly denied the grievor the opportunity to move to the interview stage of a competition.

The parties agreed to the disclosure of POSI questions and scoring materials subject to certain conditions.

The Vice-Chair issued a consent order detailing the conditions for disclosure, including prohibitions on copying, returning materials after arbitration, and maintaining confidentiality.

The union filed a grievance alleging that the employer violated the collective agreement by temporarily assigning less senior employees to a vacant Senior Operations Technician position instead of the grievor.

The parties agreed to a true mediation-arbitration process and requested a bottom-line decision without reasons.

The arbitrator found no violation of the collective agreement and dismissed the grievance.

The Union filed a grievance alleging the Employer violated the collective agreement when filling a temporary vacancy.

The parties engaged in a mediation-arbitration process.

The arbitrator found that the Employer placed an applicant in a temporary vacancy but failed to notify the Local Union President ten working days prior to filling the vacancy, as required by Article 6.1.2 of the collective agreement.

A declaration was issued that the Employer violated the notice requirement.