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Motion to defer grievance to the OLRB granted to avoid conflicting decisions in jurisdictional dispute.
The employer brought a motion requesting that the Grievance Settlement Board defer a grievance regarding the posting of a Coordinator of Pharmacy Services position to the Ontario Labour Relations Board (OLRB).
The union had filed a grievance claiming the work belonged to its bargaining unit, while the employer asserted the position fell within a different union's bargaining unit and filed a jurisdictional dispute with the OLRB.
The Board granted the employer's motion to defer, finding that the OLRB was the appropriate forum to resolve a multi-party jurisdictional dispute and avoid the risk of conflicting arbitration decisions under different collective agreements.
