Max Skrow

The complainant, a civilian employee with the OPP, filed a complaint alleging the employer grossly mishandled a workplace investigation and breached its duty of fairness.

The employer raised preliminary objections, arguing the Board lacked jurisdiction as no term or condition of employment was breached, and that the complaint was untimely.

The Public Service Grievance Board dismissed the objections, finding the complainant established a prima facie case that the employer's respectful workplace policy and duty of fairness constituted terms of employment.

The Board also held that while some earlier events fell outside the mandatory 14-day limitation period, recent communications within the period constituted timely allegations of ongoing breaches.

The appellant appealed the election of a delegate to the Board of Directors of the Ontario Pork Producers Marketing Board, arguing she was not an eligible 'producer' under Ontario Regulation 403/10.

The delegate had sold her primary hog operation but continued to raise a small number of hogs for farmgate sales.

The Tribunal found that the delegate met the regulatory definition of a producer at the time of the election, as she owned and produced hogs on a property in the relevant zone.

The appeal was denied.