GSB # 0392/99
OPSEU # 99B532
IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
Before
THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD
BETWEEN
Ontario Public Service Employees Union
(Bhatia)
Grievor
- and -
The Crown in Right of Ontario
(Ministry of Consumer & Commercial Relations)
Employer
BEFORE Janice Johnston Vice Chair
FOR THE Mary MacKinnon
GRIEVOR Counsel
Bode & MacKinnon
Barristers & Solicitors
FOR THE Roslyn Baichoo
EMPLOYER Counsel
Legal Services Branch
Management Board Secretariat
HEARING May 4, 2000
DECISION
At the hearing scheduled to deal with this grievance, the union took the position that it had no dispute with the Employer's actions in this case. The parties agreed that there was no difference between them.
According to Section 7(3) of the Crown Employees Collective Bargaining Act R.S.O. 1993, c. 38, there must be a difference between the parties for this Board to have jurisdiction.
For all of the reasons expressed in Re The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Government Services) and Ontario Public Services Employees Union (Stewart), June 22, 1995) unreported (Briggs); and Re The Crown in Right of Ontario (Toronto Area Transit Operating Authority) and Amalgamated Transit Union (Blake) (May 3, 1988) unreported (Shime), I have concluded that I do not have jurisdiction to hear and determine these grievances.
Accordingly, this grievance is dismissed.
Dated in Toronto this 9^th^ day of May, 2000.