GSB#2005-3698, 2005-3699
UNION#2006-0582-0001, 2006-0582-0002
IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
Before
THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD
BETWEEN
Ontario Public Service Employees Union (Samsone)
Union
- and -
The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services)
Employer
BEFORE
Ken Petryshen
Vice-Chair
FOR THE UNION
Jorge Hurtado Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish LLP Counsel
FOR THE EMPLOYER
Paul Meier Ministry of Government Services Counsel
Conference Call
August 19, 2009.
DECISION
1During a conference call on August 19, 2009, I entertained submissions from counsel on the Union’s request to adjourn the hearing date of August 21, 2009, sine die. In the alternative, Union counsel recognized that I had the power to adjourn the hearing and set the matter down for hearing on a subsequent date. Employer counsel vigorously opposed simply adjourning the hearing, and argued that I should direct the parties to complete this matter by written submissions. During his submissions, Employer counsel referred to some decisions and documents, and he subsequently sent them to me in an email. I have reviewed this material during my deliberations. Given the timing, I advised counsel that I would try to provide the parties with a bottom line decision no later than noon on August 20, 2009.
2After considering the basis for the Union’s request and the submissions of counsel, I will grant the Union’s adjournment request, but not on a sine die basis. Accordingly, the hearing scheduled for August 21, 2009, is adjourned and this matter will continue on Friday, November 13, 2009. The reasons for this decision will soon follow. In my reasons, I will set out what issues will be addressed at the November hearing.
Dated at Toronto, this 20^th^ day of August 2009.