GSB#2014-4998, 2014-4999, 2016-0513

UNION#2015-0212-0007, 2015-0212-0008, 2015-0212-0002

IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION

Under

THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT

Before

THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD

BETWEEN

Ontario Public Service Employees Union (Benner et al)

Union

• and -

The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Attorney General)

Employer

BEFORE

Ken Petryshen

Vice-Chair

FOR THE UNION

Richard Blair Ryder Wright Blair & Holmes LLP Counsel

FOR THE EMPLOYER

Cathy Phan Treasury Board Secretariat Legal Services Branch Counsel

HEARING

May 26, 2016

Decision

1There are three grievances before me that have been consolidated. One is a Union grievance dated February 3, 2015. The others are the grievance of Ms. K. Benner, dated February 2, 2015, and the grievance of Ms. A. St. Aubin, dated February 5, 2015. All three grievances relate to the transcription of police interviews by Ms. Benner and Ms. St. Aubin, who performed these tasks until this work was assigned to a private transcription service in 2014.

2After hearing the comments of the parties at the hearing on Thursday, May 26, 2016, and in order to move these matters forward, I direct Ms. Benner and Ms. St. Aubin to complete and submit Conflict of Interest determination requests with regard to the work in question. This is without prejudice to the positions of the parties as to any issue in these matters, including whether there is a conflict of interest or its relevance should the parties not resolve these matters after receiving the Conflict of Interest determination. In the meantime, this matter is adjourned.