GSB#2014-2626

UNION#2014-0234-0363

IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION

Under

THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT

Before

THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD

BETWEEN

Ontario Public Service Employees Union (Akintunde)

Union

• and -

The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services)

Employer

BEFORE

Janice Johnston

Vice-Chair

FOR THE UNION

Dan Sidsworth Ontario Public Service Employees Union Grievance Officer

FOR THE EMPLOYER

Greg Gledhill Treasury Board Secretariat Centre for Employee Relations Employee Relations Advisor

HEARING

February 15, 2017

Decision

1The Employer and the Union agreed to participate in the Expedited Mediation-Arbitration process in accordance with the negotiated protocol. The majority of the grievances are normally settled pursuant to that process. However, if a grievance remains unresolved the protocol provides that the Vice-Chair of the Board, based on the evidence provided during the mediation session, will immediately decide the grievance. The decision will be without reasons, without precedent and prejudice and will be issued within fifteen working days of the mediation unless the parties agree otherwise.

2On February 15 & 16, 2017 the parties at Maplehurst Corrections Complex agreed to participate in the Expedited Mediation-Arbitration process in accordance with the negotiated protocol.

3The grievor filed a grievance dated July 11, 2014 claiming that the employer violated confidentiality by making personal information available for his coworkers to see in files within the shared IT resource.

4After having carefully considered the submissions of the parties I hereby direct the employer to pay to the grievor as damages $250 within sixty days of the date of this decision.

5The grievance is therefore dismissed.