GSB#2016-0770
UNION# 2016-0580-0021
IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
Before
THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD
BETWEEN
Ontario Public Service Employees Union (Cull)
Union
- and -
The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care)
Employer
BEFORE
Randi H. Abramsky
Arbitrator
FOR THE UNION
Christopher Bryden Ryder Wright Blair & Holmes LLP Counsel
FOR THE EMPLOYER
Debra Kyle Treasury Board Secretariat Legal Services Branch Counsel
DECISION
1The Parties will take all necessary steps to protect the confidentiality of the information that comes into its possession from the Health Board Secretariat by way of production in this hearing (the "Material").
2To the extent the Material contains personal identifying information and/or medical information of individuals who are not party to this proceeding, that information shall be redacted by the Employer prior to producing it to the Union. The redacted Material shall be provided only to counsel for the Union who will confine disclosure only to those individuals who need to know for purposes of the hearing; and the Material shall not be published in any decisions of the Arbitrator. Should there be any issues with the redactions counsel may address those issues before the GSB. No copies may be made of the Material, except for purposes of this hearing; and the Material may only be used for purposes of the instant hearing.
3Any copies of the Material shall be returned to counsel for the Employer or destroyed at the conclusion of the hearing except for copies retained by Union and Employer counsel for their respective files and confidentiality shall be maintained after the conclusion of these proceedings, save for the enforcement of this order.
4This parties have consented to this order being issued without prejudice to any position either party may take in this or any other matter, save for the enforcement of this order.
Issued in Toronto this 14th day of November, 2017.