GSB# 2018-1878
UNION# 2018-0582-0025
IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
Before
THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD
BETWEEN
Ontario Public Service Employees Union (Rimos)
Union
- and -
The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of the Solicitor General)
Employer
BEFORE
D.J.D. Leighton
Arbitrator
FOR THE UNION
Gregg Gray Ontario Public Service Employees Union Grievance Officer
FOR THE EMPLOYER
Ann Fowler Treasury Board Secretariat Employee Relations Advisor
HEARING
November 20, 2019
DECISION
1Mr. Alex Rimos, a Correctional Officer 2 at Toronto East Detention Centre, filed a grievance on July 7, 2018, alleging that the employer breached Articles 2, and 3, of the collective agreement and policies relating to the management of a critical incident. The grievor seeks a declaration of the breach of the collective agreement and compensation of $10,000. The employer takes the position that there was no breach of the collective agreement or any of the policies and denies any liability.
2The parties referred this grievance to mediation/arbitration in accordance with Article 22.16 of the collective agreement. At the outset of the hearing, the parties agreed that I had the jurisdiction to deal with this matter. They asked that I issue a decision without precedent or prejudice, and without written reasons.
3Having carefully considered, the submissions of the parties on the grievances, as well as the jurisprudence of the Board, I hereby deny the grievance.
Dated at Toronto, Ontario this 13th day of March, 2020.