GSB#2017-3776; 2017-3777; 2017-3778; 2017-3779; 2017-3780; 2017-3781

UNION#2017-0579-0011; 2017-0579-0012; 2017-0579-0013; 2017-0579-0014;

2017-0579-0015; 2017-0579-0016

IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION

Under

THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT

Before

THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD

BETWEEN

Ontario Public Service Employees Union (Jacobs et al)

Union

• and -

The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of the Solicitor General)

Employer

BEFORE

Dale Hewat

Arbitrator

FOR THE UNION

Brett Hughes Dewart Gleason LLP Counsel

FOR THE EMPLOYER

Braden MacLean Treasury Board Secretariat Legal Services Branch Counsel

HEARING

April 28, 2021

Decision

1On April 13, 2021 I issued a decision in this matter directing the Parties that Article 7.3 of the Collective Agreement applies to the determination of remedy in this case. As the Parties were not able to reach an agreement on the issue of remedy, they attended a hearing on April 28, 2021 to discuss next steps. As a result of discussions with the Parties, I make the following order:

a) The Employer shall fix the Grievors’ wages at the FSA1 rate as of May 3, 2021.

b) Within 60 days of this decision, the Employer shall work with Ontario Shared Services (“OSS”) to determine the Employer’s calculation of retroactive payments due to each of the Grievors and shall share the details of the OSS retroactivity calculation with the Union. The Parties agree that the period for calculating all retroactive payments starts on June 4, 2018.

c) Within 30 days of sharing the OSS retroactive pay calculation with the Union, the Parties shall discuss and approve the amounts of retroactive payments required to be paid to each Grievor in order to implement the provisions of Article 7 of the Collective Agreement.

d) I remain seized.