GSB# 2021-3072; 2021-3073

UNION# 2021-0228-0024; 2021-0228-0025

IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION

Under

THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT

Before

THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD

BETWEEN

Ontario Public Service Employees Union (Elphinstone)

Union

• and -

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

Employer

BEFORE

Michael Lynk

Arbitrator

FOR THE UNION

James Sommerville Ontario Public Service Employees Union Grievance Officer

FOR THE EMPLOYER

Jackson Donszelmann-Lund Treasury Board Secretariat Legal Services Branch Counsel

HEARING

December 6, 2022

Decision

1A hearing was scheduled for the matter listed as GSB #2021-3072 and GSB # 2021-3073 on December 6^th, 2022, with respect to grievances filed by Cindy Elphinstone. The Parties agreed to adjourn the above noted matters on the condition that other related matters are to be scheduled and heard on January 19^th, 2023.

2This Consent Order addresses the next steps with respect to having related matters heard together.

3Without prejudice to the Employer’s jurisdictional preliminary objections, the Employer consents to an adjournment of the “OverTime Grievance” listed as GSB# 2021-3072 (OPSEU# 2021-0228-0024) on the condition that the other “Over Time Grievances” listed as:

• GSB# 2021-2976 (OPSEU# 2021-0228-0020); and

• GSB# 2021-2802 (OPSEU# 2021-0228-0016)

are scheduled together and proceed through the Med/Arb procedure, pursuant to Article 22.16 of the Collective Agreement, on January 19^th, 2023.

4For clarity, the Parties agree that GSB# 2021-3072, GSB# 2021-2976, and GSB# 2021-2802 will be scheduled before Arbitrator Michael Lynk on January 19^th, 2023.

5The Employer reserves the right to bring preliminary objections, including objections to the Board’s jurisdiction to hear the above-noted grievances, on January 19^th, 2023.

6Further to ensure that the matters proceed expeditiously, the Union agrees to provide the Employer with particulars for all three grievances, listed as GSB#2021-3072, GSB#2021-2976, and GSB#2021-2802, at least two weeks in advance of the January 19^th, 2023 hearing date.