GSB# 2022-4724
UNION# 2022-0638-0001
IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION
Under
THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT
Before
THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD
BETWEEN
Ontario Public Service Employees Union (Dufour)
Union
- and -
The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry)
Employer
BEFORE
Nimal Dissanayake
Arbitrator
FOR THE UNION
Alex Zamfir Ontario Public Service Employees Union Grievance Officer
FOR THE EMPLOYER
Julia Evans Treasury Board Secretariat Legal Services Branch Senior Counsel
Order
1The Board is seized with a job competition grievance filed by Mr. Dennis Dufour. In advance of the scheduled hearing date, the parties discussed by email procedure and disclosure issues, and requested that the Board determine and issue an order in that regard.
2Accordingly, I hereby make the following order:
(a) The Employer is directed to produce copies of the applications, interview records, and appraisals of the applicants who ranked as the top eight applicants based on their raw scores at the competition stage of job competition ID 175887. The Employer may redact applicant names and personal identifying information from these materials, provided that it provides unique identifiers in place of such names to allow the union to be able to cross reference individual applications and appraisals of those applications against other materials. The Employer is to provide such disclosure by February 27, 2023.
(b) The information produced pursuant to this order is not to be used by the Union or Grievor for any purpose other than for the present proceeding relating to the grievance regarding job competition ID 175887. At the conclusion of this proceeding, the Grievor is to delete or destroy any copies of the above-noted materials in his possession.
(c) The Parties may seek amendment of this order, or seek additional orders with respect to production as may become necessary in the course of this proceeding.
Dated at Toronto, Ontario this 27th day of February 2023.