GSB# 2023-02385

UNION# 2023-0229-0041

IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION

Under

THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT

Before

THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD

BETWEEN

Ontario Public Service Employees Union (Ploedt)

Union

• and -

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

Employer

BEFORE

Kelly Waddingham

Arbitrator

FOR THE UNION

Rebecca Jones Ryder Wright Holmes Bryden Nam LLP Counsel

FOR THE EMPLOYER

Debra Kyle Treasury Board Secretariat Legal Services Branch Counsel

HEARING

June 18, 2024

Decision

1This is a termination grievance. The parties met on June 18, 2024 to mediate a settlement of the grievance. However, they determined that prehearing production was necessary to facilitate mediation. This case direction outlines the parties’ agreement on prehearing production and preparation for mediation.

Schedule

2June 21, 2024

• Exchange of request for prehearing production;

November 8, 2024:

• Prehearing production,

• Employer’s chronology,

• OPSEU advises which documents in its disclosure it intends to rely at mediation/arbitration;

January 24, 2025

• Mediation

3This case direction is for the purposes of facilitating mediation. The parties are expected to provide full prehearing production by November 8, 2024 for mediation/arbitration. The parties reserve their right to provide additional argument(s) at arbitration.

4All dates contained in this case management decision are subject to change on agreement of the parties.