Glengarry Memorial Hospital v. Ontario Nurses' Association, 1992 CanLII 4694

0141-90: Glengarry Memorial Hospital, Applicant v. Ontario Nurses' Association, Respondent

0246-91: Ontario Nurses' Association, Applicant v. Glengarry Memorial Hospital, Respondent

Before : Janis Sarra, Vice-Chair; Bruce Budd and Donald Dudar, Members

Appearances: Ann Burke for Glengarry Memorial Hospital; Ann Marie Delorey for the Ontario Nurses' Association

Cite As: Glengarry Memorial Hospital (No. 2) (1992), 3 P.E.R. 34

Adjustments - Relevant Collective Agreement

The Tribunal held that ss.9(3) directs all positions in the job class be adjusted by the same dollar amount such that equal dollar amounts are paid to all levels of any wage grid for the position(s). This respects existing compensation practices and maintains the internal relativity of the wage grid. For the purposes of ss.13(10) a "relevant" collective agreement is one which has not yet taken into account the pay equity adjustments. As the new collective agreement could not have taken into account the pay equity adjustments in setting wage rates it was a relevant agreement. As such, ss.13(10) required the adjusted rates in the new and relevant collective agreement to be the pay equity adjusted rates from the old agreement plus the percentage or dollar increase provided for in the new agreement.

Rajustements - Convention collective pertinente

Le Tribunal a maintenu que le paragraphe 9(3) stipule que tous les postes de la catégorie d'emplois reçoivent le même taux de rajustement, en termes absolus. Conformément à cette disposition, le même montant en termes absolus doit être versé à tous les niveaux d'une grille de salaires existant pour le ou les postes. Cette exigence s'explique par la nécessité de respecter les pratiques de rétribution actuelles et de maintenir la relativité interne de la grille de salaires. Par conséquent, le barème de rétribution tout entier doit être rajusté à la hausse pour satisfaire à cette disposition légale. Aux fins du paragraphe 13(10), une convention collective "pertinente" est une convention dans laquelle on n' a pas encore pris en considération les rajustements au titre de l'équité salariale. Le Tribunal a conclu que, puisque la nouvelle convention collective n' avait pas pu tenir compte des rajustements au titre de l'équité salariale pour fixer les nouveaux taux de salaire, à cet égard, elle constituait une convention collective pertinente. En vertu du paragraphe 13(10), les taux rajustés d'une nouvelle convention collective pertinente sont les taux rajustés au titre de l'équité salariale dans la convention existante plus l'augmentation en pourcentage ou en termes absolus stipulée dans la nouvelle convention collective.

DECISION OF JANIS SARRA, VICE-CHAIR, AND MEMBER BRUCE BUDD, JUNE 9, 1992

1. In Glengarry Memorial Hospital (1991), 2 P.E.R. 153, the Tribunal dealt with how a previously determined pay equity adjustment for the nurses represented by the Applicant, Ontario Nurses' Association ("ONA") should be incorporated into the collective agreements between ONA and the Respondent,

Glengarry Memorial Hospital ("the Employer"). Those collective agreements (full time and part time) were effective April 1, 1988 to March 31, 1991 ("the Existing Collective Agreements"). The Tribunal determined that section 13(10) of the Pay Equity Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.7 (the "Act") required the rate of pay specified in the collective agreements to be increased by the amount of the pay equity adjustment as of January 1, 1990. The result was a pay equity adjusted rate of compensation. All further increases provided for in the Existing Collective Agreements were to be calculated on the basis of this adjusted rate. The Tribunal directed the parties to meet within thirty days to agree on how to comply with the Tribunal's decision and the Act. The parties were unable to agree and have applied to the Tribunal requesting that we order a remedy in File 0141-90.

2 Prior to the release of the Tribunal's June 6, 1991 decision in File 0141-90, ONA and the Employer negotiated new collective agreements (full time and part time), effective April 1, 1991 to March 31, 1993 ("the New Collective Agreements"). In Tribunal File 0246-91, ONA has applied to the Tribunal alleging that the Employer failed to incorporate the pay equity adjustment into the New Collective Agreements.

3 At the hearing, the Tribunal heard the issues with respect to both of the above noted files. Further submissions were made in writing by the parties on January 13, 1992.

File 0141-90