PSGB# P-2021-1522; P-2022-2613

IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION

Under

THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF ONTARIO ACT

Before

THE PUBLIC SERVICE GRIEVANCE BOARD

BETWEEN

Paul

Complainant

• and -

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

Employer

BEFORE

Andrew Tremayne Vice Chair

FOR THE COMPLAINANT

No one appearing for the Complainant

FOR THE EMPLOYER

Jordanna Lewis Treasury Board Secretariat Legal Services Branch Counsel

SUBMISSIONS

Final deadline June 17, 2024

Decision

1File # P-2021-1522 relates to a job competition that took place in mid-2021. File # P-2022-2613 relates to a job competition that took place in late 2021/early 2022. These matters were held in abeyance pending the outcome of File # P-2019-1091 between the same parties. In a June 15, 2023 decision, the Board dismissed that complaint.

2On March 21, 2024, the Complainant was directed to provide his responses in writing to the Employer’s preliminary objections to hear and determine the matters in File #s P-2021-1522 and P-2022-2613. His responses were to be filed with the Board with a copy to the Employer no later than April 19, 2024. Mr. Paul did not do so, nor did he contact the Board about the status of his responses.

3In a decision dated June 3, 2024, the Board directed the Complainant to contact the Board on or before the close of business on June 17, 2024 to provide his reasons in writing for not filing his responses to the Employer’s preliminary objections on time and for not contacting the Board about the status of those submissions. The Board was clear that if the Complainant did not respond as directed, the Board would dismiss his complaints (File #s P-2021-1522 and P-2022-2613).

4The Board has received no communication from the Complainant. The Board thus considers these complaints to have been abandoned.

5Having regard to the Board’s clear direction of June 3, 2024 and the fact that the Complainant has failed to contact the Board or file any submissions as directed within the time frame provided, the complaints in Board File #s P-2021-1522 and P-2022-2613 are now dismissed.