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Motion granted to hear two related judicial review applications regarding police disciplinary proceedings together.
The moving party, the Chief of Police, brought a motion to have two applications for judicial review heard at the same time pursuant to Rule 6.01(1).
Both applications arose from a decision of the Toronto Police Services Board regarding the delay in serving notices of hearing under the Police Services Act.
The court found that the applications arose out of the same transaction or occurrence and shared common questions of law and fact.
To avoid a multiplicity of proceedings and inconsistent results, the court granted the motion and ordered the applications to be heard together.
Certification application for separate paramedic bargaining unit dismissed as untimely and inappropriate following municipal amalgamation.
OPSEU applied for certification to represent a bargaining unit of paramedic employees who became employed by the newly amalgamated City of Ottawa on January 1, 2001.
CUPE, which had previously reached an agreement with the Ottawa Transition Board to represent a comprehensive Outside/Inside bargaining unit, argued that OPSEU's application was untimely and that the paramedics fell within its unit.
The Ontario Labour Relations Board found that OPSEU's application was untimely under the Public Sector Labour Relations Transition Act, 1997, as it was filed during a barred period.
Furthermore, the Board determined that even if the application were timely, a separate paramedic bargaining unit would not be appropriate as it would unnecessarily fragment the workforce, and the paramedics properly fell within CUPE's existing comprehensive unit.
The certification application was dismissed.
Board determines seniority rights and bargaining unit exclusions following municipal electrical utility amalgamation.
Following the amalgamation of several municipal electrical utilities into Hydro Ottawa, the parties sought a determination on two outstanding issues under the Public Sector Labour Relations Transition Act, 1997.
The Board held that former employees of Goulbourn Hydro were only entitled to seniority for their actual service with Goulbourn Hydro, rejecting the employer's argument that a pre-amalgamation resolution entitled them to credit for prior service with other utilities.
The Board also determined that the Key Accounts Co-ordinator position should be excluded from the bargaining unit due to its managerial nature, while all other disputed technical positions were included.
