The applicant union objected to a Review Officer's order requiring the respondent hospital to equalize compensation between nurses and the manager of plant maintenance by providing a cash value for the difference in vacation entitlement.
The union argued that nurses should receive the increased vacation benefit instead of cash.
The Tribunal held that adjustments to achieve pay equity can be made to wages, benefits, or a combination of both.
Finding no evidence that increasing the vacation entitlement would cause the hospital undue hardship, the Tribunal revoked the Review Officer's order and directed the hospital to increase the nurses' vacation benefit to match the comparator job class.
