Tag: Grievance Arbitration Awards
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Fighting the WSIB’s Alarming Record of Denying Chronic Mental Stress Claims
The fight to advance workers’ rights includes pushing to expand and enforce just compensation for injured workers. On one front, some progress has been won to recognize chronic mental stress as a compensable workplace injury in Ontario in recent years. But the large number of denials for chronic mental stress claims have left workers without…
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OPS workers force Ontario government to recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
After Canada’s Governor General proclaimed September 30 a federal holiday in honour of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in 2021, the Ontario Government refused to recognize the holiday for Ontario Public Service (OPS) employees in 2022. It was a shameful move on the part of the Ford government, given that the time for…
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Welcome to The Contract Enforcement BLAWG!
What’s a Blawg? A Blawg is an online journal or blog dealing with topics related to the law. This Blawg will contain posts with tidbits of legal info you might find useful in your toolbox for building worker power within OPSEU/SEFPO. Various staff in the Contract Enforcement Division will contribute posts on useful cases and…
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OPS Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) memorandum of settlement
View the decision GSB# 2021-3633; 2021-4288 OPSEU# 2022-0999-0005; 2022-0999-0004 Memorandum of Settlement Between: The Crown in Right of Ontario as represented by the Treasury Board Secretariat (“the Employer”) and The Ontario Public Employees Service Union (“the Union” or “OPSEU”) Whereas as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Employer implemented The Safe Workplace Policy, which…
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Mandatory OPS Rapid Antigen Tests ruled “work” by Grievance Settlement Board (GSB)
View the decision View the memorandum of settlement here On October 26, 2022, the Grievance Settlement Board (GSB) issued a decision related to the mandatory completion and submission of COVID-19 “Rapid Antigen Tests” by employees on their own time, before attending the workplace (please see attached the decision in GSB #2021- 3633 and 2021-4288). This…
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OPS Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) grievance decision
PDF version Crown Employees Grievance Settlement Board Suite 600 Bureau 180 Dundas St. West 180, rue Toronto, Ontario M5G 1Z8 Toront Tel. (416) 326-1388 GSB# 2021-3633; 2021-4288 UNION# 2022-0999-0005; 2022-0999-0004 IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATION Under THE CROWN EMPLOYEES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ACT Before THE GRIEVANCE SETTLEMENT BOARD BETWEEN Ontario Public Service Employees Union, Union…
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OPSEU/SEFPO wins big on pregnancy/parental leave
OPSEU/SEFPO has won an important battle around vacation and pregnancy/parental leave. An arbitrator has ruled that colleges cannot force faculty employees to take vacation during leaves. The grievance arose when a college professor wanted to take pregnancy leave. During her leave, she would be paid by Employment Insurance, which was topped up by the college’s…
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OPSEU/SEFPO welcomes arbitrator’s ruling on LTIP
OPSEU/SEFPO is hailing Arbitrator Nimal Dissanayake’s ruling that four articles in the OPS Unified collective agreement defended by the Employer violate human rights legislation. The ruling concerned two requirements regarding employees receiving, or considering, long-term insurance protection (LTIP). “This is just another example of what a strong union can do for working people,” said OPSEU/SEFPO…
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OPSEU confronts problems with GSB arbitrators’ scheduling
There is a developing crisis in our ability to schedule new matters for arbitration at the Grievance Settlement Board. OPSEU is in a fight to maintain a fair system of arbitration to resolve grievances to enforce our members’ rights under the OPS and LCBO collective agreements. Background All Crown employee grievances come under the jurisdiction…
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Grievance awards database
The Grievance Awards Database is not available. We are doing our best to repair the Grievance Awards Database but currently there is no information on when it may be available again.