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Re Halifax Regional School Board And Nsupe, Loc 2 (2-39-2001), Innis Christie

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Union grievance filed October 11, 2001, alleging breach of Articles 6.01(b) and 10.03 of the Collective Agreement between the Employer and the Union in effect from January 1, 2001 to July 31, 2004, which the parties agreed is the relevant Collective Agreement for purposes of this matter, in that the Employer had violated Articles 6.01(b) and 10.03 and "has posted a number of jobs that do not specify the days of the week on which the work is to be carried out". At the hearing the Union sought a declaration of what it alleged was the proper interpretation of Article …

Re Caw-Canada, Local 2216 And Aca Co-Operative Ltd, Innis Christie

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The Union claimed that the Grievor was unjustly suspended for four days, then unjustly discharged.

This is a consent award. The parties agree that the Grievor is to be reinstated, subject to certain conditions, and granted retroactive pay. The Arbitrator retains jurisdiction to deal with any grievances in respect of discipline against the Grievor for a period of one year from the date of the award.

If Portia Were A Mediator: An Inquiry Into Justice In Mediation, Jonathan M. Hyman, Lela P. Love

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Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw, Innis Christie

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Union grievance filed March 7, 2002 on behalf of all affected employees alleging breach of the Collective Agreement between the parties bearing the expiry date January 31, 2003, in that the Employer violated Articles 2, 11, 13, 15, 17 and all other related provisions of the Collective Agreement by placing full-time supervisor, David Waller, into a full-time letter carrier position/assignment at the Dartmouth Delivery Centre. The Union seeks an order that the Employer remove David Waller from the full-time letter carrier position/assignment and grant full redress to all affected employees under either Article 39.01 or Article 17.04.

Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw (Gillingham), Innis Christie

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The Union claims that the Employer has an obligation to notify employees at least an hour in advance of work shift overtime being extended longer than initially expected. The Employer submits that this has never been the practice, that it is contrary to the Agreement, and that it would be impractical.

The grievance fails. Application of the article in question as the Union seeks to have it interpreted is clearly not what the parties intended. Indeed, it would be unworkable where the original work shift extension overtime is only for one hour, as it quite often is.

Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw (Fitzhenry), Innis Christie

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The Union brings this arbitration on behalf of six employees who were denied special leave with pay in the context of a severe winter storm in the St. John's area. The Union seeks lost rights, earnings, and benefits. The Employer's position is that it acted reasonably in denying special leave, because it was unsafe for the employees to leave before the end of their shift, and by the end of the shift, the storm had abated, so that at that time they would have had no difficulty getting home safely.

Consumer And Employment Arbitration Law In Comparative Perspective: The Importance Of The Civil Jury, Stephen J. Ware

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In Light Of Circuit City Stores, Inc. V. Adams, What Is The Fate Of Employment Law? Does An Analysis Of Consumer Law Shed Light On The Future Of Employer/Employee Relations?, Jaime Ellen Sopher

University of Miami Law Review

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Mwf, Local 1 V Halifax Shipyard, Innis Christie

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This is a policy grievance. The Union claims that the Employer has breached the Agreement by failing to pay bridge tolls and mileage to employees working on the rig Eirik Raud on the Dartmouth side of Halifax Harbour. The Union's position is that the Employer is obligated to reimburse employees for bridge tolls and automobile usage when they are not working at the Halifax plant. The Employer claims that this obligation is limited to those employees on day to day assignment outside the vicinity of the Halifax plant. It further argues that, as most of the employees in question have …

Re Ben's Ltd And Bct, Local 445, Innis Christie

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The Grievor, as the Union's Shop Steward, is acting for employees in the Employer's thrift stores. The grievance was initiated when the hours of a part-time employee were reduced. The Union asserted that the Employer was manipulating hours to avoid making employees full-time. The Employer maintained that there is nothing in the Collective Agreement which requires the creation of full time jobs where it could, or otherwise prevent the assignment of work to minimize the number of full-time positions.

The grievance fails. Part-time employees were excluded from the Collective Agreement.

Re Air Nova Inc And Caw-Canada, Local 4236 (Hatt), Innis Christie

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Union grievance on behalf of the Grievor alleging termination contrary to the provisions of the Collective Agreement between the parties, effective January 18, 1999 to January 17, 2002, in that the Grievor's probationary period under Article 8 had expired when he was terminated without just cause, contrary to Article 21. The Grievance also alleges that no information was supplied to the Grievor as to his performance progression throughout the probation­ary period.

Re Aliant Telecom Inc And Ac & Twu, Innis Christie

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Policy Grievance 01-05 dated November 8, 2001 concerning the Contracting Out of Internet Member Services — Internet Dial Help Desk, which the Union alleges is contrary to Letter of Intent, Appendix E to the Common Part of the Collective Agreement between the Employer and the Union effective January 1, 1999 January 1, 2002, which the parties agree is the Collective Agreement applicable here. At the outset of the hearing, the parties agreed that I am properly seized of this matter and have jurisdiction to grant interim relief.

Re Nova Scotia Liquor Corp And Nsgeu, Local 470, Innis Christie

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This is a consent award. The parties are agreed that the Employer breached the Agreement by not posting full-time jobs in the warehouse.

The Employer agrees to post seven (7) full-time warehouseman positions, and two (2) conditional warehouseman positions on or before December 14, 2001. The Union waives any right to claim entitlement to further warehouseman postings over the review periods spanning 1998 through 2001. The parties agree to make their best efforts to resolve issues in upcoming bargaining negotiations. Failing agreement on the meaning of the term "non-overlapping hours", either party may grieve its interpretation.

Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw (105-00-00010), Innis Christie

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The Union claims that the Employer has breached the Agreement by creating another part-time walk (walk 51) when it would have been practicable, as required by the Agreement, to combine part-time walks to create a full-time walk. The Union seeks an order that the Employer combine walk 51 with other part-time walks in order to create a full-time walk, and compensate any employees who have lost rights, earning and benefits from its failure to do so heretofore.

Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw (105-00-00003), Innis Christie

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The Union alleges that the Employer violated the Agreement by failing to provide the Union with the results of the five day count taken September 22-29, 1999. The Union 's original request on remedy was an order that the results be provided. However, since the hearing took place more than two years after the count, the Union now asks that the Employer be ordered to conduct another five day count within one month of the award. The Union asks that the Arbitrator remain seized of the matter should the parties be unable to agree on monetary remedy.

Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw (N00-00-00008), Innis Christie

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The parties have requested a declaratory judgement interpreting Article 20.10 of the Agreement, respecting deduction of sick leave credit. The Union takes the position that the Article applies to employees classified as full-time but only working part of the day due to participation in a work-hardening program or because of a disability being accommodated by the Employer. The Employer's position is that the provision is only intended to apply to absences for part of a full- time shift because of unexpected onset of illness during the shift.

Re Health Care Corp Of St. John's And Nape, Innis Christie, G Butler, D Hurley

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Union policy grievance dated August 13, 1999, alleging breach of Articles 2, 3.08 and 22 of the Collective Agreement between the Employer and the Union signed June 2, 1998, with expiry date March 31, 2000, in that in a Memorandum to "All Employees" dated August 11, 1999 the Employer announced the introduction of a new Functional Assessment Form to be used by all employees seeking permission to be absent on sick leave in accordance with Article 22. Since February 1, 2000 the Functional Assessment Form, referred to by the parties as the "FAF", has in fact been required in a …

Re Canada Post Corp And Cpaa (Macmillan), Innis Christie

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Employee grievance alleging breach of the Collective Agreement between the parties signed June 29, 1999 and bearing the expiry date December 31, 2001, which the parties agreed applies here, and in particular of Article 6, in that the Grievor was discharged without just reasonable and sufficient cause. On behalf of the Grievor, the Union requested an order that the Grievor be reinstated on sick leave with any long-term disability benefits to which he was entitled effec­tive the day of his discharge but with no pay and no order that he return to work other than in a supervised environment.

Re Pepsi Bottling Group And Caw-Canada, Loc 1015 (Williams), Innis Christie

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Employee grievance dated September 27, 2000, alleging breach of Article 16 and all other relevant Articles of the Collective Agreement between the Employer and the predecessor Union, the United Steelworkers of America, Local 1015, signed April 23, 1999, which the parties agreed is the Collective Agreement for purposes of this matter, in that the Grievor's claim for short-term disability payments was disallowed by Maritime Life Assurance Company, the administrator/insurer of the Employer's "Flex" (or "Flexible") Benefits Plan.

Re Rk Macdonald Nursing Home Corp And Caw, Local 2107, Innis Christie

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The four Grievors were in receipt of Long Term Disability (LTD) benefits and also in receipt of Supplementary Health Expense Benefits under their Maritime Life Policy. The Grievors were terminated for innocent absenteeism. The LTD payments continued, but the supplementary benefits stopped because they were no longer employees.

Re Annapolis Valley Regional School Board And Nstu, Innis Christie

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The Employer failed to place the Grievor on "leave for injury on duty" with full salary after she became ill, allegedly as a result of workplace conditions which aggravated her asthma. The Union requests the Grievor be paid her full salary and benefits for the sick leave period and that all sick leave, used by her for this purpose, be restored. The issues are whether the Grievor's asthma and/or its aggravation was an "injury in the performance of her duties" and , if so, whether that injury prevented the Grievor from working. The Employer agrees the Grievor was ill, but …

Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw (105-95-00518), Innis Christie

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There are six grievances. The Union alleges that the Employer breached the Collective Agreement by the assignment of duties without following the program of work established locally, changed some duties without meaningful consultation and did not ensure that employees assigned to coding duties were not required to code for entire shifts. The Union also requested that employees who had been improperly assigned be compensated.

The grievance fails. The Employer did not have temporary employees trained to code. This reduced the scheduling options. The lack of consultation was considered insignificant.

Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw (106-00-00003), Innis Christie

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This is an award respecting preliminary objections raised by the Employer on matters of timeliness and an assertion that the Arbitrator had already dealt with this matter in two other decisions.

The grievance fails. The Employer's right to object on the basis of timeliness is waived because the Employer dealt with the grievance on its merits, and did not otherwise indicate an objection on timeliness until the eve of the hearing. The Employer's objection based on previous judgement is rejected because the matter in question is one of retained jurisdiction.

Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw, Innis Christie

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The Union contends that the Employer breached the Agreement by depriving employees of a rest day off (RDO), and changing work schedules without the meaningful consultation required by the Agreement. Further, the Union states that the scheduling changes carried out should have fallen under provisions for bidding. The Union asks that the employees affected by compensated by payment of double time for the day in question. The Employer position is that in changing the schedule it had acted within its rights and in accordance with the Agreement, and that it had attempted to conduct meaningful consultations with the Union, and …

Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw (096-00-00172), Innis Christie

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Union grievances dated September 11, November 21 and December 12, 2000 on behalf of all employees at Letter Carrier Depots # 1 and #2 in Halifax and the Dartmouth Delivery Centre alleging breach of the Collective Agreement between the parties bearing the expiry date January 31, 2000, in that the Employer violated Appendix D in that it failed to compensate letter carriers appropriately for delivering householder mail that had inserts which were not an integral part of the mailing piece.

Re Queens County Residential Services Inc And Cupe, Loc 3373 (White), Innis Christie

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Employee grievance dated February 15, 1999, alleging breach of Article 18.01 of the Collective Agreement between the Employer and the Union effective October 1, 1998 - March 31, 2002, in that the Employer did not credit the Grievor with service, and conse­quently vacation entitlement, during periods she was on maternity and parental leaves. The Union requested an order that the Grievor be credited with full service and vacation entitlement retroactively to her date of hire, June 5, 1990.

Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw (105-95-00468), Innis Christie

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The Union claims that in the Employer's measurement of two "buddy" routes, values are missing. In response to the grievance, the Employer promised to add in the missing values, but the Union submits that no such adjustments have been made to the routes in issue, nor to others brought up with the Route Measurement Officers.

The Arbitrator awards that terms agreed upon by the parties shall be met, namely, that the Superintendent of Route Measurement shall re-run the data on three disputed routes. If any of the routes "busts" the Employer will make retroactive adjustments. If any route does not …

Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw (105-95-00491), Innis Christie

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The Union claims that the Employer has breached the Agreement by failing to complete forms to reflect waiting times for two motorized routes. In response to an internal grievance, the Employer stated that the Union was mistaken; that time was allotted for waiting.

The grievance fails. While it may be logical that waiting time should be structured into these routes since it is the norm, the clear words of the Carrier Route Measurement Manual indicate that there is no waiting time on relays, and the Arbitrator cannot override the manual. The Employer's response to the Union was certainly in error, …

Re District Health Authority #8 And Nsnu, Innis Christie

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Union grievance dated June 27, 2000, alleging breach of Article 9.02(d) of the Collective Agreement between the Employer and the Union effective November 1, 1997 - October 31, 2000, in that after employees go on extended sick leave the Employer continues to reduce the sick leave credits in their sick leave banks by 100 per cent instead of 75 per cent for each hour they would otherwise have worked. The Union requested an order that sick leave credits reduced contrary to the Collective Agreement be restored to each employee's sick leave bank.

Re Nav Canada And Catca (Barnes), Innis Christie

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Union grievance on behalf of the Grievor alleging breach of the Collective Agreement between NAV Canada and the Canadian Air Traffic Control Association, signed September, 1999, effective to March 31, 2001, which the parties agreed is the Collective Agreement that governs this matter, and in particular of Article 13, in that the Employer suspended the Grievor for one day without just cause.