Grievance Settlement Board Decision: Termination Grievance of OPSEU Employee

On June 18, 2024, the Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU) and the Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of the Solicitor General) met to mediate a settlement of a termination grievance. The parties agreed to a case direction outlining the prehearing production and preparation for mediation. The grievance involves a dispute over the termination of an employee.

Key Takeaways:

• The grievance settlement board has issued a decision on the termination grievance, which involves a dispute over the termination of an OPSEU employee.
• The parties met on June 18, 2024, to mediate a settlement, but determined that prehearing production was necessary to facilitate mediation.
• The case direction outlines the parties' agreement on prehearing production and preparation for mediation, including the exchange of documents and employer's chronology by November 8, 2024.
• The parties are expected to provide full prehearing production by November 8, 2024, for mediation/arbitration, and reserve the right to provide additional argument(s) at arbitration.
• The decision states that all dates contained in this case management decision are subject to change on agreement of the parties.

Statistics:

• The hearing for the grievance was held on June 18, 2024.
• The parties have agreed to provide prehearing production and preparation for mediation by November 8, 2024.
• The mediation is scheduled for January 24, 2025.
• 14 days are allocated for the exchange of request for prehearing production (June 21, 2024).

Sources:

• Ontario Public Service Employees Union (Ploedt) vs. The Crown in Right of Ontario (Ministry of the Solicitor General), Arbitration Decision (2024-06-19).