FPSLREB Decisions

File: 181-2-350 Public Service Staff Before the Public Service Relations Act Staff Relations Board BETWEEN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOCKYARD CHARGEHANDS ASSOCIATION Bargaining Agent and TREASURY BOARD (National Defence)

Employer

RE: Determination of Designated Positions - Ship Repair (Chargehands)

Before: Yvon Tarte, Acting Chairperson

(Decided without a hearing.)

Decision Page 1 DETERMINATION AND NOTICE OF DESIGNATION OF POSITIONS Pursuant to subsection 78.1(4) of the Public Service Staff Relations Act (PSSRA), the parties met to review the position of each employee in the ship repair (chargehands) group bargaining unit to determine whether any of them had safety or security duties as specified in subsection 78.(1). By letter dated November 13, 1996, the employer pursuant to subsection 78.1(5), provided the Board with a statement of the positions the parties had determined do not have safety or security duties. The employer also notified the Board pursuant to subsection 78.1(6) that the parties had determined that the positions identified in Annex 1, attached hereto, had safety or security duties.

Accordingly, pursuant to subsection 78.1(6), the Board hereby designates the positions identified in Annex 1 as having safety or security duties.

Pursuant to section 78.5, the Board hereby authorizes the employer to inform the employees occupying the positions identified in Annex 1 (and all subsequent occupants of those positions) of the designation of those positions. By such authorization, the employer is required to inform the employees within the time limits and pursuant to the procedure specified in subsection 60(1) of the PSSRB Regulations and Rules of Procedure, 1993.

In addition, the Board draws the employer's attention to its responsibility under subsection 60(2) of the Regulations to provide forthwith a copy of the notice referred to in subsection (1) to the bargaining agent.

Yvon Tarte Acting Chairperson

OTTAWA, November 26, 1996.

Public Service Staff Relations Board