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- File: 185-2-396
IN THE MATTER OF AN INTEREST ARBITRATION
UNDER SECTION 64 OF THE PSSRA
BETWEEN:
THE CANADIAN MERCHANT SERVICE GUILD
the Guild
- and -
TREASURY BOARD
the Employer
RE: SHIPS' OFFICERS GROUP
| Before: | M.G. Mitchnick | - | Chair |
| Andrew Raven | - | Guild Nominee | |
| Sandra Budd | - | Employer Nominee |
SPOKESPERSONS:
| For the Guild: | David J. Jewitt |
| For the Employer: | Dennis G. Duggan |
SUPPLEMENTARY AWARD
The board is now in receipt of the parties' letters dated November 3rd, November 16th, and November 23rd, 2004. The board has reviewed its notes and recollections of all of its proceedings and deliberations, and can assist the parties as to its "intent" as follows.
1) The "Increment" Issue
Notwithstanding what the common practice may be in the federal sector, the board in its final deliberations was focusing on "percentages", and the intent of the award as written was to have the differential between the final two steps in each case be calculated and added as a new increment on a percentage, not a straight-dollar, basis.
2) The Appendix G "Allowance" Issue
It is to be noted that the Allowances in Appendix G are all stated in flat dollar amounts, and not as "18%" over the top rate for the category. Given the way the board's ultimate award came together, there was no discussion by the parties of the way any new increment would affect the normal practice regarding Allowances, and the board simply awarded that the Allowances would be increased by the amount of the economic increases themselves. Any re-adjustment of the Appendix G Allowance, back to the level of 18% as the Guild is now seeking, will have to be explored by the parties in the next round of bargaining.
Dated at Toronto this 9th day of December, 2004
"M. G. Mitchnick"
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For the Board