FPSLREB Decisions
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Amendment to designation of positions having safety or security duties - Subsection 78.1(6) of the Public Service Staff Relations Act (PSSRA) - General Services Subgroup of the General Services Group (that part formerly known as the Programme Administration Group) - in an earlier decision, the Board had amended, pursuant to subsection 78.1(6) of the PSSRA, the list of all of the positions which the parties had agreed have safety or security duties: (1999) 35 PSSRB Decisions 51 - subsequently, the employer advised the Board that the parties had agreed that an additional nineteen positions had safety or security duties - consequently, the Board designated these positions pursuant to subsection 78.1(6) of the PSSRA - pursuant to section 78.5 of the PSSRA, the Board authorized the employer to inform the incumbents of these additional nineteen positions of the designation and directed the employer to do so within the time limit and pursuant to the procedure specified in section 60 of the P.S.S.R.B. Regulations and Rules of Procedure, 1993 - the Board further directed the employer to so notify future incumbents of these additional nineteen positions within 30 days of the date on which they occupy these positions. Positions designated.
Decision Content
File: 181-2-374 Public Service Staff Before the Public Service Relations Act Staff Relations Board BETWEEN THE PUBLIC SERVICE ALLIANCE OF CANADA Bargaining Agent and TREASURY BOARD Employer
RE: Designated Positions – General Services Subgroup of the General Services Group (that part formerly known as the Programme Administration Group)
Before: Yvon Tarte, Chairperson
(Decided without an oral hearing)
Decision Page 1 DECISION DESIGNATING POSITIONS A decision was issued by the Board on January 26, 1999, pursuant to subsection 78.1(6) of the Public Service Staff Relations Act, amending the list of designated positions in that part of the General Services Subgroup of the General Services Group bargaining unit formerly known as the Programme Administration Group. Diskette PM1-11.XLS Zip file, PM2-1.XLS, PM3-2.XLS (the “old diskette”) contains the list of all of the positions which the parties agreed had safety or security duties as of that date.
By letters dated March 3 and 25, 1999, the employer advised the Board that the parties agreed to amend the list of designated positions identified in the old diskette. As a result of this agreement, nineteen positions were added to the list. Enclosed with the employer’s letters was a letter dated October 26, 1998 signed by the bargaining agent, in which it agreed with the changes proposed by the employer. The employer also provided the Board with a diskette bearing identification PM1-13.XLS, PM2-2.XLS, PM3-2.XLS (the “new diskette”). This new diskette is accepted by the Board as an amendment to the old diskette and is contained in the Board file. Accordingly, this new diskette contains the list of all of the positions which the parties now agree have safety or security duties.
On the basis of the agreement of the parties, and pursuant to subsection 78.1(6), the Board designates the nineteen additional positions referred to above, that appear on the new diskette and that did not appear on the old diskette.
Pursuant to section 78.5 of the Act, the Board hereby authorizes the employer to inform the employees occupying the nineteen additional positions designated above. For this purpose, the Board will provide the employer with a Form 13 for each of the nineteen designated positions, containing all the information required, with the exception of the name of the employees occupying the designated positions and the "Dated at..." portion of the Form, which is to be completed by the employer prior to notification.
Public Service Staff Relations Board
Decision Page 2 Furthermore, the persons who occupy those nineteen additional positions are to be so informed within the time limit and pursuant to the procedure specified in subsection 60(1) of the P.S.S.R.B. Regulations and Rules of Procedure, 1993. Thereafter future incumbents of these positions shall be notified within thirty days of the date on which they first occupy the positions.
The Board draws the employer's attention to its responsibility under subsection 60(2) of the Regulations that, on the notification of an employee who occupies a designated position, it is to provide forthwith a copy of the notice referred to in subsection 60(1) of the Regulations to the bargaining agent.
Yvon Tarte Chairperson OTTAWA, April, 14, 1999.
Public Service Staff Relations Board