FPSLREB Decisions

The complainant made complaints under ss. 77(1)(a) and (b) of the Public Service Employment Act (S.C. 2003, c. 22, ss. 12, 13), alleging abuse of authority in two non-advertised internal appointment processes, one for an acting appointment to a senior program development officer position, classified FB-04, and the other for an acting appointment to a team leader position, classified PM-03 – the complainant alleged that the respondent acted in bad faith and that it displayed personal favouritism – the respondent denied that it abused its authority – a hearing was scheduled, and it convened at the scheduled time – at the start of the hearing, the respondent advised the Board that the complainant had emailed it and the Board at 12:36 a.m. that day, stating that she would not attend the hearing and asking that it proceed as scheduled without her, based on her written allegations and submissions – the respondent made a motion of non-suit and asked that the Board dismiss the complaints ¬– the remainder of the hearing was cancelled – the Board allowed the motion and dismissed the complaints – the complainant could not simply rely on statements in her complaints and allegations to establish the abuse of authority – by not submitting any evidence to support her allegations and submissions, the complainant failed to meet her burden of proof.

Complaints dismissed.