FPSLREB Decisions

The complainant made multiple duty-of-fair-representation complaints between 2020 and 2023. The complaints contained a series of allegations set out in point-form style. Many were partly or completely illegible, and they contained little in the way of explanation of what was alleged to have occurred. The respondent objected that the complaints lacked particulars and that they did not make out an arguable case. Over the course of several years, the Board and the respondent repeatedly asked the complainant to provide particulars. The Board also granted the complainant multiple extensions of time as an accommodation of their medical condition. In late 2024, the Board granted a final three-month extension, which the complainant did not respect. The Board found that the complainant failed to meet their duty to provide the minimum of information required to ground their complaints. Further, their lack of compliance did not appear to be related to the needs for which they requested accommodation. Although the complaints were not dismissed on this basis, the Board also noted the similarities between this case and Belisle v. Public Service Alliance of Canada, 2025 FPSLREB 79, in which a duty-of-fair-representation complaint was declared frivolous and vexatious due to the complainant’s repeated failure to follow the Board’s orders. The Board highlighted the impact of such behaviours on its processes and its ability to carry out its mandate.

Complaints dismissed.