3,377 result(s)
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Public Service Alliance of Canada v. House of Commons - 2024 FPSLREB 82 - 2024-06-19
FPSLREB Decisions - Labour RelationsAll that an interest arbitrator can hope to do is to produce an award that falls within a reasonable range. [...] The Board will set out its reasons for the items that require some explanation. [...] The Board has decided to grant this proposal for the same reasons as in Parliamentary Protective Service.
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Treasury Board v. The Public Service Alliance of Canada (Border Services Group) - 2024-05-29
FPSLREB Decisions - Labour RelationsPublic Interest Commission (PIC) Report
For example, the employer wanted to reduce overtime, but failed to address the reason for the need for overtime: because there was not enough staff. [...] [51] By and large, and for reasons detailed in its written submissions and discussed in detail at the hearing, the employer was opposed to all the union’s requests for recommendations. [...] In many workplaces – although for obvious reasons it is more limited here – telework is a fact of life.
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Arbitral award (Public Service Alliance of Canada v. Parliamentary Protective Service) - 2024 FPSLREB 73 - 2024-05-27
FPSLREB Decisions - Labour RelationsThe other bargaining unit will be called the Protection Group in these reasons. [...] All that an interest arbitrator can hope to do is to produce an award that falls within a reasonable range. [...] It also reasoned that the compounded effect of the 3.5% wage increase and the 1.25% adjustment was 4.8% and, therefore, there should be a 0.6% wage adjustment in 2021.
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Brown v. Deputy Head (Department of National Defence) - 2024 FPSLREB 69 - 2024-05-16
FPSLREB Decisions - Labour RelationsExtension of time
Time limit
2004 PSSRB 1, and found that it was in the interest of fairness to grant the extension – it found that the applicant provided a clear, cogent, and compelling reason for not filing the grievance within the prescribed time limit – it considered the applicant’s state of mind at the moment she was placed on leave without pay
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Béland Falardeau v. Treasury Board (Department of Employment - 2024 FPSLREB 67 - 2024-05-15
FPSLREB Decisions - Labour RelationsREASONS FOR DECISION FPSLREB TRANSLATION I. Individual grievances referred to adjudication [...] • the reasonableness of each possible interpretation; • administrative feasibility; and [...] [65] For all of the above reasons, the Board makes the following order:
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Martin v. Deputy Head (Correctional Service of Canada) - 2024 FPSLREB 66 - 2024-05-14
FPSLREB Decisions - Staffing ComplaintsApplication of Merit
Choice of process
Definition of abuse of authority
Personal Favouritism
Revocation of appointment by Commission or deputy head
She also argued that there was no urgent reason that would have supported the choice of process. [...] [124] For all those reasons, I conclude that the complaint is substantiated and that the respondent violated ss. 77(1)(a) and (b) of the Act. [...] [132] For all of the above reasons, the Board makes the following order:
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Bessette v. Parks Canada Agency - 2024 FPSLREB 61 - 2024-05-10
FPSLREB Decisions - Labour RelationsREASONS FOR DECISION FPSLREB TRANSLATION I. Individual grievance referred to adjudication [...] (b) are disabled in that province by reason of industrial diseases due to the nature of their employment. [...] [91] For all of the above reasons, the Board makes the following order:
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Munday v. Treasury Board (Department of National Defence) - 2024 FPSLREB 59 - 2024-04-25
FPSLREB Decisions - Labour RelationsDiscrimination
Duty to accommodate
People with disabilities
Refusal to work
Reprisal
was no argument or evidence that the offer was a disciplinary measure – the Board dismissed the two grievances under s. 209(1)(a) of the Act – it found that the AS-01 offer was a suitable accommodation measure – contrary to her DD-04 position, the new one allowed her to work remotely and so was a reasonable accommodation.
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Dupuis-Beauchesne v. Treasury Board (Canada Border Services Agency) - 2024 FPSLREB 56 - 2024-04-19
FPSLREB Decisions - Labour RelationsDisguised disciplinary action
Jurisdiction
Rejection on probation
reason for the rejection on probation, which was made in bad faith – the Board found that the rejection on probation was based on an employment-related reason and that it was not a sham, camouflage, or made in bad faith – the letter of rejection on probation indicated that the employment-related reason for the
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Arbitral award (NATIONAL POLICE FEDERATION and TREASURY BOARD) - 2024-04-16
FPSLREB Decisions - Labour Relationsd) the need to establish compensation and other terms and conditions of employment that are fair and reasonable in relation to the qualifications required, the work performed, the responsibility assumed and the nature of the services rendered;
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Fortier v. Treasury Board (Correctional Service of Canada) - 2024 FPSLREB 51 - 2024-04-05
FPSLREB Decisions - Labour RelationsREASONS FOR DECISION FPSLREB TRANSLATION I. Complaint before the Board [...] [10] For the following reasons, the complaint is allowed. II. Summary of the evidence [...] [135] For all of the above reasons, the Board makes the following order:
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Rehibi v. Deputy Head (Department of Employment and Social Development) - 2024 FPSLREB 47 - 2024-03-28
FPSLREB Decisions - Labour RelationsDisguised disciplinary action
Leave without pay
For that reason, the grievances must be dismissed, for lack of jurisdiction. [...] The reasons for those decisions are set out in the paragraphs that follow. [...] [376] For all of the above reasons, the Board makes the following order:
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Jones v. Treasury Board (Correctional Service of Canada) - 2024 FPSLREB 46 - 2024-03-27
FPSLREB Decisions - Labour RelationsFor the noted reasons stated above, I am denying your grievance and the corrective action sought. [...] [57] The employer urges the Board to apply the same reasoning as in PIPSC and to dismiss the grievances. [...] [105] For all of the above reasons, the Board makes the following order:
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Blair v. Deputy Head (Department of Public Works and Government Services) - 2024 FPSLREB 42 - 2024-03-26
FPSLREB Decisions - Staffing ComplaintsApplication of Merit
Assessment Methods
Bias / Reasonable Apprehension of Bias
IV. Reasons [35] The complaint was made under s. 77(1)(a) of the PSEA, which reads as follows: [...] Here too, I am satisfied that a relatively informed bystander would not conclude to a reasonable apprehension of bias. [...] [56] For all of the above reasons, the Board makes the following order:
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Pothier v. Deputy Head (Department of Natural Resources) - 2024 FPSLREB 43 - 2024-03-26
FPSLREB Decisions - Staffing ComplaintsChoice of process
Complaint
Definition of abuse of authority
Discrimination - Age
Non-advertised process
References
REASONS FOR DECISION FPSLREB TRANSLATION I. Complaint before the Board [...] He claimed that one reason for it is that it is harder to control and manipulate those more mature people. [...] [70] For all of the above reasons, the Board makes the following order:
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Dueck v. Public Service Alliance of Canada - 2024 FPSLREB 37 - 2024-03-20
FPSLREB Decisions - Labour RelationsDuty of fair representation
exercised its discretion in good faith, objectively, honestly, and after a thorough study of the case – while the complainant might not have been happy with all the outcomes of the respondent’s advocacy or advice, it listened to her concerns and provided reasonably prompt and thoughtful replies to her many inquiries.
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Gonzague v. Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada - 2024 FPSLREB 38 - 2024-03-20
FPSLREB Decisions - Labour Relations[15] For these reasons, the complainant’s request to modify his initial complaint is granted in part. [...] In any event, the complaint has no reasonable prospect of success as the respondent has acted reasonably and not in an arbitrary or discriminatory manner; nor has it acted in bad faith. [...] [99] For all of the above reasons, the Board makes the following order:
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Guillemette v. Deputy Head (Correctional Service of Canada) - 2024 FPSLREB 36 - 2024-03-19
FPSLREB Decisions - Labour RelationsExtension of time
Negligence
[4] For the reasons that follow, the application is granted. II. Background [...] Errors and negligence cannot be clear, cogent, and compelling reasons for the delay. [...] [53] For all of the above reasons, the Board makes the following order:
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Peloquin v. Treasury Board (Correctional Service of Canada) - 2024 FPSLREB 35 - 2024-03-18
FPSLREB Decisions - Labour RelationsREASONS FOR DECISION FPSLREB TRANSLATION I. Application before the Board [...] · clear, cogent and compelling reasons for the delay; · the length of the delay; [...] [68] For all of the above reasons, the Board makes the following order:
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Viggers v. Deputy Head (Department of National Defence) - 2024 FPSLREB 34 - 2024-03-18
FPSLREB Decisions - Staffing ComplaintsBias / Reasonable Apprehension of Bias
Choice of process
Establishment of Essential Qualifications
Non-advertised process
Organizational needs
Accordingly, those are the values that are examined in these reasons. [...] 124 The test for reasonable apprehension of bias is well established. [...] [105] For all of the above reasons, the Board makes the following order:
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Turner v. Deputy Head (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) - 2024 FPSLREB 33 - 2024-03-12
FPSLREB Decisions - Labour RelationsApplication of Merit
Corrective Action
Revocation of appointment by Commission or deputy head
revocation is found appropriate when the appointee does not meet the essential qualifications, as well as in other cases, involving personal favouritism, a reasonable apprehension of bias, or a serious flaw in the appointment process – it also examined cases in which revocation was not ordered – it concluded that it had
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Donovan v. Deputy Head (Department of Citizenship and Immigration) - 2024 FPSLREB 31 - 2024-03-07
FPSLREB Decisions - Staffing Complaints[7] For the following reasons, the complaint is dismissed. II. Procedural issues [...] The hearing was postponed at the request of the complainant, for health reasons. [...] [92] For all of the above reasons, the Board makes the following order:
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Panesar v. Canada Revenue Agency - 2024 FPSLREB 32 - 2024-03-07
FPSLREB DecisionsComplaint
Reprisal
Termination (non-disciplinary)
Time limit
employment status by sending her multiple “options letters” – the final two letters advised her that if she failed to respond, she risked being terminated for reasons other than a breach of discipline or misconduct – the complainant did not respond to any of the letters, choosing instead to make a workplace-violence
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Kraeker v. Deputy Head (Canada Border Services Agency) - 2024 FPSLREB 30 - 2024-03-06
FPSLREB Decisions - Staffing ComplaintsApplication of Merit
Assessment of Qualifications
The complaints are dismissed for that reason. IV. Mr. Kraeker’s failure to appear [...] [24] The Board had ordered these complaints joined as both challenge the same appointment for the same reasons. [...] [28] For all of the above reasons, the Board makes the following order:
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Hurley v. Treasury Board (Department of National Defence) - 2024 FPSLREB 29 - 2024-03-04
FPSLREB Decisions - Labour Relations434 Is the entitlement to course relief to a UT returning from sabbatical reasonable? [...] The reasons cited, as noted previously, are reasonable concerns for management. [...] [95] For all of the above reasons, the Board makes the following order: