Grievance

Locals in OPSEU SEFPO frequently come to agreements with Employers on the best way to implement Collective Agreement rights and procedures between bargaining cycles. This is a fairly predictable need – sometimes only when the parties are implementing a new right do they realize that it looks different from what they were expecting.  The parties...

The worker who files a grievance has choices along the way about how it gets resolved.  The grievor can agree to resolve the issue through a negotiated settlement agreement, can choose to proceed to an arbitration hearing where an arbitrator will issue a final and binding legal decision on the grievance, or at any time...

Filed a grievance late? The Arbitrator has the power to extend the timelines Most, if not all, collective agreements provide a timeline within which a worker is permitted to file a grievance. Some Collective Agreement provide a generous timeline, such as 30 days in the Ontario Public Service, others as little as seven days in...