Re Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Co and AC & TWU

Authors

Innis Christie, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law

Document Type

Arbitration Decision

Publication Date

1-21-1995

Keywords

Home Board, Travel, Allowance, Weekend, Transportation, Accomodation

Abstract

The grievance concerns whether employees in receipt of "home board" are entitled to the weekend travel allowance.

The grievance fails. The Arbitrator determined that all employees working out of temporary headquarters had the choice of being boarded and lodged at the Employer's expense, with a weekend transportation allowance, or of being paid "home board". He states that the evident purpose of the Collective Agreement is to allow employees required to live away from home, due to work commitments, the opportunity to return home on weekends. Paying the allowance to the Grievors does not serve that purpose.

Comments

Summary available on CanLii and at the Sir James Dunn Law Library via Canadian Labour Arbitration Summaries. Full text available online at WestlawEdge Canada and Lexis+ (subscription required).

Recommended Citation

Re Maritime Telegraph and Telephone Co and AC & TWU (1995), 1995 CanLII 17454, 37 CLAS 322 (Can LA) (Arbitrator: Innis Christie).