Re Canada Post Corp and CUPW

Authors

Innis Christie, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law

Document Type

Arbitration Decision

Publication Date

11-30-1995

Keywords

Absence, Illness, Vacancy, Full-Time, Long-Term, Limitations

Abstract

The Union requests that the Employer fill the position of an employee who has been on long term absence of at least two years due to illness. The Employer responded to the grievance, after a hearing, by agreeing to review the employment records and schedules and temporarily fill the long term absence position if it were cost effective. They concluded that filling the full-time position was not justified during much of the year, but agreed to do so during October, November and December, after which a new determination would be made. The Union position is that the Collective Agreement does not allow this sort of filling of long term absence by a term shorter than the remainder of the regular incumbent's absence.

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Re Canada Post Corp and CUPW (1995), 1995 CanLII 17487, [1995] CLAD No 1062 (Can LA) (Arbitrator: Innis Christie).