Re Canada Post Corp and CUPW (Melanson)

Authors

Innis Christie, Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law

Document Type

Arbitration Decision

Publication Date

3-1-1996

Keywords

Temporary, Qualifications, Sortation, Training, Assignment, Familiarity

Abstract

The grievance involves a temporary employee, whose name was on the Shift 3 list, who was called in to work single shift on Shift 1 in priority to those on the Shift 1 list because, the Employer says, she had the required qualifications and they did not. The Union argues that the required qualifications in the Collective Agreement can only mean familiarity with general Canada Post sortation procedure and that the employee did not, in fact, have any special familiarity with the changed City Sortation. The Employer relied on the fact that, although the employee had not undergone formal training, she was trained and qualified on the new routes.

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Re Canada Post Corp and CUPW (Melanson) (1996), 1996 CanLII 19462, [1996] CLAD No 200 (Can LA) (Arbitrator: Innis Christie).