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Employer free to reassign tasks
to different job classifications: Arbitrator
Agreement allowed for
reassigning of duties, layoff
of workers for lack of work
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
A NEWFOUNDLAND and Labrador employer had
the right to lay off four workers when activity on its
project decreased — even though part of the reason
there was a lack of work was because the duties of the
laid-off workers were reassigned to other workers, an
arbitrator has ruled.
The Hebron Project involves the construction of
an off-shore oil drilling platform to be deployed in the
Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland and
Labrador. One of its main construction sites was at
Bull Arm, Trinity Bay, N.L., where the gravity-based
structure (GBS) — a main part of the platform includ-
ing living quarters — was built before being towed
April 18, 2016
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
Employee denied position due to lack of language competency pg. 6
CEVA Logistics — Ontario pg. 3 Extendicare — Ontario pg. 4 Saskatoon
Airport Authority — Saskatchewan pg. 4 Memorial University —
Newfoundland and Labrador pg. 5
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
Nerijus
Adomaitis
(Reuters)
pg. 2
Canada Post files for
conciliation
Employer is calling for signifi-
cant concessions:
CUPW
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Agreement > pg. 7
Union files grievance
over overtime hours
THE Public Service Alliance of
Canada filed a grievance against
Hay River Health and Social Ser-
vices Authority after overtime
hours were given to casual em-
ployees in preference to full- and
part-time employees.
The employer provides health
and social services at two long-
term facilities in Hay River, N.W.T.
Employees can be full-time, part-
time or casual. Employee are per-
mitted to hold a casual position in
conjunction with a full- or part-
CONSTRUCTION
Flint Oilsands Construction
Calgary, Alta.
(420 construction employees) and the Christian Labour
Association of Canada (CLAC) Local 63.
Renewal agreement: Effective
March 1, 2015, to October 31,
2017. Signed on June 21, 2013.
Shift premium: $1 per hour
for stewards. $1.25 per hour
for stewards with Tool Box 1.
$1.50 for stewards with Tool
Box 2. $2 for stewards with Tool
Four employees at an off-shore oil drilling platform were laid off due to a lack of
activity after the employer reassigned their duties to other workers.
see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Arbitration > pg 6
