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Worker's misuse of bereavement leave
misconduct – but well-intentioned
Death of Ontario worker's
mother's friend not covered
under leave provision
BY JEFFREY R. SMITH
AN ONTARIO arbitrator has reinstated a worker
who was fired for the misuse of her collective agree-
ment's bereavement leave provision, finding the
worker didn't intend to violate her employer's trust.
Michelle Desbiens, 53, was a gaming administra-
tion clerk at Caesars Windsor Casino in Windsor, Ont.
Hired in 1994, her duties included recording sick calls,
leave entries, scheduling, making adjustments to pay-
roll entries and answering employee inquiries.
Desbiens' position required her to be famil-
iar with booking time off work and require-
ments for vacations and other types of leave, to
the point where she often made her own personal
May 16, 2016
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
Mother of the groom denied leave for son's wedding pg. 6
General Presidents' Maintenance Agreement - Suncor and Nexen Long Lake
Site pg. 3 Rail Term pg. 4 Cassens Transport VLC, Eastern Canada Car
Carriers pg. 4 Swissport Canada Handling (James Armstrong Richardson
International Airport) pg. 5 Canadian North pg. 5
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
Photo:
Marc
Bruxelle
(Shutterstock)
pg. 2
Sunwing Airlines pilots
establish strike mandate
Employees' collective
agreement expired in
November 2015
ARBITRATION
AWARDS
COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENTS
see Employee > pg. 7
see Collective agreements > pg. 3 see Arbitration > pg. 6
Safety violation at paper
mill results in dismissal
A LOCKOUT violation led to
Doug Mosiuk's dismissal on June
14, 2014.
Mosiuk — a journeyman
millwright — maintained and
repaired a wide variety of plant
equipment for the Alberta-based
lumber mill Weyerhaeuser Com-
pany. Before being fired, Mosiuk
was suspended for four days for
smoking in a prohibited area.
Because of the potential con-
sequences of a fire at a lumber
mill, the offence was considered
TRANSPORTATION
Stock Transportation
Kingston, Ont.
(120 bus drivers) and Teamsters Canada Local 91
Renewal agreement: Effective
July 1, 2015, to June 30, 2018.
Signed on March 22, 2016.
Wage adjustments:
Effective July 1, 2017: 1%
Effective July 1, 2018: 1%
Calculated by CLR.
Paid holidays: 10 days.
Vacations with pay: 4% vaca-
tion pay to start, 6% after 5
