Common Contracts
1 similar Professional Employees contracts
IN THE MATTER OF AN ARBITRATIONProfessional Employees • October 19th, 2014
For the reasons set out above, we are satisfied that the arbitrator in this case made an error of law and policy in his interpretation of Section 53 of the Code. We are satisfied that when the Government sold its laundry service, the Grievor ceased to be employed by the Government and was entitled to exercise his rights, if any, under the collective agreement against the Government. In this case, we express no opinion as to whether the Grievor had any right to treat the elimination of his position with the Government as a "layoff' within the meaning of the collective agreement or entitled to exercise any other rights under the collective agreement which may arise on "layoff' or other types of "severances" of employment. It may be that the collective agreement does not provide a remedy to the Grievor in these circumstances, but that is a matter of contract interpretation for the arbitrator.
