Translation Policy: This specialized publication of awards, decisions and summaries is available in English only according to Regulation 671/92 which exempts it from translation under the French Language Services Act. To obtain information in French, please contact the Ontario Police Arbitration and Adjudication Commission at OPAAC@ontario.ca or 416-314-3520.

N.B. Awards and decisions relating to hearings where the clients have participated in both English and French will be released in both languages simultaneously.

Duty of Fair Representation

Individual officers may not bring grievances against a Police Services Board. However, arbitral jurisprudence to date has allowed individual officers to bring a “duty of fair representation” (DFR) grievance against a Police Association.

Query Results

Classification	Award #	Award Date	Arbitrator	Municipality
Remedies   Costs - Request for costs following award of damages - Arbitrator upheld complaint of unfair representation and awarded complainant damages - Complainant seeking his costs of the arbitration proceeding - No jurisdiction under Police Services Act to award costs - Arbitration of unfair representation complaint is an arbitration conducted under Part VIII of PSA - Arbitration Act, 1991 not applicable - Request for costs denied. See Also: Jurisdiction, Remedies, Complaints	11-009	05/31/2011	Snow, H.	Toronto

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