The company combined the duties of two classifications into a single job. The union claimed that a wage rate was required as a result. The arbitrator agreed and ordered that the wage be increased.
Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 401, 2013 SCC 62
Board of Education of School District No. 39 and IUOE, Local 963 (Azul)
In this case the employer wished to change a decades old practice of how it posted and filled head custodian positions. It claimed that its practice was based on a misreading of the collective agreement.
The arbitrator disagreed and noted that the employer's position did a disservice to all of the employer and union reps who had preceded them. It was ordered that the positions be reposted and given to those who should have received them, with full compensation.