Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal Canada

Decision Information

VIA Rail (O’Grady)

Collection Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal Canada
Date 2006-06-12
Neutral citation 2006 OHSTC 17
Other citations 06-017
File numbers 2006-28
Decision-makers Lafrance, Richard
Decision type Reasons for decision

Decision Content

Via Priority Post

June 12, 2006

VIA Rail (O’Grady)

Document No.: 2006-28

 

Mr. Michael O’Grady

427 – 28 th Avenue

Deux Montagnes , Quebec

J7R 5T4

 

Subject: Decision letter 06-017, following a request to appeal

under section 146.1

 

Dear Mr. O’Grady:

 

This decision letter is in response to your appeal filed on April 4, 2006 under section 146.1 of the Canada Labour Code.

 

According to the information that you provided regarding the seating of Via Rail employees, no investigation was conducted by a Health and Safety Officer. Therefore, taking into consideration that no direction was issued under section 145 of the Code and no decision was rendered under subsection 129(7) of the Code, I determine that I do not have jurisdiction under the Code to hear an appeal in this matter.

 

In this regard, I refer you to the Federal Court decision, dated June 1st, 2006 between Pamela Sachs, Canadian Union of Public Employees, Airline Division, Air Canada Component, Occupational Health and Safety Committee of Local 4004 (Toronto) and Air Canada, Douglas Malanka, Jacques Servant a copy of which I have included for your perusal. In this decision the Court ruled that the Appeals Officer has no jurisdiction to hear complaints made under subsection 127.1 of the Code (Internal Complaint Resolution Process).

 

Yours truly,

 

 

Richard Lafrance

Appeals Officer

 

c.c. : P. Pilon

 

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