An Employer Has Had a Long Standing Policy to Discipline

question 54

Multiple Choice

An employer has had a long standing policy to discipline employees who have not correctly followed a safety procedure, such as lock out, for a balance of shift suspension without pay. As a result of a series of employee injuries the employer increased this penalty to a 5 day suspension without pay. There are no provisions in the collective agreement with respect to penalties of company policies.

• A) The union may grieve this and be successful due to the principle of estopple.
• B) The union will not be successful at arbitration as penalties are not included in the collective agreement and the policy is reasonable.
• C) The employer must negotiate this change with the union.
• D) The company can discipline employees for this infraction as long as they advise employees in advance of the policy change.
• E) b&d

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