January 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
James E. Dorsey, K.C.
Lawyer
James E. Dorsey, Law Corporation
3380 Redfern Place
North Vancouver, B.C. V7N 3W1
Telephone (604) 980-7225
[email protected]
December 19, 2025
Dear Parties,
Re: Arbitrability Objection - Extending Scheduled Hours Policy Grievance
Memorandum of Decision dated October 20, 2025
I write to confirm and clarify the following points about my decision with the agreement of both Parties:
- My decision confirmed that the Employer is allowed to, via advance group emails, make offers in order of seniority to part-time employees to extend scheduled hours up to 8 hours on their existing schedules before or instead of offering such hours to full-time employees.
- My decision did not decide whether the Employer is allowed to extend scheduled shifts of part-time employees before or instead of offering those hours to other, more senior employees in any other circumstances besides the one circumstance mentioned above.
- Undecided issues relating to this subject will be resolved at a future arbitration, unless they are mutually resolved by the Parties before then.
- Witnesses called to testify before me at the hearing did so under oath and, in one case, under subpoena. I did not question any witness' commitment to providing honest and candid testimony in accordance with their oath.
Sincerely,
James E. Dorsey, Law Corporation
per:
(signed)
James E. Dorsey
26-01-05 PASS Arbitrability Objection document.txt