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The BC Public School Employers’ Association (BCPSEA) and the BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) have recently reached agreement on class/program composition and formation activities related to the beginning of the second semester.

While the LRB dismissed the BCPSEA reconsideration application, finding that asking the LRB to make the determination regarding reimbursement sought to have the LRB “directly intervene in the dispute between the parties in a manner well beyond the Board’s established approach to essential services designations,” the LRB directed that the remedy lies in re-addressing the fundamental approach to essential services designations in the education sector.

The LRB observed that, “as noted, the approach adopted by the parties in Phase 1 simply has not worked. It has not been balanced or effective in putting pressure on both parties.”

Attachment: LRB decision on Reimbursement

On November 29, 2011 the LRB issued its decision on this matter in B214/2011. The LRB denied the BCPSEA application to require the BCTF, on notice from BCPSEA, to reimburse school districts for an amount equivalent to the duties that teachers are not performing due to the strike. BCPSEA has today applied for reconsideration of that specific decision. 

The primary ground for our reconsideration is that the original decision did not properly interpret the LRB’s role in an essential services dispute.

Attachment: LRB Application for Reconsideration