State ex rel. Staple v. State Emp. Relations Bd.
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Jamison
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- Summary judgment granted with writ of mandamus issued
Related Laws
No specific laws identified for this ruling.
Outcome
Relator's motion for summary judgment was granted and a writ of mandamus was issued, finding that the State Employment Relations Board abused its discretion by dismissing unfair labor practice charges and failing to submit the arbitrability question to an arbitrator.
Excerpt
Relator, a bargaining unit employee, has standing under R.C. 4117.11 to pursue an unfair labor practice charge against respondent/employer alleging that the employer interfered with relator's right to arbitrate his grievance by unilaterally determining that the notice of intent to arbitrate was untimely submitted by respondent/union. SERB abused its discretion when it concluded probable cause did not exist to believe respondent/employer committed the ULP because the timeliness of a notice is a question of arbitrability that should have been submitted to the arbitrator in the first instance. SERB abused its discretion by dismissing one of relator's ULP charges against respondent/union without providing any explanation or reasoning for the decision. SERB abused its discretion in dismissing relator's ULP charge against respondent/union alleging unfair representation where the evidence showed that the union knew relator wished to arbitrate the grievance but failed to timely notify respondent/employer, as required by the CBA, based on erroneous instructions from relator's private counsel. Objections overruled, relator's motion for summary judgment granted, and writ of mandamus issued.
Similar Rulings
Trial court did not err in denying relator-appellant's request for a writ of mandamus following State Employment Relations Board (\SERB\)'s dismissal of unfair labor practice charge for lack of probable cause.
The trial court did not err in denying the Union's petition for a writ of mandamus when it determined SERB did not abuse its discretion in finding no probable cause to support the Union's claim of an unfair labor practice.
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