Grievance Case Summary - G-651

After submitting a claim for certain medical expenses, the Grievor received a statement from Medavie Blue Cross indicating that the reimbursed amount for expenses he had incurred for the completion of a medical form was $25.00 instead of the total $40.00. The Grievor, who believed that the entire amount should be reimbursed, requested an explanation from the RCMP’s Benefits and Medical Services Coordinator, who told him that the RCMP awarded a maximum of $25.00 for the preparation of a medical report under Chapter II.18 of the Administration Manual. The Grievor filed a grievance against the decision not to reimburse him the full amount. The Grievor also stated that this practice had prejudiced the [Translation] “community of RCMP members having to pay for a service at their own expense”. As corrective action, the Grievor sought to be reimbursed the amounts plus interest retroactive to 1989.

The Grievor is challenging through a grievance a decision that solely deals with the application of a policy in Chapter II.18 of the Administration Manual regarding the reimbursement of medical expenses; this is not a government policy that applies to federal government departments.

Since no other government policy under paragraph 36(a) was considered to be related to the grievance, the ERC found that the grievance did not fall under the scope of paragraph 36(a) of the 1988 Regulations.

The ERC did not make any recommendations regarding this grievance.

The Commissioner agreed that the appeal was not referable to the ERC and sent the appeal to the appropriate decision maker.