John M. Lewis

The employer applied for a review of an Employment Standards Officer's order to pay.

The employer and the employee entered into Minutes of Settlement and a Release, agreeing to disburse the funds held in trust by the Director.

The Board ordered the funds disbursed in accordance with the settlement and terminated the application.

The employer applied for a review of an Order to Pay under section 68 of the Employment Standards Act.

The employer and the employee entered into Minutes of Settlement agreeing to disburse the funds held in trust by the Director.

The Board ordered the funds disbursed in accordance with the settlement and terminated the application pursuant to section 69.1(5) of the Act.

The employee applied for a review of a refusal to issue an order to pay under section 67 of the Employment Standards Act.

The parties entered into Minutes of Settlement with the assistance of a Labour Relations Officer, agreeing that the employer would pay $50.00 and issue a revised tax information slip.

As the settlement resolved all issues in dispute, the Board terminated the application pursuant to section 69.1(5) of the Act.

The applicant union sought a related employer declaration under section 1(4) of the Labour Relations Act, 1995, and referred a grievance to the Board under section 133.

The responding parties failed to file a response to the application.

Pursuant to Rule 41 of the Board's Rules of Procedure, the Board deemed the responding parties to have accepted the facts alleged in the application and declared them to be a single employer bound by the applicable collective agreement.

The Board declined to grant default judgment on the grievance referral, as it was commenced prior to the enactment of the default judgment provisions, and directed that the scheduled hearing proceed.

The applicant union referred a grievance to the Board under section 133 of the Labour Relations Act.

Prior to the hearing, the parties and the intervenor entered into a Memorandum of Agreement resolving the issues regarding apprentice wages and benefit contributions.

The parties requested that the Board incorporate the agreement and adjourn the matter sine die.

The Board consented to the request and adjourned the application sine die for a period not exceeding one year.

The applicant union filed a complaint concerning a work assignment under section 99 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995, alleging that the employer's decision to upgrade the Electrical Apprenticeship Program by incorporating instrumentation training effectively excluded its members from future postings in the merged Electrical/Instrumentation Department.

The Board dismissed the application, finding that the employer properly assigned the work based on efficiency and qualifications as per the parties' agreement, and noted that nothing prevented the applicant's members from participating in the program.

The applicant employer sought to suspend the operation of an inspector's orders pending an appeal under section 61(7) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

The orders required supervisors signing the shaft inspection book to be trained in a specific specialty module.

The Board applied the three-part test for suspending an order and found that the applicant failed to demonstrate significant prejudice or a strong prima facie case on the merits.

Given the potential impact on worker safety and the deference owed to inspector orders, the Board declined to suspend the orders.