Marilyn Silverman

The applicant trade union filed an application for certification under the construction industry provisions of the Labour Relations Act, 1995.

The responding party disputed the applicant's estimate of the number of employees in the proposed bargaining unit and proposed a different unit.

The Board found that the applicant established sufficient membership support to warrant a representation vote.

The Board directed that a representation vote be taken of the individuals in the voting constituency, with segregated ballots for disputed positions.

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 to resolve the matter.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board ordered the disbursement of the funds held in trust by the Director in accordance with the settlement and terminated the application.

The applicant filed an application against the responding parties.

Having regard to the agreement of the parties dated September 18, 2001, the Ontario Labour Relations Board terminated the application.

The applicant requested to withdraw its application.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board granted the request and the application was withdrawn with leave of the Board.

The applicant requested to withdraw his application against Madawaska Doors Inc. and the Ministry of Labour.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board granted leave and the application was withdrawn.

The applicant requested to withdraw the application.

The Board granted leave to withdraw the application.

The applicants filed an application against the responding party union.

The application was withdrawn with leave of the Board.

The applicants in two related Ontario Labour Relations Board matters requested to withdraw their respective applications.

The Board granted leave and both applications were withdrawn.

The applicant failed to file submissions as directed by a previous Board decision.

Consequently, the Board terminated the application.

The applicant requested an adjournment of the hearing scheduled for September 12, 2001.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board granted the adjournment on consent of the parties and rescheduled the matter for November 15, 2001.

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.

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

The applicant brought an application before the Ontario Labour Relations Board.

Having regard to a previous decision dated August 27, 2001, the Board dismissed the application.

The applicant requested reconsideration of a Board decision that dismissed his reprisal complaint under section 50 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

The applicant argued that the Board violated his Charter rights by drawing an adverse inference from his failure to testify, and that the Board improperly substituted its own argument for the employer's regarding his termination.

The Board dismissed the reconsideration request, finding that the Charter argument had already been fully canvassed and rejected, and that the Board's characterization of the termination was a mere difference in terminology, not substance.

The applicant filed an application under section 50 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act based on allegations from 1991.

The responding party requested the application be dismissed for delay, res judicata, and abuse of process, noting a previous 1997 Board decision terminating an application based on the same facts.

The Board ordered the applicant to advise within five days if he disputes the employer's facts, failing which the application will be terminated.

The applicant union referred a grievance to arbitration under section 133 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995, alleging the responding party failed to hire three union members referred to a job, contrary to the collective agreement.

The responding party did not file a response or attend the hearing.

The Board accepted the union's uncontested evidence, found the responding party bound by the collective agreement, and ordered it to pay $10,852.28 in damages and filing fees for the breach.

The United Steelworkers of America applied for certification.

A representation vote was held, and not more than 50% of the ballots cast by employees in the bargaining unit were in favour of the applicant.

As a result, the Ontario Labour Relations Board dismissed the application for certification and noted the potential application of the one-year bar under section 10(3) of the Act.

The applicant union applied for certification.

A representation vote was held, and not more than 50% of the ballots cast by employees in the bargaining unit were in favour of the applicant.

As no statement of desire to make representations was filed, the Board dismissed the application and noted the potential application of the one-year bar under section 10(3) of the Act.

The applicant union filed an application for certification.

A representation vote was held, but not more than fifty percent of the ballots cast by employees in the bargaining unit were in favour of the applicant.

As no statement of desire to make representations was filed, the Ontario Labour Relations Board dismissed the application and cancelled the previously set hearing dates.

The Board also noted the potential application of section 10(3) of the Act to any subsequent application filed within one year.

The applicant union applied for certification as the bargaining agent for employees of the responding party.

Following a representation vote where more than fifty percent of the ballots were cast in favour of the union, and with no statements of desire to make representations filed, the Ontario Labour Relations Board found the agreed-upon bargaining unit appropriate.

The Board ordered that a certificate issue to the applicant union.

The applicant union applied for certification as the bargaining agent for a unit of employees at the responding party's Toronto locations.

Following a representation vote in which more than fifty per cent of the ballots were cast in favour of the applicant, and with no statements of desire to make representations filed, the Ontario Labour Relations Board found the agreed-upon bargaining unit appropriate.

The Board ordered that a certificate issue to the applicant.