The employer and the union engaged in pay equity negotiations and signed a memorandum of settlement.
The employer later claimed that the agreement was subject to ratification by the Board of Commissioners of Police, which did not approve it.
A Review Officer subsequently ordered the employer to post a pay equity plan.
The employer applied to the Tribunal.
The Tribunal held that the Pay Equity Act does not require ratification of a pay equity plan.
Because the employer did not clearly communicate that its negotiating committee lacked the authority to bind the Board or that the agreement was subject to ratification, the memorandum of settlement constituted a binding agreement.
The Review Officer's order was revoked.