Russell Goodfellow

The applicant sought review of an Employment Standards Officer's refusal to issue an order for vacation pay owed by his bankrupt employer.

The Officer had applied a newly enacted six-month limitation period under the Employment Standards Act, which barred the claim.

The Board held that the statutory amendment reducing the limitation period from two years to six months did not apply retroactively to extinguish the applicant's vested right to recover vacation pay.

The Board ordered the employer to pay the outstanding vacation pay plus interest.

The applicant employer appealed orders issued by a Ministry of Labour inspector under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Prior to the hearing, the employer and the inspector entered into Minutes of Settlement resolving the issues, which included amending a lockout order and rescinding a guarding order on the condition that an engineer's report be provided.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board issued the Minutes of Settlement as an Order of the Board and the appeal was withdrawn.

The applicants, directors of a bankrupt employer, sought a review of Orders to Pay issued under the Employment Standards Act for unpaid wages.

The Ministry of Labour had paid compensation to most claimants under the Employee Wage Protection Program and was subrogated to their claims.

On consent of the parties, the adjudicator ordered that the Orders to Pay be reduced to $30,000, for which the three directors are jointly and severally liable.

The employer filed an application for review under section 68 of the Employment Standards Act.

The matter was scheduled for a hearing, but the employer failed to attend.

After waiting more than the usual half-hour, the Board dismissed the application.

The applicant requested that interest be added to the amounts found payable in a previous Board decision.

The Ministry of Labour took no position, and the other responding parties made no submissions.

The Board granted the request and amended its previous decision to require the payment of interest in accordance with the Courts of Justice Act.

The applicant union applied for certification.

Following a representation vote and the counting of additional ballots, the Ontario Labour Relations Board determined that not more than fifty per cent of the ballots were cast in favour of the applicant.

The application for certification was dismissed, and a one-year bar on further applications by the applicant was imposed.

The employer appealed a decision of an Employment Standards Officer.

Following the commencement of the hearing, the employer withdrew the appeal.

The Board affirmed the Officer's order and directed that the moneys paid into trust be released to the responding party.

The applicant failed to file a further reply as required by a prior Board decision.

Upon requests from the responding party and the intervenor, the Ontario Labour Relations Board dismissed the application.

The applicant brought a matter before the Ontario Labour Relations Board.

Pending discussions between the parties, the Board adjourned the matter sine die.

The Board directed that if no party requests to proceed within one year, the matter will be deemed terminated.

The applicant sought to terminate the bargaining rights of the responding party union.

Following a representation vote, not more than 50% of the ballots cast by employees in the bargaining unit were in opposition to the union.

Consequently, the Ontario Labour Relations Board dismissed the application and rescinded a previous erroneous decision.

The applicant union applied for certification.

Following a representation vote where 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 and directed that a certificate issue to the applicant.

The applicant union applied for certification of a bargaining unit consisting of attendant care workers, but excluding those in the outreach program.

The responding employer objected, arguing that the exclusion of outreach workers made the unit inappropriate.

The Board agreed with the employer, finding that the proposed unit would lead to undue fragmentation in a relatively small workplace.

The Board noted that the terms and conditions of employment, management structure, and work performed were essentially the same for both included and excluded workers.

The Board directed that the segregated ballots of the outreach workers be counted.

The applicant union sought leave to withdraw its application against the responding party employer.

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

The applicants sought to withdraw their application against the responding parties.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board granted leave to withdraw the application.

The applicant and responding parties agreed to adjourn the applications sine die.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board consented to the adjournment for a period not exceeding one year, after which the matters will be deemed terminated if no party requests to proceed.

The applicant sought to withdraw the application.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board granted leave to withdraw the application.

The applicant union applied for certification to represent employees of the responding party.

Following a representation vote where 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 certified the applicant as the bargaining agent for the agreed-upon bargaining unit.

The applicant, W.T. Lynch Foods Limited, sought to withdraw its application against the responding party union.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board granted leave to withdraw the application.

The applicant union applied for certification.

A representation vote was held, and more than fifty percent of the ballots were cast in favour of the applicant.

No statement of desire to make representations was filed.

The Board found the agreed-upon bargaining unit appropriate and directed that a certificate issue to the applicant union.

The applicant union filed an application for certification.

Following a representation vote where not more than fifty per cent of the ballots were cast in favour of the applicant, the Ontario Labour Relations Board dismissed the application.

A one-year bar on subsequent certification applications by the applicant for the same bargaining unit was imposed.