The applicant union sought certification for a bargaining unit of part-time lay employees working at Mount St. Joseph, the Mother House of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Diocese of Peterborough.
The respondent argued that the employees were excluded from the Labour Relations Act under section 2(a) as 'domestics employed in a private home'.
The Board found that the institutional nature of the residence, which housed 67 sisters and operated with set shifts and lay supervisors, distinguished it from a private home.
The Board concluded the employees were not excluded from the Act and issued a certificate to the applicant.
