Ontario Labour Relations Board
File No.: 3059-97-ES Date: March 7, 2000
Between: Jean M. Savignac General Woodwork Ltd., Applicant v. Christian Lamarche and Ministry of Labour, Responding Parties.
Before: D. L. Gee, Adjudicator/Referee.
Decision
The Board is in receipt of a letter dated March 6, 2000 from the applicant. The applicant asserts that he was in a serious accident in December, 1999 as a result of which he is in a body cast and using a walker. The applicant asserts that he is unable to attend a hearing as a result of his present medical condition and seeks an adjournment of the hearing of this matter scheduled for March 16, 2000.
This matter concerns an order to pay that was issued in October, 1997. The hearing of this matter has been adjourned on one previous occasion. The applicant was advised of the March 16, 2000 hearing date by letter from the Board dated November 1, 1999. There is no explanation given as to why the applicant waited until 10 calendar days before the hearing to seek an adjournment. Further, the applicant has not provided the Board with any medical documentation substantiating his assertions of his medical condition.
The Board does not grant adjournment requests unless all of the parties agree or there are compelling reasons to do so. Thus, the applicant could obtain an adjournment by obtaining the consent of the Ministry of Labour and Mr. Lamarche. Alternatively, the applicant should provide the Board with a medical certificate stating that his present medical condition prevents him from attending at a hearing held in North Bay and stating the anticipated date on which he would be able to attend such a hearing. Upon receipt of such additional information, the Board would further consider the applicant’s request for an adjournment. Based on the information presently before the Board, the applicant’s request for an adjournment is denied.
The Board notes that the applicant did not copy the other parties on his letter to the Board of March 6, 2000. Prior to filing any communication with the Board all parties are required to deliver a copy of the communication to the other parties. Thus,
should the applicant file any further communication with the Board concerning this or any other matter, he is directed to deliver a copy of the communication to the other parties to this matter and state on his communication to the Board the fact that he has done so, the date on which delivery was effected and the means by which he did so.
“D. L. Gee”
Adjudicator/Referee
This decision is issued under the administrative auspices of the Ontario Labour Relations Board, 505 University Avenue, 2nd Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2P1