Ontario Labour Relations Board

A union requested reconsideration of a prior Board decision which declared that the employer was no longer bound by a specific collective agreement.

The Board issued a procedural direction requiring the responding parties to file any submissions in response to the request by a specified date.

The moving party was also granted an opportunity to file reply submissions before the Board gives further consideration to the matter.

The applicant requested a four-day extension of time to file submissions following a previous Board decision.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board granted the request.

The applicant union requested an order for the production of documents from the responding parties in relation to applications filed under sections 69/1(4) and 133 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995.

The responding parties did not provide any submissions in response to the request.

The Board ordered the responding parties to produce the requested documentation regarding share ownership, assets, clients, employees, and business relationships.

The applicant trade union applied for certification to represent electricians and apprentices employed by the responding party.

The intervenor union and the responding party objected, arguing that the employees were already represented by the intervenor in the construction sector and that the application was untimely.

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

The Board ordered the vote to proceed but directed that the ballot box be sealed and the ballots not counted until the objections were resolved.

The responding party employer requested a reconsideration of the Board's decision dated September 25, 2001, seeking to change the date of the representation vote or to seal the ballot box.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board declined to reconsider its decision and dismissed the requests.

The applicant employer sought a review of an Order to Pay issued by an Employment Standards Officer for violations of hours of work, overtime, and public holiday provisions of the Employment Standards Act.

The employer argued that its employees, who install and maintain automated irrigation systems, were employed in 'landscape gardening' and therefore exempt from these provisions under Regulation 325.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board heard expert evidence on horticulture and landscaping, concluding that the installation and maintenance of irrigation systems are integral to sustaining plant life and thus fall within the definition of landscape gardening.

The Board rescinded the Order to Pay and directed the return of funds held in trust to the employer.

The applicant filed an employment standards application against the employer and the Ministry of Labour.

Having regard to the agreement of the parties, the Ontario Labour Relations Board terminated the application.

The applicant filed an application against Decks Plus and the Ministry of Labour.

Having regard to a settlement agreement reached between the parties, the Ontario Labour Relations Board ordered the application terminated.

The applicant requested an extension of time to file a response.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board granted the extension until October 16, 2001.

The Ontario Public Service Employees Union and the employer agreed upon the terms of a collective agreement prior to a scheduled hearing for a Ministerial Reference under section 3(2) of the Hospital Labour Disputes Arbitration Act.

The Ontario Labour Relations Board cancelled the hearing and terminated the matter, subject to any contrary direction from the Minister within 10 days.

In an application for certification, the employer requested a delay of the representation vote because its counsel would be unavailable to deal with the union's objections to the voters list due to the religious holiday of Yom Kippur.

The Board dismissed the request, finding no prejudice to the employer since all ballots would be individually sealed and segregated, allowing objections to be dealt with at or after the vote.

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

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

The Ontario Labour Relations Board directed the applicant to deliver a copy of the submissions he filed with the Board to counsel for the intervenor employer.

The applicant union filed an application for certification.

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

As no statement of desire to have an oral hearing was filed, the Board dismissed the application.

The Board directed the parties' attention to section 10(3) of the Act regarding the effect on any subsequent application filed within one year.

The applicant sought to withdraw the application.

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

The applicant filed an application against the responding party union, with the employer intervening.

The application was withdrawn with leave of the Board.

The applicant applied to the Ontario Labour Relations Board under section 63 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 for a declaration that the responding party trade union no longer represents the employees in the bargaining unit.

The application was dismissed because it was not accompanied by written evidence signed by the employees expressing a wish not to be represented by the trade union, as required by the Board's Rules.

The applicant trade union filed a displacement application for certification to represent employees of the responding party who were currently represented by the intervenor.

The Board confirmed the applicant's status as a trade union under the Labour Relations Act, 1995.

Finding that the applicant appeared to have the requisite membership support of at least forty percent of the proposed bargaining unit, the Board directed that a representation vote be held.

Eligible employees will vote on whether they wish to be represented by the applicant or the intervenor.

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

The Board found that the applicant is a trade union and an affiliated bargaining agent.

Based on the membership evidence, the Board determined that not less than forty percent of the individuals in the proposed bargaining unit were members of the union.

The Board defined the appropriate bargaining unit and directed that a representation vote be taken.

The applicant sought to withdraw the application.

Having regard to the agreement of the parties, the Ontario Labour Relations Board granted leave to withdraw the application.