PAY EQUITY HEARINGS TRIBUNAL
0968-07-PE Ontario Public Service Employees' Union Local 479, Applicant v. Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Respondent.
BEFORE: Diane L. Gee, Chair.
DECISION OF THE TRIBUNAL: November 18, 2010
[1]. The Tribunal is in receipt of correspondence dated November 16 and 17, 2010 from the applicant requesting that the Tribunal extend the timelines for the filing of submissions as directed in its decision of November 15, 2010. The responding party has given its consent.
[2]. Accordingly, the Tribunal’s November 15, 2010 decision is hereby amended so as to provide that the applicant is directed to deliver to the responding party and file with the Tribunal no later than January 10, 2011 submissions containing the following:
a statement of the issue that remains outstanding between the parties;
the applicant’s position in respect of this issue;
a statement of all facts that the applicant relies upon in support of its position;
a list of all witnesses that the applicant intends to call at the hearing;
a statement as to what each of the witnesses that the applicant intends to call will say at the hearing; and
a copy of all documents that the applicant relies upon in support of its position.
[3]. The respondent is directed to deliver to the applicant and file with the Tribunal no later than ten (10) days from January 10, 2011, the following:
a statement of the issue that remains outstanding between the parties;
the respondent's position in respect of this issue;
a statement as to which of the facts asserted by the applicant the respondent agrees with and which of the facts it does not agree with;
a statement of all facts that the respondent relies upon in support of its position;
a list of all witnesses that the respondent intends to call at the hearing;
a statement as to what each of the witnesses that the respondent intends to call will say at the hearing; and
a copy of all documents that the respondent relies upon in support of its position.
[4]. The applicant is hereby directed to deliver to the respondent and file with the Tribunal no later than five (5) days from the date on which it receives the respondent's submissions as directed in the foregoing paragraph its reply to the submissions of the respondent. Such reply must include a statement as to which of the facts asserted by the respondent the applicant agrees with and which of the facts it does not agree with.
[5]. The Tribunal’s November 15, 2010 decision is further amended to provide that this matter is referred to the Registrar to schedule two days of hearing to take place no earlier than February 15, 2011.
Dated at Toronto this 18th day of November, 2010.
“Diane L. Gee”
Diane L. Gee, Chair